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2024

Brunot, K. (M.S. Geoscience, 2024). COMPREHENSIVE CLIMATE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF A REGIONAL KARST LANDSCAPE FOR HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING. Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 3769. (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Esmaeilzadeh, N. (M.S. Geoscience, 2024). Leveraging Multisensor Remote Sensing and Machine Learning to Enhance Mineral Exploration in the Mountain Pass District, California. (Advisor: Nahid Gani).
Harry, T. (M.S. Geoscience, 2024). A Flood of Consequences in Louisville, Kentucky: Using HGIS to Track Refugees Impacted by the 1937 Ohio River Flood. Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 3751. (Advisor: Margaret Gripshover).
Hermann, G. (M.S. Geoscience, 2024). PERCEPTIONS AND VISUAL AWARENESS OF URBAN KARST FLOODING TO INFORM PREPAREDNESS PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT ACTIONS. Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 3772. (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Lathrop, N. (M.S. Geoscience, 2024). Polygenetic Cave Sedimentation and Speleogenesis in the McCloud Limestone of Northern California. Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 3765. (Advisor: Patricia Kambesis).
Norman, K. (M.S. Geoscience, 2024). Landuse and Microplastic Transport in Karst Groundwater of South-Central Kentucky. Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 3771. (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Pandey, S. (M.S. Geoscience, 2024). CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT MECHANISMS AND SOURCE TRACKING IN KARST GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS UNDER AGRICULTURAL LAND USE. Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 3770. (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Pekara, B. (M.S. Geoscience, 2024). EVALUATING STORMWATER EROSION PREVENTION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES USING HIGH-RESOLUTION RAINFALL MONITORING AND FIELD-BASED ASSESSMENT TOOLS. Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 3773. (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Petty, M. (M.S. Geoscience, 2024). RENEWABLE ENERGY PERCEPTION AND POLICY IMPLEMENTATION IN RURAL COMMUNITIES: CASE STUDIES IN THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEYS . Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 3764. (Advisor: Leslie North).
Puente, M. (M.S. Geoscience, 2024). DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF THE SINKHOLE HAZARD RISK INDEX TO INFORM KARST POLICY AND MITIGATION PLANNING. Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 3775. (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Tan, Xiao. (M.S. Geoscience, 2024). The Geographic Effects of Network Carrier Mergers: A Case Study of American Airlines and US Airways Merger or 2013. (Advisor: Jun Yan).
Towoju, V. (M.S. Geoscience, 2024). Spatiotemporal Distribution of Sediment Waves in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Basin, USA. (Advisor: M. Royhan Gani).
Towoju. V. (M.S. Geoscience 2024),Gani, M. R., Blackburn, N. (M.S. Geoscience 2016), (2024). Spatiotemporal Distribution of Sediment Waves in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Basin, USA. Sedimentary Geology, p. 106729. (PR).

2023

Cecil, M. (M.S. Geoscience 2023). Hydrological Dynamics of Surface-Groundwater Interactions Between Major Springs of Mammoth Cave and the Green River, Kentucky, USA. (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Esmaeilzadeh, N. (M.S. Geoscience, 2024), Gani, N.D., Pour, A.B., Safari, M. and Fam, H.J.A., (2023), July. Hydrothermal Alteration and Lithological Mapping Using Landsat-9 and Aster Remote Sensing Spectral Imagery in the Northeast Mojave Desert, California. In IGARSS 2023-2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (pp. 1972-1975). IEEE.DOI:10.1109/IGARSS52108.2023.10282311. (Advisor: Nahid Gani).
Esmaeilzadeh, N. (M.S. Geoscience, 2024), Barak, S., Gani, N.D., Imamalipour, A., Abedi, M. and Pour, A.B., 2023, July. Alteration Zones Detection Using Image-Based and Spectrum-Based Image Processing Techniques to Aster Data: Sonajil Copper Deposit. In IGARSS 2023-2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (pp. 3700-3703). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS52108.2023.10281515. (Advisor: Nahid Gani).
Lawler, T. (M.S. Geoscience 2023). A Predictive Flood Model for Urban Karst Groundwater Systems . (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Middleton, G. (M.S. Geoscience 2023). Urban & Deltaic Subsidence in Bangladesh from Sentinel-1 InSAR Data Analysis. (Advisor: Nahid Gani).
Petty, M. (B.S. ESGS Honors thesis 2023). Completing and Improving the Collection of Data for Carbon Reporting. (Advisor: Leslie North).
Raines, M. (M.S. Geoscience 2023). Landscape/Atmosphere Interactions and Carbon-Dioxide Dynamics in the Great Onyx Groundwater Basin, Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky. (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Shahid, S. (M.S. Geoscience 2023). New Insights Into the Tectonic Framework & Geologic Features of the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh. (Advisor: M. Royhan Gani).
Shrestha, N. (M.S. Geoscience 2022) & Gani, N.D. (2023). Quantitative tectonic geomorphic study from bedrock rivers of the Fold and Thrust Belt in the Bengal Basin. Geological Journal, 58(4), pp.1466-1485. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.4669 (PR).
Wisenden, M., (M.S. Geoscience 2023). Utilizing Show Cave Tours to Assess Nonformal Karst Education Outcomes in Youth. (Advisor: Leslie North).

2022

Bowden, S. (M.S. Geoscience 2018), Gani, N. D., Furman, T.,Gani, M. R., VanSoest, M., Abebe, T., Alemu, T., O'Sullivan, P.,Tadesse, K., & Abebe, B. (2022). Feedback between topography and lithosphere-asthenosphere dynamics beneath the Yerer-Tulu Wellel Volcano-Tectonic Lineament: Insights from apatite thermochronology and basalt geochemistry. Geological Journal, p. 1–18, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.448818 (PR).
Brosky, M. (B. S. Geological Sciences, Honors thesis 2022). Investigating volcanic eruption of the Ethiopian Plateau flood basalt. (Advisor: Nahid Gani).
Chloe, C. (M.S. Geoscience 2022). An Integrated GIS & Flood Vulnerability Index Approach to Evaluating Risk & Environmental Equity in Urban Karst Communities . (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Herrmann, G., (Honos thesis 2022). Kentuckians' Perception of the Environment and Use of Outdoor Public Spaces. (Advisor: Leslie North).
Hourigan, A. (M.S. Geoscience 2022). Carbon Cycling and Critical Zone Dynamics In An Urbanized Karst Groundwater System. (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Shrestha, N. (M.S. Geoscience 2022). A Tectonic Geomorphic Study of Neotectonics and Seismic Hazard of the Fold and Thrust Belt Complex of Bengal Basin, Eastern Himalayan Range. (Advisor: Nahid Gani).

2021

Arpin, S.M. (M.S. Geoscience 2013), Groves, C. (2021). Structural, geomorphic, and hydrochemical influences on the karst hydrogeology of the Haney Limestone in south-central Kentucky, USA. Hydrogeology Journal 29: 443:459 (PR). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-020-02269-w.
Arthur, M.R. (M.S. Geoscience 2018), Gani, M.R. (2021). Submarine channel and lobe hidden inside mass-transport deposits in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Results in Geophysical Sciences, 1-5: 100013 (PR).
Beavin, Amanda. (B.S. Geography and Environmental Studies, 2021). Pathways to Self-Governance and Success: An Exploratory Study of Community Gardens in Louisville, Kentucky. Honors College Thesis.
Bhattarai, I. (M.S. Geoscience 2017), Gani, N.D., Xue, L. (2021). Geomorphological responses of rivers to active tectonics along the Siwalik Hills, Midwestern Nepalese Himalaya . Journal of Mountain Science, 18: 1268-1294 (PR).
Danford, E. (B.S. ESGS) (2021). Informing Sustainable Urban Forestry Policy with Carbon Sequestration Analysis. Honors Thesis (Advisor: Leslie North).
DeCelle, C. (M.S. Geoscience 2021), Developing and Applying an Integrated Spatial Karst Evaluation and Management Priority Tool: Case Study in Tongass National Forest, Alaska, USA. (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Deering, A. S. (M.S. Geoscience 2021), Investigating Epikarst Recharge Dynamics Under Agricultural Landuse Using Hydrometeorological and Isotopic Tracers. (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Gani N. D., Crowe, E. (B.S. Geology 2016), Bowden, S. (M.S. Geoscience 2018) (2021). Mesoscale structures in the Rough Creek Graben, U.S. Midcontinent craton: An integrated DEM analysis, structural modeling, and field-based approach. Results in Geophysical Sciences, v. 7: 100023 (PR).
Graham, J. (M.S. Geoscience 2018), with Willenbrink, E. (M.S. Geoscience 2018), North, L.A., Nguyet, V.T.M., Polk, J. (2021). Communication Networks as a Catalyst for Holistic Sustainability on Karst Landscapes. Sustainability, 13(6): 3360-3372 (PR)
Murley, V.A. (M.S. Geoscience 2018), Durkee. J.D., Gilliland, J.M. (M.S. Geoscience 2011), Black, A.W. (2021). A climatology of high‐wind events for the eastern United States. International Journal of Climatology 41(S1): E368-E379 (PR).
Rogers, W. (M.S. Geoscience 2014) with Winchester, J. (M.S. Geoscience 2015), Mahmood, R., Silva, P.J., Lovanh, N., Durkee, J.,
Loughrin, J. (2021). A model-based exploratory study of sulfur dioxide dispersions from Willenbrink, E. (M.S. Geoscience 2018), North, L.A., Nguyet, V.T.M., Polk, J., Graham, J. (M.S. Geoscience 2018) (2021). Communication Networks as a Catalyst for Holistic Sustainability on Karst Landscapes. Sustainability, 13(6): 3360-3372 (PR)
Troxell, J. E. (M.S. Geoscience 2021), An Adaptive Hazard Planning and Mitigation Framework for Responding to Urban Contamination in Karst Aquifer Systems. (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Walters, C. (M.S. Geoscience 2021), Evaluating the efficacy of virtual sustainability tours in a university setting. (Advisor: Leslie North).
Winchester, J. (M.S. Geoscience 2015), Mahmood, R., Rodgers, W. (M.S> Geoscience 2014), Silva, P.J., Lovanh, N., Durkee, J., Loughrin, J. (2021). A model-based exploratory study of sulfur dioxide dispersions from concentrated animal feeding operations in the Southeastern United States. Physical Geography (online first) (PR).
Zwiren, C. (M.S. Geoscience 2021), Measuring Accessibility to Pediatricians in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Statistical Area. (Advisor: Jun Yan).

2020

Arpin, S.M. (M.S. Geoscience 2013), with Tobin, B.W. (M.S. Goescience 2007), Polk, J.S., Shelley, A. (M.S. Geoscience 2018),
Taylor, C. (2020). A Conceptual Model of Epikarst Processes Across Sites, Seasons, and Storm Events. Journal of Hydrology 125692 (PR).
Baughn, Cayla (M.S. Geoscience 2020), Application of Excitation-Emission Matrices to Fluorescent Dye Tracing of Groundwater Flow. (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Bowden, S. (M.S. Geoscience 2018), Gani, N. D., Alemu, T., O’Sullivan, P., Abebe, B., and Tadesse, K. 2020. Evolution of the Western Ethiopian Shield revealed through U-Pb geochronology, petrogenesis, geochemistry of sys- and post-tectonic intrusive rocks. Precambrian Research 338: 105588 (PR).
Garrison, Jessica (B.S. Geology 2020) (2020) Geochemical Flux Analysis of Glacial River Runoff for Sólheimajökull, Iceland. Honor's Thesis (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Gilliland, J.M. (M.S. Geoscience 2011), Black, A.W., Durkee, J.D., Murley, V.A. (M.S. Geoscience 2018), (2020). A climatology of high‐wind events for the eastern United States. International Journal of Climatology 40(2): 723-738 (PR).
Graham, J. (M.S. Geoscience 2018), North, L.A., Huijbens, E.H. (2020). Using Mobile Eye-Tracking to Inform the Development of Nature Tourism Destinations in Iceland. In Rainoldi, M., Jooss, M. (eds) Eye Tracking in Tourism. Cham, Switzerland: Sage Publications, 201-224.
Grigsby, Jacob T. (2020) Quantifying Tekeze River Canyon Incision on the Ethiopian Plateau from Low-Temperature Apatite Thermochronology (Advisor: Nahid Gani).
Harris, Anna G. (M.S. Geoscience 2020) Impacts of Forest Management and Timber Harvesting Practices on Karst Critical Zone Processes in Tongass National Forest, Alaska (Advisor: Pat Kambesis).
Hernandez, Fernando (M.S. Geoscience 2020) Hydrogeochemical Characterization and Speleogenesis of Sistema Huautla in Oaxaca, Mexico (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Jackson, L. (M.S. Geoscience 2017), Polk, J.S. (2020). Seasonal δ13CDIC sourcing and geochemical flux in telogenetic epikarst of south‐central Kentucky. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 45(4): 785-799 (PR).
Jones, Andrew L. (B.S. Geography and Environmental Studies, 2020) (2020) An Ethnic Cultural Landscape: German Breweries and Social Institutions in Covington, Kentucky, 1860-1920 . Honors College Thesis (Advisor: Katie Algeo).
Kincheloe, Natalie (M.S. Geoscience 2020). The Enhancement of Climate Change Science Communication and Understanding Through Glacier Tourism (Advisor: Leslie North).
Llamas-Owens, Eva (B.S. Geography and Environmental Studies, 2020) (2020). Female Cartographers: Historical Obstacles and Successes. Honors College Thesis (Advisor: Amy Nemon).
Mattingly, K.S. (B.S. Meteorology 2012) with Moraes, F.D.S., Aquino, F.E., Mote, T.L., Durkee, J.D. (2020) Atmospheric characteristics favorable for the development of mesoscale convective complexes in southern Brazil. Climate Research 80(1): 43-58 (PR).
Mattson, A.G. (M.S. Geoscience 2019), Gani, M.R., Roesler, T., Gani, N.D., Ford, J.T. (2020). 3D mapping of intruding salt bodies in the subsurface of the Gulf of Mexico using 3D seismic data. Results in Geophysical Sciences, 1-4: 100004 (PR).
McKinney, Dallas (B.S. Meteorology, 2020) (2020) Determining Atmospheric Boundary Layer Behavior over Mountainous Terrain Using Aircraft Vertical Profiles from 2009-2018 NASA Student Airborne Research Program Data . Honors College Thesis (Advisor: Josh Durkee).
Na-Yemeh, D. (M.S. Geoscience 2017), Mahmood, R., Goodrich, G., Younger, K. (M.S. Geoscience 2015), Cary, K., Durkee, J. (2020). Growing Season Air mass Equivalent Temperature (TE) in the East Central USA. Climate 8: 95 (PR).
Shelley, A. (M.S. Geoscience 2018), with Tobin, B.W. (M.S. Goescience 2007), Polk, J.S., Arpin, S.M. (M.S. Geoscience 2013),
Taylor, C. (2020). A Conceptual Model of Epikarst Processes Across Sites, Seasons, and Storm Events. Journal of Hydrology 125692 (PR).
Tobin, B.W. (M.S. Goescience 2007), Polk, J.S., Arpin, S.M. (M.S. Geoscience 2013), Shelley, A. (M.S. Geoscience 2018), Taylor, C. (2020). A Conceptual Model of Epikarst Processes Across Sites, Seasons, and Storm Events. Journal of Hydrology 125692 (PR).
Tobin, B.W. (M.S. Geoscience 2007), Schwartz, B.F. (2020) Quantifying the Role of Karstic Groundwater in a Snowmelt‐Dominated Hydrologic System. Hydrological Processes 34(16): 3439-3447 (PR).
Younger, K. (M.S. Geoscience 2015) with Na-Yemeh, D. (M.S. Geoscience 2017); Mahmood, R., Goodrich, G., Cary, K., Durkee, J. (2020). Growing Season Air mass Equivalent Temperature (TE) in the East Central USA. Climate 8: 95 (PR).

2019

Anthony, D. (M.S. Geoscience 1998) (2019) Time Markers in Landscape Evolution. In White, W.B., Culver, D.C., Puipan, T. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Caves (3rd Edn.) . Cambridge, MA: Academic Press, 1077-1081.
Creech, Zachary (2019) Lithological Character and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Ste. Genevieve Limestone in Western Kentucky (Advisor: Michael May).
DeMott, L.M. (B.S. Geology 2003), Scholz, C.A., Junium, C.K. (2019). 8200‐year growth history of a Lahontan‐age lacustrine tufa deposit. Sedimentology 66(8): 2169-2190 (PR).
Diaz, G. Jr. (2019). Analysis of 2017 Multi-Agency Field Campaign Data for Wintertime Surface Pollution in the Cache Valley of Utah. (Advisor: Xingang Fan).
Eke, C.U. (2019). Where Did They Go? Analysis of Out-Migration from Mammoth Cave National Park, 1920-1940 (Advisor: Katie Algeo).
Fox, J. (2019) A Tourism Impact Index for Water-Based Natural Attractions Field-Tested in Subarctic and Maritime Climates (Advisor: Leslie North).
Hammond, J.M. (2019) The Effectiveness of Mobile Eye-Tracking to Enhance Guided Show Cave Experiences (Advisor: Leslie North).
Kaiser, R.A. (2019) An Urban Karst Aquifer Resource Evaluation and Monitoring Toolbox (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Kambesis, P. (M.S. Geoscience 2007) (2019). Hang Son Doong and other caves of the Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng karst, Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam. In White, W.B., Culver, D.C., Puipan, T. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Caves (3rd Edn.) . Cambridge, MA: Academic Press, 503-513.
Kambesis, P. (M.S. Geoscience 2007) (2019). Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico. In White, W.B., Culver, D.C., Puipan, T. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Caves (3rd Edn.) . Cambridge, MA: Academic Press, 642-651.
Lively, J. (M.S. Geoscience 2016), with Celestian, A.J., Xu, W. (2019). In Situ Cs and H Exchange into Gaidonnayite and Proposed Mechanisms of Ion Diffusion. Inorganic Chemistry 58(3): 1919-1928. (PR).
Mattson, Adam (M.S. Geoscience 2019). Application of 3D Salt Modeling: An Example from the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico (Advisor: M. Royhan Gani).
Semler, K.R. (2019) Development of a Karst Tourism Management Index to Assess Tourism-Driven Degradation of Protected Karst Sites Younger, K. (M.S. Geoscience 2015), Mahmood, R., Goodrich, G., Pielke, R.A., Durkee, J. (2019). Mesoscale surface equivalent temperature (T E) for East Central USA. Theoretical and Applied Climatology 136(1-2): 65-75 (PR).

2018

Antle, Stacy W. (2018) Indirect Greenhouse Gas Dynamics in Karst Groundwater Systems under Agricultural Land Use (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Arthur, M.R. (2018) Mass-Transport Deposits in the Northern Gulf of Mexico and Their Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration (Advisor: M. Royhan Gani).
Austin, Brittany (2018) Investigating the Influence of Esri Story Map Design on Partcipation in Sustainability-Related Activities (Advisor: Leslie North).
Bowden, Shelby (2018) Unroofing History of the Northwestern Ethiopian Plateau: Insights from Low-Temperature Apatite Thermochronology (Advisor: Nahid Gani).
Garmon, W.T. (B.S. Geology 2014), with Potra, A., Samuelsen, J.R., Wulff, A., Pollock, E.D. (2018). Lead isotope trends and metal sources in the Mississippi Valley-type districts from the mid-continent United States. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 192: 174-186 (PR)
Graham, James T. (2018) Using Mobile Eye-Tracking to Inform the Development of Mass Tourism in Iceland Towards the Principles of Ecotourism. (Advisor: Leslie North).
Johnson, C.M. (B.S. Meteorology 2014), Fan, X., Mahmood, R., Groves, C., Polk, J.S., Yan, J. (2018) Evaluating weather research and forecasting model sensitivity to land and soil conditions representative of karst landscapes. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 166(3): 503-530 (PR).
Kovarik, J.L. (M.S. Geoscience 2007), van Beynen, P.E. (2018). Karst-specific composite model for informed resource management decisions on the Biosfera de la Reserva Selva el Ocote, Chiapas, Mexico. In Parise, M., Gabrovsek, F., Kaufmann, G., Ravbar, N. (eds.) Advances in Karst Research: Theory, Fieldwork and Applications Geological Society, London, U.K.: Geological Society Special Publications, 466: 431-442 (PR).
Leeper, R. (M.S. Geoscience 2009), with Rodgers, W.N. (M.S. Geoscience 2014), Mahmood, R., Yan, J. (2018) Land Cover Change, Surface Mining, and Their Impacts on a Heavy Rain Event in the Appalachia. Annals of the American Association of Geographers 108(5): 1187-1209 (PR).
Mattingly, K.S. (B.S. Meteorology 2012), with Oliver, H., Luo, H., Castelao, R.M., van Dijken, G.L., Rosen, J.J., Mote, T.L., Arrigo, K.R., Rennermalm, Å.K., Tedesco, M., Yager, P.L. (2018). Exploring the potential impact of Greenland meltwater on stratification, photosynthetically active radiation, and primary production in the Labrador Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 123(4): 2570-2591 (PR).
Miller, B.V. (M.S. Geoscience 2010), with Lerch, R.N., Groves, C.G., Polk, J.S., Shelley, J. (M.S. Geoscience) (2018). Atrazine Transport through a Soil–Epikarst System. Journal of Environmental Quality 47(5): 1205-1213 (PR).
Murley, Victoria (2018) A Climatology of Convective and Non-Convective High-Wind Events across the Eastern United States During 1973-2015 (Advisor: Joshua Durkee)
Osborne, Cesalea (2018) Land-Use Impacts on the Hydrology of the Hidden River Groundwater Subbasin, Horse Cave, Hart County, Kentucky (Advisor: David Keeling).
Quiroga, Allison (2018) Carbon Flux and Weathering Processes in Icelandic Glacial-Fed Rivers (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Rodgers, W.N. (M.S. Geoscience 2014), Mahmood, R., Leeper, R. (M.S. Geoscience 2009), Yan, J. (2018) Land Cover Change, Surface Mining, and Their Impacts on a Heavy Rain Event in the Appalachia. Annals of the American Association of Geographers 108(5): 1187-1209 (PR).
Shelley, J. (2018) Monitoring and Evaluating the Influences of Class V Injection Wells on Urban Karst Hydrology (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Shelley, J. (M.S. Geoscience) with Lerch, R.N., Groves, C.G., Polk, J.S., Miller, B.V. (M.S. Geoscience 2010) (2018). Atrazine Transport through a Soil–Epikarst System. Journal of Environmental Quality 47(5): 1205-1213 (PR).
Steinmann, H. (2018) Controls on Speleogenesis in the Upper-Mississippian Pennington Formation on the Western Cumberland Plateau Escarpment (Advisor: Pat Kambesis).
Tobin, B.W. (M.S. Geoscience 2007), Springer, A.E., Kreamer, D.K., Schenk, E. (2018). The distribution, flow, and quality of Grand Canyon Springs, Arizona (USA). Hydrogeology Journal 26(3): 721-732 (PR).
Tobin, B.W. (M.S. Geoscience 2007), with Jones, C.J., Springer, A.E., Zappitello, S.J., Jones, N.A. (2018). Characterization and hydraulic behaviour of the complex karst of the Kaibab Plateau and Grand Canyon National Park, USA. In Parise, M., Gabrovsek, F., Kaufmann, G., Ravbar, N. (eds.) Advances in Karst Research: Theory, Fieldwork and Applications Geological Society, London, U.K.: Geological Society Special Publications, 466: 237-260 (PR),
Willenbrink, E.B. (M.S. Geoscience 2018), North, L., Nguyet, V.T.M. (2018) Untapped Potential: Agricultural Social Networks as the Future of Karst Science Communication in Phong Nha-Ké Bang National Park, Vietnam. Focus on Geography 61: 1-12 (online only) (PR).
Willenbrink, E.B. (2018) Policy Communication and the Influence of Agricultural Communities on Karst Landscapes: A Case Study In Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, Vietnam (Advisor: Leslie North).

2017

Antle, S.W. (M.S. Geoscience), with Loughrin, J.H., Polk, J. (2017). A Gas Chromatographic Method for the Determination of Bicarbonate and Dissolved Gases. Frontiers in Environmental Science 5 (65): 1-4 (PR).
Barringer, E. (M.S. Geoscience 2015), North, L., Gripshover, M.M., Huss, J. (2017) Campus sustainability tours: exploring an uncharted tool. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 18(6): 908-922 (PR).
Bhattarai, I. (2017). Quantitative River Profile Analysis to Investigate Exhumation of the Siwalik Foreland Basin, Nepalese Himalaya (Advisor: Nahid Gani).
Chaney, Jim (M.S. Geoscience 2007) A Glance at New Orleans’ Contemporary Hispanic and Latino Communities. AAG Newsletter , October.
Craft, K.E. (M.S. Geoscience 2011), Mahmood, R., King, S.A., Goodrich, G., Yan, J. (2017) Droughts of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries: Influences on the production of beef and forage in Kentucky, USA. Science of the Total Environment 577: 122-135 (PR).
Ebrahimi, K. (M.S. Geoscience 2015), North, L.A. (2017). Effective strategies for enhancing waste management at university campuses. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 18(7): 1123-1141 (PR).
Ebrahimi, K. (M.S. Geoscience 2015), North, L.A., Yan, J. (2017). GIS applications in developing zero-waste strategies at a mid-size American university. In IEEE (ed.). Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Geoinformatics , August 2-4, Buffalo, NY: 1-6.
Garmon, W.T. (B.S. Geology 2014), Allen, C.D., Chambers, F. (2017) Geologic and Tectonic Background of the Lesser Antilles. In Allen, C.D. (ed.) Landscapes and Landforms of the Lesser Antilles . New York, Springer, 7-16.
Graham, M. (M.S. Geoscience 2004), Hjorth, I., Lehdonvirta, V. (2017). Digital labour and development: impacts of global digital labour platforms and the gig economy on worker livelihoods. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research 23(2): 135-162 (PR).
Graham, M. (M.S. Geoscience 2004), with Ojanpera, S, Straumann, R.K. (2017). Engagement in the knowledge economy: Regional patterns of content creation with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Information Technologies and International Development 13: 33–51 (PR).
Hogankamp, K.J. (2017) Characterizing South American Mesoscale Convective Complexes Using Isotope Hydrology (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Jackson, L. (2017) Epikarst Hydrogeochemical Changes in Telogenetic Karst Systems in South-central Kentucky (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Johnson, C.M. (B.S. Meteorology 2014), Fan, X., Mahmood, R., Groves, C., Polk, J.S., Yan, J. (2017) Evaluating weather research and forecasting model sensitivity to land and soil conditions representative of karst landscapes. Boundary-Layer Meteorology (online first) (PR).
Kenderes, S. (B.S. Geology 2014), with Malone, D.H., Craddock, J.P. (2017) Detrital zircon geochronology and provenance of the Middle Cambrian Flathead Sandstone, Park County, Wyoming. The Mountain Geologist 54(2): 86-103 (PR).
Na-Yemeh, D.Y. (2017). Synoptic Atmospheric Conditions, Land Cover, and Equivalent Temperature Variations in Kentucky (Advisor: Rezaul Mahmood).
Pricope, N.G. (M.S. Geoscience 2006) with Mainali, J. (2017). High-resolution spatial assessment of population vulnerability to climate change in Nepal. Applied Geography 82: 66-82 (PR).
Pricope, N.G. (M.S. Geoscience 2006) with Mainali, J. (2017). Geospatial datasets in support of high-resolution spatial assessment of population vulnerability to climate change in Nepal. Data in Brief 12: 459-462.
Pricope, N.G. (M.S. Geoscience 2006) with Le, A.M. (2017). Increasing the Accuracy of Runoff and Streamflow Simulation in the Nzoia Basin, Western Kenya, through the Incorporation of Satellite-Derived CHIRPS Data. Water 9(2): 114-128 (PR).
Pricope, N.G. (M.S. Geoscience 2006) with Aukema, J.E., Husak, G.J., Lopez-Carr, D. (2017). Biodiversity Areas under Threat: Overlap of Climate Change and Population Pressures on the World’s Biodiversity Priorities. PloS one 12(1): p.e0170615 (PR).
Tuladhar, A. (2017) Assessing Seasonal and Spatial Variability in the Hydrogeochemistry of Glacial Meltwater in Iceland (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Turner, A. (2017) Measuring Inorganic Carbon Fluxes from Carbonate Mineral Weathering from Large River Basins: The Ohio River Basin (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Wang, Z. (2017) Evidence for Late Pliocene Deglacial Megafloods from Giant Sediment Waves in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (Advisor: M. Royhan Gani).
Winchester, J. (M.S. Geoscience 2015), Mahmood, R., Rodgers, W. (M.S. Geoscience 2014), Hossain, F., Rappin, E., Durkee, J., Chronis, T. (2017). A Model-Based Assessment of Potential Impacts of Man-Made Reservoirs on Precipitation. Earth Interactions 21: 1-31 (PR).

2016

Blackburn, Nathanial (2016) Apatite Helium Thermochronology of the Blue Nile Canyon, Ethiopian Plateau . (Advisor: Nahid Gani).
Bodine, Tyler (2016) Reservoir Study and Facies Analysis of the Big Clifty Sandstone in South Central Kentucky (Advisor: Michael May).
Butler, Kort (2016) The Role of Diagenesis in Reservoir Development of the Big Clifty (Jackson) Sandstone in South-Central Kentucky (Advisor: Michael May).
Coats, Lamar (2016) The Influence of Tropical Cyclones on Droughts and Warm Season Precipitation in Tennessee and Kentucky (Advisor: Greg Goodrich).
Despain, J. (M.S. Geoscience 2006), Tobin, B. (M.S. Geoscience 2007), Stock, G.M. (2016). Geomorphology and paleohydrology of Hurricane Crawl Cave, Sequoia National Park, California. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 78(2): 72-84 (PR).
Devine, Steven M. (2016) Petrographic Controls on Weathering of the Haney Limestone (Advisor: Michael May).
Ham, B. (M.S. Geoscience 2009), Winter, S. (M.S. Geoscience 1990), Federico, R. (B.S. Geography 1994), Marasa, M., with Polk, J.S., Kambesis, P.N. (2016). Corvettes and Karst: A microgravity survey at the National Corvette Museum, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems 2016 . Denver, CO: Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society, 195-199.
Humagain, Kamal (M.S. Geoscience 2012). Analysis of impacts of restoration on vegetation through time using field sampling and spatial techniques . Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Natural Resources Management, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.
Haarstad, H. (B.S. Geography 2002), Wanvik, T.L. (2016) Carbonscapes and beyond: Conceptualizing the instability of oil landscapes. Progress in Human Geography doi:10.1177/0309132516648007 (PR).
Leeper, R. (M.S. Geoscience 2009), Suarez, Astrid (B.S. Meteorology 2010), with Quintanar, A.I., Mahmood, R. (2016) Atmospheric sensitivity to roughness length in a regional atmospheric model over the Ohio-Tennessee river valley. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 128(3): 315-330 (PR).
Lively, Jay (2016) In Situ Ion Exchange in a Micro-porous Transition Metal Silicate Framework (Advisor: Aaron Celestian/Jason Polk).
Mattingly, K.S. (B.S. Meteorology 2012), Ramseyer, C.A., Rosen, J.J., Mote, T.L., Muthyala, R. (2016). Increasing water vapor transport to the Greenland Ice Sheet revealed using self‐organizing maps. Geophysical Research Letters 43(17), pp.9250-9258 (PR).
McClanahan, Kegan (M.S. Geoscience 2014), Polk, J., Groves, C., Osterhoudt, L. (M.S. Geoscience 2014), Grubbs, S. (2016) Dissolved inorganic carbon sourcing using δ13CDIC from a karst influenced river system. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 41(3): 392-405 (PR).
Oglesby, Jonathan (2016) An Adaptive Visual Learning Approach for Waterborne Disease Prevention in Rural West Africa (Advisor: Leslie North).
Osterhoudt, Laura (M.S. Geoscience 2014), with McClanahan, Kegan (M.S. Geoscience 2014), Polk, J., Groves, C., Grubbs, S. (2016) Dissolved inorganic carbon sourcing using δ13CDIC from a karst influenced river system. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 41(3): 392-405 (PR).
Porter, B.L. (M.S. Geoscience 2010), North, L.A., Polk, J.S. (2017) Comparing and refining karst disturbance index methods through application in an island karst setting. Environmental Management 58(6): 1027-1045 (PR).
Pricope, N.G. (M.S. Geoscience 2006) with López-Carr, D., Mwenda, K.M., Kyriakidis, P.C., Jankowska, M.M., Weeks, J., Funk, C.,
Husak, G., Michaelsen, J. (2016). Climate-Related Child Undernutrition in the Lake Victoria Basin: An Integrated Spatial Analysis of Health Surveys, NDVI, and Precipitation Data. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 9(6): 2830-2835 (PR).
Pricope, N.G. (M.S. Geoscience 2006) with Burke, J.J., Blum, J. (2016). Thermal Imagery-Derived Surface Inundation Modeling to Assess Flood Risk in a Flood-Pulsed Savannah Watershed in Botswana and Namibia. Remote Sensing 8(8): 676-695 (PR).
Pricope, N.G. (M.S. Geoscience 2006), All, J.D., Miles, L. (2016). Anthropogenic and Environmental Disturbance Factors in the Annapurna Conservation Area of Nepal. In Singh, R.B., Prokop, P. (eds.) Environmental Geography of South Asia: Contributions Toward a Future Earth Initiative . Tokyo, Japan: Springer, pp. 271-285.
Reeder, Andrew D. (2016) Devonian Hydrocarbon Production in South Central Kentucky: A GIS Study (Advisor: Michael May).
Riggle, Matthew J. (2016) Honors Thesis: A Spatial Analysis of Settlement, Accessibility, and Quality of Life of the Burmese Refugee Population in Bowling Green, Kentucky (Advisor: Jun Yan).
Salley, D. Connor (2016) Advancing Methods to Measure the Atmospheric CO2 Sink from Carbonate Rock Weathering (Advisor: Chris Groves).
Santos, Chandler (2016) Linking In-Situ Data with Remote Sensing to Analyze Tropical Glacier Stability and Retreat in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru (Advisor: Jun Yan).
Schaefer, Robert T. (2016) Evaluating the Influences of Karst Hydrogeology on Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms in Kentucky Lakes (Advisor: Jason Polk).
Suarez, Astrid (B.S. Meteorology 2010) with Wendoloski, E.B., Stauffer, D.R. (2016). A Subkilometer-Gridlength Ensemble for Representing Stable Boundary Layer Forecast Uncertainty over Complex Terrain. Monthly Weather Review 144(8): 2769-2792 (PR).
Suarez, Astrid (B.S. Meteorology 2010), Leeper, R. (M.S. Geoscience 2009), with Quintanar, A.I., Mahmood, R. (2016) Atmospheric sensitivity to roughness length in a regional atmospheric model over the Ohio-Tennessee river valley. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 128(3): 315-330 (PR).
Sullivan, Zachary (2016) Karst Landscape Influence on the Planetary Boundary Layer Atmosphere (Advisor: Xingang Fan).
Tobin, B. (M.S. Geoscience 2007), Despain, J. (M.S. Geoscience 2006), Stock, G.M. (2016). Geomorphology and paleohydrology of Hurricane Crawl Cave, Sequoia National Park, California. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 78(2): 72-84 (PR).
Tobin, Benjamin (M.S. Geoscience 2007), Schwartz, B. (2016). Using periodic hyrologic and geochemical sampling with limited continuous monitoring to characterize remote karst aquifers in the Kaweah River basin, California, USA. Hydrological Processes 30(19): 3361-3372 (PR).
Wang, Z. (M.S. Geoscience 2017) et al. (2016) Late Albian cactus in shallow carbonate shelf, West Texas . Carnets de Geologie 16(12): 337-346 (PR).
Wardall, Austin (2016) Dispersion of Ammonia from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (Advisor: Rezaul Mahmood).

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