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Florida Atlantic University
GIS CENTER | CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES PROGRAM | GSA | AAG | FSG
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  Dr. Tara Root
 

Tara Root, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Email  troot@fau.edu
Phone (561) 297-3253
Fax (561) 297-2745
Office PS 345
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Education

Ph.D. in Geology and Geophysics (University of Wisconsin-Madison) 2005
MS in Geology and Geophysics (University of Wisconsin-Madison) 2000
BS in Geological Engineering (Colorado School of Mines) 1998


Research Interests


Ground water chemistry
Water-rock interaction
Groundwater sustainability

Teaching

Water Resources
Hydrogeology
Engineering Geology
History of Hydrogeology
Environmental Issues in Atmospheric and Earth Sciences
Field Methods
Earth Science for Educators

List of  Theses Supervised


Recent Publications

Root. T.L., 2008. Arsenic Speciation and Form in a Glacial Aquifer in the Midwestern United States.  Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences, 31:25-33.

Root, T. and Carlson, E. 2007.  Water quality and hydrology of an environmental preserve in Palm Beach County, Florida. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences 30:457-465.

Root, T.L., Bahr, J.M., and Gotkowitz, M.B., 2005. Geochemical and Environmental Controls on Arsenic in Ground Water in Southeastern Wisconsin, in O’Day, P. et al., Advances in Arsenic Research, American Chemical Society Symposium Series, 915, pp. 161-173.

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