Kyle Hodder

Associate Professor
PhD (Queen's; Earth System Science)

Research Interests

Timing and properties of sediment transfer to, within and from lakes; the process-network of alpine, glacierized systems; Prairie hydrology

Office: CL 338 (office); RIC 408.4 (lab)
Email: kyle.hodder @ uregina.ca[remove spaces]
Phone: 306-585-5127
Fax: 306-585-4815

Instruction

I teach undergraduate courses in Earth System Science: Hydrology, Physical Limnology, Field Research Techniques, Physical Geography, and Geomorphology. At the graduate level I teach courses in Watershed Hydrology, Field Research, Applied Geographic Research and Process Geomorphology.

Graduate Students

I welcome inquiries from potential graduate students. If you have a strong academic record and you are enthusiastic about understanding Canada's physical environment, please get in touch. Prior field experience is not required. I am currently seeking graduate students interested in the following general topics:

sediment transfer in alpine lakes of the Canadian Cordillera;
calibration of submerged remote sensing data with field measurements and microscopy;
the presence, and role, of organic material in sediment transport of alpine and prairie streams;
sedimentary processes contributing to development of lakes and floodplains;
the hydrology and geomorphology of southern Saskatchewan;
...or, if you have other ideas about which you are passionate - contact me.

You may also wish to consult the information about graduate programs at the University of Regina provided by the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research and the Department of Geography.

Research

Watersheds can be characterized as a process-network: i.e., a system of temporally and spatially connected processes that link climate, hydrology, geomorphology, geology and biology together. My research aims to improve our understanding of this network of processes, particularly those that transfer environmental signals through rivers to the sediments of floodplains and lakes. This research has taken me through the Canadian Prairies, the Canadian Cordillera, southern Ontario, Greenland and the Venezuelan Andes. I am a member of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Canadian Geophysical Union, Canadian Geomorphology Research Group, Canadian Quaternary Association and the Canadian Water Resources Association.

I am pleased to acknowledge support for my research by:

the Watershed Evaluation of Beneficial Management Practices (WEBs) project through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada;
the Discovery Grant program of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC);
the Faculty of Arts at the University of Regina; and
the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Innovation and Science Fund (SK Ministry of Advanced Education, Employment and Labour) in collaboration with Joseph Piwowar, David Sauchyn for the new Prairie Environmental Process Laboratory (PEPL) in the Research and Innovation Centre.

Publications

Hodder, K.R. and Gilbert R. in press. Physical Properties of Lacustrine Sediments. In: Elias, SA (Ed), Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, Second Edition. Elsevier Science.

Hodder, K.R. 2010. Flocculation. In: Wharf, B (Ed), Encyclopedia of Geography. Sage Publications.

Hodder, K.R. 2009. Flocculation: a key process in the sediment flux of a large, glacier-fed lake. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.

Hodder, K.R. and R. Gilbert. 2007. Evidence for flocculation in glacier-fed Lillooet Lake, British Columbia. Water Research, v. 41, p. 2748-2762. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2007.02.058

Hodder, K.R., R. Gilbert and J.R. Desloges. 2007. Glaciolacustrine varved sediment as an alpine hydroclimatic proxy. Journal of Paleolimnology. doi:10.1007/s10933-006-9083-9

Gilbert, R., S. Crookshanks, K.R. Hodder, J. Spagnol and R. Stull. 2006. The record of an extreme flood in the sediments of montane Lillooet Lake, British Columbia: implications for paleoenvironmental assessment. Journal of Paleolimnology, v. 37, p. 737-745. doi:10.1007/s10933-006-9083-9

Hodder, K.R, J.R. Desloges and R. Gilbert. 2006. Pattern and timing of sediment infill at glacier-fed Mud Lake: Implications for Late-Glacial and Holocene Environments in the Monashee Mountain Region of British Columbia, Canada. The Holocene, v. 16, p.1-12. doi:10.1191/0959683606hl965rp

Gilbert, R., J. Desloges, S. Lamoureux, A. Serink and K.R.Hodder. 2005. The geomorphic and paleoenvironmental record in sediments of Atlin Lake, northern British Columbia. Geomorphology, v. 77, p. 4-16. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.09.021

Dirszowsky, R.W., W.C. Mahaney, K.R. Hodder, M.W. Milner,V. Kalm, M. Bezada and R.P. Beukens. 2005. Lithostratigraphy of the Mérida (Wisconsinan) glaciation and Pedregal Interstade, Mérida Andes, northwestern Venezuela. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 19, p. 525-536. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2005.07.001

Students looking for Hydrology (and related) job openings...

...are encouraged to check the following url's, and to make an appointment to speak with me. Careers in the private and public sector are available. Current North American job availability and growth in hydrology are above-average [US data]. If you want to know more about working in hydrology or the geosciences, consult either of the BLS or the O.Net summaries [US data]. Additional information is also available from COSEE. For a Canadian perspective, Environment Canada provides this profile of a hydrometric technician.