Contact Information

• Chuck Kluth, Distinguished Scientist
• Distinguished Scientist
• Co-Director, Center of Research Excellence
• Principal, Kluth and Associates geologic consulting firm
• Department of Geology and Geological Engineering
• Colorado School of Mines
• Golden, CO 80401
• USA
• Phone: (303) 273-3889
• email: ckluth@mines.edu

Education

• Augustana College (Ill.)   BA 1971 Business
• Northern Arizona University BS 1973 Geology
• Northern Arizona University MS 1974 Geology
• University of Arizona Ph.D. 1982 Structural Geology and Tectonics

Research Interests

• Geometry of hydrocarbon traps in all structural settings
• Fault seals in hydrocarbon traps
• Extracting the maximum amount of information from data in sparse data areas
• Tectonics throughout the world, including the Appalachians, the North American Cordillera, the Rio Grande Rift and the Ancestral Rocky Mountains
• Interaction of growing structures and tectonics with sedimentation
• History of Geologic Ideas

Experience

• 28 years in exploration, production, and research at Chevron and ChevronTexaco
• Coordinator and principle lecturer of the Chevron and ChevronTexaco Structural Geology Schools
• AAPG International Distinguished Lecturer
• Service on AAPG and GSA committees

Activities

• Co-director of the ChevronTexaco Center of Research Excellence in Subsurface Geology at Colorado School of Mines
• Coordinator and principle lecturer of the ChevronTexaco Structural Geology Schools

Publications

• Subjects include:
  • Structures and emplacement of silicic lavas
  • Late Paleozoic plate tectonics of the Ancestral Rocky Mountains
  • Mid-Mesozoic structure, stratigraphy and tectonics of Southern Arizona
  • Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic structures and tectonics in the Rocky Mountain Region and around the world, Structural analysis tools with examples from around the world.