# 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.

## Biography

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.

## Career

Although he was employed as a geophysicist at the Research Council of Alberta, he soon had to work as a groundwater consultant in Hydrogeology. Working from M.K. Hubbert's 1940 paper "The theory of ground-water motion", Tóth solved the Laplace equation for a "unit basin" geometry. Superposing a sinusoidal constant head surface on the unit basin "resulted in the concept of composite flow patterns", referred to as "hierarchically nested flow systems." His theory of regional groundwater flow is discussed in most hydrogeology textbooks, such as Fetter, Hornberger et al., Deming, and Freeze and Cherry's Groundwater, 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.
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

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

## Significant works

| 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 |
* Tóth József publication list, Tóth József és Erzsébet Hidrogeológia Professzúra honlapján a Virtuális könyvtárban
* Tóth József publication list