GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 37
Sunday, 22 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 615/616/617 (Washington State Convention Center)

T13. In Honor of John M. (Jack) Sharp Jr.: Celebrating over 40 Years of Science, Students, and Stewardship II

GSA Hydrogeology Division; International Association of Hydrogeologists
Marcus O. Gary, Wendy M. Robertson, Brad David Wolaver and Todd Halihan, Advocates
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:40 PM
JACK SHARP AND THE AQUIFERS OF CENTRAL TEXAS
SMITH, Brian A. and HUNT, Brian B., Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, 1124 Regal Row, Austin, TX 78748, brians@bseacd.org
1:55 PM
EVOLUTION OF EDWARDS AQUIFER MODELS (Invited Presentation)
SHARP Jr., John M., Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas, C9000, Austin, TX 78712-1722, jmsharp@jsg.utexas.edu
2:15 PM
PARSING OUT SMALLER HYDRAULIC PROVINCES FROM REGIONAL AQUIFER SYSTEMS
GREEN, Ronald T., FRATESI, Beth, TOLL, Nathaniel and NUNU, Rebecca, Space Science and Engineering Division, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238, rgreen@swri.edu
2:30 PM
DOES RECHARGE MATTER? HOW GROUNDWATER RESOURCES IN TEXAS RESPONDED TO THE STATEWIDE DROUGHT OF 2011–2015
MACE, Robert E., Texas Water Development Board, P. O. Box 13231, Austin, TX 78711, robert.mace@twdb.texas.gov
2:45 PM
DELINEATING CONTRIBUTING AREAS TO KARST SPRINGS USING NEXRAD PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES AND CROSS-CORRELATION ANALYSIS
BUDGE, Trevor, Intera, Inc., 3240 Richardson Road, Suite 2, Richland, WA 99354, tbudge@intera.com
3:00 PM
USE OF FIELD MEASUREMENT, FIELD-SCALE EXPERIMENTS, AND WATER-BUDGET ANALYSES TO DETERMINE DIFFUSE RECHARGE AND INFILTRATION ON KARST TERRAINS
GREEN, Ronald T.1, GARY, Marcus O.2, BERTETTI, F. Paul2, FRATESI, Beth1 and TOLL, Nathaniel J.1, (1)Space Science and Engineering Division, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238, (2)Edwards Aquifer Authority, 900 E. Quincy, San Antonio, TX 78215, rgreen@swri.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
3:30 PM
CORRELATION OF AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETIC GEOPHYSICAL DATA WITH KARST VADOSE PERMEABILITY
GARY, Marcus O., Edwards Aquifer Authority, 1615 N. St. Mary's St, San Antonio, TX 78215 and SMITH, David V., USGS, MS 964, Box 25046, DFC, Denver, CO 80225, mgary@edwardsaquifer.org
3:45 PM
QUANTIFYING DIFFUSE RECHARGE TO THE EDWARDS AQUIFER USING MICRO-METEOROLOGY AND REMOTE SENSING
CALDWELL, Todd G.1, BONGIOVANNI, Tara1, YOUNG, Michael H.1 and GARY, Marcus O.2, (1)Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78713, (2)Edwards Aquifer Authority, 1615 N. St. Mary's St, San Antonio, TX 78215, todd.caldwell@beg.utexas.edu
4:00 PM
RECHARGE AND WATER BALANCE STUDIES AT CAVE WITHOUT A NAME, TEXAS: WHAT WE LEARN FROM INTERDISCIPLINARY METHODS
SCHWARTZ, Benjamin F.1, SCHWINNING, Susan2 and HILER, Mark1, (1)Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center, and Department of Biology, Texas State University, Freeman Aquatic Station, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666, (2)Department of Biology, Texas State University - San Marcos, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666, bs37@txstate.edu
4:15 PM
QUANTIFYING ALLUVIUM EFFECTS ON KARST AQUIFER RECHARGE: SHALLOW GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER EXCHANGE IN THE UPPER NUECES RIVER, TEXAS
HACKETT, Caroline Croft1, GARY, Marcus O.2 and REMPE, Daniella M.1, (1)Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geociences, 2305 Speedway Stop C1160, Austin, TX 78712-1692, (2)Edwards Aquifer Authority, 1615 N. St. Mary's St, San Antonio, TX 78215, caroline.hackett@utexas.edu
4:30 PM
SPATIAL VARIABILITY IN PRECIPITATION: CLUES TO DIFFUSE RECHARGE IN SHALLOW KARST AQUIFERS
WONG, Stephanie S.1, YELDERMAN Jr., Joe C.1 and BYARS, Bruce2, (1)Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, (2)Center for Spatial Research, Baylor University, One Bear Place 97351, Waco, TX 76798, stephanie_wong@baylor.edu
Handouts
  • GSA2017_Wong_FINAL.pdf (3.6 MB)
  • 4:45 PM
    INTEGRATON OF CARBON-14 AND OXYGEN-18 AS A BASIS FOR DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN LATE PLEISTOCENE AND POST-PLEISTOCENE GROUNDWATER AGES ALONG FLOW PATHS OF TWO WEST TEXAS BOLSON AQUIFERS
    DARLING, Bruce K., Groundwater & Geochemical Consulting, LLC, 7425 Amanda Ellis Way, Austin, TX 78749, HIBBS, Barry J., Geosciences and Environment, California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032 and SHARP Jr., John M., Dept. of Geol. Science, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, geologist@bkdarling.net
     
    5:00 PM
    Concluding Remarks
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