Curriculum Vitae for Ryan Daniel Gold

Downloadable version: gold_cv.pdf

Address:

Ryan Gold Tel: 530-754-8452 (office)

Geology Department Fax: 530-752-0951

University of California, Davis email: gold@geology.ucdavis.edu

One Shields Avenue web: http://www.geology.ucdavis.edu/~gold

Davis, CA 95616

Education:

2009 (June) Anticipate completion of Ph.D., University of California, Davis (G.P.A. 4.00)

2006 M.S. (Geology), University of California, Davis (G.P.A. 4.00)

2003 B.A. summa cum laude (Geology, with Honors and Distinction), Whitman College (G.P.A. 3.91)

1999 High School Diploma, valedictorian, Phoenix High School, Oregon (G.P.A. 4.00)

Advisors:

2003-present Eric Cowgill (M.S./Ph.D.), University of California, Davis

2000-2003 Patrick Spencer and Robert Carson (B.A.), Whitman College

Awards/Honors:

2007 University of California, Davis Math and Physical Science (MPS) Dean’s Graduate Student Prize

2004 Outstanding Student Paper Award (poster) at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting

2003 Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society

2003 Top Student Presenter Award (oral) at Geological Society of America Meeting

2002 Whitman College Leeds Prize in Geology

1999 Valedictorian of Phoenix High School Senior Class

Service:

2007-2008 Mentor to undergraduate student, Peter Gold, in preparation for AGU 2007 meeting

2007-2008 Graduate student representative to the UC Davis Geology Faculty

2007-2008 University of California, Davis Geology Department Wednesday Seminar Co-Coordinator

2006 American Geophysical Union Technical Session Co-Convener “From Displacements and Dates to Rates: How Do We Measure Fault- Slip Histories at Timescales of 1 kyr to 1 Myr?”

Grants:

2007-2008 Phi Beta Kappa Northern California Chapter Graduate Research Award

2007-2008 George & Dorthy Zolk Graduate Fellowship

2007-2008 University of California, Davis Graduate Research and Humanities Research Grant

2006-2007 Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant

2006-2007 University of California, Davis and Humanities Graduate Research Award

2006-2007 University of California, Davis Thomas W. Todd Scholarship

2005-2006 University of California, Davis Thomas W. Todd Scholarship

2004-2005 University of California, Davis and Humanities Graduate Research Award

2004-2005 University of California, Davis Durrell Funds

2004-2005 American Association of Petroleum Geologists Grants-in-Aid

Geoscience Skills and Experience:

Field Work •Lead or co-lead during four, 2-3 month field seasons to China (Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai, Tibet)

•Responsibilities—undertook research, maintained research equipment, managed personal (2-4 Americans, 1 Chinese collaborators, 2-4 Chinese drivers), gear, food, camping equipment

Mapping •Structural mapping of deformed crystalline, metamorphic, and sedimentary units in thrust, reverse, and strike-slip fault settings.

•Neotectonic mapping of deformed fluvial, alluvial, and glacial markers in strike-slip and reverse fault settings.

•Base maps – topographic (1:100,000, 1:24,000), satellite (Landsat, CORONA, Quickbird), and stereo aerial photographs

Total Station •Equipment – Leica407power total station

•Applications – neotectonic mapping, topographic surveys, and profile surveys

•Software – Microsurvey Field Genius, Microsurvey CAD

T-LiDAR •Purchasing – Researched, tested, and guided purchasing of Terrestrial Light Distance and Ranging (T-LiDAR) unit for University of California, Davis Geology Department

•Equipment – Trimble GX DR200+ 3D Scanner

•Software – PointScape version 3.1., RealWorks Survey version 6.1.2

•Applications – Point cloud surveys of faulted fluvial landforms

•Data processing – Point cloud registration, point cloud quality control, Interpolation of point cloud data to generate gridded topographic models (DEMS), visualization of point cloud data in Keck CAVE immersive visualization center

GPS •Purchasing – Researched, tested, and guided purchasing of Real Time Kinematic GPS unit for University of California, Davis Geology Department

•Equipment – Trimble R7 RTK GPS Rover/Base system

Trenching •Excavations into fluvial deposits to characterize stratigraphy and to collect samples for radiocarbon, in-situ cosmogenic radionuclide, luminescence, and pedogenic carbonate U-series geochronology

Laboratory •Radiocarbon – processed and analyzed ~180 ¹⁴C samples (UC Irvine KCCAMS laboratory)

•In-situ cosmogenic radionuclide dating – processed and analyzed ~25 ¹⁰Be samples (Dalhousie University CNEF Laboratory).

•U-series – pilot pedogenic carbonate U-series dating project (University of California, Davis)

GIS •Software packages – ArcGIS, ENVI, Erdas

•Extensions – 3D analyst, Spatial Analyst, ArcHydro

•Applications – Topographic relief analysis, interpolation of surfaces (Kriging, Inverse Distance Weighted, Spline), rectification of satellite imagery, drainage analysis

Software •Matlab – Scarp diffusion modeling, topographic profile generation

•Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop – Figure drafting, poster preparation, digital image preparation

•Office Suite (Excel, Word, Powerpoint) – Manuscript preparation, professional presentations

Foreign Language Skills:

German • 40 hrs Goethe Institute (level A1); 1 Quarter UC Davis (GER001), 5 months immersion

Chinese • 10 months immersion

Spanish • 4 ½ years high school course work

Employment/Education History:

2003 – Present Employer: University of California, Davis - Davis, California

Job titles: Graduate Student Researcher / Teaching Assistant

Teaching experience: GEL001 “The Earth”; GEL101L “Earth Dynamics II Laboratory”; GEL103 “Field Geology”; GEL110 “Summer Field”

Summer 2002 Employer: Washington State Geological Survey, Dept. of Natural Resources - Olympia, WA

Job title: Undergraduate Student Intern

Description: Comparative study of the use of aerial photos and LiIDAR (Light Distance and Ranging) imagery to evaluate the relative accuracy of landslide location and the precision of landslide boundary definition for an eight-kilometer stretch of heavily forested coast along Hood Canal, Kitsap County, Washington.

Summer 2000 Employer: Zipper Zeman Associates Inc., Lynnwood, WA, U.S.A.

Job title: Geotechnician

Description: Geotechnical laboratory analyses, field work

Published Papers:

Gold, R., Cowgill, E., Wang, X.F., and Chen, X., 2006, Application of trishear fault-propagation folding to active reverse faults: examples from the Dalong Fault, Gansu Province, NW China: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 28, p. 200-219.

Bernardin, T., Cowgill, E., Gold, R., Hamann, B., Kreylos, O., and Schmitt, A., 2006, Interactive mapping on 3-D terrain models: Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, v. 7, doi:10.1029/2006GC001335.

Papers in Review:

Gold, R., Cowgill, E., Arrowsmith, J. R., Gosse, J., Wang, X. & Chen, X. in review. Riser diachroneity, lateral erosion, and uncertainty in rates of strike-slip faulting: A case study from Tuzidun along the Altyn Tagh Fault, NW China. Journal of Geophysical Research, B, Solid Earth and Planets.

Cowgill, E., Gold, R., Xuanhua, C., Xiaofeng, W., Arrowsmith, J.R. & Southon, J. R. in review (re-submission). Resolving the slip-rate discrepancy along the longest active strike-slip fault in Tibet. Nature Geoscience.

Papers in Preparation:

Gold, R., Cowgill, E., Arrowsmith, J.R., Chen, X., and Wang, X.F., in preparation, Latest Quaternary slip history for the Cherchen He Reach of the Altyn Tagh Fault.: Journal of Geophysical Research.

Gold, R., in preparation, Slip history for the central Altyn Tagh Fault, NW China [Ph.D. Dissertation]: Davis, University of California, Davis.

Non-Peer Reviewed Papers:

Gold, R., 2006, Application of trishear fault-propagation folding to active reverse faults: examples from the Dalong Fault, Gansu Province, NW China [M.S. Thesis]: Davis, University of California, Davis, p. 106.

Gold, R., 2004, A comparative study of aerial photographs and LIDAR imagery for landslide detection in the Puget Lowland, Washington, Open File Report, Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Earth Resources, p. 76.

Gold, R., 2003, A comparative study of aerial photographs and LIDAR imagery for landslide detection in the Puget

lowland, Washington [B.A. Honors Thesis]: Walla Walla, Whitman College. p. 66.

Selected Abstracts:

Gold, R., Cowgill, E., Arrowsmith, J.R., Gosse, J., Xuanhua, C., and Xiaofeng, W., 2008, Riser diachroneity, lateral erosion, and uncertainty in rates of strike-slip faulting: A case study from Tuzidun along the Altyn Tagh Fault, NW China, Joint Meeting of the Geological Society of America: Houston, TX. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. XX, p. XX.

Gold, R., Cowgill, E., Arrowsmith, J. R., Muretta, M., Gosse, J., Chen, X. & Wang, X., 2007. Holocene slip rate for the central Altyn Tagh Fault: Preliminary results from the Tuzidun site based on 14C and 10Be dating of a displaced fluvial terrace riser. Eos, Transaction, Volume 88: San Francisco, American Geophysical Union.

Gold, P., Gold, R., Cowgill, E., Kreylos, O., and Hamann, B., 2007, Efficient, Off-Grid LiDAR Scanning of Remote Field Sites, Eos, Transaction, Volume 88: San Francisco, American Geophysical Union.

Gold, R., Cowgill, E., Chen, X., and Wang, X., 2006, Holocene slip rate for the central Altyn Tagh Fault: Preliminary results from the Yue Ma Ke Qi site using displaced fluvial risers and 14C geochronology, Eos, Transaction, Volume 87: San Francisco, American Geophysical Union.

Gold, R., Cowgill, E., Wang, X.-F., and Chen, X., 2006, Rate of active shortening across the Aksai restraining stepover along the Altyn Tagh Fault, Gansu Province, NW China, Abstracts with Programs, Volume 38: Philadelphia, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 239.

Gold, R., Cowgill, E., Wang, X.F., and Chen, X., 2004, Strike-slip fault evolution at intermediate (10 ka - 1 Ma) timescales: an example from the Aksai restraining stepover along the Altyn Tagh fault, NW China, Eos, Transactions, Volume 85: San Francisco, American Geophysical Union.

Gold, R., Wegmann, K., Palmer, S., Carson, R., and Spencer, P., 2003, A comparative study of aerial photographs and LIDAR imagery for landslide detection in the Puget Lowland, Washington: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, p. 12.

Invited Talks:

February 2007 Holocene slip history for the central Altyn Tagh Fault: A review and preliminary results from the Tuzidun site (Münster University, Münster, Germany)

March 2007 Is the Holocene slip rate along the Altyn Tagh Fault 10 mm/yr, 30 mm/yr, or both? New data from The Tuzidun site along the central Altyn Tagh Fault, NW China (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany)

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