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Research Interests
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Department of
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Benjamin Schwartz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Karst Hydrogeology
Phone: 512-245-7608
Fax:
512-245-8713
E-mail:bs37@txstate.edu
Office: FAB
206
Department of Biology
Freeman Aquatic Building
Texas State
University - San Marcos
601 University Drive
San Marcos, TX
78666
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- Speleology
- Karst hydrogeology
- Epikarst hydrology, geochemistry and ecohydrology
- Karst geomorphology and caves as records of land-surface evolution
| Ph.D. |
Geosciences |
2007 |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA |
| B.S. |
Geology |
2003 |
Radford University, Radford, VA |
- Schwartz, B. F., Schreiber, M. S., 2008, Quantifying potential recharge in mantled sinkholes using ERT. In review: Journal of Ground Water.
- Schwartz, B. F., Schreiber, M. S., 2008, Quantifying Field Scale Soil-moisture Using Electrical Resistivity Tomography. In review: Journal of Hydrology.
- Schwartz, B. F., Orndorff, W. D., Futrell, S. M., Lucas, P. C., 2008, Caves and Karst of Virginia. In: Caves and Karst of North America. A book being published for the 2009 International Congress of Speleology held in Kerrville, Texas. In review
- Schwartz, B. F., Schreiber, M. E. and Rimstidt, J. D., 2008, Methods for obtaining accurate access-tube TDR soil water in deep heterogeneous soils. In Press: Soil Science Society of America Journal.
- Schwartz, B. F. and Schreiber, M. E., 2005, New Applications of Differential Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Time Domain Reflectometry to modeling infiltration and soil moisture in agricultural sinkholes.
Proceedings of the 10th Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst. September 2005.
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- Hyde, S., Schwartz, B., Lucas, P., 2007, Characterizing discharge signals and flow mechanisms at a Virginia ebb and flow karst spring. Poster presentation at the Geological Society of America annual meeting, October, 2007
- Schwartz, B. F., Schreiber, M., 2007, Field scale soil moisture measurements using TDR-calibrated ERT data. Oral presentation at the Geological Society of America annual meeting, October, 2007
- Schwartz, B. F., Schreiber, M., 2006, Examining temporal changes in soil moisture in a karst sinkhole using differential ERT and TDR. Oral presentation at the Virginia Water Science and Technology Symposium, November, 2006
- Schwartz, B. F., Schreiber, M., 2006, Integrating Differential Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Time Domain Reflectometry as a tool for modeling soil moisture and infiltration in sinkholes.
Oral presentation at the Geological Society of America annual meeting, October, 2006
- Schwartz, B. F., 2006, An update on Omega Cave System: the last 6 years of exploration and discovery in Wise County, Virginia.
Oral presentation at the National Speleological Society annual meeting, August, 2006
- Schwartz, B. F., Schreiber, M., 2006, Integrating Differential Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Time Domain Reflectometry as a tool for modeling soil moisture and infiltration in sinkholes.
Poster presented at the SEG 2006 Hydrogeophysics Workshop. August, 2006
- Schwartz, B. F., 2006, Techniques for measuring soil moisture in sinkholes. Oral presentation at the Graduate Student Research Symposium, Virginia Tech Dept. of Geosciences, March, 2006
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