Publication

Bowen, Mark W. 2003. “Consequences of Reservoir Drainage on Sediment and Nutrient Transport.” Papers of the Applied Geography Conference Vol. 26: 424-433.

Presentations

Bowen, Mark W., William C. Johnson, and Angela Gray. 2007. Identification and Mapping of Playa Lakes within a GIS Environment for the High Plains of Kansas. Annual Meeting of the South-Central/North-Central Joint Divisions the Geological Society of America.

Bowen, Mark W. 2007. Human Constructs, Channel Morphology, and the 100-Year to 500-Year Flood along the Colorado Front Range. 103rd Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco.

Bowen, Mark W. and William C. Johnson. 2007. Mapping and Stratigraphic Investigations of Playa Basins on the High Plains of Kansas. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver.

Bowen, Mark W. 2005. Short-Term Water Quality Variation in a Karst Spring, Southwest Missouri. 101st Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Denver.

Awards

1st Place Masters Students Paper Competition, Water Resources Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers, New Orleans. 2003. EFFECTS OF RESERVOIR DRAWDOWN ON WATER QUALITY IN A SMALL RESERVOIR, SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

1st Place Masters Student Paper Competition, 26th Annual Applied Geography Conference, Colorado Springs. 2003. CONSEQUENCES OF RESERVOIR DRAINAGE ON SEDIMENT AND NUTRIENT TRANSPORT.

Outstanding Graduate Student Poster Presentation, Annual Meeting of the South-Central/North-Central Joint Divisions the Geological Society of America, Lawrence. 2007. IDENTIFICATION AND MAPPING OF PLAYA LAKES WITHIN A GIS ENVIRONMENT FOR THE HIGH PLAINS OF KANSAS.

2nd Place Graduate Student Research Grant Proposal Competition of the Water Resources Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco. 2007. ROLE OF PLAYA LAKES IN FOCUSING RECHARGE TO THE OGALLALA AQUIFER ON THE HIGH PLAINS OF WESTERN KANSAS.

Association of American Geographers Dissertation Research Grant Proposal Award. 2007. SOIL VARIABILITY AS AN INDICATOR OF PALEOCLIMATE, PALEOHYDROLOGY, AND PLAYA EVOLUTION ON THE HIGH PLAINS OF KANSAS.

Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant Proposal Award. 2007. SOIL VARIABILITY AS AN INDICATOR OF MODERN HYDROLOGY, PALEOHYDROLOGY, AND PLAYA ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION ON THE HIGH PLAINS OF KANSAS.

Fluvial Geomorphology, Soils Geography and Quaternary Geography.

State Researchers Dig for Answers on Area Playas. Garden City Telegram, July 6, 2007.

Dissertation Topic: Soil variability as an indicator of paleoclimate, paleohydrology, and evolution of grassland playas on the High Plains of western Kansas.

I'm Missouri born and raised. Most of my previous research has focused on fluvial processes involving Ozarks streams in a karst landscape. Current research involves using soils and paleosols (buried soils) as an indicator of surface water-groundwater linkages and landscape (playa) evolution. My hobbies include fishing, camping, hiking, and canoeing.