Department of Biology

Research Interests

Education

Publications

• 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., Orndorff, W., 2008, Hydrogeology of the Mississippian Carbonate Karst System, Powell Mountain Virginia, Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, In revision
• Schwartz, B. F., Schreiber, M. S., 2008, Quantifying potential recharge in mantled sinkholes using ERT. Journal of Ground Water, doi: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2008.00505.x.
• Schwartz, B. F., Schreiber, M. E. and Yan, T. 2008, Quantifying field-scale soil moisture using electrical resistivity imaging. Journal of Hydrology , Volume 362, 3-4, 234-246.
• Schwartz, B. F., Schreiber, M. E. and Rimstidt, J. D., 2008, Calibrating Access-tube Time Domain Reflectometry Soil Water Measurements in Deep Heterogeneous Soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 72(4): 917-930.
• 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.

Recent Abstracts

• Schwartz, B. F., Doctor, D. H., Culver, D., Gerst, J., Hyde, S., Orndorff, W., Pipan, T., Reid, J., and Schreiber, M., 2008, Characterizing epikarst hydrogeology using integrated hydrologic, geochemical and biological approaches. Oral presentation at the Geological Society of America annual meeting, October, 2008
• Schwartz, B. F., Doctor, D. H., Swezey, C. S. and Piatak, N. M., 2008, Geologic and geomorphic controls on karst conduit development and drainage rearrangement in Burnsville Cove, Bath County, Virginia. Poster presentation at the Geological Society of America annual meeting, October, 2008
• Gerst, J., Schwartz, B., Hyde, S. and Schreiber, M., 2008, The role of epikarst in controlling water quality. Poster presentation at the Geological Society of America annual meeting, October, 2008
• Schwartz, B. F., Orndorff, W., Ficco, M. J., Balfour, W., Davis, N. W. and Futrell, M., 2008, Hydrogeology of the Mississippian Carbonate Karst System, Powell Mountain Virginia. Oral presentation at the Second Appalachian Karst Symposium, Johnson City, TN, May 2008
• Schwartz, B. F., Hyde, S., Schreiber, M., Orndorff, W., Doctor, D. H., Culver, D., Pipan, T. and Reid, J. W., 2008, High resolution hydrobiogeochemical response of cave drip-waters to surface conditions. Poster presentation at the Second Appalachian Karst Symposium, Johnson City, TN, May 2008
• 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