József Tóth (hydrogeologist)

József Tóth (Békés, June 22, 1933) is a hydrogeologist and Professor Emeritus of the University of Alberta in Canada and Honorary Professor at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary.

József Tóth
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Born (1933-06-22) June 22, 1933 (age 91)
Békés
OccupationHydrogeologist

Biography

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József Tóth was born in Békés, Hungary in 1933. In 1952, he was admitted to the University of Sopron as a student of geophysics. He took part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, after the fall of which he fled to Austria and then the Netherlands. He resumed his studies at Utrecht University, and in 1960 emigrated to the Canadian province of Alberta with his wife and two children. In 1965, he received his doctorate in Utrecht.[1]

Career

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Although he was employed as a geophysicist at the Research Council of Alberta, he soon had to work as a groundwater consultant in Hydrogeology.[1] Working from M.K. Hubbert's 1940 paper "The theory of ground-water motion",[2] Tóth solved the Laplace equation for a "unit basin" geometry.[3] Superposing a sinusoidal constant head surface on the unit basin "resulted in the concept of composite flow patterns",[1][4] referred to as "hierarchically nested flow systems."[1] His theory of regional groundwater flow is discussed in most hydrogeology textbooks, such as Fetter,[5] Hornberger et al.,[6] Deming,[7] and Freeze and Cherry's Groundwater,[8] the cover of which prominently featured his regional flow diagram. He rose to be the Head of the Groundwater Department at the Research Council. He also taught hydrogeology courses at the University of Alberta and University of Calgary and was a full professor at the University of Alberta (Rostron, Benjamin J, p. 205-206 in Deming, 2002.[7]

Among his more than a hundred publications of international influence based on his theory, several of his studies cover special fields, such as: underground storage of highly radioactive waste; formation and improvement of saline soils; hydrocarbon and uranium ore exploration; soil and rock mechanics; and formation of wetlands.

Awards, recognitions

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  • Meinzer Award - Hydrogeology Division of the Geological Society of America (1965)[9]
  • President's Award - International Association of Hydrogeologists (1999)
  • M. King Hubbert Science Award - National Groundwater Association (2003) [10]
  • Theis Award - American Institute of Hydrology (2004)[11]
  • Magyar Érdemrend középkereszt polgári tagozata állami kitüntetés (2013)
  • External Member Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2016) [12]

Significant works

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Author(s) Publication Date Title
Tóth József 1962 A theory of groundwater motion in small drainage basins in Central Alberta, Canada
Tóth József 1963 Reply (To S. N. Davis's discussion of Tóth's: A theory of groundwater motion in small drainage basins in Central Alberta, Canada)
Tóth József 1963 A theoretical analysis of groundwater flow in small drainage basins
Tóth József 1966 Groundwater Geology, Movement, Chemistry, and Resources near Olds, Alberta
Tóth József 1966 Hozzászólás dr. Szebényi Lajos “Az artézi víz forgalmának mennyiségi meghatározósa” cimű tanulmányához
 Tóth József 1970 A Conceptual Model of the Groundwater Regime and the Hydrogeologic Environment
 Tóth József 1970 Relation between electric analogue patterns of groundwater flow and accumulation of hydrocarbons
 Tóth József 1971 Groundwater Discharge: A Common Generator of Diverse Geologic and Morphologic Phenomena
 Tóth József 1973 Hydrogeology and Field Evaluation of a Municipal Well Field, Alberta, Canada
Tóth József 1978 Gravity – induced cross-formational flow of formation fluids, Red Earth Region, Alberta, Canada
Tóth József 1978 Gravity – induced cross-formational water-flow – possible mechanism for transport and accumulation of petroleum
Tóth József 1980 Cross-Formational Gravity-Flow of Groundwater: A Mechanism of the Transport and Accumulation of Petroleum (The Generalized Hydraulic Theory of Petroleum Migration)
Tóth J., Millar R. F. 1983 Possible effects of erosional changes of the topography  relief on pore pressures at depth
Tóth J., Skippen G. B. 1983 The nuclear fuel waste management program. A report to the Canadian Geoscience Council
Tóth József 1984 The Modern Scope of Hydrogeology
Tóth J., Millar R. F. 1985 Reply (to comment by C.E. Neuzil on Possible effects of erosional changes of the topography  relief on pore pressures at depth)
Tóth József 1987 Petroleum Hydrogeology: A Potential Application of Groundwater Science
Tóth J., Corbet T. 1987 Post-Paleocene Evolution of Regional Groundwater Flow Systems and their Relation to petroleum accumulations, Taber Area, Southern Alberta, Canada
Tóth J., Gillard D. 1988 Experimental design and evaluation of a peatland drainage system for forestry by optimization of synthetic hydrographs
Tóth J., Rakhit K. 1988 Exploration for reservoir quality rock bodies by mapping and simulation of potentiometric surface anomalies
Tóth, J., Ophori D. U. 1989 Characterization of Ground-Water Flow by Field Mapping and Numerical Simulation, Ross Creek Basin, Alberta, Canada
Tóth, J., Ophori D. U. 1989 Patterns of Ground-Water Chemistry, Ross Creek Basin, Alberta, Canada
Tóth, J., Ophori D. U. 1990 Influence of the location of production wells in unconfined groundwater basins: an analysis by numerical simulation
Tóth, J., Ophori D. U. 1990 Relationships in regional groundwater discharge to streams: An analysis by numerical simulation
Tóth J., Maccagno Md., Otto C. J., Roston B. J. 1991 Generation and migration of petroleum from abnormally pressured fluid compartments – discussion
Tóth J., Rostron B. J. 1992 Numerical Simulation Of Oil/Oily-Contaminant Migration And Entrapment In A Lenticular Reservoir
Tóth J., Otto C. J. 1993 Hydrogeology and oil deposits at Pechelbronn-Soultz-Upper Rhine Graben
Tóth J., Parks K. P. 1995 Field Evidence for Erosion-Induced Underpressuring in Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary Strata, West Central Alberta, Canada
Tóth József 1995 Hydraulic Continuity In Large Sedimentary Basins
Tóth József 1996 Reply to “Comment” by Mazor E.
Tóth József 1996 Reply to “Comment on Tóth József, 1995, Hydraulic Continuity in Large Sedimentary Basins” by A.C.M. Laing
Tóth József 1996 Thoughts of a hydrogeologist on vertical migration and near surface geochemical exploration for petroleum
Tóth J., Rostron B.J. 1996 Ascending fluid plumes above devonian pinnacle reefs: Numerical modeling and field example from West-Central Alberta, Canada
Tóth J., Holysh S. 1996 Flow of formation waters: Likely cause for poor definition of soil gas anomalies over oil fields in East-Central Alberta, Canada
Tóth J., Sheng G. 1996 Enhancing Safety Of Nuclear Waste Disposal By Exploiting Regional Groundwater Flow: The Recharge Area Concept
Tóth József 1999 Review: “Groundwater in Geologic Processes” by Steven E. Ingebritsen and Ward E. Sanford
Tóth József 2000 Groundwater as a geologic agent: An overview of the causes, processes, and manifestations
Tóth József 2000 Summary of the sessions on critical evaluation of scientific, technical and social demand for ITGE geological mapping
L. Rybach, J. Tóth 2000 International Satellite Conference “The Geology of Today for Tomorrow”. A Satellite Conference of the World Conference on Science, 1999 June 21–22, Budapest, Hungary
G. Sheng, J. Tóth 2000 Using the recharge area concept as a strategy for siting underground nuclear waste repositories
Tóth József 2000 Report on Section B: “Protection of Subsurface Aquifers” – GTT Conference. A Satellite Conference of the World Conference on Science, 1999 June 21–22, Budapest, Hungary
Tóth József 2000 The key to improvements in aquifer protection: Analytical hydrogeology
Tóth J., Almasi I. 2001 Interpretation of observed fluid potential patterns in a deep sedimentary basin under tectonic compression: Hungarian Great Plain, Pannonian Basin
Tóth József 2002 József Tóth: An Autobiographical Sketch
Tóth József 2003 Fluid-potential patterns and hydrocarbon deposits in groundwater flow-fields induced by gravity and tectonic compression, Hungarian Great Plain, Pannonian Basin
Tóth József 2003 Önéletrajzi vázlat
Pethő S., Mádlné Szőnyi J., Tóth J. 2004 A Kisalföldi-medence regionális felszín alatti gravitációs vízáramlási képe a hidraulikai adatfeldolgozás alapján
Mádlné Szőnyi J., Simon Sz., Tóth J., Pogácsás Gy. 2005 Felszíni és felszín alatti vizek kapcsolata a Duna-Tisza közi Kelemen-szék és Kolon-tó esetében
Tóth József 2005 The Canadian School of Hydrogeology: History and Legacy
Tóth József 2006 Átfogó kép az Alföld felszín alatti vízáramlás-rendszereinek jellegzetes tulajdonságairól
Tóth J., Mádl-Szőnyi J. 2007 “A Duna-Tisza Köze Vízföldtani Típusszelvény” és a Szikesedés Összefüggései
Czauner B.,Tóth J., Mádl-Szőnyi J., Pogácsás Gy. 2008 Hidraulic potential anomaly indicating thermal water reservoir and gas pool near Berekfürdő, Trans-Tisza Region, Hungary
Tóth J., Mádl-Szőnyi J. 2008 Soil and wetland salinization in the framework of the Danube–Tisza Interfluve hydrogeologic type section
Tóth J., Mádl-Szőnyi J. 2009 A hydrogeological type section for the Duna-Tisza Interfluve, Hungary
Tóth J., Hayashi M. 2010 The theory of basinal gravity flow of groundwater and its impacts on hydrogeology in Japan
Tóth József 2015 Geothermal phenomena in the context of gravity-driven basinal flow of groundwater
Xing Gong, József Tóth, Xueqiang Yang, Bingxiang Yuan & Deluan Feng 2018 A numerical model in predicting the initial karst development in porous limestone

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "József Tóth: An autobiographical sketch", Ground Water, 2002, v.40 no. 3, pp. 320-324
  2. ^ Hubbert, M. King (1940). "The Theory of Ground-Water Motion". The Journal of Geology. 48 (8): 785–944. Bibcode:1940JG.....48..785H. doi:10.1086/624930. S2CID 121822875.
  3. ^ Tóth, József (1962). "A theory of groundwater motion in small drainage basins in Central Alberta, Canada". Journal of Geophysical Research. 67 (11): 4375–4388. Bibcode:1962JGR....67.4375T. doi:10.1029/JZ067i011p04375.
  4. ^ Tóth, József (1963). "A theoretical analysis of groundwater flow in small drainage basins". Journal of Geophysical Research. 68 (16): 4795–4812. Bibcode:1963JGR....68.4795T. doi:10.1029/JZ068i016p04795.
  5. ^ Fetter, C.W. (2001). Applied Hydrogeology (2nd ed.). Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-088239-9.
  6. ^ Hornberger, George; Raffensperger, Jeffrey; Wiberg, Patricia; Eshleman, Keith (1998). Elements of Physical Hydrology. The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0801858577.
  7. ^ a b Deming, David (2002). Introduction to Hydrogeology. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07232622-0.
  8. ^ Freeze, R.A.; Cherry, John. A. (1979). Groundwater. Prentice Hall. p. 604. ISBN 0133653129.
  9. ^ "Meinzer Award"
  10. ^ "M. King Hubbert Science Award"
  11. ^ "Theis Award"
  12. ^ "Archived web page, in Hungarian"