Phil Wannamaker

 

 

 

Research Assistant Professor

phone 801.581.3547
faX 801.585.3540

EMAIL
pewanna@egi.utah.edu

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Languages

  • Some French

Professional Research Interests and Expertise –

  • Electromagnetic theory and practice
  • numerical modeling
  • inverse theory
  • relation of resistivity structure to physiochemical conditions of the Earth
  • global tectonism
  • geothermal systems
  • ore deposits

Professional Experience –

  • Western United States
  • Southern Appalachians
  • New Zealand
  • Antarctica

Education –

  • 1976 B.Sc. in Engineering Geology, Queen’s University, Kingston
  • 1983 Ph.D. in Electromagnetic Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City

Memberships –

  • AGU
  • SEG
  • GRC
  • ASEG
  • GSA

Honors and Awards –

  • Trustee and Treasurer, Gerald W. Hohmann Memorial Trust for Teaching and Research in Applied Electrical Methods.
  • Green Foundation Fellow, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, CA.
  • Outstanding Ph.D. Research Award, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah.

 

Publications –

Wannamaker, P. E., W. M. Doerner, D. P. Hasterok, 2006, Cryptic faulting and multi-scale geothermal fluid connections in the Dixie Valley-Central Nevada Seismic belt area; implications from MT resistivity surveying, Proceedings 31st Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, SGP-TR-179, 8 pp.

Wannamaker, P. E., 2005, Anisotropy versus heterogeneity in continental solid earth electromagnetic studies: fundamental response characteristics and implications for physicochemical state, invited review paper, Surveys in Geophysics, 26, 733-765

Wannamaker, P. E., J. A. Stodt, L. Pellerin, S. L. Olsen, and D. B. Hall, Structure and thermal regime beneath South Pole region, East Antarctica, from magnetotelluric measurements, Geophysical Journal International, 157, 36-54, 2004.

Wannamaker, P. E., 2003, Initial Results of Magnetotelluric Array Surveying at the Dixie Valley Geothermal Area, with Implications for Structural Controls and Hydrothermal Alteration, Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, 27, 37-41.

Wannamaker, P. E., G. R. Jiracek, J. A. Stodt, T. G. Caldwell, A. D. Porter, V. M. Gonzalez, and J. D. McKnight, 2002, Fluid generation and movement beneath an active compressional orogen, the New Zealand Southern Alps, inferred from magnetotelluric (MT) data, Journal of Geophysical Research, 107(B6), ETG 6 1-22.