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Matthew David Covington
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Federal Grant PI
High Impact
Associate Professor
Also affiliated: University of Minnesota (2009–2010); University of California, Santa Cruz (2008–2024); Karst Research Institute (2011–2024); Animal Hospital Postojna (2013); Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (2011)
25 h-index
151 pubs
1,364 cited
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Biography and Research Information
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Matthew David Covington's research focuses on understanding hydrological and geomorphological processes, particularly within karst environments. His work investigates the dynamics of water movement, heat exchange between water and rock, and the factors influencing flow path geometry in these complex systems. He has examined thermal patterns at karst springs and cave streams, comparing the effectiveness of various tracers in estimating flow paths.
Covington's research also extends to landscape evolution, studying the relationship between bedrock geology, topography, and erosional processes. He has investigated the influence of different rock types, such as sandstone caprock, on channel steepness and the development of bedrock valleys. His federally funded projects include a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant as Principal Investigator (PI) to study the role of persistent valley cover in bedrock valley width development along the Buffalo River in Arkansas. He also served as Co-PI on an NSF grant examining watershed-scale geomorphic responses to climate change in the Aklavik Range, Northwest Territories, Canada.
With an h-index of 25 and over 150 publications, Covington is recognized as a highly cited researcher. His collaborations include work with Ethan Oleson, Ryan Strickland, Charlotte Boehme, and Kayleen Lemen, all at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
Metrics
- h-index: 25
- Publications: 151
- Citations: 1,364
Positions
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Associate Professor 2018–presentUniversity of Arkansas Department of Geosciences ORCID
Selected Publications
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Greenland supraglacial catchment consolidation by streams breaching drainage divides (2025)
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Controls on the growth of topographic depressions on debris-covered glaciers (2025)
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Seismic observations from injection experiments and a recharge event in a karst aquifer: potential compressed air pocket release (2025)
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LITHOLOGICAL CONTROLS OF SCALLOPS IN KARST CONDUITS (2025)
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UNDERSTANDING THE VARIABILITY IN RADON AND CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS OF CARLSBAD CAVERN (2025)
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MODELING THE MECHANISMS CONTROLLING THE DEVELOPMENT OF KEYHOLE PASSAGE MORPHOLOGY (2025)
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UNDERGROUND KEYS TO PALEOCLIMATE: SEDIMENTARY FACIES WITHIN BOY SCOUT SPRINGS CAVE (2025)
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URBANIZATION AND WATER QUALITY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS CAVES (2025)
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MODELING THE FORMATION OF KNICKPOINTS AND SLOT CANYONS IN THE BOONE LIMESTONE (2025)
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The formation of glacier dirt cones (2025)
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Large interannual changes in supraglacial drainage basin areas and channels that flow downstream uphill: lessons from field surveys of moulin-connected streams on the Greenland Ice Sheet (2024)
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EXPLORING THE CONTROLS OF KARSTIFICATION BY ANALYZING KARST SURFACE DRAINAGE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES (2024)
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Modeling the evolution of hummocky topography on debris-covered glaciers (2024)
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IMPLEMENTING A PLACE-BASED FRAMEWORK TO CONFERENCE FIELD TRIPS AS A TOOL TO DECOLONIZE AND NURTURE DIVERSITY IN THE GEOSCIENCES (2023)
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CONTROLS ON THE FORMATION OF EROSIONAL BEDFORMS: SCALLOPS (2023)
Federal Grants 2 $417,348 total
NSF
PI
Aug 2021 - Jul 2025
NSF
Co-PI
Jan 2022 - Jul 2024
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Jason Gulley
University of South Florida (US)
20 shared publications
- Moulin Volumes Regulate Subglacial Water Pressure on the Greenland Ice Sheet
- Isolated Cavities Dominate Greenland Ice Sheet Dynamic Response to Lake Drainage
- Natural variations in calcite dissolution rates in streams: Controls, implications, and open questions
- Large values of hydraulic roughness in subglacial conduits during conduit enlargement: implications for modeling conduit evolution
- Roughness of a subglacial conduit under Hansbreen, Svalbard
Showing 5 of 20 shared publications
Celia Trunz
University of Neuchâtel (CH)
15 shared publications
- Moulin Volumes Regulate Subglacial Water Pressure on the Greenland Ice Sheet
- Isolated Cavities Dominate Greenland Ice Sheet Dynamic Response to Lake Drainage
- Moulin Density Controls the Timing of Peak Pressurization Within the Greenland Ice Sheet's Subglacial Drainage System
- Modeling the Influence of Moulin Shape on Subglacial Hydrology
- Combined Modeled and Explored Moulin Shape Informs Subglacial Pressure Dynamics in Western Greenland
Showing 5 of 15 shared publications
Jessica Mejía
Syracuse University (US)
13 shared publications
- Moulin Volumes Regulate Subglacial Water Pressure on the Greenland Ice Sheet
- Isolated Cavities Dominate Greenland Ice Sheet Dynamic Response to Lake Drainage
- Moulin Density Controls the Timing of Peak Pressurization Within the Greenland Ice Sheet's Subglacial Drainage System
- Modeling the Influence of Moulin Shape on Subglacial Hydrology
- Combined Modeled and Explored Moulin Shape Informs Subglacial Pressure Dynamics in Western Greenland
Showing 5 of 13 shared publications
Franci Gabrovšek
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
10 shared publications
- CO2 dynamics and heterogeneity in a cave atmosphere: role of ventilation patterns and airflow pathways
- Natural variations in calcite dissolution rates in streams: Controls, implications, and open questions
- Evolution of karst conduit networks in transition from pressurized flow to free-surface flow
- Influence of CO2 dynamics on the longitudinal variation of incision rates in soluble bedrock channels: Feedback mechanisms
- The relative importance of wind-driven and chimney effect cave ventilation: Observations in Postojna Cave (Slovenia)
Showing 5 of 10 shared publications
Jonathan B. Martin
University of Florida (US)
8 shared publications
- Carbonates in the Critical Zone
- Large values of hydraulic roughness in subglacial conduits during conduit enlargement: implications for modeling conduit evolution
- Tidal pumping and biogeochemical processes: Dissolution within the tidal capillary fringe of eogenetic coastal carbonates
- Carbonates in the Critical Zone
- Carbonates in the Critical Zone
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Matija Perne
Jožef Stefan Institute (SI)
8 shared publications
- Steady state, erosional continuity, and the topography of landscapes developed in layered rocks
- Consider a cylindrical cave: A physicist's view of cave and karst science
- Monitoring Atmospheric, Soil, and Dissolved CO2 Using a Low-Cost, Arduino Monitoring Platform (CO2-LAMP): Theory, Fabrication, and Operation
- Evolution of karst conduit networks in transition from pressurized flow to free-surface flow
- Evolution of karst conduit networks in transition from pressurised flow to free surface flow
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Charles Breithaupt
University of South Florida (US)
7 shared publications
- Moulin Density Controls the Timing of Peak Pressurization Within the Greenland Ice Sheet's Subglacial Drainage System
- Tidal pumping and biogeochemical processes: Dissolution within the tidal capillary fringe of eogenetic coastal carbonates
- Combined Modeled and Explored Moulin Shape Informs Subglacial Pressure Dynamics in Western Greenland
- Moulin density controls the timing of peak pressurization within the Greenland Ice Sheet's subglacial drainage system
- Greenland supraglacial catchment consolidation by streams breaching drainage divides
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Kristin Poinar
University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
7 shared publications
- Modeling the Influence of Moulin Shape on Subglacial Hydrology
- Combined Modeled and Explored Moulin Shape Informs Subglacial Pressure Dynamics in Western Greenland
- Review
- Modeling the impact of moulin shape on subglacial hydrology
- Observed and modeled moulin heads in the Pâkitsoq region of Greenland suggest subglacial channel network effects
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Andrew J. Luhmann
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (US)
6 shared publications
- Thermal damping and retardation in karst conduits
- Seismic observations from injection experiments and a recharge event in a karst aquifer: potential compressed air pocket release
- Relationships Between Conduit Properties and the Damping and Retardation of Thermal Pulses in Karst Conduits
- COMPARISON OF ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY AND TEMPERATURE DATASETS ALONG A KARST SINK-RISE FLOW SYSTEM TO INFER FLOW DYNAMICS
- INFERRING HYDROLOGIC ARCHITECTURE FROM THE PROPAGATION OF WATER LEVEL SIGNALS AT A KARST SINK-RISE FLOW SYSTEM
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Lauren C. Andrews
Goddard Space Flight Center (US)
6 shared publications
- Modeling the Influence of Moulin Shape on Subglacial Hydrology
- Combined Modeled and Explored Moulin Shape Informs Subglacial Pressure Dynamics in Western Greenland
- Modeling the impact of moulin shape on subglacial hydrology
- Observed and modeled moulin heads in the Pâkitsoq region of Greenland suggest subglacial channel network effects
- Comment on tc-2022-182
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Jennifer L. Macalady
Pennsylvania State University (US)
6 shared publications
- Carbonates in the Critical Zone
- Carbonates in the Critical Zone
- DEFINING THE NEED FOR CARBONATE CRITICAL ZONE RESEARCH
- Carbonates in the Critical Zone
- Carbonates in the Critical Zone
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Joseph M. Myre
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
5 shared publications
- Steady state, erosional continuity, and the topography of landscapes developed in layered rocks
- Monitoring Atmospheric, Soil, and Dissolved CO2 Using a Low-Cost, Arduino Monitoring Platform (CO2-LAMP): Theory, Fabrication, and Operation
- Thermal damping and retardation in karst conduits
- Steady state, continuity, and the erosion of layered rocks
- Relationships Between Conduit Properties and the Damping and Retardation of Thermal Pulses in Karst Conduits
Timothy H. Dixon
University of South Florida (US)
5 shared publications
- Isolated Cavities Dominate Greenland Ice Sheet Dynamic Response to Lake Drainage
- Moulin Density Controls the Timing of Peak Pressurization Within the Greenland Ice Sheet's Subglacial Drainage System
- Isolated cavities dominate Greenland Ice Sheet dynamic response to lake drainage.
- Moulin density controls the timing of peak pressurization within the Greenland Ice Sheet's subglacial drainage system
- Down The Drain: Understanding How Meltwater Cascades Through The GrIS Hydrological System To Impact Its Ice Velocity
Max P. Cooper
5 shared publications
- Modeling cave cross‐section evolution including sediment transport and paragenesis
- MODELING THE EVOLUTION OF CAVE PASSAGE CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE AND THE IMPACTS OF DISCHARGE, SEDIMENT, CHEMISTRY, AND VENTILATION
- CAVECHAMP – A MODEL FOR THE EVOLUTION OF CAVE PASSAGE CROSS-SECTIONS AND LONGITUDINAL PROFILES
- MODELING THE FORMATION OF KNICKPOINTS AND SLOT CANYONS IN THE BOONE LIMESTONE
- MODELING THE MECHANISMS CONTROLLING THE DEVELOPMENT OF KEYHOLE PASSAGE MORPHOLOGY
Victoria Siegel
5 shared publications
- Combined Modeled and Explored Moulin Shape Informs Subglacial Pressure Dynamics in Western Greenland
- Review
- Observed and modeled moulin heads in the Pâkitsoq region of Greenland suggest subglacial channel network effects
- Comment on tc-2022-182
- Observed and modeled moulin heads in the Pâkitsoq region of Greenland suggest subglacial channel network effects
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