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Travis A. Nelson Graduate Support Technician Field Camp Operations Director Departmental Support Technician Departmental Information Technician Geologist - UB Rock Fracture Group Computer Technology Specialist OSHA Safety Professional Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED Departmental Webmaster Dept. Activities Photographer Security Officer Department of Geology State University of New York at Buffalo 724 Natural Sciences Complex Buffalo, New York 14260-3050 Phone: (716) 645-6800 ext. 3995 E-mail: tnelson@buffalo.edu Fax: (716) 645-3999 |
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On top of Mt. Baker (-50 F), WA
10,781 ft./ Supports 12 glaciers
and 44 square miles of ice fields
EDUCATION
1994 B.S. Geology, University at Fredonia
2002 M.S. Environmental Geochemistry, University at Buffalo
CERTIFICATION
OSHA 40 hour HAZWOPER / HAZCOM Training
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Geologic Society of America, G.S.A. www.geosociety.org
American Association of Petroleum Geologists, A.A.P.G. www.aapg.org
New York State Council of Professional Geologists, N.Y.S.C.P.G. www.nyscpg.org
Buffalo Association of Professional Geologists, B.A.P.G. www.bapg.org
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Senior Field Research Scientist
Coordinator for UB Rock Fracture Group Soil Gas Division
Geochemical Data / Interpretation Analyst
*Just Put Me In The Field*
Thesis:
Nelson, T. A. (2002).“The Use of Soil Gas Surveys to Delineate Subsurface Structure for Oil and Gas Prospects of the Bass Island Trend: Cross-Strike Discontinuity Locations for Cherry Creek, Perrysburg, Gowanda and Collins Center Quadrangles, Western New York.” State University of New York at Buffalo, Master’s Thesis.
Abstracts:
G.S.A. 2001 Fall
NELSON, Travis, , FOUNTAIN, John, , BUDNY, Lucas, , and JACOBI, Robert, Geology, UB Rock Fracture Group, SUNY at Buffalo, 876 Natural Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14260, tnelson@acsu.buffalo.edu
"Tracing Deep Structure: Soil Gas Analyses in the Finger Lakes Region of the Appalachia Plateau, NYS"
G.S.A. 2002 Spring
NELSON, Travis, , FOUNTAIN, John, , WITMER, Todd, , JACOBI, Robert, , BIEBER, Richard,
Geology, UB Rock Fracture Group, SUNY at Buffalo, 876 Natural Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14260, tnelson@acsu.buffalo.edu
"The Use of Soil Gas Surveys to Delineate Subsurface Structure: Cross-Strike Discontinuity Locations for Cherry Creek, Perrysburg, Gowanda and Collins Center Quadrangles, Bass Island Trend, Western New York State"
G.S.A. 2002 Fall
JACOBI, Robert, , FOUNTAIN, John, , NELSON, Travis, , LUGERT, Courtney, Geology, UB Rock Fracture Group, SUNY at Buffalo, 876 Natural Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14260, rdjacobi@acsu.buffalo.edu
"Reactivated Precambrian Faults in the Appalachian Basin of NYS"
A.A.P.G. 2004 Spring
NELSON, Travis, , FOUNTAIN, John, Geology, University at Buffalo, 876 Natural Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14260, tnelson@acsu.buffalo.edu
"The Use of Soil Gas Surveys to Delineate Subsurface Structure: Cross-Strike Discontinuity Locations for the Bass Island Trend in Western New York"
G.S.A. 2004 Spring
NELSON, Travis1,2, FOUNTAIN, John2,3, JACOBI, Robert1,2, SMITH, Gerry1,2, CROSS, Gareth1,2, WITMER, Todd1,2, and BIEBER, Richard4, (1) Geology Dept., University at Buffalo, 876 Natural Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14260, tnelson@acsu.buffalo.edu, (2) Geology, UB Rock Fracture Group, SUNY at Buffalo, 876 NSC, Buffalo, NY 14260, (3) Professor and Head, Marine Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Box 8208, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, (4) Robinson & Nobel, Inc., 5320 Orchard St., Tacoma, WA 98467.
"The Relationship of State-Wide Soil Gas Surveys to Fracture Data and Lineaments: Delineation of Subsurface Structures Related to Hydrocarbons"
G.S.A. 2005 Fall
STROUP, Joshua T.1,2, JACOBI, Robert1,2, NELSON, Travis1,2, (1) Geology Dept., University at Buffalo, 876 Natural Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14260, jtstroup@buffalo.edu, (2) Geology, UB Rock Fracture Group, SUNY at Buffalo, 876 NSC, Buffalo, NY 14260
"Fracture Intensification Domains, Lineaments and Faults in the Skaneateles Lake Region of the Alleghanian plateau of New York State"
