THESES AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS BY GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT GRADUATE and UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENTS, AND ALUMNI
Note: To view faculty publications, click on Faculty Publications.
2013
Arpin, Sarah (2013) Hydrogeology of the Haney Limestone, South Central Kentucky (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Cary, Nathan Jess (2013) Bosnian Immigrants: An Analysis of the Bosnian Community’s Influence on the Cultural
Landscape of Bowling Green, KY (Advisor: David Keeling).
Fowler, Brandon (2013) Understanding Colombian Violence Through Geographic Information Systems and Statistical
Approaches (Advisor: Jun Yan).
Glennon, J. Alan (M.S. Geoscience 2001) (2013) Analysis of Geographically Embedded Networks, Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Geography, UC Santa Barbara.
Keeling, Travis (B.S. Geography 2004), with Mahmood, R., Foster, S.A., and Hubbard,
K.G. (2013) Did irrigation impact 20th century temperature in the High Plains aquifer
region? Applied Geography 38(1): 11-21. (PR).
Leeper, R. (M.S. Geoscience 2009) and co-authors (2013). U.S. Climate Reference Network
after One Decade of Operations: Status and Assessment. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 94(4): 485-498 (PR).
2012
Bedel, A. (B.S. Meteorology S10) (2012) Climate Change and Associated Fire Potential for the southeastern United States in
the 21st Century. M.S. Thesis in Geography, University of Georgia.
Blinn, Christopher (2012) Creation of a Spatial Decision Support System as a Risk Assessment Tool Based on Kentucky
Tornado Climatology from 1950 to 2010 (Advisor: Stuart Foster).
Blaylock, Ian (2012) Long-Term Changes to the Frost-free Season as a Function of Climatic Continentality - Undergraduate Honors Thesis (Advisor: Stuart Foster).
Campbell, L., K. Berry, and D. Jordan, with J.D. Durkee, G. Goodrich, R. Mahmood,
and S. Foster (2012) A synoptic perspective of the record 1-2 May 2010 Mid-South rain
and flood event. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 93(5): 611-620 (PR).
Cary, Melissa (2012) Making Music Sustainable: The Case of Marketing Summer Jamband Music Festivals in
the US, 2010 (Advisor: Peggy Gripshover).
Chaney, Jim [M.S. Geoscience 2007] (2012) Malleable Identities: Placing the Garínagu
in New Orleans. Journal of Latin American Geography 11(2): 122-144 (PR).
Davis, Celia (2012) An Examination of White-Nose Syndrome Occurrence and Dispersal Patterns: A Temporal-spatial
Evaluation of an Emerging Pathogen (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Gaines, Mitchell (2012) Application of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model to Simulate a Squall
Line: Implications of Choosing Parameterization Scheme Combinations and Model Initialization
Datasets (Advisor: Rezaul Mahmood).
Humagain, Kamal (2012) Examining Land-Use/Land-Cover Change and Potential Causal Factors in the Context of
Climate Change in Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal (Advisor: John All).
Kenderes, Stuart (2012) A Mineralogical Textural and Chemical Characterization of an Intrusion at White Mountain,
Sunlight Basin, Wyoming Undergraduate Honors Thesis (Advisor: Andrew Wulff).
Kramer, S. (M.S. Geoscience 2011) and Celestian, A. (2012) Effects of hydration during
strontium exchange into nanoporous hydrogen niobium titanium silicate. Inorganic Chemistry 55(11): 6251-6258.
Littell, A. (M.S. Geoscience 2007), with Mahmood, R., Hubbard, K. G., and You, J.
(2012) Observed Data-based Assessment of Relationships Among Soil Moisture at Various
Depths, Precipitation, and Temperature. Applied Geography 34: 255-264 (PR).
Mattingly, Kyle (2012) Large, Long-lived Convective Systems over Subtropical South America and their Relationships
with Atmospheric Connections. Undergraduate Honors Thesis (Advisor: Josh Durkee).
Pricope, Narcisa G. (M.S. Geoscience 2006) (2012) Variable-source flood pulsing in
a semi-arid transboundary watershed: the Chobe River, Botswana and Namibia. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2675-0.
Pricope, Narcisa G. (M.S. Geoscience 2006) and M.W. Binford (2012) A spatio-temporal
analysis of fire recurrence and extent for semi-arid savanna ecosystems in southern
Africa using moderate-resolution satellite imagery. Journal of Environmental Management 100: 72-85 (PR).
Rucks, Melinda (B.S. Geology/Chemistry 2013), A.J. Celestian, and co-authors (2012)
Synthesis and characterization of two- and three- dimensional calcium coordination
polymers built with benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate and/or pyrazine-2-carboxylate. Crystal Growth & Design 12(8): 3937-3943 (PR).
Suarez, Astrid (B.S. Meteorology Sp10, now Ph.D. program Penn State), and three co-authors
(2012) Comparison of Ensemble Kalman Filter-based forecasts to traditional ensemble
and deterministic forecasts for a case study of banded snow. Weather and Forecasting 27(1): 85-105 (PR).
Young, Jeremy (2012) Teleconnective and Climate Scale Influences on Post-Tropical Cyclones (Advisor: Greg Goodrich).
2011
Almudaris, Sami (2011) Measuring Accessibility to Primary Care Physicians in the Nashville Metropolitan Statistical
Area (Advisor: Jun Yan).
Bedel, A. (B.S. Meteorology Sp10), and nine co-authors (2011) Predicting the Seasonal
Shift in Mosquito Populations Preceding the Onset of the West Nile Virus in Central
Illinois. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 92(9): 1173-1180 (PR).
Benneyworth, Laura (2011) Distribution of Trace Elements in Cumberland River Basin Reservoir Sediments (Advisor: John All).
Craft, Kortney (2011) Economic Impacts of Drought on Kentucky Corn, Hay, and Soybeans (Advisor: Rezaul Mahmood).
Downen, Matthew R. (2011) Undergraduate Honors Thesis--The Formation History of Multi-layered Chondrules in
Acfer-139 (CR2) (Advisor: Andrew Wulff).
Epperson, Ann (M.S. Geoscience 2010) and Matt Brunt (M.S. Geoscience 2009), with
Katie Algeo (2011) Historical GIS as a Platform for Public Memory at Mammoth Cave
National Park. Special issue on “Past Informing Place” in the International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research 2(4): 19-37 (PR) [Note: Winner of the journal's Best Paper Award for 2011].
Fattic, Jana (2011) Determining the Viability of a Hybrid Experiential and Distance-Learning Educational
Model for Water Treatment Plant Operators in Kentucky (Advisor: John All).
Gilliland, Joshua (2011) A Climatology of High-Wind Events Associated with Post-Tropical Cyclones in the United
States (Advisor: Josh Durkee).
Hendrickson, Melissa (M.S. Geoscience 2006) and Groves C. (2011) From sink to resurgence:
The buffering capacity of a cave system in the Tongass National Forest, USA. Acta Carsologica 40(2): 391-396.
Hutchison, S. T., K. W. Kuehn, and N. Rinehart (M.S. Geoscience 2008) (2011). Natural
resource condition assessment for Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park,
Kentucky. Natural Resource Report NPS/CUPN/NRR—2011/445. Fort Collins, CO: National Park Service.
Kramer, Samantha (2011) Determining the Ion-Exchange Mechanism of Strontium into a Niobium-Doped Titanosilicate (Advisor: Aaron Celestian).
Leeper, R. (M.S. Geoscience 2009), Mahmood, R., and Quintanar, A.I. (2011) Influence
Of Karst Landscapes On Planetary Boundary Layer Atmosphere: A Weather Research and
Forecasting (WRF) Model-based Investigation. Journal of Hydrometeorology 12(6): 1512-1529 (PR)
Leeper, Ronnie (M.S. Geoscience 2009), with Mahmood, R. and Quintanar, A. (2011)
Sensitivity of planetary boundary layer atmosphere to historical and future changes
of land use/land cover, vegetation fraction, and soil moisture in Western Kentucky,
USA. Global and Planetary Change 78(1-2): 36-53 (PR).
Miller, Ben (M.S. Geoscience 2010) and R.N. Lerch (2011) Delineating Recharge Areas
for Onondaga and Cathedral Caves using Groundwater Tracing Techniques. Missouri Speleology 51(2): 1-50.
Nolfi, Dan (2011) National Park Service Cave and Karst Resources Management Case Study: Great Smoky
Mountains National Park (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Oris, William "Nate" (2011) Spatial Analysis of Fatal Automobile Crashes in Kentucky (Advisor: Jun Yan).
Rinehart, N. (M.S. Geoscience 2008), K. W. Kuehn., and S.T. Hutchison (2011). Natural
resource condition assessment for Little River Canyon National Preserve, Alabama.
Natural Resource Report NPS/CUPN/NRR—2011/446. Fort Collins, CO: National Park Service.
Stinson, Chasity L. (B.S. Geology 2011), with co-authors (2011). Iron Oxide and
Calcite Associated with Leptothrix sp. Biofilms within an Estavelle in the Upper Floridan
Aquifer. International Journal of Speleology 40(2): 205-219.
Suárez, Astrid (B.S. Meteorology 2010), with Sen Roy, S., Mahmood, R., Quintanar,
A.I. (2011) Impacts of irrigation on dry Season precipitation in India. Theoretical and Applied Climatology 204(1-2): 193-207 (PR).
Thompson, J.K., S.D. Wingard, and K.J. Batson, with Goodrich, G.B. (2011) The 2007
Mid-South summer drought and heat wave in historical perspective. Southeastern Geographer 51(3):411-421 (PR).
Vanderhoff, Sean (2011) Transport and Residence Time of Agricultural Contaminants in the Karst Terrain of
South Central Kentucky (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Walker, J.M. with Goodrich, G.B. (2011) The Influence of the PDO on Winter Precipitation
During High- and Low-Index ENSO Conditions in the Eastern United States. Physical Geography 32(4): 295-312 (PR).
Wilder, Margaret (2011) Undergraduate Honors Thesis--Influence of Prescribed Fire on Late Summer and Fall
Herbs of Eastern Mesic Forests (Advisor: Albert Meier).
2010
Bourette, Cari (2010) Earthquake Anxiety May Point to Future Trouble. Op Ed published in the Jackson Sun (TN) on April 11, 2010, in the Salida Mountain Mail (CO) on April 12, 2010, in the Chronicle (Willimantic, CT) on April 13, and in the NWTN Today (Union City (TN) on April 20.
Chaney, Jim [M.S. Geoscience 2007] (2010)The Formation of a Hispanic Enclave in
Nashville, Tennessee. Southeastern Geographer 50(1): 17-38 (PR).
Epperson, Ann (2010) Internet GIS as a Historic Place-Making Tool for Mammoth Cave National Park (Advisor: Katie Algeo).
Gandy, S. Kay and Matthew, K. (2010) Origin Stories: Geography, Culture, and Belief.
Social Studies and the Young Learner 22(4): 25-28.
Gandy, S. Kay (2010) Public lands in the Elementary Curriculum. Stewardship of Public Lands: A Handbook for Educators Washington, D.C.: American Association of State Colleges and Universities, pp. 151-160.
Glennon, J. Alan (M.S. 2001) and Goodchild, M.F. (2010) Crowdsourcing geographic
information for disaster response: a research frontier. International Journal of Digital Earth 3(3): 231-241.
Graham, Mark (M.S. Sp. 2004) (2010) Neogeography and the Palimpsests of Place: Web
2.0 and the Construction of a Virtual Earth. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie 101(4): 422-436 (PR).
Greunke, Erin (2010) The Global Project: Observing Geographic Literacy Obtained By Study Abroad Learning (Advisor: David Keeling).
Grogan, D. Michael (2010) Information Technology Implementation Decisions to Support the Kentucky Mesonet (Advisor: Rezaul Mahmood).
Grogan, D. Michael (2010) Information technology implementation decisions to support
the Kentucky Mesonet. Publications in Climatology LXIII (2), Unversity of Delaware and Legates Consulting LLC, 1-106.
Hall, Jon (2010) Geographic factors of residential burglary: A case study of Nashville, TN. (Advisor: Jun Yan).
Jeng, Shwu-Jing (2010) Geographic Information System Analysis of Changing Demographic Patterns and Ethnic
Restaurant Location in Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1940-2005 (Advisor: Katie Algeo).
Kambesis, P. (M.S. 2007), with Iker, B.C., Oehrle, S.A., Groves, C., and Barton,
H.A. (2010) Microbial Atrazine Breakdown in a Karst Groundwater System and Its Effect on Ecosystem
Energetics. Journal of Environmental Quality 39(2): 509-518.
Leeper, R.D., Walker, J.M., and Goodrich, G.B. (2010) Teleconnective Relationships
to the Kentucky Snowfall Impact Scale. Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science 71 (1-2): 36-46.
Leeper, Ronnie, with 38 co-authors led by Rezaul Mahmood, including Arturo Quintanar,
Glen Conner, and Scott Dobler (2010) Impacts of land use land cover change on climate
and future research priorities. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 91(1): 37-46 (PR).
Miller, Ben (2010) The Hydrology of the Carroll Cave –Toronto Springs System (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Otoo, James (2010) Suspended Sediment Transport Dynamics and Sediment Yields in relation to Watershed
Characteristics, Upper Green River Basin, KY . (Advisor: Michael May).
Porter, Brandon (2010) An Application and Refinement of the Karst Disturbance Index Through Evaluating Variability
in Island Karst Disturbance in Puerto Rico (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Russell, Scot A. (2010) Geophysical Investigation of Fresh Water Occurrence in the Line Hole Well Field, San
Salvador Island, The Bahamas (Advisor: Lee Florea).
Schmitz, Eliabeth A. (2010) Farmers' Markets in Kentucky: A Geospatial, Statistical, and Cultural Analysis (Advisor: Katie Algeo).
Suárez-Gonzalez, Astrid (2010) Sensitivity of Planetary Boundary Layer to Varying Volumetric Soil Moisture: A Mesoscale
Models Comparision. Honors College Thesis (Advisor: Rezaul Mahmood).
Wix, Jane Marie (2010) Constructing a Flash Flood Climatology of the Appalachian Mountains: Comparison of
Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia Summer Time Rain Events Honors College Thesis (Advisor: Rezaul Mahmood).
2009
Baker, T. and C. Groves (2009) Water Quality Impacts from Agricultural Land Use
in Karst Drainage Basins of SW Kentucky and SW China, pp. 103-116 in Webb, R.M.T.,
and Semmens, D.J. (eds.) Planning for an Uncertain Future—Monitoring, Integration, and Adaptation, US Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5049, pp. 103-116.
Bergman, Crystal (2009) A Survey of Drought Impacts and Mitigation Planning in Kentucky (Advisor: Stuart Foster).
Bourette, Cari (2009) Using Archetypal Metaphor to Analyze Cultural Landscape: A Chilean Case Study (Advisor: David Keeling).
Brunt, S. Matt (2009) Before the Park: Creating an Historic GIS of Mammoth Cave Area Communities, 1920 (Advisor: Katie Algeo).
Elrod, Ronson, and Goldsmith, Jeremy, with All, J., and P. Kambesis (2009) Stormwater
Remediation in a Karst Watershed: Bowling Green, KY. Stormwater Vol. 10(3): 1-3.
Gandy, S. Kay with co-authors (2009) Writing a Successful Fulbright Group Projects
Abroad Grant: Voices from a Journey to South Africa. Journal of Geography 108(4): 102-116.
Gandy, S. Kay with co-authors (2009) Whatever Happened to Social Studies in the
Elementary Curriculum? Southern Social Studies Journal 35(1): 16-50.
Ham, Brian (2009) Using Conservative and Biological Tracers to better understand the Transport of Agricultural
Contaminants from Soil Water through the Epikarstic Zone (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Kambesis, P. (M.S. 2007), with Jiang, Y., L. Linli Li, C. Groves, and D. Yuan (2009)
Relationships between rocky desertification and spatial pattern of land use in typical
karst area, Southwest China.Environmental Earth Sciences, Vol. 59(4), pp. 881-890.
Kambesis, P. (M.S. 2007), with Jiang, Y., Y. Wu, C. Groves, and D. Yuan (2009) Natural
and anthropogenic factors impacting groundwater quality in the Nandong karst underground
river system in Yunnan, China. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Vol. 109 (1-4), pp. 49-61.
Kambesis, P. (M.S> 2007), Burger, P., Lace, M., and Despain, J. (M.S. 2006) (2009)
Coastal Karst of Caguanes National Park, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, pp. 502-508 in W.B.
White (ed.) Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Speleology Vol. 1, Symposia. San Antonio, TX: International Union of Speleology.
Kambesis, P. (M.S. 2007), with Lace, M. (2009) Coastal Speleogenesis in Puerto Rico,
pp. 509-515 in W.B. White (ed.) Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Speleology Vol. 1, Symposia. San Antonio, TX: International Union of Speleology.
Kambesis, P. (M.S. 2007), Osburn, B., Pollack, J., Bunnell, D., (2009) Tham Khoun
Xe of Khammoune Province, Lao People's Republic, pp. 1813-1816 in W.B. White (ed.)
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Speleology Vol. 3, Contributed Papers. San Antonio, TX: International Union of Speleology.
Kambesis, P. (M.S. 2007) (2009) Appalachian Mountains, Overview: Caves of the Lower
Tennessee River Basin, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, pp. 91-100 in A.N. Palmer and
M.V. Palmer (eds.) Caves and Karst of America. Huntsville, AL: National Speleological Society.
Kambesis, P. (M.S. 2007) (2009) Glaciated Central Highlands, Overview: Caves of
Iowa, pp. 151-153 in A.N. Palmer and M.V. Palmer (eds.) Caves and Karst of America. Huntsville, AL: National Speleological Society.
Kambesis, P. (M.S. 2007) (2009) Overview: Glaciated Central Highlands, Coldwater
Cave System, Winneshiek County, Iowa, pp. 154-155 in A.N. Palmer and M.V. Palmer (eds.)
Caves and Karst of America. Huntsville, AL: National Speleological Society.
Kambesis, P. (M.S. 2007) (2009) Karst of Florida Block, Sistema Rio Encantado, Puerto
Rico, pp. 337-339 in A.N. Palmer and M.V. Palmer (eds.) Caves and Karst of America. Huntsville, AL: National Speleological Society.
Kambesis, P. (M.S. 2007) and Lace, M., (2009) Coastal Caves of Puerto Rico, pp.
342-343 in A.N. Palmer and M.V. Palmer (eds.) Caves and Karst of America. Huntsville, AL: National Speleological Society.
Kambesis, P. (M.S. 2007) and Lace, M. (2009) Overview: Isla de Mona, Puerto Rico,
pp. 343-345 in A.N. Palmer and M.V. Palmer (eds.) Caves and Karst of America. Huntsville, AL: National Speleological Society.
Leeper Ronnie (2009) Near-surface Atmospheric Response to Simulated Changes in Land-cover, Vegetation Fraction,
and Soil Moisture over Western Kentucky (Advisor: Rezaul Mahmood)
Leeper Ronnie, Rezaul Mahmood, and Arturo Quintanar (2009) Near-surface Atmospheric
Response to Simulated Changes in Land-cover, Vegetation Fraction, and Soil Moisture
over Western Kentucky. Publications in Climatology LXII(2): 1-41 (Middletown, DE: Legates Consulting LLC).
Meredith, Johnny A. (2009) Vadose Zone Hydrology near the Vicinity of Edna's Dome, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Motley, Monica V., with Quintanar, A.I., Mahmood, R., Loughrin, J.H., and Lovanh,
N. (2009) A system for estimating Bowen Ratio and evaporation from waste lagoons.
Applied Engineering in Agriculture (ASABE) 25(6): 923-932. (PR).
Pricope, Narcisa (2009) [M.S. Geoscience 2006) Assessment of Spatial Patterns of
Sediment Transport and Delivery for Soil and Water Conservation Programs. Journal of Spatial Hydrology 9(1): 21-46.
Ross, Allison H. (2009) Modeling Stormwater Pollutant Transport in a Karst Region - Bowling Green (Advisor: Jun Yan).
2008
Baker, Ted (2008) Water Quality Impacts from Agricultural Land-Use in the Karst Groundwater Basin of
Qingmuguan, Chongqing, China (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Broome, John (2008) Simulation Modeling of Karst Aquifer Conduit Evolution and Relations to Climate (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Cesin, Gina (2008) The Application of Electrical Resistivity and Microgravity to Locate Tunnels along
the U.S.-Mexico Border at Calexico (Advisor: Andrew Wulff).
Croskrey, A. and Groves, C. (2008) Groundwater sensitivity mapping in Kentucky using
GIS and digitally vectorized geologic quadrangles. Environmental Geology 54(5): 913-920 (PR).
Iovanna, A.J., with co-authors All, John D. and Wulff, Andrew (2008). Using Geoinformatics
to Examine Residential Radon Vulnerability. Southeastern Geographer 48(1): 97-109 (PR).
Leeper, R., co-author with Mahmood, R., Hubbard, K. G., and Foster, S.A. (2008) Increase in near surface atmospheric moisture content due to land use changes:
Evidence from the observed dew point temperature data. Monthly Weather Review 13:1554-1561 (PR).
Nelson, Jenna Medlin and All, J.D. (2008) Remote Sensing Quantification of Wetland
Habitat Change in South Carolina: Implications for Coastal Resource Policy. The Geographical Bulletin 49(2): 87-102.
Pricope, Narcisa G. [M.S. Geoscience 2006] and co-authors (2008) Experts address
the question: “How can sustainable land management contribute to mitigating climate
change?” Natural Resources Forum 32(3): 252-256.
Rinehart, Nathan (2008) Assessment of Natural Resource and Watershed Conditions at Little River Canyon National
Preserve, Alabama (Advisor: Ken Kuehn).
Schenck-Brown, Julie (2008) Atrazine Contamination and Suspended Sediment Transport
within the Logsdon River, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky (Advisor: Stephen Kenworthy).
Walker, J.M., R.D. Leeper, P. Smith, M.L. Johns, B.M. Biache, William Rodgers, K.J.
Batson, and Goodrich, G.B. (2008) Development of a Kentucky Snowfall Impact Scale.
FOCUS on Geography 50(4): 15-17.
2007
Baldwin, W. Mark. An Analysis of Key Aspects of Warm and Cool Season Flash Flooding in the Southern
Appalachians (Advisor: Rezaul Mahmood).
Chaney, James P. The Rise of an Hispanic Enclave in Davidson County, Tennessee (Advisor: Katie Algeo).
Hager, Caitlin. Commuting Analysis in a Small Metropolitan Area: A Case Study of Bowling Green/Warren
County, Kentucky, (Advisor: Jun Yan).
Hager, Caitlin and Jun Yan: Commuting Analysis in a Small Metropolitan Area: Bowling Green, Kentucky, pp. 86-95 in Harrington, L. and Harrington, J. (eds.) Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences, Vol. 30, 2007.
Herrera-Escobar, Juan Late Quaternary Geomorphic History of the Upper Green River - Inferred from Alluvial
Deposits (Advisor: Stephen Kenworthy).
Kambesis, Patricia A Systems Approach for Understanding Agricultural Contaminant Sources and Transport
in a Karst Groundwater Basin (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Kovarik, Johanna L. Modeling the Effects of Timber Harvesting on Karst Watersheds in a Temperate Rainforest
using Runoff Response Rates, Tongass National Forest, Alaska (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Littell, Ashley E. Modeling Soil Moisture using Precipitation from Rain Gauge Observations and Radar
Estimations (Advisor: Rezaul Mahmood).
Schoefernacker, Scott - with May, M.T. and Kuehn, K.W. (2007). Geology of the Mammoth
Cave and Nolin River Gorge Region with Emphasis on Hydrocarbon and Karst Resources,
Part II: Rock Asphalt Redux and Paleovalleys Anew, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Field Trip #1 Field Guidebook, 25 pp. Eastern Section Meeting, Lexington, KY and Kentucky Society of Professional
Geologists Annual Field Conference, September 14-15, Day 2, Bowling Green, KY.
Seymour, Amy T. Overcoming Global Ignorance: Developing Geographic Literacy in a World Regional Geography
Course (Advisor: David J. Keeling).
Tobin, Benjamin W. A Quantitative Analysis of Relationships between Land-Use and Base-Level Conduit Sedimentation
in south-central Kentucky (Advisor: Stephen Kenworthy).
Walker, John. Ground-Level Ozone Across Kentucky: Modeling and a Synoptic Analysis of High Concentrations (Advisor: Gregory Goodrich).
2006
Croskrey, Andrea D. Groundwater Sensitivity and Vulnerability Mapping in Kentucky using GIS. (Advisor; Chris Groves).
Dalton, Sara E. Strategies for reducing mosquito-borne disease vulnerability in equine populations:
A Kentucky case study. (Advisor: Katie Algeo).
Despain, Joel Hydrochemistry in an Alpine Karst System, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks,
California. (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Despain J., C. Groves, and J. Meiman (2006) Hydrology and rock/water Interactions
of an Alpine Karst System: Spring Creek, Mineral King, Sequoia National Park, California.
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Limestone Hydrogeology, Neuchâtel,
Switzerland. Vol. 1, N. Goldscheider et al. (eds.). Besançon, France: Presses universitaires
de Franche-Comté.
Hendrickson M., P. Kambesis, C. Groves, and R. Kessler (2006) A Template for Academic/NGO
Partnership in the Evaluation of Cave and Karst Resources. Proceedings of the 8th
International Conference on Limestone Hydrogeology, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Vol. 1,
N. Goldscheider et al. (eds.). Besançon, France: Presses universitaires de Franche-Comté.
Hendrickson, Melissa The Influence of Organic Acid on the Dissolution Rate of Limestone: Beaver Falls-Mop
Spring, Tongass National Forest, Alaska (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Henry, Christina Flash Flooding in Eastern Kentucky: An Analysis of the 3-4 August, 2004, Event (Advisor: Rezaul Mahmood).
Islas, Joseph L. The Identification, Characterization, and Analysis of Wrench Faulting in southwestern
Warren County, Kentucky (Advisor: Ken Kuehn).
Keeling, Travis - Mahmood, R., Stuart A. Foster, Travis Keeling, Kenneth G. Hubbard,
Christy Carlson and Ronnie Leeper (2006). Impacts of irrigation on 20th century temperature
in the northern Great Plains. Global and Planetary Change 54(1-2): 1-18. (PR)
Leeper, Ronnie - Mahmood, R., Stuart A. Foster, Travis Keeling, Kenneth G. Hubbard,
Christy Carlson and Ronnie Leeper (2006). Impacts of irrigation on 20th century temperature
in the northern Great Plains. Global and Planetary Change 54(1-2): 1-18. (PR)
Logan David. - Mahmood, R., Foster, S., and David Logan (2006). The GeoProfile Metadata,
Exposure of Instruments, and Measurement Bias in Climatic Data Revisited. International Journal of Climatology, Vol. 26(8):1091-1124 (PR).
Pricope, Narcisa Modeling Soil Erosion in the Upper Green River Basin, Kentucky (Advisor: Stephen Kenworthy).
Reader, Daniel R. Sustainability with Globalization: An Unsustainable Proposition? (Advisor: John All).
Schoefernacker, Scott Spatial Characteristics of Paleochannels in Association with the Mississippian-Pennsylvanian
Systemic Boundary in Western and South-Central Kentucky (Advisor: Michael May).
Sharp, Scotty Assessment of Atrazine in a Rural Water Source: Rough River Lake, Kentucky (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Sharp S., C. Groves, and C. Ragan (2006) Assessment of the Herbicide Atrazine within
a Karst-Influenced Drinking Water Source: Rough River Lake, Kentucky, USA. Proceedings
of the 8th International Conference on Limestone Hydrogeology, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Vol. 1, N. Goldscheider et al. (eds.). Besançon, France: Presses universitaires de
Franche-Comté.
Tope, Shweta - with All, J.D., Ernest, A., and Andrew, K. (2006). Using GIS to Identify
Biological Warfare Agents as Threats to Drinking Water Supplies. Proceedings of the First Asia-Pacific Conference for ESRI Users, pp. 1-3. Hong Kong, China: ESRI.
2005
Baldwin, William M., et al. An assessment of key aspects of warm and cool season severe flash flooding in the
Southern Appalachians, pp. 1-12, Section 6C.3, in Proceedings of the 2005 Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC.
Bergman, Crystal J. - Senior Honors Thesis, The National Weather Service's Polygon Method: Warning Dissemination of the Future. (Advisor: Rezaul Mahmood).
Henry, Christina, et al. The Evolution of a Warm-Season Severe Eastern Kentucky Flash Flood, pp. 1-11, Section 6C.2, in Proceedings of the 2005 Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC.
Kambesis, Patricia (and Roger Brucker). "Collapsed Sinkhole at Dishman Lane,
Kentucky," pp. 277-282 in T. Waltham, F. Bell, and M. Culshaw (eds.), Sinkholes and Subsidence: Karst and Cavernous Rocks in Engineering and Contruction. Chichester, UK: Springer.
Kambesis, Patricia. "Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico," pp. 339-346 in D.C. Culver
and W. B. White (eds.), Encyclopedia of Caves. London: Elsevier.
Kendrick, Dasen The Relationship Between Meteorological Patterns and Rural Ground Ozone Concentration. (Advisor: Rezaul Mahmood).
Russ, James A. Globalization, Urban Competitiveness, and Human Capital: Where does Davidson County,
Tennessee, Fit into the Equation? (Advisor: David Keeling).
2004
Anthony, D.M., C. Groves, and J. Meiman (2004). Preliminary investigations of seasonal
changes in the geochemical evolution of Logsdon River, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. Speleogenesis
and Evolution of Karst Aquifers: The Virtual Scientific Journal, Vol. 1 (4).
Briggs, Michael R. Roadside Memorial Practices: An Examination of Landscapes of Commemoration in Warren
County. Kentucky (Advisor: Katie Algeo).
Curry, William A.Using Cesium 137 to Understand Recent In-Cave Sedimentation in the Tongass National
Forest, Southeast Alaska (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Ek, David Hydrologic and Geochemical Cycling within Karst versus Non-Karst Basins within the
Interior Low Plateau Province of South-Central Kentucky (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Graham, Mark Understanding Perceptions of Accessibility and Mobility through Structuration Theory (Advisor: Katie Algeo).
Iovanna, A.J.Residential Radon in Warren County, Kentucky (Advisor: John All).
Kambesis, Patricia. "Sistema del Río Encantado, Puerto Rico," in J. Gunn (ed.),
Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst. New York: Routledge.
Medlin, Jenna S. A Spatial Analysis of the Impact of Development on Wetland Habitat in Mount Pleasant,
South Carolina (Advisor: John All).
Seadler, Katie J. Atrazine Contamination in a Rural Source Water Supply: Spa Lake, Lewisburg, Kentucky (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Taylor, Daniel R. Evaluating Spatial Variability of Precipitation in Kentucky with Exploratory Data
Analysis (Advisor: Rezaul Mahmood).
Thomas, Joel Stuart Tourism and Rural Identity in the Waasland, Belgium (Advisor: Katie Algeo).
2003
Despain, Joel (2003) Hidden Beneath the Mountains: The Caves of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Trenton, Cave Books.
Glennon, J.A., and Pfaff, R.M. The extraordinary thermal activity of El Tatio Geyser
Field, Antofagasta Region, Chile. Geyser Observation and Study Association (GOSA) Transactions, Vol. 8: 31-78 (Full text version).
Pfaff, Rhonda Geographic Information System Methodologies to Examine Land Use and Groundwater Quality
Relationships in South Central Kentucky (Advisor: Chris Groves).
2002
Anderson, Michael Herbicide Transport on Sediments in Mammoth Cave (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Brown, Jill The Evolution of a Commercial Landscape: A Case Study of the Motels along US Highway
31W (Advisor: Stuart Foster).
Despain, J - in Groves, C., J. Meiman, J. Despain, Z. Liu, and D. Yuan (2002). Karst
aquifers as atmospheric carbon sinks: An evolving global network of research sites.
U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report, 02-4174, pp. 32-39.
Glennon, J.A. and C. Groves (2002). An examination of perennial stream drainage
patterns within the Mammoth Cave watershed. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 64:
82-91. (PR)
2001
Capps, Arthur S. Dye Tracing to Delineate Drainage Basins and Determine Groundwater Sensitivity, Mammoth
Cave, Kentucky (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Cary, Kevin A Model of Precipitation Rates in Kentucky, 1965-1996 (Advisor: L. Michael Trapasso).
Glennon, John A. Application of Morphometric Relationships to Active Flow Networks within the Mammoth
Cave Watershed (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Howard, Brian A Park and Ride Feasibility Study for Evansville, Indiana (Advisor: David J. Keeling).
Marklin, Susan The Progression of Recycling in Bowling Green, Kentucky (Advisor: Conrad Moore).
2000
Demaree, Nancy Place, Disease, and Mortality: Trimble County, Kentucky, 1849-1894 (Advisor: Albert Petersen).
Durkee, J.D., 2000: Kentucky tornadoes: 1951-1998. Geography and Geology Proceedings of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Vol. 1999-00, 12-17.
Ek, D., C. Groves, J.A. Glennon, and J. Meiman (2000) Threats to surface and karst
groundwater of Mammoth Cave National Park from the Arthur Oilfield, Kentucky. Proceedings
of the Eighth Mammoth Cave Science Conference. Mammoth Cave, KY, National Park Service,
pp. 101-103.
Pfaff, R., J.A. Glennon, C. Groves, J. Meiman, and J. Fry (2000) Geographic Information
Systems as a tool for the protection of the Mammoth Cave karst aquifer, Kentucky.
Proceedings of the Eighth Mammoth Cave Science Conference. Mammoth Cave, KY: National
Park Service, pp. 89-99.
Pruett, Timothy S. The Lost Valley of Peru? A Geographic Analysis of Illicit Coca Production and Terrorism
in the Upper Huallaga Valley (Advisor: David J. Keeling).
1998
Anthony, Darlene Seasonal Effects on the Geochemical Evolution of the Logsdon River, Mammoth Cave,
Kentucky (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Carigan, Emily Deven Field Test of Calcite Dissolution Rate Expressions: Logsdon River, Mammoth Cave National
Park (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Gordon, Ryan The Bicycle as a Transportation Vehicle: An Assessment of Bicycle Suitability in Bowling
Green, Kentucky (Advisor: Conrad Moore).
Kreitzer, Debra D. Measuring the Applicability of the Seville Strategy to the Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere
Reserve (Advisor: David J. Keeling).
Troutman, Timothy W. A Comprehensive Heavy Precipitation Climatology for Middle Tennessee (Advisor: L. Michael Trapasso).
Vaughan, Kevin B. A Quantitative Analysis of Interstitial Fluid Chemistry and Limestone Dissolution
Rates within the Clastic Sediment of a Karst Aquifer Conduit, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky (Advisor: Chris Groves).
1997
Davis, William B. The Effects of Hydrilla Infestation on Selected Wintering Waterfowl: Santee Cooper
Lake System, South Carolina (Advisor: Conrad T. Moore).
Glennon, J.A. and C. Groves (1997) Application of morphometric relationships to
active drainage Networks within the Mammoth Cave karst aquifer. Proceedings of the
Sixth Mammoth Cave Science Conference. Mammoth Cave, KY: National Park Service.
1996
Finley, Jason S. Exploring Social Polarization in Jefferson County, Kentucky: An Analytical Approach
(Advisor: David J. Keeling).
Jernigan, Johnathan W. Mathematical Modeling of Convective Heat Transfer in Mammoth Cave (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Kimble, Paul Measuring the Momentum of Throughfall Drops and Raindrops (Advisor: L. Michael Trapasso).
Snow, Mary M. Environmentalism in the United States: An Evolving Perspective (Advisor: Conrad T. Moore).
Snow, Richard K. Ecology, Economy, and Ecotourism: Sustaining People and the Environment (Advisor: Conrad T. Moore).
1995
McDonald, Kenneth W. The Effects of Military Maneuvers on Soil Structure Breakdown and Wind Erosion at
the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Polanksi, Thomas N. Weighting Landsat Digital Data According to Land Cover Emissivity for Surface Temperature
Mapping (Advisor: S. Reza Ahsan).
1994
Auler, Augusto Hydrogeological and Hydrochemical Characterization of the Matozinhos-Pedro Leooldo
Karst, Brazil (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Bogle, Franklin A Karst Hydrogeologic Investigation of the TNT Manufacturing Valley at the Volunteer
Army Ammunition Plant, Hamilton County, Tennessee (Advisor: Nicholas C. Crawford).
Smith, James H. Hydrogeology of the Sistema Huautla Karst Groundwater Basin, Sierra Mazateca, Oaxaca,
Mexico (Advisor: Chris Groves).
1993
Slunder, J. Scott Field Test of a Calcite Dissolution Rate Law: Fort's Funnel Cave, Mammoth Cave National
Park (Advisor: Chris Groves).
1992
Bearden, Kyle with James Damron, cartography in Student Atlas of Kentucky.
Howcroft, William D. Ground Water Flow and Water Resources Investigation of the Auburn, Summers, and Shakertown
Springs Karst Ground Water Basins, Logan and Simpson Counties, Kentucky (Advisor: Nicholas Crawford).
Kaletsky, Kelly Measurement of the Effects of Food Preparation Activities on the Microclimate of the
Snowball Dining Room Area of Mammoth Cave (Advisor: L. Michael Trapasso).
1991
Alkolibi, Fahad Mohamad Regional Temperature Trends and Variations in the Contiguous United States from 1935
to 1986 (Advisor: L. Michael Trapasso).
Pace, Laura P. East Urban Area Corridor Analysis, Daviess County, Kentucky (Advisor: Wayne Hoffman).
1990
Baize, David G. A "Drastic" Evaluation of the Ground-water Pollution Potential of Karst Terrain: Lost
River Groundwater Basin, Warren County, Kentucky (Advisor: Nicholas C. Crawford).
Vann, Barry Aron Factors affecting wood fuel consumption and environmental impacts in Warren County,
Kentucky (Advisor: Conrad Moore).
Webster, James William Radon contamination of residences in a city built upon a karst landscape, Bowling
Green, Warren County, Kentucky (Advisor: Nicholas Crawford).
1988
Reeder, Philip P. The Use of Down-Hole Video to Evaluate Parameters Affecting Removal of Storm Water
Runoff into a Karst Aquifer in Bowling Green, Kentucky (Advisor: Nicholas Crawford).
1987
Benkhalti, Abdellah Mapping the Desertification Process in Southern Morocco Using Remote Sensing Data (Advisor: S. Reza Ahsan).
Groves, Christopher G. Lithologic Controls on Karst Groundwater Flow, Lost River Groundwater Basin, Warren
County, Kentucky (Advisor: Nicholas Crawford).
1986
Able, Anthony S. Karstification of the Pennyroyal Plain behind the retreating Chester Escarpment: Warren,
Simpson, and Logan Counties, Kentucky (Advisor: Nicholas Crawford).
Feeney, Thomas Patrick Mechanisms Responsible for Sinkhole Flooding on an Urbanized Karst Terrain: South
Sunrise/Media Drive, Bowling Green, Kentucky (Advisor: Nicholas Crawford).
Watts, William K. Man and the Environment of the Llanos Orientales of Colombia (Advisor: E.E. Hegen).
1985
Simpson, Robert Mark The Relationships between Snow Cover and Cyclones in the Middle West and Eastern United
States (Advisor: L. Michael Trapasso).
Veni, George Effects of Urbanization on the Quantity and Quality of Stormwater Runoff Recharging
through Caves into the Edwards Aquifer, Bexar County, Texas (Advisor: Nicholas C. Crawford).
1984
Schindel, Geary Michael Enteric Contamination of an Urban Karstified Carbonate Aquifer: the Double Springs
Drainage Basin, Bowling Green, Kentucky (Advisor: Nicholas Crawford).
1983
Powell, Gregory W. A Simplified Surface Analysis for the Detection of Outflow Boundaries from Mesoscale
Convection Complexes (Advisor: L. Michael Trapasso).
1982
Rice, Donald E. Impact of Urban Stormwater Runoff on the Water Quality of the Subsurface Lost River,
Bowling Green, Kentucky (Advisor: Nicholas C. Crawford).
Tucker, Nancy L. Nonpoint Agricultural Pollution in a Karst Aquifer: Lost River Groundwater Drainage
Basin, Warren County, Kentucky (Advisor: Nicholas C. Crawford).
1981
Brooks-Giles, Alice Faye A Case Study: Neighborhood II Conservation Plan (Advisor: Wayne L. Hoffman).
Cubbage, James C. Hydrology of the Sinking Creek System, Logan and Simpson Counties, Kentucky (Advisor: Ronald R. Dilamarter).
1979
Ewell, Jeffrey R. School District Performance in Erie County and Buffalo, New York: The Socio-Spatial
Dimensions of Educational Quality (Advisor: Mark Lowry II).
1978
Mader, Frederick H. Alabama's Segregation Academies: A Geographic Analysis of Enrollment Decline (Advisor: Mark Lowry II).
Perkins, Wayne F. An Analysis of Locational Aspects of the Portland Cement Industry in Kentucky (Advisor: James W. Taylor).
1977
Bodo, Daniel The Páramo de Berlin, Colombia: A Study of Water Resources in a Rural Andean Community (Advisor: E.E. Hegen).
1976
D. Glen Conner The Lower Reaches of Long Creek, Kentucky: A Karst Anomaly in Allen County (Advisor: Ronald R. Dilamarter).
Wilder, Bernice G. A Correlation Study of Atmospheric Conditions and Incidences of Respiratory Deaths (Advisor: Robert H. Foster).
1975
Adedibu, Afolabi Adegbite A Study of the Recreational Impact on Nolin Flood Control Reservoir in West Central
Kentucky (Advisor: Wayne L. Hoffman).
Busse, Barbara B. Wisconsin Railroad Planning: A State's Perspective of Abandonments (Advisor: Wayne L. Hoffman).
Hall, Luke D. A Statistical and Cartographic Analysis of the Size-Distribution of Retail Grocery
Stores in Bowling Green, Kentucky (Advisor: Wayne L. Hoffman).
Momcilovich, Peter R.E. The Cartographic Design of Highway Symbolization on State Road Maps: A Discussion
and Critique (Advisor: S. Reza Ahsan).
Preece, David J. Crimes and Illness: The Psychological and Criminal Defects Derived from the Architectural
and Spatial Design in Public Housing Projects (Advisor: Mark Lowry II).
Ray, Joseph A. Geomorphology and Land Use of a Tropical Wet-Dry Environment: Santander, Colombia (Advisor: E.E. Hegen).
1974
Dibble, Jeanne M. The Feasibility of Annexation: A Cost-Revenue Approach for Bowling Green, Kentucky (Advisor: Wayne L. Hoffman).
Grace, Randall The Fresh-Water Mussel Industry of the Lower Tennessee River: Ecology and Future (Advisor: Albert Petersen).
Harding, Robert F. A Quantitative Analysis of the Spatial Distribution of Substandard Housing in Bowling
Green, Kentucky (Advisor: Wayne L. Hoffman).
Szymanski, Kenneth N A Statistical Analysis of the Residential Distribution of Blacks in Nashville, Tennessee (Advisor: Wayne L. Hoffman).
1973
Schulman, Steven A. Logging in the Upper Cumberland River Valey: A Folk Industry (Advisor: Albert Petersen).
1972
Fowler, William M. A Comparison of Selected Habitats of Fallow Deer (Dama dama) in the United States (Advisor: James Taylor).
Frymark, James M. An Analysis of Land Values in Bowling Green, Kentucky (Advisor: James L. Davis).
Singla, Sudesh K. Geographical Analysis of the State-Administered Roads in Kentucky, 1920 to 1970 (Advisor: James L. Davis).
1971
Adams, Neilam D. A Historical Description of the Areal Distribution of the Churches in Warren County,
Kentucky (Advisor: Albert Petersen).
Randiga, Henry O. The Banana Regions of East Africa: The Regional Distribution and Cultural Significance
of a Traditional Food Crop (Advisor: S. Reza Ahsan).
1970
Foster, Steven C. A Comparative Analysis of Kentucky State Parks (Advisor: James L. Davis).
