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Gary L. Oppliger
Arthur Brant Laboratory for Exploration Geophysics
Office: LME 304
Phone: (775) 784-7056
E-mail: oppliger mines.unr.edu
Personal research page:
http://www.unr.edu/mines/able/People/Oppliger/
Areas of Interest: Satellite Radar Interferometry and GPS Applications, Local Geoid Computation Potential Fields and Electrical Methods, Mineral Exploration Geophysics
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Education:
Ph.D., University of California , Berkeley , 1982
M.S., University of California , Berkeley , 1977
B.S., University of California , Berkeley , 1975
Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Oppliger completed his Ph.D. in Engineering Geoscience from U. C. Berkeley, 1982, where he specialized in electromagnetic exploration methods including aspects of field instrumentation, signal processing and electrical modeling. Dr. Oppliger’s professional experience includes 18 years as a research and exploration geophysicist for major mining exploration companies. There his work involved the development of industry leading mineral exploration technologies, including image processing methodologies and potential field acquisition systems and the geologic analysis of geophysical information – much of it applied to the Great Basin of the Western U.S.A.
In 1999, Dr. Gary Oppliger joined the Arthur Brant Laboratory for Exploration Geophysics in the Department Geological Sciences as a Research Associate Professor, where he teaches courses in satellite radar interferometer applications and electromagnetic and potential field exploration methods. His recent research includes interferometric radar (InSAR), GPS and gravity investigations of basins in northwestern Nevada for geologic structure, groundwater, and geothermal resources.
Current Research Projects:
- InSAR Reservoir Monitoring for Geothermal Production Enhancement
- InSAR-GPS Investigation of Seasonal Groundwater Response in Reno
- Gravity Analysis of Basement Structure, Geothermal Exploration, Desert Peak, Nevada
- Ultra High Resolution Local Gravimetric Geoid Computation
Selected Publications:
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Oppliger, G. L., Murphy, B. J., Brimhall Jr., G., 1997, Is the ancestral Yellowstone hotspot responsible for the Tertiary “Carlin mineralization in the Great Basin of Nevada?: Geology 25:627-30.
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Murphy, B. J., Oppliger, G. L., Brimhall Jr., G., and Hynes, A. J., 1999, Mantle Plumes and Mountains: American Scientist, v. 87, p. 146-153. March-April issue.
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Coolbaugh, M., Sawatzky, D., Oppliger, G., Minor, T., Raines, G., Shevenell, L., Blewitt, G., 2003, Geothermal GIS Coverage of the Great Basin , USA : Defining Regional Controls and Favorable Exploration Terrains: Geothermal Resources Council Transactions Vol. 27. (in press).
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Faulds, J., Garside, L., Oppliger, G., 2003, Structural Analysis of the Desert Peak-Brady Geothermal Fields, Northwestern Nevada : Implications for Understanding Linkages between Northeast-Trending Structures and Geothermal Reservoirs in the Humboldt Structural Zone: Geothermal Resources Council Transactions Vol. 27. (in press).
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