usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:27:36.939564' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/joseph-p-smoot profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: [] email: jpsmoot@usgs.gov expertise_terms: [] honors: [] intro_statements: - My research uses analysis of sedimentary processes to reconstruct depositional environments at the map scale, outcrops, cores, and thin sections. The reconstructions are used to develop mapping strategies, climatic reconstructions, exploration of economic minerals or hydrocarbons, or to resolve problems such as pollution, erosion, or hazard analysis. name: Joseph P Smoot name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0002-5064-8070 organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/florence-bascom-geoscience-center organization_name: Florence Bascom Geoscience Center personal_statement: Mentorship/Outreach1978-1983 - Assistant Professor, State University of New York, Stony Brook NY professional_experience: - 2013-present - Scientist Emeritus, U.S. Geological Survey, Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center, Reston VA - 1995-2013 - Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center, Reston VA - 1990-1995 - Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Sedimentary Processes Program, Denver CO - 1983-1990 - Research Geologist, U.S. Geolgical Survey, Branch of Eastern Geology, Reston VA - 1978-1983 - Assistant Professor, State University of New York, Stony Brook NY title: Scientist Emeritus