BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER, TEXAS, THROUGH 1993 Compiled by Julie A. Menard U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Open-File Report 95-336 Prepared in support of a study by the CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN WATER RESOURCES, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Austin, Texas 1995 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BRUCE BABBITT, Secretary U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Gordon P. Eaton, Director Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. For additional information write to: Copies of this report can be purchased from: U.S. Geological Survey Earth Science Information Center District Chief Open-File Reports Section U.S. Geological Survey Box 25286, Mail Stop 517 8011 Cameron Rd. Denver Federal Center Austin, TX 78754-3898 Denver, CO 80225-0046 CONTENTS Abstract .................................................................................................................^^ 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................^^ 1 Purpose and Scope .................................................................................................................................................... 1 Description of the Edwards Aquifer ......................................................................................................................... 1 Sources of Related Information ................................................................................................................................ 3 Approach ....................................................................... 3 Organization of References ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Acknowledgments .................................................................................................................................................... 5 References Cited in the Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 5 Bibliography ............................................................................ 6 Overview Studies ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 Archaeology.............................................................................................................................................................. 6 Biology ...........................................................................^ 7 Invertebrates.................................................................................................................................................. 8 Crustaceans ........................................................................................................................................ 9 Insects ................................................................................................................................................ 9 MoUuscs........................................................................................................................^ 10 Plants, Algae, Fungi, Bacteria ....................................................................................................................... 10 Vertebrates ..................................................................................................................................................... 12 Amphibians........................................................................................................................................ 12 Fishes ................................................................................................................................................. 13 Climatology ............................................................................. 17 Education .................................................................................................................................................... 17 Geochemistry..........................................................................._ 17 Geology ........................................................................ 19 Economic Geology ........................................................................................................................................ 21 Environmental Geology ................................................................................................................................ 22 Paleontology.................................................................................................................................................. 23 Sedimentation, Sedimentary Petrology ......................................................................................................... 23 Stratigraphy ................................................................................................................................................... 25 Structural Geology ........................................................................................................................................ 27 Geomorphology and Caves ...................................................................................................................................... 28 History ............................................................................................................................................. 29 Hydrology and Hydrogeology .................................................................................................................................. 30 Floods and Droughts ..................................................................................................................................... 36 Ground-Water Movement ............................................................................................................................. 37 Ground-Water Recharge, Recharge Zone ..................................................................................................... 38 Springs, Ground-Water Discharge ................................................................................................................ 39 Surface-Water Ground-Water Relations ........................................................................................................ 41 WaterQuality ................................................................................................................................................ 42 Water-Resources Data ...................................................................;............................................................... 45 Water-Resources Planning and Management................................................................................................ 49 WaterUse ..............................................._ 53 News ......................................................................................................................................................................... 54 Recreation ............................................................................. 56 Remote Sensing ........................................................................................................................................................ 56 Soils .......................................................................................................................................... 56 Subject Index .................................................................................._^ 57 Author Index ............................................................................................................................................................. 67 CONTENTS III FIGURE 1. Map showing location of the Edwards aquifer, Texas TABLE 1. List of bibliographic data bases searched ................... CONVERSION FACTORS Multiply By To obtain acre-foot (acre-ft) 0.001233 cubic hectometer mile (mi) 1.609 kilometer square mile (mi2) 2.590 square kilometer Iv Bibliography of the Edwards Aquifer, Texas, Through 1993 Compiled'byr Julie A. Menard Abstract its natural resources. The bibliography comprises 1,022 references for books, journal and magazine arti­ The bibliography comprises 1,022 multidis- cles, conference proceedings, abstracts, technical ciplinary references to technical and general liter­ reports, master's theses, doctoral dissertations, maps, ature for the three regions of the Edwards aquifer, regulatory actions, videos, and newspaper and newslet­ Texas San Antonio area; Barton Springs seg­ ter articles dating from the late 1800's through 1993. ment, Austin area; and northern segment, Austin The bibliography also includes references to electronic area. The references in the bibliography were com­ publications in AP (Associated Press) News and BNA piled from computerized data bases and from pub­ (Bureau of National Affairs) Daily News from Wash­ lished bibliographies and reports. Dates of ington. references range from the late 1800's through Description of the Edwards Aquifer 1993. Subject and author indexes are included. The Edwards aquifer is a cavernous limestone INTRODUCTION reservoir in central Texas that lies along the Balcones escarpment, a line of low hills that locally separates the The highly productive Edwards aquifer is the vast Great Plains physiographic province from the sole source of water for more than 1 million people in Coastal Plains (fig. 1).