{"id":3692,"date":"2022-05-12T11:54:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T15:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/149.4.100.129\/academics\/sees\/?page_id=3692"},"modified":"2025-01-02T09:47:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T14:47:00","slug":"faculty-research-timothy-eaton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/faculty-research-timothy-eaton\/","title":{"rendered":"Timothy Eaton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2022\/08\/My-project-9-1-300&#215;300.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Timothy Eaton&#8221; title_text=&#8221;My project (9)&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;1px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#000000&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Open Sans||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; header_4_font=&#8221;Open Sans|600|||on||||&#8221; header_4_text_color=&#8221;#E71939&#8243; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Timothy Eaton<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Associate Professor<\/strong><br \/>Hydrology\/Geophysics<\/p>\n<p>Science Building, Room E212<br \/>Phone: 718-997-3327<br \/><a href=\"mailto:Timothy.Eaton@qc.cuny.edu\">Timothy.Eaton@qc.cuny.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Open Sans||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; header_4_font=&#8221;Open Sans|600|||on||||&#8221; header_4_text_color=&#8221;#E71939&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I am a hydrologist and geologist with interests in both surface water and groundwater, modeling and field observations to understand hydrologic exchanges, and the use of subsurface geophysics to characterize the shallow subsurface.\u00a0 Recent projects involve the analysis of high-resolution hydraulic head measurements and groundwater flow modeling to analyze groundwater recharge, and interpretation of geophysical data to infer the history of glacial deposition in the Hudson River valley.I have also investigated tidal estuarine dynamics, issues of stormwater control, water quality and discharge of combined sewer overflows (CSO) in coastal waters, as well as the environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing as it relates to energy policy decisions in New York State. \u00a0Other collaboration includes research on carbon assimilation in forests using eddy covariance methods to investigate ecosystem exchanges.\u00a0 \u00a0I also have a longstanding interest in the potential for constructed wetlands to treat CSO discharges in the New York City urban area<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text ul_position=&#8221;inside&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;on|on|on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Open Sans||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; header_4_font=&#8221;Open Sans|600|||on||||&#8221; header_4_text_color=&#8221;#E71939&#8243; disabled=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Courses Taught<\/h4>\n<div><strong>Undergraduate Classes<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>GEOL025: Natural Resources and the Environment<\/li>\n<li>GEOL347: Introduction to Hydrology<\/li>\n<li>GEOL383: Groundwater Hydrology\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Graduate Classes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GEOL745: Introduction to Hydrology<\/li>\n<li>GEOL746: Groundwater Hydrology<\/li>\n<li>GEOL761: Field Methods in Hydrology<\/li>\n<li>GEOL762: Shallow Subsurface Geophysics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text disabled_on=&#8221;on|on|on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Open Sans||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; header_4_font=&#8221;Open Sans|600|||on||||&#8221; header_4_text_color=&#8221;#E71939&#8243; disabled=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Recent Publications<\/u> (for complete list see Resume link at top)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gorokhovich, Y., M. Nelson, <strong>T.T. Eaton<\/strong>, J. Wolk-Stanley, G. Sen. 2018. Integrated study of glacial deposits in Lower Hudson Valley (New York) with insight into deglaciation since Last Glacial Maximum. <strong>AGU Fall Meeting Abstract, <\/strong>American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington D.C.<\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/seesdept.social.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu\/files\/2018\/11\/OMullan2018_Article_Single-IndicatorStrategies.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">O\u2019Mullan, G.D., <strong>T.T. Eaton<\/strong> and M.E. Dueker. 2018. Single-indicator strategies treat symptoms, not sources of sewage contamination, hampering water quality improvement in urban areas. <em><strong>Current Pollution Reports<\/strong><\/em> doi.org\/10.1007\/s40726-018-0099-3<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/seesdept.social.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu\/files\/2018\/11\/GorokEaton18Geomorphology.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gorokhovich, Y., M. Nelson,<strong> T. Eaton, <\/strong>J. Wolk-Stanley and G. Sen. 2018. Geochronology and geomorphology of the Jones Point glacial landform in Lower Hudson Valley (New York): Insight into deglaciation processes since the Last Glacial Maximum. <em><strong>Geomorphology<\/strong><\/em> 321: 87-102<\/a><\/span>, <span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.geomorph.2018.08.013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.geomorph.2018.08.013<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><u><span><a href=\"http:\/\/seesdept.social.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu\/files\/2018\/12\/Eaton-and-Ludman-2018-Passadumkeage-Mtn-Magnetic-traverse-MGS-open-file-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eaton, T.T. and A. Ludman. 2018. Interpretation of field magnetic survey and bedrock mapping to constrain contact of the Bottle Lake Complex near Passadumkeag Moundain, East-central Maine. Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 18-5, 21 p.<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u><span><a href=\"http:\/\/seesdept.social.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu\/files\/2018\/12\/Eaton18JEMA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eaton, T.T. 2018. Approach and case study of green infrastructure screening analysis for urban stormwater control. <em>Journal of Environmental Management<\/em>. 209: 495-504<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eaton, T.T<\/strong>., Gorokhovich, Y. and D. Soule. 2017. Electrical Resistivity Survey and Interpretation of Glacial Deposits at Jones Point, Lower Hudson River Valley, NY.\u00a0 <em><strong>GSA Abstracts w\/Programs<\/strong>, <\/em>Vol.49, No.2, NE Section Meeting, Geological Society of America, Pittsburgh, PA, March 20, 2017<\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/seesdept.social.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu\/files\/2018\/12\/Kutter17JGR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kutter, E., C. Yi, G. Hendrey, H. Liu, <strong>T. Eaton<\/strong> and W. Ni-Meister. 2017. Recirculation over complex terrain. <em><strong>Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres<\/strong><\/em><strong>.<\/strong> 122, doi: 10.1002\/2016JD0276409.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><u><span><a href=\"http:\/\/seesdept.social.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu\/files\/2017\/09\/Eaton16JHydrol1-paper-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eaton, T. T. 2016. Tidal reversal and flow velocities using temperature and specific conductance in a small wetland creek. <em>Journal of Hydrology<\/em> 542: 552-563, doi<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/strong>: <span><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jhydrol.2016.09.030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jhydrol.2016.09.030<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Eaton, T.T. 2015. Tidal incursions and water quality in a CSO-impacted wetland creek: use of temperature and conductivity methods.\u00a0 <em><strong>GSA Abstracts w\/Programs<\/strong>, <\/em>Vol.47, No.7, p.199. Annual Meeting Geological Society of America, Baltimore MD, Nov 1, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Eaton, T.T., Ludman A., Gales E., Marsh J., and Lippitt C., 2015. Magnetic constraints on the southwestern contact of the Bottle Lake igneous complex near Passadumkeag Mountain, ME.\u00a0 <em><strong>GSA Abstracts w\/Programs<\/strong>, <\/em>Vol.47, No.7, p. 183, Annual Meeting Geological Society of America, Baltimore MD, Nov 1, 2015<\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/seesdept.social.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu\/files\/2017\/09\/Weietal14ERL-paper-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wei, S., C. Yi, G. Hendrey, T. Eaton, G. Rustic, S. Wang, H. Liu, N.Y. Krakauer, W. Wang, A.K. Desai, L. Montagnani, K.T. Paw U, M. Falk, A. Black, C. Bernhofer, T. Grunwald, T. Laruila, A. Cescatti, E. Moors, R. Bracho, and R. Valentini. 2014. Data-based perfect-deficit approach to understanding climate extremes and forest carbon assimilation capacity. <em><strong>Environmental Research Letters<\/strong><\/em> 9. doi: 10.1088\/1748.9326\/9\/6\/065002<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/seesdept.social.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu\/files\/2017\/09\/Eaton13AES-paper-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eaton, T.T., G. O&#8217;Mullan and \u00a0A. A. Rouff. 2013.\u00a0 Assessing continuous contamination discharge from a combined sewer outfall (CSO) into a tidal wetland creek: bacteriological and heavy metals indicators.\u00a0 <em><strong>Annals of Environmental Science<\/strong><\/em> 7:79-92<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/seesdept.social.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu\/files\/2017\/09\/Eaton13STE-paper-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eaton, T.T., 2013. Science-based decision-making on complex issues: Marcellus shale gas and New York City water supply.\u00a0 <em><strong>Science of the Total Environment<\/strong><\/em> 461-462:158-169.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/seesdept.social.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu\/files\/2018\/12\/Rouff13Chemosphere.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rouff, A.A., T.T. Eaton and A. Lanzirotti. 2013. Heavy metal distribution in an urban wetland impacted by combined sewer overflow. <em><strong>Chemosphere<\/strong><\/em> \u00a02159-2154.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||20px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;20px|||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;20px|||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; border_width_left=&#8221;1px&#8221; border_width_top_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; border_width_top_phone=&#8221;1px&#8221; border_width_top_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; border_width_left_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; border_width_left_phone=&#8221;0px&#8221; border_width_left_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Open Sans||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; header_4_font=&#8221;Open Sans|600|||on||||&#8221; header_4_text_color=&#8221;#E71939&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Faculty Listing<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/faculty-research-stephen-pekar\">Stephen Pekar<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/faculty-research-jeffrey-bird\/\">Jeffrey Bird<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/faculty-research-william-blanford\">William J. Blanford<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/faculty-research-jacquelyn-bracco\">Jacquelyn Bracco<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/faculty-research-timothy-eaton\">Timothy Eaton<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/faculty-research-dianne-greenfield\">Dianne I. Greenfield<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/faculty-research-marc-antoine-longpre\">Marc-Antoine Longpre<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/alia-lesnek\/\">Alia Lesnek<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/faculty-research-cecilia-mchugh\">Cecilia M. McHugh<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/faculty-research-gregory-omullan\">Gregory O&#8217;Mullan<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/faculty-research-dax-soule\">Dax Soule<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/faculty-research-gillian-stewart\">Gillian Stewart<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/pedro-val\/\">Pedro Val<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/faculty-research-chuixiang-yi\"><br \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/faculty-research-chuixiang-yi\">Chuixiang Yi<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/christine-ramadhin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christine Ramadhin<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/faculty-research-dara-laczniak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dara Laczniak<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Timothy Eaton Associate ProfessorHydrology\/Geophysics Science Building, Room E212Phone: 718-997-3327Timothy.Eaton@qc.cuny.edu&nbsp; Research Interests I am a hydrologist and geologist with interests in both surface water and groundwater, modeling and field observations to understand hydrologic exchanges, and the use of subsurface geophysics to characterize the shallow subsurface.\u00a0 Recent projects involve the analysis of high-resolution hydraulic head measurements and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"page_category":[],"wf_page_folders":[],"class_list":["post-3692","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"page_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page_category?post=3692"},{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=3692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}