Ken Pierce was one of a select group of USGS geologists who did the pioneering mapping of Yellowstone in the 1960s. For the next fifty years he engaged in ground-breaking research on many Yellowstone topics including timing of glacial advances, track of the Yellowstone Hot Spot, post-glacial inflation-deflation cycles, and glacial geomorphology.
USGS #5
Inside USGS, No. 5, Kenneth Pierce, Pleistocene Glaciations of the Greater Yellowstone Area
This is a video series from the USGS highlighting Ken's contributions to the understanding of Pleistocene glaciation in the Greater Yellowstone.
Here, Ken and John survey the mysterious Crevice Lake, a pothole lake adjacent to the Yellowstone River that has no inlet or outlet. They ponder the possibilities of how it was formed.
Famed Yellowstone geologist Ken Pierce passed away on July 9, 2021 in Bozeman, Montana. This little video provides a few glimpses of Ken in the field over the years.
Ken Pierce of the USGS was tasked with mapping the Ice Age effects on Yellowstone. From his work we understand the movements of glacial ice on the Yellowstone Plateau during the Last Glacial Maximum and beyond.
This is a song from Marith Reheis in memory of Ken Pierce who passed away in 2020. Marith adapted her lyrics to John Denver's Take Me Home Country Roads...
