Emmanuel Olvera

Postdoctoral Scholar
Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
University of Nevada, Reno

Work Phone: 775-682-9011
E-mail: eolvera@unr.edu


Education

• Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro (Italy), 2020
• M.Sc. Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (Mexico), 2017
• B.Sc. Instituto Tecnológico de México, Tacámbaro (Mexico), 2013

Areas of Expertise

• Geothermal exploration
• Structural geology
• Geologic mapping

Professional Work Experience

• 2021–present: Postdoctoral Scholar, Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
• May 2021-August 2021: Exploration geologist, Servicio Geológico Mexicano (Mexico)
• September 2020-April 2021: Exploration geologist, ProDeMin (Mexico)
• 2017-2017: Geoscience Intern, Chesapeake Energy Corporation
• March 2014-February 2015: Exploration geologist, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (Mexico)

Selected Publications

Olvera-García, E., Garduño-Monroy, V.H., Domenico, L., Brogi, A., Bermejo-Santoyo, G., Guevara-
Alday, J.A., 2020. Neogene-Quaternary normal and transfer faults controlling the location of deep-
seated geothermal systems: the case of San Agustín del Maíz (central Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt).
Geothermics, 86, 101791.
Olvera-García, E., Bianco, C., Garduño-Monroy, V.H., Brogi, A., Liotta, D., Wheeler, W.H., Gómez-
Alvarez, F., Najera-Blas, S., Jiménez-Haro, A., Guevara-Alday, J.A., Bastesen, E., Lepillier, B., Zucchi,
M., Caggianelli, A., Ruggieri, G., 2020. Geology of Las Minas: an example of an exhumed geothermal
system (Eastern Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt). Journal of maps, 16:2, 918-926.
Olvera-García, E., Garduño-Monroy, V.H., Ostrooumov, M., Gaspar-Patarroyo, T.L., Nájera-Blas, S.M.,
2020. Structural control on hydrothermal upwelling in the Ixtlán de los Hervores geothermal area,
Mexico. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 339, 106888.
Olvera-García, E., Garduño-Monroy, V.H., Ostrooumov, M., Bermejo-Santoyo, G., Guevara-Alday, J.A.,
Brogi, A., Liotta, D., 2020. Litofacies y mineralogía de los depósitos de sínter de la zona geotérmica
de San Agustín del Maíz, Michoacán, México. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas, 37:3, 212-
223.
Brogi, A., Capezzuoli, E., Moretti, M., Olvera-García, E., Matera, P.F., Garduño-Monroy, V.H., Mancini,
A., 2018. Earthquake-triggered soft-sediment deformation structures (seismites) in travertine
deposits. Tectonophysics, 745, 349-365.


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