Greg A. Olyphant
Associate Professor of Geological Sciences
Hydrogeology
Office: S301B
Phone: 812-855-1351
Email: olyphant@indiana.edu
Educational Background
- Ph.D., 1979, University of Iowa
- B.A., 1974, California State University at Fullerton
Research Interests
Hydrology, Geomorphology, Environmental Geology
Courses Taught
- G415, Principles of Geomorphology
- G550, Surface Water Hydrology
Recent Research Projects
Predicting the need for beach closures due to the presence of harmful bacteria in swimming water. Beach Closings Model Web Page
Variably saturated groundwater flow in glacial aquifer systems
Nitrate loading of water table aquifers in the vicinity of farm fields and on-site septic system distribution systems.
Graduate Student Projects
Modeling the hydroperiods of groundwater dominated wetlands
Quantifying environmental influences on plant biodiversity and species distributions in abandoned agricultural fields.
Undergraduate Projects and Opportunities
Internships in the Center for Geospatial Data Analysis (CGDA)
Representative Publications
and Whitman, R.L., 2004. Elements of a predictive model for determining beach closures on a real time basis: The case of 63rd Street Beach Chicago. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 98: 175-190.
Spindler, K.M. and , 2004. Geophysical investigations at an abandoned mine site subjected to reclamation using coal-combustion byproducts. Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, 10(3): 243-251.
, 2003. Temporal and spatial (down profile) variability of unsaturated soil hydraulic properties determined from a combination of repeated field experiments and inverse modeling. Journal of Hydrology, 281: 23-35.
, Thomas, J., Whitman, R.L., and Harper, D., 2003. Characterization and statistical modeling of bacterial (Escherichia Coli) outflows from watersheds that discharge into southern Lake Michigan. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Special Issue on EMAP Symposium 2001: Coastal Monitoring through Partnerships, 81:289-300.
, Alhawas, A., and Fraser, G.S., 2001. Numerical simulation of the response of alluvial channel networks to varying inflows of water and sediment. In Harmon, R.S. (Ed.) Landscape Erosion and Evolution Modeling, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 447-476.
Alsaaran, N. and , 1998, A model for simulating of rock-water interactions in a weathering profile subjected to frequent alternations of wetting and drying. Catena, 32: 225-243.
Bennett, S.W. and , 1998. Temporal and spatial variability in rates of eolian transport determined from automated sand traps: Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, U.S.A. Journal of Coastal Research, 14(1): 283-290.
Carlson,C.P., and , 1996. The role of gully stabilization in abandoned mine lands reclamation. Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, 2(3): 393-405.
and Harper, D., 1995. Effects of direct revegetation on hydrology, chemistry, and erosion of abandoned mine refuse. Geomorphology, 11: 261-273.
and Bennett, S.W., 1994. Contemporary and historical rates of eolian sand transport in the Indiana Dunes area of southern Lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 20(1): 153-162.
Service
Founding member Interagency Task Force on E. coli
Steering Committee Indiana University Research and Teaching Preserve
Laboratory Facilities
Computer Lab (CGDA Annex) GY524
Field Operations Laboratory (CDGA) S318
