Covington Research Group

Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas
Matt Covington
Associate Professor
Department of Geosciences
University of Arkansas
216 Gearhart Hall
Fayetteville, AR 72701
work: +1 479-575-3876
fax: +1 479-575-3469
mcoving at uark.edu

(photo: Marcin Gala and Kasia Biernacka)
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Publications*


Strickland, R.M., Covington, M.D., Gulley, J.D., Kayastha, R.B., Blackstock, J.M. Englacial drainage drives positive feedback depression growth on the debris-covered Ngozumpa Glacier, Nepal, 2023, Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL104389.

Covington, M.D., Martin, J.B., Toran, L., Macalady, J., Sullivan, P.L., Garcia, A.A., Heffernan, J.B., and W.D. Graham, Carbonates in the Critical Zone, 2023, Earth's Future, 11, 1, e2022EF002765.

Trunz, C., Poinar, K., Andrews, L.C., Covington, M.D., Mejia, J., Gulley, J., Siegel, V., Observed and modeled moulin heads in the Pakitsoq region of Greenland suggest subglacial channel network effects, 2023, The Cryosphere, 17, 5075-5094.

Mejia, J., Gulley, J., Trunz, C., Covington, M.D., Bartholomaus, T., Breithaupt, C., Xie, S., and T.H. Dixon, Moulin density controls the timing of peak pressurization within the Greenland Ice Sheet's subglacial drainage system, 2022, Geophysical Research Letters, 49, 22, e2022GL100058.

Trunz, C., Covington, M.D., Poinar, K., Andrews, L.C., Mejia, J., Gulley, J., Modeling the influence of moulin shape on subglacial hydrology, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 127, 8, e2022JF006674.

Mejia, J.Z., Gulley, J.D., Trunz, C., Covington, M.D., Bartholomaus, T.C., Xie, S., and T. Dixon, Isolated cavities dominate Greenland Ice Sheet dynamic response to lake drainage, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters, 48, 19, e2021GL094762.

Kukuljan, L., Gabrovsek, F., and M.D. Covington, The relative importance of wind-driven and chimney effect cave ventilation: Observations in Postojna Cave (Slovenia), 2021. International Journal of Speleology, 50,3, 275-288.

Kukuljan, L., Gabrovšek, F., Covington, M.D., and V.E. Johnston, CO2 dynamics and heterogeneity in a cave atmosphere: role of ventilation patterns and airflow pathways, 2021, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 146, 91-109.

Covington, M.D., Knierim, K.J., Young, H.A., Rodriguez, J., and H. Gnoza, The impact of ventilation patterns on calcite dissolution rates within karst conduits, 2021, Journal of Hydrology, 593, 125824.

Covington, M.D., Gulley, J.D., Trunz, C., Meija, J., and W. Gadd, Moulin volumes regulate subglacial water pressure on the Greenland Ice Sheet, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL088901.

Cooper, M.P. and M.D. Covington, "Modeling cave cross-section evolution including sediment transport and paragenesis," 2020, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 45, 11.

Gulley, J.D., Breecker, D., Covington, M.D., Cooperdock, S., Banner, J., Moore, P.J., Noronha, A., Breithaupt, C., Martin, J.B. and J. Jenson, "Tidal pumping and biogeochemical processes: dissolution within the tidal capillary fringe of eogenetic coastal carbonates," 2020, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 45, 11.

Blackstock, J.M., Covington, M.D., Perne, M. and J.M. Myre, "Monitoring Atmospheric, Soil, and Dissolved CO2 Using a Low-Cost, Arduino Monitoring Platform (CO2-LAMP): Theory, Fabrication, and Operation," 2019, Frontiers in Earth Science, 7, 313.

Covington, M.D. and K.A. Vaughn, "Carbon dioxide and dissolution rate dynamics within a karst underflow-overflow system, Savoy Experimental Watershed, Arkansas, USA," 2019, Chemical Geology, 527.

Knierim, K.J., Pollock, E.D., Covington, M.D., Hays, P.D., and K.R. Brye, "Carbon cycling in the mantled karst of the Ozark Plateaus, central United States," 2017, Geoderma Regional, 10, 64-76.

Perne, M., Covington, M.D., Thaler, E.A., and Joseph Myre, "Steady state, erosional continuity, and the topography of landscapes developed in layered rocks," 2017, Earth Surface Dynamics, 5, 1, 85-100, doi:10.5194/esurf-5-85-2017.

Tennyson, R., Brahana, V., Polyak, V.J., Potra, A., Covington, M., Asmerom, Y., Terry, J., Pollock, E., and D. Decker, Hypogene Speleogenesis in the Southern Ozark Uplands, Mid-Continental United States, 2017, In: Klimchouk, A., Palmer, A., De Waele, J.S., Auler, A., and P. Audra (eds) Hypogene Karst Regions and Caves of the World. Cave and Karst Systems of the World. Springer, Cham.

Mankoff, K.D., Gulley, J.D., Tulaczyk, S.M., Covington, M.D., Liu, X., Chen, Y., Benn, D.I., and P.S. Głowacki, "Roughness of a subglacial conduit under Hansbreen, Svalbard," 2017, Journal of Glaciology, 63, 239, 423-435.

Brookfield, A.E., Macpherson, G.L., and M.D. Covington, "Effects of changing meteoric precipitation patterns on groundwater temperature in karst environments," 2017, Groundwater, 55, 2, 227-236.

Thaler, E.A. and M.D. Covington, "The influence of sandstone caprock material on bedrock channel steepness within a tectonically passive setting: Buffalo National River Basin, Arkansas, USA," 2016, Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, 121, 9, 1635-1650.

Covington, M.D., "The importance of advection for CO2 dynamics in the karst Critical Zone: an approach from dimensional analysis," 2016, GSA Special Papers 516: Caves and Karst Across Time, edited by J. M. Feinberg, Y. Gao, and E. Calvin Alexander Jr. (preprint - which doesn't contain the equation typos introduced during typesetting)

Covington, M.D. and M. Perne, "Consider a cylindrical cave: A physicist's view of cave and karst science," 2015, Acta Carsologica, 44, 3, 363-380.

Covington, M.D., Gulley, J.D., and F. Gabrovšek, "Natural variations in calcite dissolution rates in streams: Controls, implications, and open questions," 2015, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 8, 2836-2843, doi: 10.1002/2015GL063044.

Luhmann, A.J., Covington, M.D., Myre, J.M., Perne, M., Jones, S.W., Alexander, E.C., and M.O. Saar, "Thermal damping and retardation in karst conduits," 2015, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 137-157, doi:10.5194/hess-19-137-2015.

Perne, M., Covington, M.D., and F. Gabrovšek, "Evolution of karst conduit networks in transition from pressurised flow to free surface flow," 2014, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 4617-4633, doi:10.5194/hessd-18-4617-2014.

Covington, M.D., "Calcite dissolution under turbulent flow conditions: a remaining conundrum," 2014, Acta Carsologica, 43, 1, 195-202.

Gulley, J., Spellman, P., Covington, M.D., Martin, J.B., Benn, D. and J. Catania, "Large values of hydraulic roughness in subglacial conduits during conduit enlargement: implications for modeling," 2014, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 39, 3, 296-310, doi:10.1002/esp.3447.

Covington, M.D., Prelovšek, M., and Gabrovšek, F., "Influence of CO2 dynamics on the longitudinal variation of incision rates in soluble bedrock channels: feedback mechanisms," 2013, Geomorphology, 186, 85-95, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.12.025.

Luhmann, A.J., Covington, M.D., Alexander, S.C., Chai, S.Y., Schwartz, B.F., Groten, B.S., and Alexander, E.C. Jr., "Comparing conservative and nonconservative tracers in karst and using them to estimate flow path geometry," 2012, Journal of Hydrology, 448-449, 201-211, doi:10.1016/j.hydrol.2012.04.044.

Covington, M.D., Luhmann, A.J., Wicks, C.M., and M. Saar, "Process length scales and longitudinal damping in karst conduits," 2012, Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, 117, F01025, doi:10.1029/2011JF002212.

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,

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, Groundwater, 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

Porter, L.A., Somerville, R.S., Primack, J.R., Croton, D.J., Covington, M.D., Graves, G.J., and S.M. Faber, "Modeling the Ages and Metallicities of Early-Type Galaxies in Fundamental Plane Space," 2014, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 445, 3092-3104.

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 Notices 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., Cox, T. J., Jonsson, P., Primack, J., & Dekel, A. "Predicting the Properties of the Remnants of Dissipative Galaxy Mergers," 2008, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 384, 1, 94-106.

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