Colin Booth's Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

In Progress

Christopher Greer (Ph.D. dissertation) Modeling the groundwater flow system and bedrock aquifer recharge associated with the Troy Buried Valley, DeKalb County, Illinois.

Completed M.S. Theses

Samuel P. Gillet, 2008. Characterization and estimation of shallow groundwater recharge in the Owens Creek Watershed, DeKalb County, Illinois.

Sara Williams, 2002. Modeling and delineation of the five-year recharge area for the Freeport CWS facility, Stephenson County, Illinois.

Steven M. Peterson, 2000. A Groundwater Flow Model and Time-related Capture Zone for the Harristown, Illinois Public Supply Well.

Clint P. Carney, 2000. Modeling the Groundwater Flow System and Five-Year Recharge Area of the Fawn Hills Subdivision, Peoria County, Illinois.

Kurt Kraske,1999. The Effects of Septic Systems on Groundwater Quality in the Prairie Aquigroup and Alexandrian-Maquoketa Aquifer, Campton Township, Kane County, Illinois. (co-directed by Dr Paul Loubere).

Rebecca J. Reid, 1998. Hydrogeology of the Van Patten Woods Sedge Meadow Wetland, Lake County, Illinois.

Lawrence P. Bertsch, 1997. Effects of Longwall Mining on Groundwater Geochemistry at Two Sites in Illinois.

Joseph D. Miller, 1996. Hydrogeologic Characterization of a Heterogeneous Sandstone Aquifer Overlying a High Extraction Longwall Coal Mine.

Jacqueline N. Morrison, 1996. Evaluation of the Hydrogeology and Groundwater Geochemistry of the Buried Troy Bedrock Valley, DeKalb County, Illinois.

Charles Thomas Pattee, 1994. Long-Term Hydrogeologic Impact of Longwall Subsidence on a Shallow Bedrock Aquifer in Illinois.

David A. Schumacher, 1990. The hydrogeology of the Galena-Platteville Dolomite in DeKalb and Kane Counties, northeastern Illinois.

Erik D. Spande, 1990. Effects of longwall-induced subsidence on hydrogeology at a site in Jefferson County, Illinois.

Bethany C. Price, 1990. Infiltration into a northeastern Illinois landfill.Christine M. Eddy, 1989. A finite-element simulation of total nitrogen concentrations in ground water from spray irrigation versus sand-bed filtration.

David N. Olson, 1988. Hydrogeology and hydraulic characteristics of a fractured dolomite aquifer at the Byron-Johnson Salvage Yard Superfund Site, Ogle County, Illinois.

James A. Saric, 1987. The hydrogeological effects of abandoned underground coal mines, Muddy, Illinois.

Marian J. Barnes, 1985. Extent and behavior of mineralized water in the Mt.Simon Formation, Illinois.

Completed Ph.D. Dissertations

Alka Singhal, 2008. Groundwater recharge estimation in an urbanizing watershed using GIS and groundwater modeling. DeKalb County, Illinois.

Lambok M. Hutasoit, 1992. Investigation and numerical modeling of the regional groundwater flow system of the Illinois Basin.

Paul K. Doss, 1991. Physical and chemical dynamics of the hydrogeologic system in wetlands along the southern shore of Lake Michigan.

Luis E. Marin, 1990. Field investigations and numerical simulation of groundwater flow in the karstic aquifer of northwest Yucatan, Mexico. (co-directed by Dr Eugene Perry.)

Peter J. Vagt, 1987. Characterization of a landfill-derived contaminant plume in glacial and bedrock aquifers, DuPage County, Ill.(co-directed by Dr Ronald Flemal.

Phil Carpenter's Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

Theses and Dissertations In Progress

Adams, R., Geophysical imaging and characterization of a contaminated karst aquifer near Rockford, IL, projected graduation date December, 2012.

Bramnik, M. Locating near-surface impulsive noise sources through analysis of 3-component seismograms, projected graduation date December, 2012.

Schroeder, L., Insights into the processes of sinkhole formation from geophysical imaging, Nachusa Grasslands, IL, projected graduation date May, 2013.

Completed Ph.D. Dissertations

Johnson, B., 2009, Chronology and composition of Wisconsinan-aged terraces of the Mississippi River: the Savanna Terraces of Northwestern Illinois.

Summers, B., 2006, Petrophysical investigation of porosity distribution in the Geneva Dolomite Member of the Grand Tower Formation in Marion County, Illinois.

Atre, S., 2006, Accuracy and reliability of tomographic 2-D seismic velocity models to map karst structures and infer hydrogeological processes in karst,

Ahmed, S., 2002. Geophysical response of bedrock fractures, karst conduits, and associated surficial features, Bourbonnais, Illinois.

Karaman, A., 1995. Analysis of the impact of longwall mine subsidence on unconsolidated sediments: a hydro-geophysical model.

Johnston, M.A., 1994. Geophysical characterization of subsidence-induced fractures and associated hydrogeological effects over longwall coal mine panels, Saline County, Illinois.

El-Hussain, I.W., 1991. An investigation of tidally-triggered seismicity in the central Rio Grande rift of New Mexico.

Completed M.S. Theses

Gautam, S., 2012, Analysis of seismic reflection lines near Yakutat bay region, Eastern Gulf of Alaska, to interpret glacial shelf stratigraphy.

Davidov, V., 2012, Seismic quality factor in northeastern Illinois from analysis of regional earthquake seismograms.

Breuer, E., 2006, Shallow high resolution seismic refraction tomography.

Padar, C.A., 1998. Assessment of the hydrogeologic framework beneath Campbell Army Airfield, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, using geophysical techniques.

Schneider, J.C., 1998. Geophysical identification of karst fissures bear a landfill in southwestern Illinois.

Black, C.J., 1997. Internal structure of the 800 Area landfill, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, from integrated geophysical measurements.

Benson, M.A., 1996. Characterization of the hydrogeologic framework in the Upper Chesapeake Bay estuarine system using marine seismic reflection profiling.

Broadway, D.J., Jr., 1996. Identification of hydraulically significant fractures from geophysical well logs using cluster analysis.

Evans, H.D., IV, 1996. Hydrogeologic characterization of a DNAPL contaminated site using kriged GPR and subsurface sample data sets.

Matheney, M.P., 1991. Anelastic attenuation of compressional seismic waves in glacial deposits.

Keeley, M.C., 1990. Matric suction, infiltration rate and azimuthal resistivity measurements over a fractured landfill cover composed of compacted glacial till.

Calkin, S.F., 1989. A shallow seismic refraction study of the Mallard North landfill, Hanover Park, Illinois.