Present Position

Society of Exploration Geophysicists
American Geophysical Union
Geological Society of America
Geological Society of Nevada
New Mexico Geological Society

* Development of computer algorithms to filter gravity and magnetic data in the frequency domain;

* Aeromagnetic and gravity studies of the Lake City caldera (San Juan Mountains, Colorado);

*Identification of and correction for magnetic terrain effects in aeromagnetic surveys flown over volcanic terranes;

* Analysis of basement lithology and structure in Uinta, Piceance, Paradox, and Eastern Great Basins, Utah, Colorado and Nevada;

* Geophysical delineation and comparison of geologic features to disseminated (Carlin-type) gold deposits in the Getchell trend area, Nevada;

* Geophysical delineation of major structures within a volcanic aquifer system that may be controlling deep ground-water flow, Nevada Test Site;

* Synthesis of geophysical, geologic, and geochemical evidence to construct a model of crustal structure related to mineral trends in north-central Nevada;

* Development of novel high-resolution aeromagnetic methods for mapping faults that offset basin fill in the shallow subsurface;

* Coordination of geophysical efforts to develop a 3D geologic model of the Albuquerque basin, New Mexico, with a focus on understanding of the controls on ground-water flow and storage; and

* Investigation of high-resolution aeromagnetic methods to image shallow faults in Dixie Valley geothermal field, Nevada, and Gulf Coast Louisiana.

* Invited consultant to the Norwegian Geological Survey on aeromagnetic terrain corrections, July-August, 1986.

* Invited consultant to Beijing computer center on aeromagnetic terrain corrections and potential-field software, May 1989.

* Invited consultant to Geological Survey, Republic of South Africa on potential-field interpretation methods and software, June 1989.

* Member, Society of Exploration Geophysicists Gravity and Magnetics Committee, November 1991-present.

* Lead organizer of short course on "Geophysical map interpretation on the PC" for the Society of Economic Geologists Conference "Integrated Methods in Exploration and Discovery", April 1993.

* Member, informal National Research Council Task Group on Upgrading the National Magnetic Anomaly Data Base. 1993-1994.

* Organizer and chair of special session on high-resolution aeromagnetic data over sedimentary basins, International Association of Geodesy and Aeronomy Meeting (IAGA), July 1997.

* Organizer and chair of special session on deep crustal controls on mineral trends, annual Geological Society of America meeting in Reno, Nevada, November, 2000.

* Organizer and chair, Technical Planning and Coordination Workshop on Geologic and Geophysical Studies of the Española Groundwater Basin, Santa Fe, New Mexico, April, 2002.

* Co-editor of special issue of Ore Geology Reviews on "Deep Crustal Controls of Mineral Trends", in press for 2002.

* Chair, Española Basin Technical Advisory Group, an ad hoc group representing several government and academic organizations working on ground-water problems in the vicinity of Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 2002-present.

* Regular reviewer for Geophysics, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Journal of Geophysical Research, and Tectonophysics.* Over 25 technical presentations given at national and international meetings.

* Invited lectures at 7 different colleges/universities

* Frances Wahl Pierce Award, awarded by the Denver Chapter of the Association for Women Geoscientists to the most outstanding woman geoscience student in her graduating class: 1986.

* U. S. Geological Survey awards for high level of performance: 1996, 1997, 1998, and 2002.

* Outstanding reviewer, recognized by the Editor of Geophysics. The citation appears in The Leading Edge, August, 1999, v. 18, no. 8, p. 888

* Wyoming Geological Society's Champlin Award for best poster, American Association of

* Petroleum Geologists Rocky Mountain Section meeting, September, 2000

Cordell, Lindrith, and Grauch V.J.S., 1982, Reconciliation of the discrete and integral Fourier transforms: Geophysics, v. 47, no. 2, p. 237-243.

Grauch, V.J.S., and Campbell, D.L., 1984, Does draping aeromagnetic data reduce terrain-induced effects?: Geophysics, v. 49, no. 1, p. 75-80.

Cordell, Lindrith, and Grauch, V.J.S., 1985, Mapping basement magnetization zones from aeromagnetic data in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico, in Hinze, W.J., ed., The Utility of Regional Gravity and Magnetic Anomaly Maps: Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa, Oklahoma, p. 181-197.

Grauch, V.J.S., 1987, A new variable-magnetization terrain correction method for aeromagnetic data: Geophysics, v. 52, no. 1, p. 94-107.

Grauch, V.J.S., 1987, Interpretive aeromagnetic map using the horizontal gradient: Lake City caldera area, San Juan Mountains, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Geophysical Investigations Map GP-974, 1:48,000.

Grauch, V.J.S., 1987, The importance of total magnetization in aeromagnetic interpretation of volcanic areas--An illustration from the San Juan Mountains, Colorado: Expanded Abstracts with Biographies, 57th Annual International Society of Exploration Geophysicists Meeting, Oct. 11-15, 1987, p. 109-110.

Grauch, V.J.S., and Cordell, Lindrith, 1987, Limitations of determining density or magnetic boundaries from the horizontal gradient of gravity or pseudogravity data: Geophysics, v. 52, no. 1, p. 118-121.

Grauch, V.J.S., 1991, Innovations in the interpretation of regional magnetic, gravity, and airborne electromagnetic data: Minnesota Geological Survey Information Circular 35, p. 32-33.

Grauch, V.J.S., and Hoover, D.B., 1993, Locating buried conductive material along the Getchell trend, Osgood Mountains, Nevada--Implications for gold exploration and the carbon-gold association(?): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2039, p. 237-244.

Grauch, V.J.S., 1993, Limitations on digital filtering of the DNAG magnetic data set for the conterminous U.S.: Geophysics, p. 1281-1296.

Grauch, V.J.S., Jachens, R.C., and Blakely, R.J., 1995, Evidence for a basement feature related to the Cortez disseminated gold trend and implications for regional exploration in Nevada: Economic Geology, v. 90, p. 203-207.

Grauch, V.J.S., 1996, Magnetically interpreted, granitoid plutonic bodies in Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 96-2, p. 7-1 through 7-16, 1 plate.

Grauch, V. J. S., Sawyer, D. A., Fridrich, C. J., and Hudson, M. R., 1999, Geophysical framework of the southwestern Nevada volcanic field and hydrogeologic implications: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1608, 40 p.

Grauch, V. J. S., 1999, Principal features of high-resolution aeromagnetic data collected near Albuquerque, New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 50, p. 115-118, 2 plates.

Grauch, V. J. S., Gillespie, C. L., and Keller, G. R., 1999, Discussion of new gravity maps for the Albuquerque basin area: New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 50, p. 119-124, 2 plates.

Grauch, V. J. S., Hudson, M. R., and Minor, S. A., 2001, Aeromagnetic expression of faults that offset basin fill, Albuquerque basin, New Mexico: Geophysics, v. 66, 707-720.

Grauch, V. J. S., 2001, High-resolution aeromagnetic data, a new tool for mapping intrabasinal faults: An example from the Albuquerque basin, New Mexico: Geology, v. 29, p. 367-370.

Grauch, V. J. S., 2001, Using high-resolution aeromagnetic surveys to map subsurface hydrogeology in sediment-filled basins: A case study over the Rio Grande rift, central New Mexico, USA: Exploration Geophysics, v. 32, nos. 3 & 4, p. 209-213.

Grauch, V. J. S., Rodriguez, B. D., and Deszcz-Pan, M., 2002, What we learned from geophysics, in Bartolino, J.R., and Cole, J.C., Ground-water Resources of the Middle Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1222, in press.

Grauch, V. J. S., and Johnston, C. A., 2002, Gradient window method: A simple way to separate regional from local horizontal gradients in gridded potential-field data: Expanded Abstracts and Bibliographies, 72nd Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, in press.

Crafford, A. E. J., and Grauch, V. J. S., 2002, Geologic and geophysical evidence for the influence of deep crustal structures on Paleozoic tectonics and the alignment of world-class gold deposits, north-central Nevada, USA: Ore Geology Reviews, in press.

Grauch, V. J. S., Rodriguez, B. D., Bankey, Viki, and Wooden, J. L., 2003, Evidence for a Battle Mountain-Eureka crustal fault zone, north-central Nevada, and its relation to Neoproterozoic-Early Paleozoic continental breakup: Journal of Geophysical Research, in press.

Grauch, V. J. S., Rodriguez, B. D., and Wooden, J. L., 2003, Geophysical and isotopic constraints on crustal structure related to mineral trends in north-central Nevada and implications for tectonic history: Economic Geology, v. 98, in press.