Jesse Korus

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Title	Geologist/Hydrogeologist
Faculty Rank	Assistant Professor
Address	619 South Hardin Hall 3310 Holdrege Street Lincoln NE 68583–0995
Phone	office: 402-472-7561 fax: 402-472-2946
E-mail	jkorus3@unl.edu
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Office Hours

M - F 8 am to 5 pm

My Story

I am a hybrid hydrogeologist/sedimentologist: I conduct interdisciplinary research in the emerging field of aquifer sedimentology. My aim is to understand the influence of subsurface heterogeneity on hydrologic system function and water resource sustainability. Heterogeneity plays a critical role in determining patterns of stream-aquifer interaction, contaminant transport, and groundwater response to land use changes, climate changes, and pumping. I use geophysical tools, field methods, and computer models to produce 3-D renderings of aquifer systems. 3-D models provide insight to the interconnections between the land surface and the subsurface. My current focus is on characterizing the High Plains/Ogallala aquifer system in areas of intensive water use and semi-arid climate, with the goal of improving the physical representation of aquifer heterogeneity in coupled groundwater/surface-water models.

Selected Publications

Dave, N., Mittelstet, A., Korus, J., Waszgis, M. 2020. Impact of an Extreme Flood Event on Streambank Retreat: Cedar River, Nebraska, USA. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA). Paper No. JAWRA-19-0070-P February 14, 2020.	Online
Korus, J., Joeckel, M., Tucker, S. T. 2020. Genesis of giant, bouldery bars in a Miocene gravel-bed river: Insights from outcrop sedimentology, UAS-SfM photogrammetry, and GPR. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 90(1): 27-47.	Online
Gilmore, T., Johnson, M., Korus, J., Mittelstet, A., Briggs, M. A., Zlotnik, V., Corcoran, S. 2019. Streambed Flux Measurement Informed by Distributed Temperature Sensing Leads to a Significantly Different Characterization of Groundwater Discharge. Water.	Online
Gilmore, T., Korus, J., Pennisi, L., Martin, D. L., Pekarek, K. 2019. Needs Assessment: Watershed Science for Water Resources Directors. Journal of Extension. 57(4).	Online
Korus, J.T. and Howard, L.M., Maps showing the Physical Hydrogeology and Changes in Saturated Thickness (Predevelopment to Spring 2016 and Spring 2011 to Spring 2016) in the Middle Republican Natural Resources District, Southwestern Nebraska. University o	Online
Pennisi, L., Gilmore, T., Gilmore, T. E., Korus, J., Pennisi, L., Martin, D., Pekarek, K. 2019. Needs Assessment: Watershed Science for Water-Resources Directors. Journal of Extension. 57(4).	Online
Joeckel, R. M., Diffendal, Jr., R. F., Hanson, P. R., Korus, J. T. (2018). Geologic mapping in Nebraska: Old rocks, new maps, fresh insights. Great Plains Research, 28, 119-147.
Korus, J. (2018). Combining hydraulic head analysis with airborne electromagnetics to detect and map impermeable aquifer boundaries. Water, 10, 975.
Korus, J. (2018). Nebraska GeoCloud brings high-tech hydrogeologic data down to earth (1st ed., vol. 72, pp. 10-11). Westerville, OH: Water Well Journal.
Korus, J. T., Joeckel, R. M. (2018). Airborne geophysics resolves stratigraphic and hydrogeologic complexity at the eastern boundary of the Great Plains in Nebraska. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (vol. 50). Boulder, CO: Geological	Online
Korus, J. T., Fielding, C. R. (2017). Hierarchical architecture of sequences and bounding surfaces in a depositional-dip transect of the fluvio-deltaic Ferron Sandstone (Turonian), southeastern Utah, U.S.A. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 87(8), 897-920.	Online
Korus, J.T., Gilmore, T.E., Waszgis, M.M., Mittelstet, A.R. 2017. Unit-bar migration and bar-trough deposition: impacts on hydraulic conductivity and grain size heterogeneity in a sandy streambed. Hydrogeology Journal, V26 (2), 553-564 p.	Online
Korus, J. T., Joeckel, R. M., Divine, D. P., Abraham, J. D. 2016. Three-dimensional architecture and hydrostratigraphy of cross-cutting buried valleys using airborne electromagnetics, glaciated Central Lowlands, Nebraska, USA. Sedimentology. 64:553-581.	Online
Burberry, C. M., Korus, J. T., Joeckel, R. M. 2015. Post-Mississippian tectonics of the Nemaha Tectonic Zone and Mid-Continent Rift System, SE Nebraska and N Kansas. The Mountain Geologist. 52: 47-73.	Online
Divine, Dana P., Joeckel, R.M., Korus, Jesse T. 2015. Basic Guide for Description of Cuttings from Boreholes in Nebraska. Lincoln, NE: Conservation and Survey Division, UNL. pp. 36.	Online
Korus, J.T., Fielding, C.R., 2015, Asymmetry in Holocene river deltas: patterns, controls, and stratigraphic effects. Earth Science Reviews. V. 150, p. 219-242.	Online
Korus, J.T., Fielding, C.R., 2015, Enhanced bioturbation on the down-drift flank of a Turonian asymmetric delta: Implications for seaway circulation, river nutrients, and facies models. Sedimentology. 62: 1899-1922.	Online
Korus, J.T., Joeckel, R.M., Hanson, P.R., Goeke, J.W., Lackey, S.O., and Burbach, M.B. 2011. Reference List For Describing Cuttings And Cores Of Sediments And Sedimentary Rocks In Nebraska. Lincoln, NE: Conservation and Survey Division, UNL. pp. 7.	Online
Joeckel, R.M., Wooden, S.R., Jr., Korus, J.T., and Garbisch, J.O., 2014. Architecture, heterogeneity, and origin of late Miocene fluvial deposits hosting the most important aquifer in the Great Plains, USA. Sedimentary Geology, v. 311, p. 75-95.	Online
Divine, D. P. and J. T. Korus (2013). Three-dimensional hydrostratigrapy of the Swedeburg, Nebraska area: Results from helicopter electromagnetic (HEM) mapping for the Eastern Nebraska Water Resources Assessment (ENWRA), Conservation and Survey Division,	Online
Jesse T. Korus, Leslie M. Howard, Aaron R. Young, Dana P. Divine, Mark E. Burbach, J. Michael Jess, and Douglas R. Hallum. (2013). The Groundwater Atlas of Nebraska, Conservation and Survey Division, University of Nebraska, Resource Atlas 4b.
Korus, J. T., D. P. Divine, P. R. Hanson and J. S. Dillon (2013). Three geologic cross sections across portions of eastern Nebraska showing Quaternary lithologic units and stratigraphy of uppermost bedrock. Conservation and Survey Division, University of	Online
Korus, J.T., Joeckel, R.M., and Divine, D.P., 2013, Three-dimensional hydrostratigraphy of the Firth, Nebraska area: Results from Helicopter Electromagnetic (HEM) mapping in the Eastern Nebraska Water Resources Assessment (ENWRA). Geological Survey Bullet	Online
Korus, J.T., Joeckel, R.M., Divine, D.P. 2013. Three-dimensional hydrostratigraphy of the Firth, Nebraska Area: Results from Helicopter Electromagnetic (HEM) mapping in the Eastern Nebraska Water Resources Assessment (ENWRA). Conservation and Survey Divi	Online
Divine, D. P. and J. T. Korus (2012). Three-dimensional hydrostratigraphy of the Sprague, Nebraska area: results from helicopter electromagnetic (HEM) mapping for the Eastern Nebraska Water Resources Assessment (ENWRA), Conservation and Survey Division, U	Online
Hanson, P. R., J. T. Korus and D. P. Divine (2012). Three-dimensional hydrostratigraphy of the Platte River valley near Ashland, Nebraska: Results from helicopter electromagnetic (HEM) mapping in the Eastern Nebraska Water Resources Assessment (ENWRA), Co	Online
Joeckel, R.M., and Korus, J.T., 2012, Bayhead delta interpretation of an Upper Pennsylvanian sheetlike sandbody and the broader understanding of transgressive deposits in cyclothems. Sedimentary Geology, 275-276, 22-37.	Online
Korus, J.T., Burbach, M.E., and Howard, L.M. 2011. Nebraska Statewide Groundwater-Level Monitoring Report 2011. Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. pp. 23.	Online
Young, A.R., Burbach, M.E., Korus, J.T., Howard, L.M. Nebraska Statewide Groundwater-Level Monitoring Report 2012. Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. pp. 23.	Online
Korus, J.T., and Joeckel, R.M., 2011, Generalized geologic and hydrostratigraphic framework of Nebraska 2011, ver. 2. Geologic Maps and Charts 38, Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Print.
Wooden, S.R., Joeckel, R.M., Korus, J.T.,and Diffendal, R.F., Jr.; 2011. Lithofacies and Stratigraphic Architecture of the Ash Hollow Formation, Ogallala Group in the General Type Area: Geological Society of America Abstracts With Programs, v. 43 (5), p.
Divine, D., Ross, S., Korus, J. 2010. Compilation of Geologic Cross Sections of Eastern Nebraska. Lower Platte South Natural Resources Distict; Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Korus, J.T., Burbach, M.E., Howard, L.M., and Joeckel, R.M., 2010, Nebraska statewide groundwater-level monitoring report: Nebraska Water Survey Paper Number 77, Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Online
Korus, J.T., Burbach, M.E., Howard, L.M., Joeckel, R.M. Nebraska Statewide Groundwater-Level Monitoring Report 2010. Lincoln: Conservation and Survey Division, University of Nebraska. pp. 21.	Online
Divine, D. P., R. M. Joeckel, J. T. Korus, P. R. Hanson and S. Lackey (2009). Eastern Nebraska Water Resources Assessment (ENWRA): Introduction to a hydrogeological study, Conservation and Survey Division, University of Nebraska, Bulletin 1 (New Series),	Online
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	Online
Korus, J.T., & Burbach, M.E. (2009). Analysis of aquifer depletion criteria with implications for groundwater management in Nebraska. Great Plains Research, 19, 187-200.	Online
Korus, J.T., and Burbach, M.E., 2009, Analysis of aquifer depletion criteria with implications for groundwater management: Great Plains Research, v. 19, p. 187-200.	Online
korus, Jesse T., Burbach, Mark E. Nebraska Statewide Groundwater-Level Monitoring Report 2009. Lincoln: Conservation and Survey Division, University of Nebraska. pp. 38.	Online
Korus, J.T., Kvale, E.P., Eriksson, K.A., and Joeckel, R.M., 2008, Compound paleovalley fills in the Lower Pennsylvanian New River Formation, West Virginia, USA: Sedimentary Geology, v. 208, p. 15-26.	Online
Korus, Jesse Thomas and Divine, Dana, 2007, The Eastern Nebraska Water Resources Assessment (ENWRA), Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6, p. 525.

Background

Affiliations

Awards

Title	Awarded by	Year Awarded
Myerly-Martin Award for Outstanding Work in Sedimentology and Paleontology	Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, UNL	2015
John C. Frye Memorial Award	Association of American State Geologists	2014

Professional Organizations

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American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Geological Society of America
International Association of Sedimentologists

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SNR Program Areas

Environmental Science

Areas of Interest/Expertise

Groundwater
Aquifer characterization
Stratigraphy and sedimentology
Regional geology and hydrogeology
Geology
Hydrogeology
Sand
Wells
Paleoenvironments
Petroleum Resources
Palesols
Rivers
Rocks and Stones
Tectonics
Water quality
Groundwater Modeling

Grants

Currently this page only displays grants that were awarded on 1/1/ 2009 to the present. If a grant was awarded prior to 1/1/ 2009 and is still active, it will not be displayed on this page.

Grant Title	Nebraska Water Leaders Academy (Additional Funding)
Starting Date	01/20/2020	Investigator(s) Mark Burbach Allen Dutcher R.M. Joeckel Jessica Johnson Jesse Korus Gina Matkin Connie Reimers-Hild
Ending Date	06/30/2020
Funding Level	$40,263.00
Funding Agency	Nebraska State Irrigation Association / Nebraska Environmental Trust

Grant Title	Aquifer Recharge and Sustainability in the Republican Basin
Starting Date	01/01/2020	Investigator(s) Jesse Korus
Ending Date	06/30/2023
Funding Level	$269,008.00
Funding Agency	Middle Republic NRD/NRC

Grant Title	DNR GRA Support cost Share Agreement for DWFI Funding
Starting Date	01/01/2020	Investigator(s) Jesse Korus
Ending Date	12/31/2022
Funding Level	$69,858.00
Funding Agency	Nebraska Department of Natural Resources

Grant Title	Watershed Science Education Collaboration
Starting Date	05/24/2019	Investigator(s) Troy Gilmore Ingram. Erin Jesse Korus Kathryn Pekarek Lisa Pennisi Taylor, Megan
Ending Date	06/30/2022
Funding Level	$225,204.00
Funding Agency	Nebraska Environmental Trust

Grant Title	Application of isotopic tracers to determine water residence times in multi-scale water management
Starting Date	08/01/2017	Investigator(s) Troy Gilmore Jesse Korus
Ending Date	07/31/2019
Funding Level	$19,983.00
Funding Agency	2017 IANR SPRINT

Grant Title	Middle Republican Hydrogeologic Framework and Groundwater Observation Network (Additional Funding)
Starting Date	06/19/2017	Investigator(s) Jesse Korus Troy Gilmore Douglas Hallum
Ending Date	05/31/2020
Funding Level	$70,500.00
Funding Agency	Middle Republican NRD

Grant Title	Nebraska Basin CarbonSAFE
Starting Date	03/09/2017	Investigator(s) R.M. Joeckel Dana Divine Jesse Korus
Ending Date	06/01/2018
Funding Level	$116,237.00
Funding Agency	Battelle Memorial Institute

Grant Title	Nebraska GeoCloud
Starting Date	03/03/2017	Investigator(s) Jesse Korus Kathleen Cameron R.M. Joeckel
Ending Date	06/30/2021
Funding Level	$264,014.00
Funding Agency	Lower Platte South Natural Resource District

Grant Title	Middle Republican Hydrogeologic Framework and Groundwater Observation Network
Starting Date	05/24/2016	Investigator(s) Jesse Korus Douglas Hallum
Ending Date	05/23/2017
Funding Level	$17,397.00
Funding Agency	Middle Republican NRD

Grant Title	Middle Republican Hydrogeologic Framework and Groundwater Observation Network (Additional Funding)
Starting Date	05/24/2016	Investigator(s) Jesse Korus
Ending Date	05/23/2017
Funding Level	$16,133.00
Funding Agency	Middle Republican NRD

Grant Title	Nebraska State Map 2015-2016 (Additional Funding)
Starting Date	09/15/2015	Investigator(s) Paul Hanson R.M. Joeckel Jesse Korus Aaron Young
Ending Date	09/14/2016
Funding Level	$86,366.00
Funding Agency	U. S. Geological Survey

Grant Title	Preservation of Rock Cores
Starting Date	09/15/2014	Investigator(s) Jesse Korus
Ending Date	09/14/2015
Funding Level	$20,018.00
Funding Agency	US Department of Interior - Geological Survey

Grant Title	Nebraska State Map 2014-2015 (Additional Funding)
Starting Date	09/15/2014	Investigator(s) Paul Hanson R.M. Joeckel Jesse Korus Mark Kuzila Aaron Young
Ending Date	09/14/2015
Funding Level	$65,623.00
Funding Agency	US Department of the Interior - Geological Survey

Grant Title	Nebraska State Map 2013-2014 (Additional Funding)
Starting Date	09/15/2013	Investigator(s) Paul Hanson R.M. Joeckel Jesse Korus Mark Kuzila Aaron Young
Ending Date	09/14/2014
Funding Level	$72,636.00
Funding Agency	US Department of the Interior

Grant Title	Water Leaders Academy (additional funding)
Starting Date	04/01/2012	Investigator(s) Mark Burbach Lorrie Benson Bruce Dvorak R.M. Joeckel Jesse Korus Connie Reimers-Hild Phyllis Schoenholz
Ending Date	03/31/2015
Funding Level	$21,302.00
Funding Agency	Nebraska State Irrigation Association

Grant Title	Shallow Groundwater Nitrate Verification Study
Starting Date	04/01/2011	Investigator(s) Jesse Korus Mark Burbach
Ending Date	12/31/2012
Funding Level	$14,705.00
Funding Agency	Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality

Grant Title	Nebraska Water Resource 104B 2011
Starting Date	03/01/2011	Investigator(s) Jesse Korus
Ending Date	02/28/2015
Funding Level	$19,000.00
Funding Agency	US Department of the Interior - Geological Survey

Grant Title	Lower Platte North NRD Observation Well Program
Starting Date	08/01/2009	Investigator(s) Jesse Korus Matthew Marxsen
Ending Date	01/11/2011
Funding Level	$9,000.00
Funding Agency	Lower Platte North NRD

Grant Title	Eastern Nebraska HEM Aquifier Mapping
Starting Date	07/15/2009	Investigator(s) Paul Hanson R.M. Joeckel Jesse Korus
Ending Date	07/01/2010
Funding Level	$60,000.00
Funding Agency	Lower Platte South NRD

Grant Title	Lower Salt Creek Ground Water Reservoir Modeling Project
Starting Date	04/01/2009	Investigator(s) Jesse Korus
Ending Date	05/31/2010
Funding Level	$14,971.00
Funding Agency	Lower Platte South NRD

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Hydrological Sciences

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Hydrological Sciences

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