Rick Peterson, Research Scholar, Center for Marine and Wetland Studies
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Research Emphasis:
My primary research focus is centered around examining groundwater-surface water interactions. This exchange can deliver significant quantities of nutrients, trace metals, and contaminants to the coastal ocean, lakes, rivers, and wetlands. I am interested in developing and applying techniques to resolve driving forces and mechanisms of this interaction as well as quantifying fluxes. I am particularly interested in applying naturally-occurring radioisotopic tracers to study this exchange process in a number of unique settings. Other research interests include applying natural radiotracers to a multitude of environmental processes including particle transport and atmospheric deposition.
Contact Information:
Primary Organization: Coastal Carolina University
Mailing Address:
Dr. Richard N. Peterson
Center for Marine and Wetland Studies
1270 Atlantic Avenue, Room 111
Coastal Carolina University
Conway, South Carolina 29526
Office Phone: (843) 349-4057
FAX Number: (843) 349-4042
E-Mail: rpeters2@coastal.edu
GCE Data Sets:
GND-GCEM-1708 (Radon Activities in the Duplin River near Sapelo Island, Georgia)
GND-GCED-1708 (Radon Surveys in the Duplin River near Sapelo Island, Georgia from July 2016)
GIS-GCED-1107 (Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of Doboy Sound at the mouth of the Duplin River near Sapelo Island, Georgia)
GCE Publications and Presentations: (custom bibliography)
Journal Articles
Peterson, R.N., Meile, C., Peterson, L., Carter, M. and Miklesh, D.M. 2019. Groundwater discharge dynamics into a salt marsh tidal river. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 218:324-333. (DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2019.01.007)
Peterson, R.N., Breier, J.C., Harmon, L.R., Brusa, J. and Hutchins, P.R. 2013. Development of a sparging chamber for field radon analysis. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 298:1347-1357. (DOI: 10.1007/s10967-013-2589-5)
Conference Posters and Presentations
Meile, C., Schalles, J.F., Peterson, R.N., O'Donnell, J., Bice, K., Medeiros, P.M., Di Iorio, D., Hopkinson, C.S., Joye, S.B., Stegen, J., Goldman, A., Thomle, J. and Danczak, R. 2019. Presentation: Flow and short- and long-term carbon dynamics at tidally impacted coastal interfaces in the SE USA. Goldschmidt Conference, August 18-23, 2019, Barcelona.
Peterson, R.N., Meile, C., Carter, M., Peterson, L., Waldorf, A. and Miklesh, D.M. 2017. Poster: Groundwater inputs to a back-barrier salt marsh tidal river. 2017 Chemical Oceanography Gordon Research Conference, July 2017, Holderness, NH.
Peterson, R.N., Meile, C., Carter, M., Viso, R.F., Waldorf, A. and Miklesh, D.M. 2017. Poster: Groundwater inputs to a back-barrier salt marsh tidal river. Chemical Oceanography Gordon Conference, July 23-28, 2017, New London NH.
Straub, J.A., Hill, J. C., Viso, R.F., Peterson, R.N. and Carter, M. 2014. Presentation: Fluvial Morphology and Bedform Migration in the Ebb Tidal Dominated Duplin River, Georgia. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting, December, 2014, San Francisco.
Carter, M., Viso, R.F., Peterson, R.N. and Hill, J. C. 2013. Poster: Tidal Pumping as a Driver of Groundwater Discharge to a Back Barrier Salt Marsh Ecosystem. Hydrologic Controls on Biogeochemical and Ecosystem Processes at the Land-Sea Interface III. 2013 AGU Fall Meeting, 9-13 December, 2013, San Francisco.
McHugh, C., Peterson, R.N. and Viso, R.F. 2011. Poster: Preliminary Observations of Groundwater Discharge Behaviors into the Duplin River. 2011 LTER Science Council Meeting, May 2011, Jekyll Island, Georgia.
Young, D., McHugh, C., Viso, R.F. and Peterson, R.N. 2011. Poster: Geophysical Characterization of the Duplin River. 2011 LTER Science Council Meeting, May 2011, Jekyll Island, Georgia.
