Skye W. Cooley

HOMETOWN

Mission Valley, MT

 

CURRENT POSITION
Senior Water Specialist, Sealaska / Flathead Irrigation Project

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EDUCATION

BA Geology, Whitman College - Thesis: Pleistocene clastic dikes, south-central WA

MS Geology, University of Wyoming - Thesis: Proterozoic anorthosite, Laramie Range, WY

PhD Studies, Utah State University - Thesis: Paleohydrology of the Bear River, ID-UT

Sea Education Association Class W-130 aboard R/V Westward

Top Undergraduate Major, University of Wyoming Geology Field Course

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WORK HISTORY

Intern, Exxon Mobil

Soil Scientist, Colville Indian Reservation

Owner, Cirque Geoscience Consultants

Adjunct Geosciences Faculty, Boise State University

Editor, GIS4Geomorphology.com

Field Geologist, Idaho Geological Survey

S.W. Cooley Fine Woodworking

Owner, The Weatherside AirBnB

BIO

I am a Field Geologist specializing in geologic mapping, ancient soils, and geomorphology. I am particularly interested in the interplay between tectonics, topography, and climate. I've worked on a wide variety of projects in the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountains - from clastic dikes to calcrete and from satellite image processing to paleohydrology. Currently, I am mapping the surficial geology of the Mission Valley in northwest Montana and sorting out the geomorphic history of a calcrete-bearing interval in Eastern Washington. The 20m-thick interval overlies ancient Scabland flood deposits and is deformed by Quaternary faults in the Yakima Fold Belt.

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