Emily Perman

Geologist and Website Admin

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