Publications*

Covington, M.D., Luhmann, A.J., Wicks, C.M., and M. Saar, "Process length scales and longitudinal damping in karst conduits," in press, Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface.

Luhmann, A.J., Covington, M.D., Alexander, S.C., Chai, S.Y., Schwartz, B.F., Groten, B.S., and Alexander, E.C. Jr., "Comparing natural and artificial tracers in karst and using them to estimate flow path geometry," in review, Journal of Hydrology.

Covington, M.D., Banwell, A.J., Gulley, J., Saar, M.O., Willis, I., and Wicks, C.M., "Quantifying the effects of glacier conduit geometry and recharge on proglacial hydrograph form," 2012, Journal of Hydrology, 414-415, 59-71, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.027.

Covington, M.D., Luhmann, A.J., Gabrovšek, F., Saar, M.O., and Wicks, C.M., "Mechanisms of heat exchange between water and rock in karst conduits," 2011, Water Resources Research, 47, W10514, doi:10.1029/2011WR010683,

Covington, M.D., Doctor, D.H., King, J.N., and C.M. Wicks, "Research in karst: A model for future directions in hydrologic science?" AGU Hydrology Section Newsletter, July 2011.

Luhmann, A., Covington, M., Peters, A., Alexander, S., Cale, A., Green, J., and Alexander, E., "Classification of Thermal Patterns at Karst Springs and Cave Streams," 2011, Ground Water, 49, 3, 324-335, DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00737.x

Covington, M.D., Wicks, C.M., and Saar, M.O., "A Dimensionless Number Describing the Effects of Recharge and Geometry on Discharge from Simple Karstic Aquifers" , 2009, Water Resources Research, 45, W11410, doi:10.1029/2009WR008004.



Astrophysics

Covington, M.D., Primack, J.R., Porter, L.A., Croton, D., Somerville, R. and A. Dekel, "The Role of Dissipation in the Scaling Relations of Cosmological Merger Remnants," 2011, Monthly Noticies of the Royal Astronomical Society, 415, 4, 3135-3152.

Covington, M., Kassin, S., Dutton, A., Weiner, B., Cox, T. J., Primack, J., Faber, S., and Koo, D., Evolution of the Stellar-Mass Tully-Fisher Relation in Disk Galaxy Merger Simulations," 2010, Astrophysical Journal, 710, 1, 279-288.

Covington, M. "The Production and Evolution of Scaling Laws via Galaxy Merging," PhD Dissertation, Department of Physics, UC Santa Cruz, 2008.

Covington, M., Cox, T. J., Jonsson, P., Primack, J., & Dekel, A. "Predicting the Properties of the Remnants of Dissipative Galaxy Mergers," 2007, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 384, 1, 94-106.

* - If you cannot access one of these publications and are interested in a copy, then feel free to email me (address on the right).


Posters

Covington, M.D. and A.J. Luhmann, "Water temperatures and heat transport in karst: a review of recent advances," Minneapolis GSA Meeting, 2011.

Covington, M.D., Luhmann, A.J., Gabrovšek, F., Saar, M.O., and C.M. Wicks, "Water temperatures in cave streams and karst springs," 19th International Karstological School, 2011.

Covington, M.D., Wicks, C., and Saar, M., "What's in a spring hydrograph?", Portland GSA Annual Meeting, 2009.

M.D. Covington, S.D.C. Walsh, C.M. Wicks, and M.O. Saar, "Modeling the Effects of Variable Recharge and Conduit Geometry on Flow Through Karstic Aquifers," Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2008.

"Predicting the Properties of the Remnants of Galaxy Merger Simulations," May 2007, Chamonix 2007 conference: Structure Formation in the Universe.

Presentations

"Heat and mass transport in cave streams: connections to cave geometry," Dresdener Wasserseminar, Department of Hydrosciences, Technische Univeritaet Dresden, June, 2011

"The relative importance of heat exchange mechanisms in karst conduits," EGU General Assembly, 2011

"Recharge-discharge relations for glacial conduit systems: a simple theoretical approach," Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl.,2010

"Process length scales: a conceptual tool for karst hydrogeology, geomorphology, and hydroecology," GSA Annual Meeting, 2010.

"Comparison of observed and modeled storm responses in a Minnesota cave stream: Connections between geometry and response," NC/SC GSA Sectional Meeting, 2010

"A Physicist's View of Karst Hydrology: What can we learn from simple models of these complex systems?" Department Seminar, University of Minnesota, February, 2010

"Thermal signals as a means of characterizing karst aquifers," Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2009

"Arduous exploration in one of the worlds deepest cave systems," Outdoor Adventure Expo, Minneapolis, November, 2009.

Department Seminar, Louisiana State University, September, 2009

Department Seminar, University of Arkansas, October, 2009

"A Semi-Analytic Model for Predicting the Properties of Merger Remnants," June 2007, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astrophysik

Matt Covington
NSF International
Research Fellow


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