Dr. Eric Peterson
Professor of Geology, Hydrogeology Program Coordinator
Geography-Geology-Environment
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Felmley Hall Annex FSA 439
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Current Courses
444Applied Groundwater Modeling
360Groundwater Geology
499Independent Research For The Masters Thesis
499Independent Research For The Masters Thesis
400Independent Study
287Independent Study - Geology
488Karst Hydrogeology
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
Geological Society of America Fellow
Geological Society of America
2013
Outstanding College Teacher Award in Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
2011
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 in Scholarly Book-New
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
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, Academic Journal
Maxwell, E. L., Peterson, E. W., and O’Reilly, C. M., 2017, Enhanced nitrate reduction within a constructed wetland system: nitrate removal within groundwater flow: Wetlands, doi:10.1007/s13157-017-0877-5.
Rabie, A., Peterson, E. W., Kostelnick, J. C., and Rowley, R. J., 2017, Optimizing DEM resolution inputs and number of stream gauges in GIS predictions of flood inundation: A case study along the Illinois River (IL), USA: Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, doi:10.2113/EEG-1890.
*Flaherty, S.T., Malone, D.H., Thomason, J.F., and Peterson, E.W., 2016, Surficial Geologic Map of the Woodstock, Illinois 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Scale, 1:24,000: Journal of Maps,v. 12, n. 9, p. 1-5. DOI:10.1080/17445647.2016.1227731
Avalos, E., Malone, D., Peterson, E. W., Anderson, W. P., and Gehrels, R., 2016, Two-Dimensional Seismic Refraction Tomography of a Buried Bedrock Valley at Hallsands Beach, Devon, UK: Environmental Geosciences, v. 23, no. 4, p. 179-193, doi:10.1306/eg.07131615014.
Bastola, H., and Peterson, E. W., 2016, Heat tracing to examine seasonal groundwater flow beneath a low-gradient stream: Hydrogeology Journal, v. 24, no. 1, p. 181-194, doi:10.1007/s10040-015-1320-8.
Map/Diagram/Artwork
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.
Research Report
Davis, R., Schaefer, V., Illes, D., Kortran, J., Koch, W., & Peterson, E. Hydrogeology and Hydrochemistry of Clayey Till at the Runge Landfill, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. South Dakota Geological Survey Open-File Report 9-BAS (1997)
Davis, R., Versch, M., Carr, J., Peterson, E., Dormedy, D., Merrick, M., & Saunsoci, Q. Baseline Assessment of Water Quality on the Reservation of the Omaha Tribe: Omaha Tribe of Nebraska. Nebraska Environmental Protection Department (1995): 61.
Presentations
Variation between lithology, carbonate versus sandstone, as an erosional control on a fluviokarst system. Speleo 2017 17th International Congress of Speleology. Australian Speleological Federation (Inc) (ASF) & Union Internationale de Spéléologie (UIS). (2017)
Francis, A.F.*, Peterson, E.W., and Dogwiler, T., (2017) Lithology as an erosional control on a fluviokarst system, comparing profiles of limestone an sandstone bedded streams, Abstract with Programs - Geological Society of America, March 2017, Vol. 49, No. 2, doi: 10.1130/abs/2017NE-290056
Calculating errors of interpolation methods for bathymetric surveys. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Geological Society of America. (2014)
Calculating errors of interpolation methods for bathymetric surveys. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Geological Society of America. (2014)
Capture zone analysis of a shallow-aquifer irrigation well in McHenry County, Illinois. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Geological Society of America. (2014)
Delineation of reservoirs within a karst aquifer utilizing thermal data. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Geological Society of America. (2014)
Model of residence time and analysis of nitrogen removal for two constructed wetlands at the Franklin Demonstration Farm in Lexington, Illinois. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Geological Society of America. (2014)
Modeling flow regimes for a cyclical wetland using groundwater temperatures in McLean County, IL. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Geological Society of America. (2014)
Suspended Sediment Transport Dynamics in Two Agriculturally Dominated Watersheds During Drought Conditions. AAG Annual Meeting. Association of American Geographers. (2014)
Transport and fate of nutrients and estrogen in a coupled wetland and ground water flow-through system. Illinois State Geological Survey Colloquium Series. Illinois State Geological Survey. (2014)
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