5 Faulting and Related Deformation in the Balcones Fault System and Influence on the Edwards and Trinity Aquifers

Friday, 1 April 2005
1:40 PM - 4:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:50 PM
  HORST BLOCKS AND REGIONAL ANTITHETIC FAULTS WITHIN THE BALCONES FAULT ZONE, SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS
  Thomas E. Ewing, Frontera Exploration Consultants, San Antonio, TX
  83950 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:10 PM
  APPROACHES TO QUANTIFYING FAULT-CONTROLLED PERMEABILITY AND FLOW CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EDWARDS AND TRINITY AQUIFERS
  Kevin J. Smart, Southwest Rsch Institute, San Antonio, TX and David A. Ferrill, Southwest Rsch Institute, San Antonio, TX and Ronald T. Green, Southwest Rsch Institute, San Antonio, TX
  83845 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:30 PM
  STRUCTURAL INFLUENCE ON GROUNDWATER FLOW AS EVIDENCED BY GROUNDWATER DYE TRACING IN THE BARTON SPRINGS SEGMENT OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER, CENTRAL TEXAS: IMPLICATIONS FOR MODELING CONDUITS
  Brian B. Hunt, Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, Austin, TX and Brian Smith, Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, Austin, TX and Joseph Beery, Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, Austin, TX and Nico M. Hauwert, City of Austin, Austin, TX and David A. Johns, City of Austin, Austin, TX
  83866 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:30 PM
  THE CASE FOR CATION EXCHANGE IN THE EDWARDS-TRINITY (PLATEAU) AQUIFER SYSTEM
  H.S. Nance, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and John M. Sharp, The Univ of Texas, Austin, TX
  83833 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:50 PM
  DIFFERENTIAL UPLIFT IN THE BALCONES FAULT ZONE AS A DRIVER OF GENETIC DIVERSITY AMONG RARE AND ENDANGERED KARST DWELLING SPIDERS
  Kemble White, SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants, Austin, TX
  83981 (THEME SESSIONS)