Raymond Torres
Assistant Professor
Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia. SC 29208
Tel: (803) 777-4506, Fax: (803)777-6610, email: torres@geol.sc.edu
EDUCATION
| Ph.D. Geology | December, 1997 | University of California, Berkeley |
| B.A. Geological Sciences | June, 1990 | University of California, Santa Barbara |
EMPLOYMENT
| 1998 | University of South Carolina, Assistant Professor |
| 1989-1997 | University of California, Berkeley, Research Assistant |
| 1988-1989 | California Coastal Commission, Program Analyst |
| 1986-1988 | T.A.F. Well Drilling Company, Maseru, Lesotho, Manager |
| 1984-1986 | Peace Corps, Leribe, Lesotho, Rangeland Management Technician |
| 1982-1984 | Intern with the USFS, Los Padres National Forest, Hydrology Technician |
PUBLICATIONS
Torres, R., Alexander L., Intensity-Duration Effects on Soil-water Storage: Column Experiments at Near-zero Pressure Head, 38(11) 1240,
Water Resources Research, 2002.
Torres, R., M.J. Mwamba, Properties of Marsh Sediment Mobilized by Low Tide Rainfall, in press, Limnology and Oceanography, 2002
Torres, R., A Threshold Condition for Rapid Soil-water Transport, Hydrological Processes, 16, 2703, 2002.
Mwamba, M.J., R. Torres, Rainfall Effects on Marsh Sediment Redistribution, Marine Geology 189, 267, 2002.
Torres, R., W.E. Dietrich, D.R. Montgomery, S. P. Anderson, K. Loague, Unsaturated Zone Processes and the Hydrologic Response of a Steep, Unchanneled Catchment, Water Resources Research, 34(8) 1865, 1998.
Montgomery, D.R., W.E. Dietrich, R. Torres, S. P. Anderson, K. Loague, Piezometric Response of a Small Catchment, Water Resources Research, 33(1) 93, 1997.
Anderson, S.P., W.E. Dietrich, R. Torres, D.R. Montgomery, K. Loague, Concentration-discharge relationships in runoff from a steep, unchanneled catchment, Water Resources Research, 33(1) 211, 1997.
Anderson, S.P., W.E. Dietrich, D.R. Montgomery, R. Torres, M.E. Conrad, K.M. Loague, Subsurface Flow Paths Through a Steep Unchanneled Catchment, Water Resources Research, 33(12) 2637, 1997.
(In revision)
Torres, R., W.E. Dietrich, K. Loague, D.R. Montgomery, S. P. Anderson, Soil-water Dynamics in a Steep, Unchanneled Catchment, Water Resources Research.
Torres, R., W.E. Dietrich, K. Loague, D.R. Montgomery, S. P. Unsaturated Zone Flowpath Dynamics in a Steep Unchanneled Catchment, Water Resources Research.
Fornwalt, B., R. Torres, J.T. Morris, Topographic Effects on Subsurface Flow Paths Through Riparian Buffers, Journal of Environmental Quality.
(Submitted)
Torres R, Pressure Waves and Water Content Waves in the Unsaturated Zone, Water Resources Research.
(Abstracts)
INVITED - Torres, R., W.E. Dietrich, D.R. Montgomery, S.P. Anderson, K. Loague, Unsaturated-saturated Zone Interactions in a Steep Unchanneled Valley, AGU Chapman Conference on State of the Art Hillslope Hydrology, Sun River Oregon, October, 2001.
INVITED - Torres, R., M.J. Mwamba, Properties of Intertidal Sediment Mobilized by Rainfall, AGU Spring Meeting, EOS Transactions AGU, 83(22), Fall Meeting Supplement, 2002.
INVITED - Montgomery, D.R., W.E. Dietrich, R. Torres, S.P. Anderson, K. Loague, The Coos Bay Experiments: Water Movement on Steep Hillslopes, AGU Chapman Conference on State of the Art Hillslope Hydrology, Sun River Oregon, October, 2001.
INVITED - Torres, R., W.E. Dietrich, D.R. Montgomery, S.P. Anderson, K. Loague, How Does the Unsaturated Zone Deliver Water to Saturated Zone Fast Enough to Induce Slope Instability? EOS Transactions AGU, 79(22), Spring Meeting Supplement, 1998.
and 14 additional abstracts, including 3
presented (with students) at the Fall 2002 AGU meeting.
FUNDED PROPOSALS
NSF, Intertidal hydrology and geomorphology, 2001-2003
EPA STAR, Estuarine indicators, 2001-2005
NSF CAREER Award, A mechanism for rapid soil-water transport
NOAA, Tidal creek network analysis, 2001-2003
USDA Forest Service, Water quality and runoff generation in black-water rivers, 2001-2002
ORAU, Soil hydrology and rapid unsaturated flow, 2001
Also, I am lead PI for a NSF Biocomplexity proposal. I assembled a team of geologists, biologists, chemists and ocean scientists to examine how intertidal rainfall affects biogeochemical cycling.
SERVICE
Associate Editor, Water Resources Research, 2003-2005
Convener, Chapman Conference, Intertidal zone hydrology and geomorphology, October 2004
Reviewer, journals: JGR, ESPL, HP, WRR, JEQ; funding agencies: NASA, NSF, NOAA