Bowling Green, Ky. - Three Western Kentucky University geoscience students will make presentations this month at a regional meeting of the Geological Society of America.

Graduate student Benjamin W. Tobin of Hartford, Conn., graduate student Andrea D. Croskrey of Blakesburg, Iowa, and senior Crystal J. Bergman of Bowling Green will present their work March 17-18 at the 54th annual meeting of the GSA's Southeastern Section in Biloxi, Miss.

Tobin will present "Variations in Sediment Deposition Due to Changing Water Regimes in a Karst Conduit on the Sinkhole Plain, South Central Kentucky. Tobin and faculty member Stephen Kenworthy have been studying sediment deposits in State Trooper Cave in Bowling Green.

Croskrey will present "Groundwater Sensitivity Mapping of the Beaver Dam and Campbellsville 30 x 60 Minute Quadrangles." Croskrey and faculty member Chris Groves are hoping to develop maps for all of Kentucky that would show groundwater sensitivity for land-use planning.

Bergman will present "Modeling Relationships between Soil and Climate Parameters using the Basic GAPS Program." Bergman and faculty members Andrew Wulff and Rezaul Mahmood used data sets and the modeling program for an introductory climatology course at WKU.

"These students represent the best part of this institution's quality enhancement program," according to Dr. David Keeling, Geography and Geology Department Head. "They are earning course credit, conducting valuable research, improving their communication skills, and contributing to the Department's mission of improving the quality of life of communities in our region."

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