F. Edwin (Ed) Harvey
Hi, I’m Ed Harvey, professor of hydrogeology, and associate director of the School of Natural Resources.
I’m associated with the hydrologic sciences specialization, hydrogeology, geology, groundwater and water studies.
Water is humanity’s most needed natural resource. My research looks at understanding how water moves and behaves within the environment’s hydrologic cycle, its interaction and potential for use by humans and ecosystems, and its vulnerability to contamination and degradation.
Hydrologic science is beginning to focus more on the interactions between the hydrologic cycle and ecosystems – an area being called "hydroecology" or "ecohydrology." Increasingly, my research is moving toward the fringes of the discipline and beginning to overlap strongly with such other disciplines as meteorology, geology and ecology in an effort to understand the role of water in earth’s larger, more complex systems.
Currently, I’m working on several research projects. Among the areas of study are the use of environmental isotopes in hydrology, the role of groundwater in the development and sustenance of eastern Nebraska saline wetlands, the role of groundwater in the development and sustenance of Sandhills fens, and regional groundwater transport and cross-formational flow within the Dakota Aquifer system.
In the past, I have taught at the Groundwater Foundation’s Groundwater University. I have also worked with several scout troops and attended the Children’s Groundwater Festival. I received my bachelor’s from Olivet Nazarene University in Illinois.
I have a master’s degree from Purdue University and a Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. I’ve been at UNL since January 1996.
Personnel Information
| Name | F. Edwin Harvey |
| University Title | Professor |
| SNR Title | Associate Director, School of Natural Resources |
| Additional Title | Supervisor of the Groundwater Chemistry Laboratory; Director of the Justin Smith Morrill Scholars Program |
| Address | 603 Hardin Hall, Lincoln NE 68583-0996 |
| Affiliation (index) | Geosci | University of Waterloo |
| Phone | 402-472-8237 |
| Fax | 402-472-2946 |
| feharvey1@unl.edu | |
| Related Websites | http://snr.unl.edu/harvey/ http://casnr.unl.edu/jsmorrill/ |
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Key Publications
- Gosselin, D.C., F.E. Harvey, C. Frost, R. Stotler and P.A. Macfarlane. 2003. Strontium Isotope Geochemistry in the Central Part of the Great Plains (Dakota) Aquifer, U.S.A.. Applied Geochemistry. 19(3) pp.359-377.
- Steele, G.V. and F.E. Harvey. 2002. Use of Water Chemistry, Isotopes and Chlorofluorocarbons to Investigate the Source of Ground Water Beneath Loup City, Central Nebraska, 2000. United States Geological Survey, Water Resources Investigation Report. 02-04049:43.
- Szilagyi, J, F.E. Harvey and J.F. Ayers. 2002. Regional Estimation of Base Recharge to Ground Water Using Water Balance and a Base-Flow Index. Ground Water. 41(4) pp.504-513.
- Gosselin, D.C., F.E. Harvey, and C.D. Frost. 2001. Geochemical evolution of ground water in the Great Plains (Dakota) Aquifer of Nebraska: Implications for the management of a regional aquifer system. Ground Water. 39(1):98-108.
- Harvey, F.E.. 2001. Use of NADP Archive Samples to Determine the Isotope Composition of Precipitation: Characterizing the Meteoric Input Function for Use in Ground Water Studies. Ground Water. 39(3):380-390.
- Harvey, F.E. and S.S. Sibray. 2001. Delineating Ground Water Recharge From Leaking Irrigation Canals Using Water Chemistry and Isotopes. Ground Water. 39(3):408-421.
- Landon, M.K., D.L. Rus and F.E. Harvey. 2001. Comparison of In-Stream Methods of Measuring Hydraulic Conductivity in Sandy Streambeds. Ground Water. 39(6):408-421.
