Seth Rose

Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1987

Research Interests: Aqueous Geochimstry, Isotope Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Urban Hydrology

Dr. Seth Rose is an Associate Professor within the Geosciences Department Georgia State University where he has been since 1987. Prior to coming to Georgia State University he held positions as a Hydrogeologist in the consulting industry and as a secondary school instructor in South Florida. He holds a B.S. degree in Secondary Education from Florida International University (1974), an M.S. degree in Geology from the University of Florida (1981) and a Ph.D. in Geosciences (Hydrology minor) from the University of Arizona (1986).

Dr. Rose teaches courses in Introductory Geology, Hydrogeology and Aqueous Geochemistry. Many of his former students have gone on to first-tier graduate programs and professional positions as consultants or government scientists. He has maintained an active research program largely focused upon developing a better understanding of the hydrochemical and environmental isotopic dynamics of Piedmont Province watersheds and aquifers. Dr. Rose and his students have been taken a leading role in the new research area of urban hydrology and hydrochemistry, particularly related to understanding the dynamics of Atlanta metropolitan region watersheds.

Dr. Rose and his students at GSU have worked on problems related to: 1) the utilization of bomb-tritium to constrain the residence time of shallow ground water in Piedmont Province aquifers and watersheds; 2) temporal variation of rainfall and stream runoff in the southeastern United States; 3) major ion variation related to urbanization within the Chattahoochee basin (GA); 4) metal-sediment interaction within urban stream flow; 5) sulfate and metal contamination within acid mine drainage settings in eastern Kentucky; 6) comparative hydrological dynamics of watersheds related to urbanization within Georgia. Results of this have been published in leading hydrological journals including Journal of Hydrology, Ground Water, and Hydrological Processes.

Refereed Publications Since 2000:

Rose, S. and Elliott, W.C. (2000) "The effects of pH regulation upon the release of sulfate from ferric precipitates formed in acid mine drainage". Applied Geochemistry. v.15, p27-34.

Rose, S. and Peters, N.E. (2001) “Effects of urbanization on streamflow in the Atlanta area (Georgia, USA) a comparative approach.” Hydrological Processes. v.15, p1441-1457.

Rose, S., Crean, M. Sheheen, D.K. and Ghazi, A.M. (2001) "Zinc dynamics in Atlanta metropolitan region stream and street runoff". Environmental Geology. v.40, p983-992.

Rose, S. (2002) “Comparative major ion geochemistry of Piedmont streams in the Atlanta, Georgia region: possible effects of urbanization”. Environmental Geology. v.42, p102-113.

Rose, S. (2003) “Comparative solute-discharge hysteresis analysis for an urbanized and ‘control’ basin in the Georgia (USA) Piedmont”. Journal of Hydrology. v.284, p45-56.

Rose,S. (2003) "Groundwater Recharge and Discharge". http://greenplanet.eolss.net/mss/CO7/. Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems.

Rose, S. (2004) “Aqueous carbonate geochemistry of the Upper Floridan Aquifer below the Dougherty Plain, Georgia: effects of semi-confining conditions”. Southeastern Geology. v.43, p103-111.

Rose, S. and Fullagar, P. (2005) “Strontium isotope systematics of base flow in Piedmont Province watersheds, Georgia (USA)”. Applied Geochemistry. v.20, p1571-1586.

Rose, S. (2007). “Utilization of decadal scale tritium variation for assessing the residence time of base flow. Ground Water. v.45, p309-317.

Rose, S. (2007) “The effects of urbanization upon the hydrochemistry of base flow within the Chattahoochee River Basin (Georgia, U.S.A).” Journal of Hydrology v.341, 42-54.

Rose, S. and Shea, J.A. (2007). “Environmental Geochemistry of Trace Metal Pollution in Urban Watersheds”. D. Sarkar, R., Datta, ., and R. Hannigan (editors). Chapter 6 In: Developments in Environmental Science, Volume 5. Elsevier Ltd, Amsterdam, p99-131.

Rose, S. (in preparation) “Temporal and spatial rainfall and runoff trends within the southeastern United States”. Hydrological Processes.

Student Advisement (since 2000):

Farshad Baloochistani (Ph.D., candidatte), Dissertation Topic: Estimation of hydraulic properties of shallow aquifer systems in the Blue Ridge and Piedmont physiographic provinces using streamflow recession and base flow data.

Danielle Sheehen (MS, 2000), Thesis Topic: Hysteresis analysis of storm runoff in urbanized streams of the Georgia Piedmont.

Melinda Crean (MS, 2001), Thesis Topic: Comparative metal chemistry in urbanized and non-urbanized streams of the Georgia Piedmont

Sachin Shah (MS, 2001), Thesis Topic: Analysis of constant rate pumping test data to determine hydraulic properties of a fractured crystalline rock aquifer near Lawrenceville, Georgia.

Jacqueline Shea (MS, 2003), Thesis Topic: Comparative metal chemistry of fluvial suspended sediments in urban and non-urban watersheds

Nicole Vermillion (Non-thesis MS, 2005) Project Topic: Interpretation of chlorofluorocarbon model ages for ground water in the Georgia Piedmont

Atieh Tajik (MS, 2006) Project Topic: A study of the kinetics of trace metal desorption and weathering from Piedmont Province soils.

Robert Neurath (MS, 2007), Thesis Topic: Comparative baseflow hydrochemistry of various septic system density areas within the Yellow River watershed, Gwinnett County, Georgia

Oliver Costello (MS, 2008 expected), Thesis Topic: Chemical evolution of ground water in sedimentary Paleozoic aquifers of northwestern Georgia

Usha Kharal (MS, 2008 expected), Thesis Topic: A GIS investigation of the relationship between climate trends and runoff in the southeastern United States.

Potential Research Topics:

Investigation of the base flow chemistry of urban watersheds in the Piedmont Province

Ground water chemistry of Tertiary aquifers in southwester Georgia

The effects of septic tank effluent on the hydrochemistry of Piedmont basins