About the Author - Jim Erjavec
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Over the past 25 years, Jim
Erjavec has worked as a
environmental geologist,
Geographic Information
System's specialist,
computer system's analyst,
and a petroleum geologist.
He holds an MS degree in
Economic Geology from The
University of Arizona and a
BS degree in Geology from
The Cleveland State
University. His areas of
expertise in the geologic
sciences include geologic
mapping, stratigraphic
interpretation, geochemistry,
mineralogy, and
paleontology.
He is a founding member of
the Society for Planetary
SETI Research (SPSR) and
has made a number of
contributions to the analysis
of the Cydonia region of
Mars. In 1994, using Viking
images, he developed a
detailed geomorphic feature
map of the Cydonia region
that served as a geologic
baseline for studies by
SPSR researchers.
He was a co-author of The
Case for the Face and has
had articles published in The
Martian Enigmas: A Closer
Look; The Monuments of
Mars, A City on the Edge of
Forever 4th Edition; and the
Journal of Scientific
Exploration. He has also
written book reviews for
UFO Magazine and the
Journal of Scientific
Exploration, and he was the
Science Editor for the Final
Frontiers website.
He was born in Miami,
Florida in 1957, spent his
early years in the Cleveland,
Ohio area, and now resides
in Mason, Ohio with his wife
and children. His hobbies
include fossil collecting (see
photos), reading, history,
and doing just about
anything in the outdoors.
Erjavec has worked as a
environmental geologist,
Geographic Information
System's specialist,
computer system's analyst,
and a petroleum geologist.
He holds an MS degree in
Economic Geology from The
University of Arizona and a
BS degree in Geology from
The Cleveland State
University. His areas of
expertise in the geologic
sciences include geologic
mapping, stratigraphic
interpretation, geochemistry,
mineralogy, and
paleontology.
He is a founding member of
the Society for Planetary
SETI Research (SPSR) and
has made a number of
contributions to the analysis
of the Cydonia region of
Mars. In 1994, using Viking
images, he developed a
detailed geomorphic feature
map of the Cydonia region
that served as a geologic
baseline for studies by
SPSR researchers.
He was a co-author of The
Case for the Face and has
had articles published in The
Martian Enigmas: A Closer
Look; The Monuments of
Mars, A City on the Edge of
Forever 4th Edition; and the
Journal of Scientific
Exploration. He has also
written book reviews for
UFO Magazine and the
Journal of Scientific
Exploration, and he was the
Science Editor for the Final
Frontiers website.
He was born in Miami,
Florida in 1957, spent his
early years in the Cleveland,
Ohio area, and now resides
in Mason, Ohio with his wife
and children. His hobbies
include fossil collecting (see
photos), reading, history,
and doing just about
anything in the outdoors.
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