Paul Hanson
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Hi, I’m Paul Hanson, and I’m an assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources. I’m associated with the Geography/GIScience Faculty and the Geology and Soils Faculty.
My main research interests are in studying the responses of river, hillslope, and eolian (wind-deposited) systems to climate change. My research goals include studying the evolution of the Platte River system, the responses of rivers and dune systems to climate change in the recent past, and the causes for stream incision on the western Great Plains and the central Rocky Mountains. For much of this work, I use optical dating techniques (aka 'Optically Stimulated Luminescence', a relatively new dating technique that is used for recently deposited geological materials) to construct chronologies of river, dune, and hillslope sediments. These studies are important for identifying the long-term climatic conditions in Nebraska, particularly concerning the nature of drought events and changes in flood magnitudes in the region.
Other aspects of my research involve producing surficial geologic maps and studying groundwater resources in eastern Nebraska. These kinds of studies are important to better understanding our groundwater and other geological resources that are of economic importance in Nebraska.
I teach courses in physical geography and lead Natural Resource field trip courses to the Boundary Waters in Minnesota and Big Bend National Park in Texas.
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Key Publications
- Hanson, P.R., Joeckel, R.M., Young, A.R., Horn, J., 2009, Late Holocene Dune Activity in the Eastern Platte River Valley, Nebraska, Geomorphology 103, 555-561.
- Divine, D.P., Joeckel, R.M., Korus, J.T., Hanson, P.R., Olafsen Lackey, S., 2009, Eastern Nebraska Water Resources Assessment (ENWRA): Introduction to a Hydrogeologic Study, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Conservation and Survey Division Bulletin 1 (New Series), 32 p.
- Rawling, J.E., III, Hanson, P.R., Young, A.R., Attig, J.W., 2008, Late Pleistocene dune construction in the Central Sand Plain of Wisconsin, USA, Geomorphology 100, 494-505.
- Mason, J.A., Miao, X., Hanson, P.R., Johnson, W.C., Jacobs, P.M., Goble, R.J., 2008, Loess record of the last Glacial-Interglacial transition on the northern and central Great Plains, Quaternary Science Reviews 27, 1772-1783.
- Miao, X., Mason, J.A., Swinehart, J.B., Loope, D.B., Hanson, P.R., Goble, R.J., Liu, X., 2007, A 10,000-year record of dune activity, dust storms, and drought in the central Great Plains, Geology 35, 119-122.
- Hanson, P.R., Mason, J.A. and Goble, R.J., 2006, The formation of fluvial terraces along Wyoming's Laramie Range as a response to late Pleistocene flooding events. Geomorphology 76, 12-25.
- Miao, X., Mason, J.A., Goble, R.J. and Hanson, P.R. 2005. Loess-inferred dry climate and eolian activity in the early to mid-Holocene, central Great Plains, North America. The Holocene 15, 339-346.
- Hanson, P.R., Mason, J.A. and Goble, R.J. 2004. Episodic late Quaternary slope wash deposition as recorded in colluvial aprons, southeastern Wyoming. Quaternary Science Reviews 23, 1835-1846.
- Mason, J.A., Jacobs, P.M., Hanson, P.R., Miao, X. and Goble, R.J. 2003. Sources and paleoclimatic significance of Holocene Bignell Loess, central Great Plains, U.S.A. Quaternary Research 60, 330-339.
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| Course Number | Course Title | Day | Time | Cross Listings |
| GEOG 155 | Elements of Physical Geography | TR | 1100-1215 P | n/a |
| SNR Faculties | Geology & Soils, Geography/GIScience, Water |
| Areas of Interest | Regional Cenozoic sedimentology and stratigraphy, surficial processes, climate change and landscape evolution, evolution of hillslope, eolian, and fluvial systems, Quaternary geology, Quaternary geochronology, optical dating, soil geomorphology, geoarchaeology, Cenozoic paleoclimatology. |
| Notable Website | http://www.uwplatt.edu/~rawlingj/DUGG.html |
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