Dr. Eric Peterson
University Professor of Geology, Hydrogeology Program Coordinator
Geography-Geology-Environment
Office
Felmley Hall Annex FSA 439
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Current Courses
318.001Aquifer Systems
488.001Aquifer Systems In Clastic & Carbonate Rocks
360.001Hydrogeology
460.001Hydrogeology
499.001Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
499.101Independent Research For The Masters Thesis Final Year
400.001Independent Study
287.004Independent Study - Geology
410.001Seminar In Hydrogeology Research
499.002Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
499.101Independent Research For The Masters Thesis Final Year
400.001Independent Study
456.001Problems In Environmental Geology
Teaching Interests & Areas
Teaching: Groundwater Geology, Hydrology, Karst Hydrogeology, Aquifer Systems, Principles of Geology,
Research Interests & Areas
Research Interests: Surface water – ground water interaction within the hyporheic zone of low gradient streams and in karst systems, fluid flow and thermal transport modeling, and physical processes of karst systems.
Ph D Geological Sciences
University of Missouri
Columbia
MS Geology
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville
MA Mathematics
University of South Dakota
Vermillion
BS Earth Science and Mathematics
University of South Dakota
Vermillion
Outstanding Scholarship Award
College of Arts and Sciences
2021
Outstanding Service Award
College of Arts and Sciences
2020
Kenneth A. and Mary Ann Shaw Teaching Fellowship
College of Arts and Sciences
2018
Geological Society of America Fellow
Geological Society of America
2013
Outstanding College Teacher Award in Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
2011
Busy Bee
University Research Office
2008
Research Initiative Award
Illinois State University
2006
Service Initiative Award, Illinois State University
Illinois State University
2006
Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellow
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2000
Book, Chapter
Vesper, D., Schindel, G., Beck, B., Brahana, J., Cate, J., Engler, D., Ewers, R., Falkenberg, J., Halihan, T., Idstein, P., Krothe, N., Peterson, E., Toran, L., Veni, G., White, E., & Williams, S. Focus Group on Karst Resources and Other Applied Issues. Frontiers of Karst Research. Karst Waters Institute (2008)
Peterson, E., Davis, R., & Brahana, J. The use of regression analysis to predict nitrate-nitrogen concentrations in springs of Northwest Arkansas. Groundwater flow and contaminant transport in carbonate aquifers. A.A Balkema (2000): 43-63.
Conference Proceeding
Francis, A., Peterson, E. W., and Dogwiler, T. J., 2018, Lithology as an erosional control on the Cave Branch and Horn Hollow fluviokarst watersheds in Carter County, Kentucky, in Sasowsky, I. D., Byle, M. J., and Land, L., eds., 15th Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst and the 3rd Appalachian Karst Symposium, Volume 6: Shepherdstown, West Virginia, National Cave and Karst Research Institute, p. 279-288.
Peterson, E., Dogwiler, T., and Harlan, L., 2011, Using GIS to identify cave levels and discern the speleogenesis of the Carter Caves karst area, Kentucky, in Kuniansky, E. L., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Proceedings, Fayetteville, Arkansas (April 26-29, 2011), Volume Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5031: Reston, Virginia, United States Geological Survey, p. 94-103.
Peterson, E., and Hughes, K., 2011, Temporal Stability of Cave Sediments, in Kuniansky, E. L., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Proceedings, Fayetteville, Arkansas (April 26-29, 2011), Volume Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5031: Reston, Virginia, United States Geological Survey, p. 57-65.
Journal Article
Bosompemaa, P., Peterson, E., Perry, W., & Seyoum, W. Recycling of nitrate and organic matter by plants in the vadose zone of a saturated riparian buffer. Water, Air, and Soil (2021)
Bosompemaa, P., Peterson, E.W., Perry, W., Seyoum, W.M., 2021. Recycling of Nitrate and Organic Matter by Plants in the Vadose Zone of a Saturated Riparian Buffer. Water, Air, Soil Pollut., 232(6): 245. DOI:10.1007/s11270-021-05202-3
Oberhelman, A., & Peterson, E. Seasonal and storm-event chloride loads in an urban-agricultural watershed. Environmental Earth Sciences (2021)
Peterson EW, Nicodemus P, Spooner E, Heath A. The Effectiveness of an Artificial Floating Wetland to Remove Nutrients in an Urban Stream: A Pilot-Study in the Chicago River, Chicago, IL USA. Hydrology. 2021; 8(3):115. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology8030115
Andrew Oberhelman, Eric W. Peterson, 2020, Chloride source delineation in an urban‐agricultural watershed: Deicing agents versus agricultural contributions, Hydrological Processes, 10.1002/hyp.13861.
Map/Diagram/Artwork
Wirth, H.*, Peterson, E. W., and Malone, D. H., 2018, Surficial Geologic of the 7.5-Minute Gibson City West Quadrangle, Champaign, Ford, and McLean Counties, Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey, http://isgs.illinois.edu/sites/isgs/files/maps/isgs-quads/gibsoncitywest-ed-sg.pdf Illinois State Geological Survey, scale 1:24,000.
Ludwikowski, J.*, Malone, D. H., and Peterson, E. W., 2016, Surficial Geologic Map, Bloomington East Quadrangle, McLean County, Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey, scale 1:24,000.
Maxwell, E.L.*, Malone, D.H., Peterson, E.W, and Nelson, R.S., 2015Surficial Geologic Map, Colfax Quadrangle, McLean County, Illinois. Illinois State Geological Survey: https://www.isgs.illinois.edu/maps/isgs-quads/surficial-geology/edmap/colfax Illinois State Geological Survey.
Seipel, L.C.*, Thomason, J. F., Malone, D.H., and Peterson, E.W., 2015, Surficial Geology of Garden Prairie 7.5-minute Quadrangle, Boone and McHenry Counties, Illinois, Illinois State Geological Survey: https://www.isgs.illinois.edu/maps/isgs-quads/surficial-geology/garden-prairie Illinois State Geological Survey.
Presentations
Comparing the Utility of Rhodamine WT Dye as a Tracer in a Saturated Buffer Zone. Illinois Groundwater Association Spring Meeting, 2022. Illinois Groundwater Association. (2022)
Using a Tracer Test to Assess the Fate and Transport of Nitrate in a Saturated Buffer Zone. Illinois Groundwater Association Spring Meeting, 2022. Illinois Groundwater Association. (2022)
Peterson, E.W., Becker, J.*, Harris, J.*, and Sergeant, A.*, 2022, Stream recovery post channelization: A case study of low-gradient, agricultural streams in central Illinois, in Proceedings Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 2022, Vol. 54, No. 4, doi: 10.1130/abs/2022NC-375788
Effects Of Thermal Variation On Flow Dynamics In The Hyporheic Zone. Geological Society of America. (2021)
Natural Nitrate Removal in Shallow Subsurface Stream Flows. 2021 Emerging Contaminants in the Environment Conference (ECEC21). INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABILITY, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN. (2021)
Natural nitrate removal in shallow subsurface stream flows. Illinois Groundwater Association Fall 2021 Meeting. Illinois Groundwater Association. (2021)
Natural nitrate removal in shallow subsurface stream flows. 2021 Joint Section Meeting; 55th Annual Meeting of the North-Central Section; 55th Annual Meeting of the South-Central Section. Geological Society of America. (2021)
Total suspended sediment and phosphorous transport in response to storm events in an agriculturally dominated watershed. 2021 Emerging Contaminants in the Environment Conference (ECEC21). INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABILITY, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN. (2021)
Total suspended sediment and phosphorous transport in response to storm events in an agriculturally dominated watershed. 2021 Joint Section Meeting; 55th Annual Meeting of the North-Central Section; 55th Annual Meeting of the South-Central Section. Geological Society of America. (2021)
Hoberg, J., Peterson, E.W., Schukow, E., Sahad, A., and Twait, R, 2021, Comparing the Utility of Rhodamine WT Dye as a Tracer in a Saturated Buffer Zone, in Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 53, No. 6, 2021 doi: 10.1130/abs/2021AM-368146
Grants & Contracts
City of Bloomington: Understanding and monitoring local water quality. City of Bloomington. Local. (2020)
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