Alan R. Ramelli

Research Engineering Geologist
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering
University of Nevada, Reno

Business telephone: (775) 682-8768
FAX: (775) 784-1709
E-mail: ramelli@unr.edu

EDUCATION

B.S. Geology w/distinction, University of Nevada, Reno, 1983

M.S. Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1988

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Engineering/environmental geology
  • Active fault evaluation
  • Paleoseismology
  • Global Positioning System (GPS)
  • Radon hazards

    PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

    1. Research Associate, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology (October 1986 - present)
    2. Geologist, D. B. Slemmons, Consulting Geologist, Reno, Nevada (October 1983 - October 1986)
    3. Information Technician, Chevron, U.S.A., Concord, California (July 1983 - August 1983)

    PUBLICATIONS

    Ramelli, A.R., Bell, J.W., dePolo, C.M., and Yount, J.C., 1999, Large-magnitude, late Holocene earthquakes on the Genoa fault, west-central Nevada and eastern California: Seismological Society of America Bulletin, v. 89, no. 6.

    Bell, J.W., dePolo, C.M., Ramelli, A.R., Sarna-Wojcicki, A.M., and Meyer, C.E., 1999, Surface faulting and paleoseismic history of the 1932 Cedar Mountain earthquake area, central Nevada and implications for modern tectonics of the Walker Lane: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 111, no. 6.

    Bell, J.W., Ramelli, A.R., dePolo, C.M., Maldonado, F., and Schmidt, D.L., 1999, Geologic map of the Corn Creek Springs Quadrangle, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Map 121, scale 1:24,000.

    Ramelli, A.R., House, P.K., Wrucke, C.K., and John, D.A., 1999, Geologic map of the Stony Point Quadrangle, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 99-8.

    dePolo, C.M., Ramelli, A.R., and Bell, J.W., 1999, Geologic map of the Pahrump Quadrangle: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 99-14.

    House, K., Ramelli, A.R., and Wrucke, C.K., 1998, Geologic map of the Battle Mountain Quadrangle, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 99-6 .

    Ramelli, A.R., 1998, Quaternary stratigraphy and fault activity, Solitario Canyon fault, Yucca Mountain, Nevada, in Taylor, E.M., ed., Quaternary Geology of the Yucca Mountain Area, southern Nevada, Field Trip Guide for the Friends of the Pleistocene Pacific Cell 1998 Field Trip.

    Ramelli, A.R., dePolo, C.M., and Bell, J.W., 1998, Recent large-magnitude events along the Carson Range fault system, a principal frontal fault of the northern Sierra Nevada, in Lund, W.R., ed., Proceedings volume, Basin and Range Province Seismic-Hazards Summit: Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 98-2, p. 42.

    Bell, J.W., Ramelli, A.R., and Caskey, S.J., 1998, Geologic map of the Tule Springs Park Quadrangle, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Map 113, scale 1:24,000.

    Bell, J.W., Ramelli, A.R., and Glancy, P.A., 1995, Road Log and Guidebook: Quaternary Geology, Active Faults, and Landslides: Reno to Genoa, Nevada: Association of American State Geologists field trip.

    Bell, J.W., Ramelli, A.R., and Glancy, P.A., 1995, Quaternary geology, active faults, and landslides: Geology of the Sacramento area, the Sierra Nevada, and the adjacent foothills, Part II, Markleeville, California to Reno, Nevada: Association of Engineering Geologists Annual Meeting Field Trip Guidebook, 18 p.

    Peterson, F.F., Bell, J.W., Dorn, R.I., Ramelli, A.R., and Ku, T.L., 1995, Late Quaternary geomorphology and soils in Crater Flat, Yucca Mountain area, southern Nevada: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 107, no. 4, p. 379-395.

    Ramelli, A.R., 1994, The Double Spring Flat Earthquake: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Nevada Geology, Winter 1994.

    Faulds, J., Bell, J.W., Feuerbach, D., and Ramelli, A.R., 1994, Geologic map of part of Crater Flat, southern Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Map 101, scale 1:24,000.

    Price, J.G., Rigby, J.G., Christensen, L., Hess, R., LaPointe, D.D., Ramelli, A.R., Desilets, M., Hopper, R.D., Kluesner, R., and Marshall, S., 1994, Radon in outdoor air in Nevada: Health Physics, v. 66, no. 4, p. 433-438.

    Rigby, J.G., Price, J.G., Christensen, L.G., LaPointe, D.D., Ramelli, A.R., Desilets, M.O., Hess, R.H., and Marshall, S.R., 1994, Radon in Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 108, 76 p.

    Yount, J., Bell, J., dePolo, C., and Ramelli, A., 1993, Neotectonics of the Walker Lane: Pyramid Lake to Tonopah, Nevada: Guidebook for field trip #14, Geological Society of America, joint Cordilleran/Rocky Mountain sections meeting, May 22-24, 1993.

    Ramelli, Alan R., dePolo, Craig M., and dePolo, Diane D., 1992, Seismic hazards of the Reno/Carson City/Lake Tahoe area: Field trip guidebook, Western States Seismic Policy Council, XV Annual Meeting, October 26-29, 1992.

    dePolo, C.M., Clark, D.G., Slemmons, D.B., and Ramelli, A.R., 1991, Historical surface faulting in the Basin and Range province, USA: implications for earthquake segmentation: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 13, p. 123-136.

    Caskey, S.J., and Ramelli, A.R., 1991, Tuscarora fault zone, East Independence Valley fault, Western Bull Run Mountains fault, and Bull Run Basin fault, northwest Elko County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Preliminary Fault Evaluation Report.

    Nitchman, S.P., and Ramelli, A.R., 1991, Northern Genoa fault zone, northern Washoe Valley section: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Preliminary Fault Evaluation Report, 8 p.

    Nitchman, S.P., and Ramelli, A.R., 1991, Freds Mountain fault: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Preliminary Fault Evaluation Report, 8 p.

    Nitchman, S.P., Ramelli, A.R., and Taylor, J., 1991, Eglington Scarp: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Preliminary Fault Evaluation Report, 6 p.

    Ramelli, A.R., 1990, Global Positioning System studies at NBMG: Nevada Geology, no. 8, p. 1.

    Ramelli, A.R. and Slemmons, D.B., 1990, Implications of the Meers fault on seismic potential of active faults in the central United States; in Neotectonics in Earthquake Evaluation, Geological Society of America, Reviews in Engineering Geology, v. VIII, p. 59-75.

    dePolo, C.M., Bell, J.W., and Ramelli, A.R., 1989, The use of the relative comparison approach at Yucca Mountain and the 1932 Cedar Mountain area: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Open-File Report 89-1, p. 79-81.

    dePolo, C.M., Ramelli, A.R., and dePolo, D., 1989, Earthquakes in Nevada and how to survive them: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Pamphlet, 8 p.

    dePolo, C.M., and Ramelli, A.R., 1987, Preliminary report on surface fractures along the White Mountains fault zone associated with the July 1986 Chalfant Valley earthquake sequence: Seismological Society of America Bulletin, v. 77, no. 1.

    Ramelli, A.R., and Slemmons, D.B., 1986, Neotectonic activity of the Meers fault: Oklahoma Geological Survey Guidebook 24, p. 45-54.

    PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
    Geological Society of America
    American Geophysical Union
    Association of Engineering Geologists
    National Center for Science Education