Dr. Curt Peterson, Prof.

Geology Department

Portland State University

17 Cramer Hall, 1721 SW Broadway

Portland, Oregon 97207-0751

Email: petersonc@pdx.edu

Phone: 503-725-3374

Education

Ph.D. 1983 Oceanography, Marine Geology, Oregon State University

PostBac 1977 Biology, San Francisco State University

B.A. 1975 Geology, San Francisco State University

Employment

Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor, Department of Geology, Portland State Univ., Portland, Oregon, 1989-present

Research Faculty, College of Oceanography, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, Oregon, 1984-1989

Graduate Research Assistant, College of Oceanography, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, Oregon, 1978-1983

Diver/PST, Marine Geology Branch, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California, 1975-1983

Professional Affiliations

Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) 1982-present

American Geophysical Union (AGU) 1981-present

Adjunct Prof. Geology Department, Oregon State University 1991-1994

Adjunct Prof. Geology, University of Oregon 1986-1988

Dissertation

Sediment Dynamics in Pacific Northwest (PNW) Estuaries-- 1983, K.F. Scheidegger (Thesis Director)

Applied Research Interests:

large-scale coastal sediment dynamics in PNW estuaries, beaches and continental shelf

geologic records of great earthquakes and tsunami inundation

geotechnical and hydrological properties of coastal dunes

coastal wetland restoration, and coastal geoarchaeology,

Dr. Peterson directs the Coastal Field Studies (CFS) program at Portland State University. The Coastal Field Studies program supports 1) ground penetrating radar (GPR), 2) shallow core-auger systems, 3) shallow-draft vessels, 4) georeferencing (GPS and EDM total station), 5) shallow subsurface sampling for geologic dating (²¹⁰Pb, AMS¹⁴C and luminescence), and 6) subsurface sampling for groundwater geochemistry and contaminants. The Coastal Field Studies program includes collaborators from Oregon, Washington, California, British Columbia, Baja California, Australia, India, and the Netherlands.