Benjamin Tobin | University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences

Benjamin Tobin

Research Geologist IV, Kentucky Geological Survey

Contact Information

benjamin.tobin@uky.edu

308 Mining and Mineral Resources

(859) 323-0526

Affiliations

Earth & Environmental Sciences
Kentucky Geological Survey

Research Interests

My research is focused on understanding processes in karst systems and includes utilizing a variety of methodologies to better understand how caves and conduits form, how contaminants move through these systems, how karst systems relate to the surrounding landscape, and how to improve our protection of these unique systems while living on karst. In particular, I focus on:

tracer hydrology
subterranean ecosystems
groundwater vulnerability
surface water-groundwater interactions
speleogenesis
resource management

Selected Publications

Selected Publications:

Lachniet, M.S., Du, X., Dee, S.G. et al. Elevated Grand Canyon groundwater recharge during the warm Early Holocene. Nat. Geosci. 16, 915–921 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01272-6

Blitch, W, Sovie, AR, Tobin, BW. 2023. Predictive modeling of cave entrance locations: relationships between surface and subsurface morphology. International Journal of Speleology. Doi: 10.5038/1827-806X.52.2.2455

Miller, BV, Tobin, BW. 2023. Groundwater Basin Delineation for Fern Cave, Nat Mountain, Alabama. USGS Scientific Investigations Map 3506.doi: 10.3133/sim2506

Heimel, S, Tobin, BW. 2022. Utilizing Cave Resource Inventory and Cave Map Data as a tool to understand karst processes. Geosciences Special Collection: Karst Unsaturated Zone. Doi: 10.3390/geosciences12020047

Tobin, BW, Polk, J.S., Arpin, S.M., Shelley, A., Taylor, C. 2021. A conceptual model of epikarst processes across sites, seasons, and storm events. Journal of Hydrology. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125692