James McCalpin (Crestone) Senior Geologist / Paleoseismologist james.mccalpin@mines.edu Specialties Geological Hazards, Geologic Mapping, Quaternary Faulting, Slope Failure Mapping and Analysis
Publications Recent McCalpin, J.P., Ferrario, M.F., Figueiredo, P.M., Livio, F.A., Grützner, C., Pisarska-Jamroży, M., Quigley, M.C., Reicherter, K., Rockwell, T.K., Štěpančíková, P., and Tábořík, P., 2023, New Developments in onshore paleoseismic methods, and their impact on Quaternary tectonic studies. Quaternary International, v. 664, p. 59-76 McCalpin, J.P. and Jones, L.C.A., 2021, The Stillwater Scarp, Central Nevada, USA; Coseismic gravitational failure on a 1200 m-high range-front escarpment: Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, v. XXVII, no. 4, p. 377–393. McCalpin, J.P. and Gath, E.M., 2021, 50 Years of Paleoseismology; The Science and the Business: AEG News, 64(3):22-25. McCalpin, J.P., Pavlis, T.L., Jones, L.C.A., Green, D, and Hurtado, J.M., 2021, Tectonic geomorphology and paleoseismology of the northern East Franklin Mountains fault, El Paso, Texas, USA: Quaternary International, v. 598, p.110-122 McCalpin, J.P., 2020, Seismology and geologic hazards in the greater San Luis Valley, in Beeton, J. M., Saenz, C.N. and Waddell, B.J. (eds.), The San Luis Valley: Geology, Ecology, and Human History: University Press of Colorado, Louisville, CO, p. 136-161. McCalpin, J.P., Gutierrez, F., Bruhn, R.L., Guerrero, J., Pavlis, T.L. and Lucha, P., 2020, Tectonic geomorphology and late Quaternary deformation on the Ragged Mountain Fault, Yakutat Microplate, South Coastal Alaska. Geomorphology, 351(2): doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.106875 Baize, S., Nurminen, F., Sarmiento A., Dawson, T., Takao, M., Scotti, O., Azuma, T., Boncio, P., Champenois, J., Cinti, F., Civico, R., Costa, C., Guerrieri, L., Marti, E., McCalpin, J.P., Okumura, K., and Villamor, P., 2019, A Worldwide and Unified Database of Surface Ruptures (SURE) for Fault Displacement Hazard Analyses: Seismol. Res, Lett., Datamine, 16-OCT-2019, doi.org/10.1785/0220190144 Carbonel, D., Gutiérrez, F., Sevila, J., and McCalpin, J.P., 2019, Evaluating Quaternary activity versus inactivity on faults and folds using geomorphological mapping and trenching: Seismic hazard implications: Geomorphology, 338: 43-60. McCalpin, J.P., Liščák, P., Jelínek, R., Zorba, M.O. and Santacana, N., 2019, Postglacial deformation history of sackungen on the southern slope of Mount Chabenec, Nízke Tatry Mts., Slovakia. Mineralia Slovaka, Bratislava, 51(1):1-30. McCalpin, J.P. and Corominas, J., 2019, Postglacial deformation history of sackungen on the northern slope of Pic d'Encampadana, Andorra. Geomorphology, 337: 134-150. McCalpin, J.P., Reicherter, K., Audin, L. and Boulton, S.J. (eds.), 2019, Paleoseismology and Active Faults. Geomorphology, Special Issue, 326: 252 p. McCalpin, J.P., 2018, Exposure logging, In Bobrowsky P., Marker B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Engineering Geology. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland. McCalpin J.P., 2018, Surface Rupture, In Bobrowsky P., Marker B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Engineering Geology. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland.
Education & Experience Education PhD Geology, Colorado School of Mines, 1981 MS Geology, University of Colorado, 1975 BA Geology, University of Texas, 1972 Experience GEO-HAZ Consulting, Inc., Estes Park and Crestone, CO (1991-2023) Utah State University, Logan, UT (1982-1991) Jefferson County (CO) Planning & Zoning Dept., Golden, CO (1981-82) U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA (1976-1978) Certifications Professional Geologist – Colorado, as defined in C.R.S. 23-41-208 Professional Geologist – Utah PG-5526873-2250 Professional Geologist – Wyoming PG-4254