Sarah Kruse
Sarah Kruse
Associate Professor
Contact
Office: SCA 232
Lab: SCA522
Phone: 813/974-7341
Email: skruse@cas.usf.edu
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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
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.