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Kyle

Kyle Juracek
Lecturer

Office: U.S. Geological Survey
Phone: 785-832-3527
Email: kjuracek@usgs.gov

Office Hours: By appt. only


Courses Taught   Research Interests
Geog. 338: Introduction to River Systems
 
Sediment erosion, transport, deposition, and quality; Reservoir sedimentation; Fluvial geomorphology; Effects of human activity on the environment.
Current Projects   Selected Publications

Sediment source determination.

Geomorphic applications of stream-gage information.

 

Juracek, K.E. 2008. Sediment storage and severity of contamination in a shallow reservoir affected by historical lead and zinc mining. Environmental Geology, vol. 54, p. 1447-1463.

Juracek, K.E. and Ziegler, A.C. 2006. The legacy of leaded gasoline in bottom sediment of small rural reservoirs. Journal of Environmental Quality, vol. 35, no. 6, p. 2092-2102.

Juracek, K.E. 2004. Historical channel-bed elevation change as a result of multiple disturbances, Soldier Creek, Kansas. Physical Geography, vol. 25, no. 4, p. 269-290.

Juracek, K.E. 2004. Flood-related, organic-carbon anomalies as possible temporal markers in reservoir bottom sediments. Lake and Reservoir Management, vol. 20, no. 4, p. 309-321.

Juracek, K.E. and Fitzpatrick, F.A. 2003. Limitations and implications of stream classification. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 39, no. 3, p. 659-670.

Juracek, K.E. and Wolock, D.M. 2002. Spatial and statistical differences between 1:250,000- and 1:24,000-scale digital soil data bases. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, vol. 57, no. 2, p. 89-94.

Christensen, V.G., and Juracek, K.E. 2001. Variability of metals in reservoir sediment from two adjacent basins in the central Great Plains. Environmental Geology, vol. 40, no. 4-5, p. 470-481.

Juracek, K.E. 2000. Channel stability downstream from a dam assessed using aerial photographs and stream-gage information. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 36, no. 3, p. 633-645.

Juracek, K.E. 1998. Analysis of lake-bottom sediment to estimate historical nonpoint-source phosphorus loads. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 34, no. 6, p. 1449-1463.