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Sarah  Kruse

Sarah Kruse

Sarah Kruse
Associate Professor

Contact

Office: SCA 232
Lab: SCA522
Phone: 813/974-7341
Email:

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Education

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989

Research

Near-Surface Geophysics. Applications of ground penetrating radar and electromagnetic, and resistivity methods to environmental studies (for example near-surface groundwater flow) and volcanological studies. Numerical simulations of ground penetrating radar response to geologic materials and structures.

  Current Courses
RefCourseSecCourse TitleCRDayTimeLocation
86045GLY 4930002Prin App Geophysics
4WF11:50am-1:40pmCHE 310
88838GLY 6475C001Prin App Geophysics
4WF11:50am-1:40pmCHE 310
89415GLY 6739010SP Methods
2  TBA TBA
80447GLY 6905001Independent Study
Dept. Approval Required S-U Only
1-19  TBA TBA
85239GLY 6971004Thesis: Master's
2-19  TBA TBA
80449GLY 7912003Directed Research
Admission To Phd Program Req - S/U Only
1-30  TBA TBA

Recent Publications

Swarzenski, P.W., F.W. Simonds, T. Paulson, S. Kruse, and C. Reich, Geochemical and geophysical examination of submarine groundwater discharge and associated nutrient loading estimates into Lynch Cove, Hood Canal, WA, in press, Environ. Sci. & Technol.

Denyer, P., G. Cárdenes, and S. Kruse, Registro histórico y evolución de la barra arenosa de Puntarenas, Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica, Revista Geológica de América Central, 31, 45-59, 2006.

Kruse, S., M. Grasmueck, M. Weiss, and D. Viggiano, Sinkhole structure imaging in covered karst terrain, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L16405, doi:10.1029/2006GL026975, 2006.

Guha, S., S.E. Kruse, E.E. Wright, and U.E. Kruse, Spectral analysis of ground penetrating radar response to thin sedimentary layers, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L23304, doi:10.1029/2005GL023933, 2005.

Greenwood, W.J., S.E. Kruse, and P. Swarzenski, Extending electromagnetic methods to map coastal pore water salinities, Groundwater, doi: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2005.00137.x, 2005.

Schneider, J.A. and S.E. Kruse, Assessing natural and anthropogenic impacts on freshwater lens morphology on small barrier islands:  Dog Island and St. George Island, Florida, Hydrogeology Journal, 14, 131-145, doi 10.1007/s10040-005-0442-9, 2005.