Below is a reference for the faculty and student research and projects at the Western
Carolina Hydrological Research Station.
Gannon, J. P., Styers, D. M., Lord, M. L., Kinner, D. A., "Hidden sediment sources:
Locating and studying road-draining gullies using a geospatial model and field measurements."
Sponsored by NC Water Resources Research Institute and United States Geological Survey,
Federal, Funded, $104,505.00. (March 3, 2018 - March 3, 2020). [Peer-Reviewed]
Lord, M.L, and Kinner, D.A., 2017, "Groundwater monitoring—Western Carolina Hydrological
Research Station. Establishment of the WCHRS site as a local area network as part
of the North Carolina Groundwater Monitoring Network", North Carolina Department of
Environmental Quality. In-kind support awarded to have WCHRS groundwater wells and
stream gages sites in state-maintained hydrologic database and website.
Lord, M.L., Gannon, J.P., and, Kinner, D.A. ,2016, "Hydrologic thresholds for streamflow
and groundwater recharge in a Southern Appalachian watershed with a complex environmental
history." WCU Provost External Funding Support Grant. Funded, $9,865.
Lord, M.L., and Kinner, D.A., 2015, "Groundwater monitoring—Western Carolina Hydrological
Research Station. Participation in North Carolina Groundwater Monitoring Network",
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality. In-kind support awarded to include
two WCHRS groundwater wells in network, monitoring equipment, and videologs.
Gannon, J.P., Lord, M.L., and, Kinner, D.A., 2015, A “Significant Nexus”: How does
a drainage gully in a headwater watershed affect downstream water quality? WCU Provost
External Funding Support Grant, Funded, $9,996.
Kinner, D.A., and Lord, M.L., 2011, "Testing the benefits of undergraduate research-based
learning at various curricular levels using authentic research questions in hydrogeomorphology.
National Science Foundation: Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics Program, David Kinner and Mark Lord, Funded, $199,099.
(August 1, 2011 - July 31, 2016). [Peer-Reviewed]
Lord, M., 2010, "Establishment Western Carolina University property as a State Hydrologic
Research Station, focused on groundwater-surface water interaction", North Carolina
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Resource Evaluation Program. In-kind
award, 41 groundwater wells installed at three sites along Cullowhee Creek – Long
Branch drainages.
Lord, M., Kinner, D., and Campbell, T., 2019, An on-Campus hydrological research station
supports catchment studies, undergraduate research, and public needs in the Southern
Appalachians of Western North Carolina: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
Abstract, #PA11C-0963.
Kinner, D., and Lord, M., 2018, Student-perceived gains in collaborative, course-based
undergraduate research experiences in the geosciences: Journal of College Science
Teaching, v. 48, n. 2, p. 48-58.
Lanter, J., Sakulich, A, Jackson, M., and Lord, M., 2018, Building collaborative relationships:
Discussion of vignettes showcasing innovative relationships designed to support student
learning: Council of Undergraduate Research (CUR) 2018 Biennial Conference.
Lord, M., and Kinner, D., 2018, Fostering Effective small group collaboration in
course-based undergraduate research experiences: Science Education Resource Center
(SERC). Retrieved April 25, 2018, from https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/undergraduate_research/casestudy/196209.html
Kinner, D., and Lord, M., 2018, Using undergraduate research fellows to support and
sustain course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs): SERC. Retrieved 1
May 2018, from https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/undergraduate_research/casestudy/204279.html
Kinner, D., and Lord, M., 2016, Comparison of benefits and approaches of course-based
undergraduate research experiences in general education and upper-level major courses
in geoscience: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 48, n. 8.
Lord, M., and Kinner, D., 2016,. Collaborative course-based research experiences across
the geosciences curriculum—a model supported by faculty, undergraduate research fellows,
and an on-campus hydrologic research station: Envisioning the Future of Undergraduate
STEM Education: Research and Practice Symposium
Guertin, L., Lord, M., and Fortner, S., 2016. Engaging students in course-based
research: Reports from PCAST, NAS, and examples from earth/environmental sciences:
Council of Undergraduate Research (CUR) 2016 Biennial Conference.
Lord, M., Kinner, D., Mountjoy, B., and Cato, M., 2015, The role of undergraduate
research fellows to facilitate course-based undergraduate research: GSA Abstracts
with Programs, v. 47, n. 7, p. 475.
Lord, M., Kinner, D., and Burton, C., 2015, Together: Grass roots, institutional support,
and accreditation to foster (not mandate) growth in undergraduate research: Council
of Undergraduate Research, Undergraduate Research Programs: Building, Enhancing, Sustaining.
Lord, M., Kinner, D., and Crow, R., 2014, How collaborative research in traditional
courses supports students, faculty, the institution and science: Geological Society
of America Abstracts With Programs, Vol. 46, No. 6, p.600.
Lord, M., and Kinner, D., 2013, An approach for group, undergraduate research experiences
in courses across the geology curriculum: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
2013, abstract #ED23E-04.
Kinner, D., Lord, M., and Crow, R., 2013, Student perceived benefits of group geology
undergraduate research experience: GSA Abstracts With Programs, v. 45, n. 7., p. 365.
Kinner, D., 2013, Testing the benefits of undergraduate research-based learning at
various curricular levels using authentic research questions in hydrogeomorphology,
TUES/CCLI PIs conference, Washington, D.C., January 23-25, 2013.
Kinner, D., Lord, M., and Crow, R., 2012, Benefits of small group authentic research
courses in traditional courses across the Geology curriculum: GSA Abstracts With Programs,
v. 44, n. 7, p. 429.
Gannon, J.P., Kinner, D., Styers, D., and Lord, M., 2020, Diel discharge variations
in dormant and growing seasons in a headwater catchment suggest potential sources
of an evapotranspiration signal: Hydrological Processes, v. 34, n. 5, p. 1228-1236.
Kinner, D., and Lord, M., 2018, Groundwater-stream water interaction at three geomorphic
settings in the Southern Appalachian Mountains: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Abstract, #H34E-07.
Gannon, J.P., Kinner, D., Lord, M., and Styers, D., 2017, Generation and implications
of winter diel discharge fluctuations in a headwater catchment in Western NC, USA:
GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 49, n. 3.
Lord, M., Kinner, D., and Gannon, J.P., 2017, It’s complex: groundwater-surface water
interaction in headwater streams in the southern Appalachians: GSA Abstracts with
Programs, v. 49, n. 3.
Gannon, J. P., Kinner, D. A., Lord, M. L., 2016, Catchment structure and previous
land use influence spatial streamwater chemistry in a headwater catchment in the southern
Appalachians, AGU-Fall Meeting.
Gannon, J.P., Kinner, D., and Lord, M., 2016, Beyond the clean water rule: Impacts
of a non-Jurisdictional ditch on headwater stream discharge and water chemistry: Water,
v. 8, n. 12, p. 607. doi:10.3390/w8120607
Gannon, JP., Kinner, D., and Lord, M., 2016, Isolating the impacts of a disturbed,
ephemeral gully on water quality and stream ecology in a headwater catchment in western
North Carolina: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 48, n. 3.
Kinner, D., and Lord, M., 2016, Hydrological properties and near-stream groundwater
response at multiple catchment scales, Western North Carolina: GSA Abstracts with
Programs, v. 48, n. 3.
Gannon, J.P., Lord., M., and Kinner, D., 2015, Experimentally isolating the contributions
of a disturbed ephemeral drainage to a headwater stream in the Southern Appalachians,
AGU Fall Meeting, H31D-1433.
Lord, M., Kinner, D., and Campbell, T., 2012, Hydrometric and geochemical characteristics
of groundwater, Western North Carolina: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, n. 4,
p. 65.
Vascik, B., Lord, M., Kinner, D., and Campbell, T., 2018, Near-stream depositional
sediment traits, interpretation, and hydrological implications in headwaters of the
southern Blue Ridge Mountains: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,
v. 50, n. 3.
Hurst, E., Mann, A.. Marlor, D., Skeen, E., and Gannon, J.P., 2018, The use of soil
chemistry, soil morphology, and particle size to explain stream water chemistry differences
across a headwater catchment in the southern Appalachian Mountains: Geological Society
of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 50, n. 3.
Ramsey, S, Tatum, J, Peeler, M., Streicher, M, and Gannon, J.P., 2018, The role of
weathered and unweathered bedrock chemical composition and mineralogy in producing
varying stream water chemistries in a headwater catchment in western North Carolina:
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 50, n. 3.
Ferry, V,. Little, D., and Gannon, J.P., 2018, Concentration-discharge relationships
highlight differences in streamflow generation between two tributaries in a headwater
catchment: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 50, n. 3.
Morgan, J., Gannon, J., and Kelleher, C., 2018, Determining groundwater contributions
in a headwater catchment using in stream water temperature: Geological Society of
America Abstracts with Programs, v. 50, n. 3.
Morgan, J., Gannon, J.P., and Kelleher, C., 2017, How and Why Does Stream Water Temperature
Vary at Small Spatial Scales in a Headwater Stream?: AGU Annual Meeting.
Earle, S., Bartl, E., Hudspeth, R., Mead, C., Ross, A., Winter, J., Kinner, D., Lord,
M., and Gannon, J.P., 2017, Erosion and deposition in a disturbed watershed: Gullies,
fans, and tunnel features: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,
v. 49, n. 3.
Erwin, E.G., Gannon, J.P., and Zimmer, M., 2017, Variation in active stream length
with discharge in two headwater streams: implications for spatial and temporal variability
in runoff generation, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 49,
n. 3.
Hurst, E., Mann, A., Marlor, D., Ramsey, S., Ross, A., Vascik, B., Lord, M., Kinner,
D., and Gannon, J.P., 2017, Characteristics of groundwater– stream water interaction
in a disturbed headwater catchment within the southern Appalachian Mountains: Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 49, n. 3.
Tatum, J., and Gannon, J.P., 2017, Using surface and ground water chemistry to investigate
spatial variations in streamwater chemistry and their possible connection to previous
land use in a headwater stream: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,
v. 49, n. 3.
Vascik, B., Gannon, J.P., Kinner, D., and Lord, M., 2017, Examining water flow paths
and stream response of a disturbed headwater catchment in the Southern Appalachian
Mountains, NC: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 49, n. 3.
Earle, S., Vascik, B., Walton, Q., Lord, M., and Kinner, D., 2016. Historic land use
disturbances recorded in soil profiles along a slope in the Southern Appalachians,
Western, North Carolina: Geological Society of America Abstracts With Programs, v.
48, n.7.
Hartigan, S., Kinner, D., and Lord, M., 2016, Topographic thresholds for historical
gully formation and the geometry of gullies, Cullowhee, NC: Geological Society of
America Abstracts With Programs, v. 48, n. 3.
Bartl, E., Mountjoy, B., Hartigan, S., Gatlin, J., Lord, M., Kinner, D., and Gannon,
J.P., 2015, Hydrogeologic traits and setting of headwaters stream bound by alluvial
and colluvial deposits with a disturbance history typical of the southern Appalachians:
A case study: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 47, n. 2., pg 16.
Mountjoy, B., Cato, M., Padgett, M., Ferri, K., Fuller, J., Lord, M., Kinner, D.,
and Walsh, D., 2015, Managing a hydrologic research station at Western Carolina University:
An undergraduate perspective: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 47, n. 2, p. 96
Stephens, C., Keever, M., Beck, H., Hudspeth, R., Lord, M., Gannon, J.P., Kinner,
D., and Campbell, T., 2015, Hydrogeomorphic influences on hyporheic exchange in a
headwater stream in Cullowhee, N.C.: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 47, n. 2, pg.
95.
Ferri, K., Bright, J., Printz, S., Lord, M., and Kinner, D., 2013, Heterogeneity of groundwater-
stream water interactions in a headwaters Southern Appalachian watershed, Cullowhee,
North Carolina, Clemson Hydrogeology Symposium, April 4, 2013, Clemson, S.C.
Hiatt, C. ,Kinner, D., Lord, M., Tanner, B.R., Campbell, T., and Padgett, M., 2011,
Hydrogeologic properties of different geomorphic settings in a small disturbed watershed,
Western North Carolina: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 43, n. 5, p. 116.
Allen, E.D., MacIntyre, A.M., Dobyne, J.A., Padgett, M.C., Lord, M., and Kinner, D.,
2011, Analysis of groundwater-surface water interaction in a headwaters stream system
in the Southern Appalachians, Cullowhee, N.C., Part B: Hydrology in different hydrogeomorphic
settings: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 43, n. 2, p. 82.
Hiatt, C., Burnette, M.C., Roberts, W.B., Lord, M., Kinner, D., and Campbell, T.,
2011, Analysis of groundwater-surface water interaction in a headwaters stream system
in the Southern Appalachians, Cullowhee, N.C., Part A: Physical setting in different
hydrogeomorphic reaches: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 43, n. 2, p. 82.
Walsh, D., Goad, S., Evans, S., Stainback, D., Hayes J., Lord, M., Yurkovich, S.,
and Campbell, T., 2010, Analysis of a headwaters stream system in the Southern Appalachians,
Cullowhee, NC. Part B: Groundwater-stream water interaction and stream hydrology:
GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, n. 1, p. 117.
Allen, A., Tury, R., Buchanan, J., McKibben, J., Remington, K., Sills, C., Lord, M.,
Yurkovich, S., and Campbell, T., 2010, Analysis of a headwaters stream system in the
Southern Appalachians, Cullowhee, NC. Part A: Setting and stream geomorphology: GSA
Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, n. 1, p. 181.
Vascik, B., 2018, Near stream depositional traits, interpretation, and hydrological
implications in the Southern Appalachians: unpublished senior thesis, Department
of Geosciences and Natural Resources, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC,
48 p.
Beck, H., Hudspeth, R., Keever, M., McClung, C., Stephens, C., 2014, Hydrogeomorphic
influences of hyporheic exchange in a headwater stream, Cullowhee, N.C.: unpublished
senior research seminar paper, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources, Western
Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.
Ferri, K., 2014, Legacy logging effects on soil properties and slope hydrology with
two small catchments of western North Carolina: unpublished senior thesis, Department
of Geosciences and Natural Resources, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC,
29 p.
Bright, J., Collier, T., Fish, M., and Printz, H., 2012, Geomorphic variability of
riparian aquifer processes in a disturbed watershed: unpublished senior research seminar
paper, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources, Western Carolina University,
Cullowhee, NC, 29 p.
Padgett, M, Veale, C, Pohlman, M., and Wilson, B., 2012, Flowpaths and soil moisture/discharge
relations in a disturbed Western North Carolina headwater basin: unpublished senior
research seminar paper, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources, Western Carolina
University, Cullowhee, NC, 21 p.
Hiatt, C. N., 2011, Measurement of soil properties to understand water routing within
a small, disturbed headwaters basin in the mountains of western North Carolina: unpublished
senior thesis, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources, Western Carolina University,
Cullowhee, North Carolina, 30 p.
Allen, A., Buchanan, J., Evans, S., Goad, S., Hayes, J., McKibben, J., Remington,
K., Sills, Stainback, D., Tury, R, and Walsh, D., 2009, Analysis of a Headwaters Stream
in the Southern Appalachians, Cullowhee, NC: Geologic Setting, Geomorphology, and
Interaction of Groundwater and Surface Water: unpublished senior research seminar
paper, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources, Western Carolina University,
Cullowhee, North Carolina, 50 p.