Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Geophysics, August 2004-Present

Boise State University, Boise, ID, 83725

Area of emphasis: Hydrology

Dissertation Title: Ground-penetrating radar and thermal modeling for active layer thaw beneath arctic streams

Advisor: John Bradford

Master of Science in Geoscience/Geophysical Engineering w/Mine and Waste Emphasis, 2002

Montana Tech of The University of Montana, Butte, MT, 59701

Bachelor of Science in Earth Science/Geohydrology, 1996

Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 59717

Professional Memberships

Society of Exploration Geophysicist (SEG)

Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS)

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Peer Reviewed Publications

Greenwald, MJ, WB Bowden, MN Gooseff, JP Zarnetske, JP McNamara, JH Bradford, and TR Brosten. 2008. Hyporheic exchange and water chemistry of two arctic tundra streams of contrasting geomorphology. JGR-Biogeosciences, 113, G02029, doi:10.1029/2007JG000549

Miller, C, P Routh, T Brosten, and J McNamara. 2008. Time-Lapse ERT Imaging with Application to Watershed Characterization. Geophysics, 73: G7-G17, doi:10.1190/1.2907156

Zarnetske, JP, MN Gooseff, WB Bowden, ME Johnston-Greenwald, TR Brosten, JH Bradford, and JP McNamara. 2008. Influence of morphology and permafrost dynamics on hyporheic exchange in arctic headwater streams under warming climate conditions, Geophysical Research Letters, 35: L02501, doi:10.1029/2007GL032049.

Bradford, JH, CR Johnson, TR Brosten, JP McNamara, and MN Gooseff. 2008. Imagining fine scale thermal stratigraphy in freshwater lakes using georadar. Geophysical Research Letters, 34: L24405, doi:10.1029/2007GL032488.

Zarnetske, JP, MN Gooseff, WB Bowden, TR Brosten, JH Bradford, and JP McNamara. 2007. Transient storage as a function of geomorphology, discharge, and permafrost active layer conditions in Arctic tundra streams, Water Resour. Res., 43, W07410, doi:10.1029/2005WR004816.

Brosten, TR, JH Bradford, JP McNamara, JP Zarnetske, MG Gooseff, and WB Bowden. 2006. Profiles of temporal thaw depths beneath two arctic stream types using ground-penetrating radar. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 17: 341-355 doi:10.1002/ppp.566.

In Prep Or Review

Brosten, TR, JH Bradford, JP McNamara, MG Gooseff, JP Zarnetske, WB Bowden and ME Johnston-Greenwald. Multi-offset GPR methods for hyporheic zone investigations, Near Surface Geophysics, In review.

Brosten, TR, JH Bradford, JP McNamara, MG Gooseff, JP Zarnetske, WB Bowden and ME Johnston-Greenwald. Estimating 3D variation in active-layer thickness beneath arctic streams using ground-penetrating radar, Journal of Hydrology, In review.

Conference Publications And Presentations

Brosten, TR, JH Bradford, JP McNamara, JP Zarnetske, MG Gooseff, WB Bowden, and M Johnston. Estimating 3D variation in active-layer thickness beneath arctic streams using ground-penetrating radar. Poster Presentation. American Geophysical Union 2007 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. [.pdf]

Brosten, TR, CR Miller, PS Routh, and JP McNamara, 2007, Watershed characterization using seasonal time-lapse ERT measurements, Poster Presentation. Environmental Sensing Symposium, Boise, ID. [.pdf]

Brosten, TR, JH Bradford, JP McNamara, JP Zarnetske, MG Gooseff, WB Bowden, and M Johnston. 2007, Estimating active-layer thaw depths beneath arctic streams using 3D GPR. Poster Presentation. Environmental Sensing Symposium, Boise, ID.

Miller, C, P Routh, T Brosten, and J McNamara, 2007, Watershed characterization using seasonal time lapse DC resistivity data, SEG expanded abstracts.

Brosten, TR, CR Miller, PS Routh, JP McNamara, 2007, Mapping fracture zones in the Dry Creek Experimental Watershed using seasonal time lapse ERT measurements: SAGEEP Proceedings.

Brosten, TR, JH Bradford, JP McNamara, W Bowden, MN Gooseff, Using multi-offset GPR data to estimate porosity variations beneath stream channels. Oral Presentation. American Geophysical Union 2006 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Liberty, LM, JH Bradford, TR Brosten, and D Dickins, 2006, Acoustic imaging through sea ice, SEG expanded abstracts.

Brosten, TR, JH Bradford, JP McNamara, WB Bowden, MG Gooseff, and JP Zarnetske. Characterizing subsurface active-layer permafrost beneath arctic streams using 3D ground-penetrating radar. Poster Presentation. American Geophysical Union 2005 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. [.pdf]

Brosten, TR, JH Bradford, JP McNamara, W Bowden, MN Gooseff, Time lapse imaging of thaw-bulb development beneath arctic streams using ground-penetrating radar. Poster Presentation. American Geophysical Union 2004 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. [.pdf]

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