Emily Perman Geologist / Website Administrator 303-384-2673 eperman@mines.edu Specialties Geologic Mapping, Structural Geology, Geologic Hazards, GIS, Publications, National Geologic Map Database, Graphic Design
Photo Zoom Download Image Share Weathered concretion from the Pierre Shale, Black Hollow Reservoir, Weld County. Photo credit: Alex Marr (CGS)
Publications Perman, E.A., Marr, A.E., and Lindsey, K.O., 2025, Geologic map of the Timnath quadrangle, Larimer and Weld counties, Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Open-File Report 24-02, scale 1:24,000. https://doi.org/10.58783/cgs.of2402.zbsg4967 [Also available at https://coloradogeologicalsurvey.org/publications/geologic-map-timnath-quadrangle-larimer-weld-colorado/]. Marr, A.E., Perman, E.A., and Lindsey, K.O., 2025, Geologic map of the Severance quadrangle, Weld County, Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Open-File Report 24-03, scale 1:24,000. https://doi.org/10.58783/cgs.of2403.shre2846 [Also available at https://coloradogeologicalsurvey.org/publications/geologic-map-severance-quadrangle-weld-colorado/]. Lindsey, K.O., Marr, A.E., and Perman, E.A., 2025, Geologic map of the Fort Collins quadrangle, Larimer County, Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Open-File Report 24-01, scale 1:24,000. https://doi.org/10.58783/cgs.of2401.tjil5933 [Also available at: https://coloradogeologicalsurvey.org/publications/geologic-map-fort-collins-quadrangle-larimer-colorado/]. Perman, E.A., Crandall, Amy, Zhou, Wendy, and Lovekin, J.R., 2025, Alluvial fan mapping of Lake County, Colorado (data) - v20251201: Colorado Geological Survey Online Series 006-24D. https://doi.org/10.58783/cgs.on00624d.enxc4179 [Also available at https://coloradogeologicalsurvey.org/publications/alluvial-fan-map-data-lake-colorado/]. Lindsey, K.O., Perman, E.A., Zhou, Wendy, and Lovekin, J.R., 2025, Alluvial fan mapping of Gilpin County, Colorado (data) – v20251120: Colorado Geological Survey Online Series 006-22D. https://doi.org/10.58783/cgs.on00622d.wmxy7780 [Also available at https://coloradogeologicalsurvey.org/publications/alluvial-fan-map-data-gilpin-colorado/]. Perman, E.A., Crandall, Amy, Zhou, Wendy, and Lovekin, J.R., 2025, Alluvial fan mapping of Chaffee County, Colorado (data) - v20251201: Colorado Geological Survey Online Series 006-20D. https://doi.org/10.58783/cgs.on00620d.vvoz2872 [Also available at https://coloradogeologicalsurvey.org/publications/alluvial-fan-map-data-chaffee-colorado/]. Lindsey, K.O., Perman, E.A., Zhou, Wendy, and Lovekin, J.R., 2025, Alluvial fan mapping of Boulder County, Colorado (data) – v20251120: Colorado Geological Survey Online Series 006-19D. https://doi.org/10.58783/cgs.on00619d.erid4823 [Also available at https://coloradogeologicalsurvey.org/publications/alluvial-fan-map-data-boulder-colorado/]. White, J.L., and Perman, E.A., 2024, Geologic map of the Badger Wash quadrangle, Mesa and Garfield counties, Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Open-File Report 23-01, scale 1:24,000. https://doi.org/10.58783/cgs.of2301.mcks4853 [Also available at https://coloradogeologicalsurvey.org/publications/geologic-map-badger-wash-quadrangle-garfield-mesa-colorado/]. Keller, S.M., and Perman, E.A., 2024, Geologic map of the Wiggins quadrangle, Morgan County, Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Open-File Report 23-06, scale 1:24,000. https://doi.org/10.58783/cgs.of2306.zluy3701 [Also available at 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, Brooke, 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 STATEMAP geologic mapping Geologic hazard mapping Compilation geologic mapping Geology field instruction and course development Publication specialist and archivist, including map uploads to the National Geologic Map Database (NGMDB) CGS website content creation and administration
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