Professional Employment and Experience:
Department Head, Department of Chemistry, Geosciences, and Environmental
Science; Tarleton State University, 9/04-12/09
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Geosciences, and
Environmental Science; Tarleton State University, 9/98-Present
Research Hydrogeologist, Geological Survey Bureau, 1981 - 8/98
Adjunct Professor, Department of Geology, University of Iowa 1994-2000
Geologic Consultant, wetlands, hydrochemistry, geomorphology
Other Professional Activities:
City of Stephenville Water Conservation Committee (04-present)
Geological Society of America TSU student representative
Udall Scholarship TSU representative
Technical advisory committee, Iowa City Planning and Zoning (92-98)
Member working group on private water well construction rules
(94-97)
Member advisory panel, State Wetlands Working Group (95-97)
Member of EPA Technical Working Group on fens (94-96)
Member of Walnut Creek Technical advisory committee (93-98)
Technical advisor for Leopold Center on grant program for DeSoto
NWR
Former certified well contractor, State of Iowa
Education:
Ph.D. Geology 1993 University of Iowa,
Diss: Hydrogeology of Iowa Fens Advisor:
Dr. Lon Drake
M.S. Geology 1984 University of Illinois, Chicago
Thesis title: Experimental Determination
of Phase Relations in the System Magnetite-Apatite
B.S. Geology 1978 University of Illinois, Chicago
Professional Affiliations:
Society of Wetland Scientists
South-Central Chapter Board 03-06
Steering committee for the Society of
Wetland Scientists' National meeting in New Orleans in 2003
Publicity chairperson and webmaster for
the Society of Wetland Scientists' National meeting in New Orleans
in 2003
American Water Resources Association
American Geological Institute
National Groundwater Association
Geological Society of America
Soil and Water Conservation Society
Sigma Xi, TSU chapter
Texas Academy of Science
Section Chair, 2004-2005
Iowa Academy of Science
Parish Farm Committee 1990-1994, Chair
1992-1994
Director, 1995-1997
Geological Society of Iowa
President, 1995
Iowa Natural History Association
Vice-President 1995-1996
Reviewer for Journal of the American Water Resources Association
(JAWRA), Wetlands
Educational Committees
Faculty Senate, 99-02
Senate secretary, webmaster 00-02
College representative for Senate subcommittee
on faculty salaries, 03-04
Graduate Council 2000- present
Health and Environmental Safety, Chair 00-04
Facility Construction and Improvement 00-04
Research Advisory Committee for COST 01-04, Chair 01-03
COST Curriculum Committee 03-05
Courses taught:
TSU Courses
GEOL 105 Physical Geology lecture and lab
GEOL 105 Physical Geology Honors lab
GEOL 310 Geomorphology lecture and lab
GEOL 320 Hydrogeology lecture and lab
ENVS 510 Environmental Geology
ENVS 520 Issues in Water Resources
ENVS 529 Applications of GIS
ENVS 590 Wetlands
ENVS 561 Environmental Site Assessment
ES220 Introductory GIS
E S 3053 Environmental Science
E S 4133 Environmental Techniques lecture and lab
E S 4843 Internship
Other courses taught:
Hydrology
Water Quality Analysis
Contaminant Hydrogeology
Field Methods in Hydrogeology
Graduate students
Melina Lopez (MS, Tarleton State University)- Metals in Sea Turtle
Eggs
Will Hatler (MS, Tarleton State University)- Water Salvage from
Salt Cedar Control
Mahendra Dia (MS, Tarleton State University) - Metals in Erath
Soils by Roadsides
Teresa Sykes (MS, Tarleton State University) Reconstruction of
historical trophic gradients from diatoms
Jeff Back (MS, Tarleton State University 6/02) Influence of water
quality and flow regime on aquatic insect diversity in the North
Bosque River.
Lori Goetsch, (PhD, University of Iowa 12/00) An evaluation of
wetlands for wastewater treatment, Iowa City, Iowa.
William Crump (MS, Tarleton State University 6/00) Stormwater
pollutant loadings, Stephenville, Texas.
Claudia Sartini, (MS, University of Iowa, 12/98) Phosphorus removal
in riparian wetland used for wastewater treatment
Amy Matzen, (MS, University of Wisconsin, 6/97) Analysis of water
quality data in the Silurian aquifer
Mary Clare Jones, (MS, University of Iowa, 6/97) Hydrogeology
of wetlands at Camp Dodge
Marc Morton, (MS, University of Iowa, 6/90) Evaluation of seismic
refraction profiling of alluvial aquifers, Johnson County, Iowa
Lisa Wehmeyer, (MS, University of Iowa, 6/89) Denitrification
and nitrate movement in the shallow alluvial aquifer of the West
Des Moines River, Palo Alto, County
Principal or Co-Investigator on following grants and projects:
Metals in the Environment, 05-06, Thompson, C. 2003, TSU Organized
Research Grant, $8020
Headwaters Study: Monitoring to Support North Bosque River TMDL Modeling Refinements, sub-contract through TIAER, $25,000
Reconstructing Reservoir Trophic Status using Paleolimnological and Geochemical analyses of Sediment Cores. Kiesling, R.L. and Thompson, C.A., 2003, U.S. EPA, FY 03-05, $189,700
Hydrogeomorphic analysis of wetlands and springs at Gus Engeling Wildlife Management Area, Anderson County, Texas, 02-04, Thompson, C. 2003, TSU Organized Research Grant, $11,465
Acquisition of an Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometer (ICP-AES), NSF Equipment grant, Thompson, C. Weindorf, D. and Schultz, L 03-06, $107,701
Development of Bioassessment Metrics for ephemeral streams in North-Central Texas, Hudson, P., Thompson, C., and Back, J. 03-04, partially funded trough TIAER
Development of a Rapid Bioassessment Protocol for the North Bosque River, 00-02. Back, J. and Thompson, C., 00-02, partially funded trough TIAER
Enhancement of Environmental Science Education, US EPA, FY01-02, $9666.66
Stormwater quality in Stephenville, Texas, Crump, 99-00, W. and Thompson, C., with support from TIAER
A study of the effect of PL-566 reservoirs on water quantity and quality in the Erath County area, TSU Organized Research Grant 99-01 $14,520
South and Middle Bosque 319 Assessment project , sub contract through Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research.
Source Water Protection, IDNR-US EPA, SFY97-SFY02
Wellhead State Plan, IDNR-U.S. EPA, FY 96-FY98.
Wellhead Protection Information Package, US EPA, FY95-96.
Camp Dodge Wetland Hydrology and Water Quality Study. Iowa National
Guard Legacy Grant, FY95-FY98.
Walnut Creek Watershed Restoration and Water-Quality Monitoring
Project: Walnut Creek NWR, Jasper County, Iowa. EPA 319 grant,
FY95-FY98.
Radiocarbon Dating of Iowa Fens. Mapping and dating of twenty
Iowa fens. Iowa Preserves Advisory Board Grant, FY90-93.
Quality and Hydrology of Fens. A study of water quality at twenty
fens in Iowa. EPA Grant FY88-FY91
SW Iowa Alluvial Study. A one year monitoring of nitrate and pesticides
in the Nishnabotna Alluvial System, IDNR-UHL Coop Project, FY87-FY88.
SW Iowa Groundwater Appraisal. A determination of the availability,
quantity, and quality of groundwater from the alluvial, buried
channel, and Dakota aquifers in SW Iowa. USGS-IDNR cooperative
project FY85-FY88.
Iowa Alluvial Aquifers Study Phase III. A hydrologic and water
quality evaluation of the alluvial aquifers of the Ocheyedan,
Raccoon, and Little Sioux rivers in northwest Iowa. EPA Grant,
FY84-FY87.
Alluvial Aquifers Evaluation Program, Phase I and II: Upper Des
Moines River Alluvial Aquifer, EPA Grant, FY84-FY85.
Preliminary Hydrogeologic Study of the Miller Wetlands Area, Indiana
Dunes National Lakeshore, US Steel and NPS, 1980-1981.
Publications:
Thompson, C.A. and McFarland, A., 2010, "Affects of Surface
and Groundwater Interactions on Phosphorus Transport within Streambank
Sediments" Journal of Environmental Quality, 39:548-547.
Dia, M., D.C. Weindorf, C. Thompson, H. Cummings, T. Rusu, and H. Cacovean. 2009. "Spatial distribution of heavy metals in the soils of Erath County, Texas." Studia Geographia. 54(2):99-114.
A. Somenahally, D.C. Weindorf, L. Darilek, J.P. Muir, R. Wittie,
C. Thompson, and C.L.S. Morgan. 2009. "Spatial variability
of soil test phosphorus in manure-amended soils on three dairy
farms in north central Texas". Journal of Soil and Water
Conservation v.64: 89-97.
Thompson, C.A. and McFarland, A., 2006, Headwaters Study to Evaluate
Groundwater Interactions. Final report to the Texas Commission
on Environmental Quality, TIAER 582-6-70859-04, 74 p.
Thompson, C.A., Carpenter, Q.A., Amon, J., and Miner, J. 2002, Temperate zone fens of the glaciated Midwestern USA. Wetlands, v 22:301-317.
Easterling, N., Jones, T.L. and Thompson, C. 2001. Assessment of the Middle and South Bosque River Watersheds. Final report to the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, TIAER PR0101, 74 p.
Rowden, R.D., Thompson, C.A. and Jones, M.C., 2001, Water Level Monitoring of an Existing Wetland and A Restored Wetland at Camp Dodge 1996-1999. Geological Survey Bureau Technical Information Series 43, 167 p.
Nealson, E.A, Thompson, C.A, and VanDorpe, P.E, 2001, Guide to Conducting a Wellhead Contaminant Source Inventory, IDNR Special Report Series 3, 87 p.
Schilling, K.E. and C.A. Thompson, 2000. Walnut Creek, Iowa Watershed Monitoring Project: Monitoring Water Quality in Response to Prairie Restoration." Journal of the American Water Resources Association, V. 35, p.1101-1114.
Schilling, K.E. and Thompson, C.A, 1999, Walnut Creek Nonpoint Source Monitoring Project, Jasper County, Iowa: Water Years 1995-1997, Geological Survey Bureau Technical Information Series 39, 167 p.
Thompson, C.A, Nealson, E.A. and Anderson, M.K., 1999, Iowa Wellhead Protection Plan, IDNR, 221 p.
Thompson, C.A. and Bettis, E.A., III, 1994, Development and
Evolution of Iowa Fens. Journal of Iowa Academy of Science, v.10,
p.73-77.
Thompson, C.A., 1993, Wetlands:
Their Geological Connection. Iowa Geology 1993.
Thompson, C.A., 1992, Peat
Production and Protection in Iowa: Iowa Geology 1992, p. 20-21.
Buske, M., Root, T., Guge, G., Gage, G., and Thompson, C., 1992,
DeSoto NWR demonstration and education project, Iowa Academy of
Science Program Abstracts, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar
Falls, IA, p. 63.
Thompson, C.A., Bettis, E.A., III, and Baker, R.G., 1992, Geology
of Iowa Fens: Journal of Iowa Academy of Science, v. 99, p. 53-59.
Hansen, R.E., Thompson, C.A., and VanDorpe, P.E., 1992, Availability
and Quality of Water from the Alluvial, Glacial-Drift, and Dakota
Aquifers and Water Use in Southwest Iowa, U.S. Geological
Survey, Water Resources Investigations Report 91-4156, 187 p.
Thompson, C.A., Prior, J.C., and Quade, D., 1991, Quaternary Landforms
and Hydrogeology of Fens in Clay and Dickinson Counties, Geological
Society of Iowa Guidebook 54, 35 p.
Thompson, C.A., 1990, Iowa's
Peatlands, Iowa Geology, no. 15, p. 18-21.
Thompson, C.A., 1990, Hydrogeology and Water Quality of Twenty
Iowa Fens, A report to U.S. EPA.
Thompson, C.A., 1990, Nitrate
and Pesticide Distribution in the West Fork Des Moines River Alluvial
Aquifer, Geological Survey Bureau Technical Information Series
18, 43 p.
Thompson, C.A. and Van Dorpe, P.E., 1988, Water
Quality Monitoring of the Nishnabotna River Alluvial System,
Geological Survey Bureau Open-File Report 88-1, 60 p.
Thompson, C.A., 1988, Groundwater Resources of Grundy County,
Geological Survey Bureau Groundwater Report GWR-38, 35 p.
Thompson, C.A., 1988, Groundwater Resources of Hardin County,
Geological Survey Bureau Groundwater Report GWR-42, 37 p.
Thompson, C.A., 1987, Alluvial Aquifers: Northwest Iowa Summary,
Iowa Geology, no. 12, p. 20.
Thompson, C.A., 1987, Water
Resources of the Rock Alluvial Aquifer, Geological Survey
Bureau Open File Report 87-1, 109 p.
Thompson, C.A., 1986, Water
Resources of the Ocheyedan - Little Sioux Alluvial Aquifer,
Geological Survey Bureau Open File Report 86-3, 117 p.
Thompson, C.A., 1986, Water Resources of the Ocheyedan - Little
Sioux Alluvial Aquifer: Data Report, Geological Survey Bureau
Open File Report 86-4, 115 p.
Thompson, C.A., 1986, Ground Water Resources of Hamilton County,
Iowa Geological Survey Open File Report 86-40, 31 p.
Thompson, C.A., 1985, Alluvial Aquifers, Iowa Geology, No. 10,
p. 8-11.
Thompson, C.A., 1984, Hydrogeology
and Water Quality of the Upper Des Moines River Alluvial Aquifer,
Iowa Geological Survey Open File Report 84-5, 170 p.
Thompson, C.A., 1982, Ground Water Resources of Story County,
Iowa Geological Survey Open File Report 82-85, 28 p.
Thompson, C.A., 1982, Ground Water Resources of Polk County, Iowa
Geological Survey Open File Report 82-77, 28 p.
Thompson, C.A., 1982, Ground Water Resources of Boone County,
Iowa Geological Survey Open File Report 82-8, 28 p.
Abstracts:
Thompson, C.A., 1996, Walnut Creek watershed restoration and water
quality monitoring project, Abstracts for Fourth National Nonpoint-Source
Watershed Projects Workshop, Harrisburg, PA
Thompson, C.A., 1996, Hydrogeology of Iowa fens, From Small Streams
to Big Rivers, Society of Wetland Scientists 17th Annual Meeting
Program and Abstracts, Kansas City, June 1996, p. 85.
Thompson, C.A., Robbins, E.I., Rybicki, R.A., and Krasnow, M.A.,
1993, Sulfur cycling through groundwater and bacteria in three
fens in Iowa, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and
Society of Wetland Scientists Program and Abstracts 1993, University
of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, p. 205
Thompson, C.A., 1991, Hydrogeology and Water Quality of Twenty
Iowa Fens: Society of Wetland Scientists 12th Annual Meeting Program
and Abstracts, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May, 1991, p. 52.
Thompson, C.A., 1990, The hydrology and water chemistry of Iowa
fens: Fens in Iowa: Geological and Biological Perspectives, A
Symposium, Iowa Academy of Science, Drake University, p. A-12
Thompson, C.A., 1988, Pesticides in alluvial groundwater in western
Iowa, Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science, v.95, no.1, Program
Abstracts.
Thompson, C.A., Libra, R.D., and Hallberg, G.H., 1986, Water Quality
Related to Ag - Chemicals in Alluvial Aquifers in Iowa, in Agricultural
Impacts on Groundwater - A Conference, August 11-13, 1986, Omaha,
Nebraska, NWWA, p. 224-242.
Kelley, R., Hallberg, G.R., Johnson, L.G., Libra, R.D., Thompson,
C.A., Splinter, R.C., 1986, Pesticides in Groundwater in Iowa,
in Agricultural Impacts on Groundwater - A Conference, August
11-13, 1986, Omaha, Nebraska, NWWA, p. 622-647
Thompson, C.A., 1983, Hydrogeology of the Upper Des Moines Alluvial
Aquifer - The Geology and Geometry, GSA North Central Section
Abstracts, V.15, p. 214.
Presentations:
Additional Conferences Attended:
Hydrogeomorphic analysis of muck wetlands at Gus Engeling Wildlife
Management Area, Anderson County, Texas. Society of Wetland Scientist's
International Meeting, Cairns, Australia, July 2006
Hydrogeomorphic analysis of muck wetlands at Gus Engeling Wildlife
Management Area, Anderson County, Texas. Presentation at Texas
Academy of Science, Kerrville, TX, March 2004
Wetlands: Problems and Research Opportunities, Environmental Science
Seminar at Midwestern State University, Nov 2003
Society of Wetland Scientist's meeting, June 2003, New Orleans,
LA, Steering Committee and Publicity Chair
Texas Academy of Science , Nacodoches, TX, March 2003
Society of Wetland Scientist's meeting, November 2002, Cleveland,
MS, attended with 1 TSU graduate student
Society of Wetland Scientist's annual meeting, June 2002, Lake
Placid, NY
Geological Society of America South-Central Chapter meeting, May
2002, Albuquerque New Mexico.
Society of Wetland Scientist's annual meeting, June 2001, Chicago,
Ill, took 1 student to meeting
TMDL Modeling Workshop , College Station, Oct 2000
International Society of Wetlands Scientists and International
Peat Society meeting, August 2000, Quebec City, Quebec
Geological Society of America South-Central Chapter meeting, April
2000, Fayetteville, AK. Took one student to conference
Texas Academy of Science, March 2000, Kingsville, TX
Society of Wetland Scientist's meeting, November 1999, Lafayette,
LA, served as judge for student papers
Geological Society of America South-Central Chapter meeting, April
1999, Lubbock, Texas. Took two students to conference
Society of Wetland Scientist's annual meeting, June 1998, Anchorage,
AK
Society of Wetland Scientist's annual meeting, June 1997, Bozeman,
MT
Geological Society of America North-Central Chapter, May 1997,
poster paper on Walnut Creek project
Iowa Academy of Science, April 1997, presentation on water quality
at Walnut Creek
Fourth National Nonpoint-Source Watershed Projects Workshop, Harrisburg,
PA, presentation on water quality and land use
Geological Society of America, May 1996, Ames, Iowa, field trip
leader
Iowa Academy of Science, April 1996, chair geology section
Midwest Ground Water Conference, October 1995, Kansas City, Missouri
Society of Wetland Scientists, August, 1995, NW Iowa, hosted 2
day field meeting
Society of Wetland Scientists Meeting, June 1995, Boston, MA
Iowa Academy of Science, April 1995, vice-chair geology section
Geological Survey of Ireland, May-June 1994, gave presentation
on water quality issues, consulted with advisory board on gw protection
issues.
Iowa Academy of Science, April 1994
Midwest Ground Water Conference, October, 1993, Champaign, Il,
gave presentation on hydrogeologic characteristics of Iowa fens.
Wildlife Toxicology Workshop, August 1993, Springbrook Conservation
Education Center, Guthrie Center, Iowa, co-author on DeSoto presentation.
Society of Wetland Scientists, June 1993, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada,
gave presentation on sulfur cycling in fen wetlands.
Iowa Academy of Science, April 1993, Decorah
Society of Wetland Scientists, June 1992, New Orleans, La.
Iowa Academy of Science, April 1992, University of Northern Iowa,
Cedar Falls
Society of Wetland Scientists, May, 1991, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Michigan, gave presentation on fens geology and water
quality.
Iowa Academy of Science, April 1991, Dubuque.
Iowa Academy of Science, April 1990, Drake University, Des Moines,
gave presentation on fen water quality.
Midwest Ground Water Conference, October, 1989, Eastern Michigan
University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Iowa Academy of Science, April 1989, Buena Vista College, Storm
Lake, Iowa
Iowa Academy of Science, April 1988, Iowa State University, Ames,
Iowa, gave presentation on pesticides in alluvial groundwater.
Agricultural Impacts on Groundwater, March 1988, Des Moines, Iowa
Fate of Pesticides and Chemicals in the Environment, October 1987,
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Subsurface, October
1987, Chicago, Illinois
Focus on Midwestern Ground Water Issues, April 1987, Indianapolis,
Indiana
Iowa Academy of Science, April 1987, Grinnell College, Grinnell,
Iowa
Agricultural Impacts on Groundwater, August 1986, Omaha, Nebraska_
Iowa Academy of Science, April 1986, Wartburg College, Waverly,
Iowa, gave presentation on alluvial aquifer water quality, non-point
symposium.
Third International Fluvial Sedimentology Conference, August,
1985, Ft. Collins, Colorado
Forty-ninth Annual Tri-State Geological Field Conference, October
1985, Chicago, Illinois
Midwest Friends of the Pleistocene, May 1985, Rockford, Illinois
Iowa Academy of Science, April 1985, Central College, Pella, Iowa
Forty-Eighth Annual Tri-State Geological Field Conference, October
1984, Mason City, Iowa
Groundwater Quality in Northeast Iowa, October 1984, Decorah,
Iowa
Twenty-Ninth Annual Midwest Groundwater Conference, October 1984,
Lawrence, Kansas Midwest Friends of the Pleistocene, June 1984,
River Falls, Wisconsin
Iowa Academy of Science, April 1984, University of Iowa, Iowa
City, Iowa
Twenty-Eighth Annual Midwest Groundwater Conference, October 1983,
Champaign, Illinois
North-Central Meeting of the Geological Society of America, April
1983, Madison, Wisconsin
Iowa Academy of Science, April 1983, Luther College, Decorah,
Iowa
Twenty-Seventh Annual Midwest Groundwater Conference, October
1982, Iowa City, Iowa
Second National Symposium on Aquifer Restoration and Groundwater
Monitoring, May 1982, Columbus, Ohio
Groundwater Management Quantity and Quality, April 1982, Ames,
Iowa