Emily Perman

Geologist / Website Administrator

Specialties

Geologic Mapping, Geologic Hazards, GIS, Publications, National Geologic Map Database, Graphic Design

Photo

Photo

Weathered concretion from the Pierre Shale, Black Hollow Reservoir, Weld County. Photo credit: Alex Marr (CGS)

Publications

Publications

Keller, S.M., and Perman, E.A. “OF-23-06 Geologic Map of the Wiggins Quadrangle, Morgan County, Colorado.” Geologic, 1:24,000. Open File Report. Golden, CO: Colorado Geological Survey, 2024. https://doi.org/10.58783/cgs.of2306.zluy3701. CGS Publications. https://coloradogeologicalsurvey.org/publications/geologic-map-wiggins-quadrangle-morgan-colorado.

Perman, E.A., Gallen, S.F., Singleton, J.S., Mavor, S.P., Gomila, R., Seymour, N.M., Mueller, K.J., 2021, Quaternary neotectonic lineaments in the hyperarid Atacama Desert, northern Chile: long-term records of forearc strain: Abstract 367509 presented at 2021 GSA Connects, Geological Society of America, Portland, Oregon, 10-13 October.

Hunter, B., Roering, J.J., Perman, E.A., and Silva, L., 2019, Land management practices and post-wildfire erosion processes in a steep, forested landscape in the Pacific Northwest: Abstract H31H-04 presented at 2019 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, California, 9-13 December.

Interests
& Projects

Interests & Projects

  • STATEMAP geologic mapping
  • LIDAR-based alluvial fan mapping
  • Compilation geologic mapping
  • Publication specialist and archivist, including map uploads to the National Geologic Map Database (NGMDB)
  • CGS website content creation and administration

Education &
Experience

Education & Experience

Work History

Geologist II | Colorado Geological Survey | April 2024 – present

Research Support III | Colorado Geological Survey | Jan. 2023 – March 2024

Assistant Geologist | Colorado Geological Survey | July - Dec. 2022

Lead Teaching Assistant: Field Camp | Colorado State University | Summer 2021 & 2022

Graduate Research Assistant | Colorado State University | 2020 – 2021

Graduate Teaching Assistant | Colorado State University | 2019

Luminescence Geochronology Lab Technician (GS-05) | United States Geological Survey | Summer 2019

 

Education

M.S., Geosciences | Colorado State University | May 2023

Thesis research: Quaternary alluvial lineaments in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile: Morphology, relationships to bedrock structures, and link to the seismic cycle of the Andean subduction margin

 

B.S., Earth Sciences, summa cum laude | University of Oregon | June 2019

Undergraduate research: Watershed analysis and post-wildfire debris flow monitoring in steep, forested landscapes