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Todd Fritch

Director of Geographic Information System Lab Northeastern University 70 Holmes Hall Boston, MA 02115 617.373.3178

Education

Ph.D.Baylor University, Geology, 1999
Dissertation Title: "Chemical Evolution and Pollution Susceptibility of the Paluxy Aquifer, Central Texas."
Advisor: Dr. Stephen I. Dworkin

M.S.Baylor University, Geology, 1995
Thesis Title: "Conodont Biostratigraphy of the Smithwick and Upper Strawn group (Pennsylvanian): Evaluation of Structure and Stratigraphic Relationships, Central Texas."
Advisor: Dr. Robert C. Grayson, Jr.

B.S.Lake Superior State University , Geology cum laude , 1993
Senior Special Project Title: "Conodonts of the Bankston Fork Limestone Member, Carbondale Formation (Pennsylvanian, Desmoinesian), from Southern Illinois."
Advisor: Dr. Lewis M. Brown

Publications

• Fritch, T. G. and Dworkin, S. I., The use of major element chemistry and stable isotopes to investigate the geochemical evolution of the Paluxy aquifer, central Texas: Hydrogeology Journal, (accepted pending revisions).
• Brown, L. M., Fritch, T. G., and Rexroad, C. B., Conodonts of the Bankston Fork Limestone Member, Carbondale Formation (Pennsylvanian, Desmoinesian), from Southern Illinois: Indiana Journal of Science, (In Preparation).
• Fritch T. G., McKnight, C. L., Yelderman, J., Dworkin, S. I., and Arnold, J., 2000, A predictive modeling approach to assessing the groundwater pollution susceptibility of the Paluxy aquifer, central Texas, using a geographic information system: Environmental Geology, vol. 39, no. 9.
• Fritch T. G., McKnight, C. L., Yelderman, J., and Arnold, J., 2000, An aquifer vulnerability assessment of the Paluxy aquifer, central Texas, using GIS and a modified DRASTIC approach: Environmental Management, vol. 25, no. 3.
• Fritch, T. G., 1999, Chemical evolution and pollution susceptibility of the Paluxy aquifer, Central Texas: Ph.D. Dissertation, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 83p.
• Fritch, T. G., Cerutti, J. A., and Pelletier, K. A., 1999, The use of Geographic Information Systems in Massachusetts Source Water Assessment Program: Proceedings of the 1999 Ground Water Protection Council Annual Forum.
• Pelletier, K. A., Cerutti, J. A., and Fritch, T. G., 1999, Lessons Learned from Massachusetts Source Water Assessment Program Pilot Studies: Proceedings of the 1999 Ground Water Protection Council Annual Forum.
• Fritch, T. G., and Dworkin, S. I., 1997, Use of solute chemistry and isotopes to investigate the geochemical evolution of the Paluxy aquifer, Central Texas: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 29, no. 6.
• Fritch, T. G., McKnight, C. L., and Arnold, J., 1997, Regional aquifer vulnerability assessment via GIS: The Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference and Workshops on Applied Geologic Remote Sensing, Nov. 1997.
• Fritch, T. G., and Grayson, R. C. Jr., 1996, Conodont biostratigraphy of the Smithwick and Upper Strawn group (Pennsylvanian): Evaluation of structure and stratigraphic relationships, Central Texas: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 28, no. 7.
• Brown, L.M., Fritch, T. G., and Rexroad, C. B., 1995, Conodonts of the Bankston Fork Limestone Member, Carbondale Formation (Pennsylvanian, Desmoinesian), from Southern Illinois: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 27, no. 3.