Edward W. Collins
Professional Summary
July 8, 2008
Business address: The University of Texas at Austin
Bureau of Economic Geology
University Station, Box X
Austin, Texas 78713-8924
(512) 471-6247
E-mail address:
Academic Background
B.A. Geology, Trinity University, 1975
M.S. Natural Sciences (Geology major), Stephen F. Austin State University, 1978
Areas of Expertise
- Physical geology.
- Structural geology.
- Geologic mapping.
- Environmental geology.
Professional Work Experience
A. Present Position: Research Associate, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin (September 1985 - Present).
Physical geology, structural geology, geologic mapping, environmental geology.
B. Research Scientist Associate, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin (April 1978 - September 1985).
Physical geology, structural geology, environmental geology.
C. Research Assistant, Stephen F. Austin State University (February 1978 - March 1978).
D. Teaching Assistant, Stephen F. Austin State University (Fall 1977).
Mineralogy lab teaching assistant.
E. Teaching Assistant, Stephen F. Austin State University (Fall 1976).
Physical geology lab instructor.
Professional Societies
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Austin Geological Society
Geological Society of America
Professional Registrations
Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists #351
Committee Responsibilities and Professional Activities
Member, Publications Committee, Bureau of Economic Geology, 2007 - 2008
Mentor, Roy J. Shlemon Mentor Program in Applied Geology, Geological Society of America Geological Society of America’s South-Central Section Shlemon Workshop, Alpine, Texas, April, 2002
Chairman, Field Trip Committee, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 52nd Annual Convention, Austin, Texas, October, 2001 - 2002
Member, Field Trip Committee, Austin Geological Society, 2000 - 2003
Past President, Austin Geological Society, 1999 - 2000
President, Austin Geological Society, 1998 - 1999
Member, Executive Board, Austin Geological Society, 1997 - 2000
President Elect, Austin Geological Society, 1997 - 1998
Chairman, Poster Session Committee, 1994 Annual Meeting, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, 1993 - 1994
Chairman, Field Trip Committee, Austin Geological Society, 1990 - 1991
Member, Publications Committee, Austin Geological Society, 1980 - 1981
Publications
Reports, Monographs, Brochures, Pamphlets, Bulletins
Hovorka, S. D., Mace, R. E., and Collins, E. W., 1998, Permeability structure of the Edwards aquifer, South Texas—implications for aquifer management: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 250, 55 p.
Collins, E. W., and Raney, J. A., 1997, Quaternary faults within intermontane basins of northwest Trans-Pecos Texas and Chihuahua, Mexico: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 245, 59 p.
Collins, E. W., and Raney, J. A., 1991, Tertiary and Quaternary structure and paleotectonics of the Hueco Basin, Trans-Pecos Texas and Chihuahua, Mexico: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Geological Circular 91-2, 44 p.
Collins, E. W., 1990, Geologic significance of remotely sensed physiographic features of the Texas Panhandle and adjacent regions: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Geological Circular 90-1, 39 p.
Collins, E. W., and Raney, J. A., 1990, Neotectonic history and structural style of the Campo Grande fault, Hueco Basin, Trans-Pecos Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 196, 39 p.
Senger, R. K., Collins, E. W., and Kreitler, C. W., 1990, Hydrogeology of the northern segment of the Edwards aquifer, Austin region: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 192, 58 p.
Collins, E. W., 1988, Geology of Damon Mound salt dome, Texas: evidence of Oligocene to post-Pleistocene episodic diapir growth: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Geological Circular 88-1, 24 p.
Collins, E. W., and Luneau, B. A., 1986, Fracture analyses of the Palo Duro Basin area, Texas Panhandle and eastern New Mexico: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Geological Circular 86-6, 39 p.
Collins, E. W., 1984, Styles of deformation in Permian strata, Texas Panhandle: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Geological Circular 84-4, 32 p.
Gustavson, T. C., Kreitler, C. W., Bassett, R. T., Budnik, R. T, Ruppel, S. C., Baumgardner, R. W., Jr., Caran, S. C., Collins, E. W., Dutton, A. R., Dutton, S. P., Fisher, R. S., Fogg, G. E., Hovorka, S. D., Kolker, Allan, McGookey, D. A., Orr, E. D., Roberts, M. P., Senger, R. K., Smith, D. A., and Smith, D., 1983, Geology and geohydrology of the Palo Duro Basin, Texas Panhandle: a report on the progress of nuclear waste isolation feasibility studies (1982): The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Geological Circular 83-4, 156 p.
Collins, E. W., 1982, Surficial evidence of tectonic activity and erosion rates, Palestine, Keechi, and Oakwood salt domes, East Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Geological Circular 82-3, 39 p.
Collins, E. W., Dix, O. R., and Hobday, D. K., 1981, Oakwood salt dome, East Texas, surface geology and drainage analysis: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Geological Circular 81-6, 23 p.
Kreitler, C. W., Collins, E. W., Davidson, E. D., Dix, O. R., Donaldson, G. A., Dutton, S. P., Fogg, G. E., Giles, A. B., Harris, D. W., Jackson, M. P. A., Lopez, C. M., McGowen, J. H., Muehlberger, W. R., Pennington, W. D., Seni, S. J., Wood, D. H., and Wuerch, H. V., 1981, Geology and geohydrology of the East Texas Basin: a report on the progress of nuclear waste isolation feasibility studies (1980): The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Geological Circular 81-7, 207 p.
Collins, E. W., Hobday, D. K., and Kreitler, C. W., 1980, Quaternary faulting in East Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Geological Circular 80-1, 20 p.
Kreitler, C. W., Agagu, O. K., Basciano, J. M., Collins, E. W., Dix, O. R., Dutton, S. P., Fogg, G. E., Giles, A. B., Guevara, E. H., Harris, D. W., Hobday, D. K., McGowen, M. K., Pass, D., and Wood, D. H., 1980, Geology and geohydrology of the East Texas Basin: a report on the progress of nuclear waste isolation feasibility studies (1979): The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Geological Circular 80-12, 112 p.
Hobday, D. K., Morton, R. A., and Collins, E. W., 1979, The Queen City Formation in the East Texas Embayment: a depositional record of riverine, tidal, and wave interaction: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Geological Circular 80-4, 11 p.
Guidebooks
Hunt, B. B., Woodruff, C. M., Jr., and Collins, E. W., trip coordinators, 2007, Reimers Ranch and Westcave Preserve: landscapes, water, and Lower Cretaceous stratigraphy of the Pedernales watershed, western Travis County, Texas: Austin Geological Society Guidebook 28, 130 p.
Woodruff, C. M., Jr., and Collins, E. W., trip coordinators, 2003, Time, land, and Barton Creek—an excursion to Shield Ranch, Travis and Hays Counties, Texas: Austin Geological Society Field Trip Guidebook, 71 p.
Woodruff, C. M., Jr., and Collins, E. W., 2001, Austin, Texas, and beyond—geology and environment: a field excursion in memory of L. Edwin Garner: Austin Geological Society Guidebook 21, 120 p.
Collins, E. W., and Laubach, S. E., 1990, Faults and fractures in the Balcones Fault Zone, Austin Region, Central Texas: Austin Geological Society Guidebook 13, 34 p.
Articles
Peer Reviewed
Paine, J. G., Nance, H. S., Collins, E. W., and Niemann, K. L., 2007, Quantifying contributions to stream salinity using electromagnetic induction and hydrochemistry in a small Texas coastal-plain basin: Applied Geochemistry, v. 22, p. 2207–2224.
Collins, E. W., and Raney, J. A., ed., 1994, Tertiary and Quaternary tectonics of the Hueco Bolson, Trans-Pecos Texas and Chihuahua, Mexico, in Keller, G. R., and Cather, S. M., eds., Basins of the Rio Grande rift: structure, stratigraphy, and tectonic setting: Geological Society of America, Special Paper No. 291, p. 265–282.
Collins, E. W., Hovorka, S. D., and Laubach, S. E., 1992, Fracture systems of the Austin Chalk, North-Central Texas, in Schmoker, J. W., Coalson, E. B., and Brown, C. A., eds., Geological studies relevant to horizontal drilling in western North America: Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, p. 75–88.
Collins, E. W., and Raney, J. A., 1991, Neotectonic history and geometric segmentation of the Campo Grande fault: a major structure bounding the Hueco Basin, Trans-Pecos Texas: Geology, v. 19, no. 5, p. 493–496.
Goldstein, A. G., and Collins, E. W., 1984, Deformation of Permian strata overlying a zone of salt dissolution and collapse in the Texas Panhandle: Geology, v. 12, no. 5, p. 314–317.
Collins, E. W., 1983, Joint density of Permian strata at Caprock Canyons State Park, Briscoe County, Texas Panhandle, in Gustavson, T. C., Kreitler, C. W., Bassett, R. L., Budnik, R. T., Ruppel, S. C., Baumgardner, R. W., Jr., Caran, S. C., Collins, E. W., Dutton, A. R., Dutton, S. P., Fisher, R. S., Fogg, G. E., Hovorka, S. D., Kolker, A., McGookey, D. A., Orr, E. D., Roberts, M. P., Senger, R. K., Smith, Dale A., and Smith, D. Anderson, Geology and geohydrology of the Palo Duro Basin, Texas Panhandle, a report on the progress of nuclear waste isolation feasibility studies (1982): The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Geological Circular 83-4, p. 36–39.
Collins, E. W., 1981, Denudation rates in East Texas, in Kreitler, C. W., Collins, E. W., Davidson, E. D., Jr., Dix, O. R., Donaldson, G. A., Dutton, S. P., Fogg, G. E., Giles, A. B., Harris, D. W., Jackson, M. P. A., Lopez, C. M., McGowen, M. K., Muehlberger, W. R., Pennington, W. D., Seni, S. J., Wood, D. H., and Wuerch, H. V., Geology and geohydrology of the East Texas Basin, a report on the progress of nuclear waste isolation feasibility studies (1980): The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Geological Circular 81-7, p. 88–92.
Collins, E. W., 1981, Morphologic mapping of Oakwood, Palestine, and Keechi salt domes, East Texas, in Kreitler, C. W., and others, Geology and geohydrology of the East Texas Basin, a report on the progress of nuclear waste isolation feasibility studies (1980): The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Geological Circular 81-7, p. 102–112.
Collins, E. W., 1981, Tension cracks on Keechi salt dome, East Texas, in Kreitler, C. W., and others, Geology and geohydrology of the East Texas Basin, a report on the progress of nuclear waste isolation feasibility studies (1980): The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Geological Circular 81-7, p. 113–114.
Collins, E. W., 1981, Trinity River terraces near Palestine salt dome, East Texas, in Kreitler, C. W., and others, Geology and geohydrology of the East Texas Basin, a report on the progress of nuclear waste isolation feasibility studies (1980): The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Geological Circular 81-7, p. 78–82.
Collins, E. W., and Dix, O. R., 1981, Holocene alluvial deposits at Oakwood Dome, East Texas, in Kreitler, C. W., and others, Geology and geohydrology of the East Texas Basin, a report on the progress of nuclear waste isolation feasibility studies (1980): The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Geological Circular 81-7, p. 97–101.
Pennington, W. D., Kreitler, C. W., and Collins, E. W., 1981, Potential microseismicity in East Texas, in Kreitler, C. W., and others, Geology and geohydrology of the East Texas Basin, a report on the progress of nuclear waste isolation feasibility studies (1980): The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Geological Circular 81-7, p. 93–96.
Collins, E. W., and Hobday, D. K., 1980, Surface geology and shallow borehole investigations of Oakwood Dome—preliminary studies, in Kreitler, C. W., Agagu, O. K., Basciano, J. M., Collins, E. W., Dix, O. R., Dutton, S. P., Fogg, G. E., Giles, A. B., Guevara, E. H., Harris, D. W., Hobday, D. K., McGowen, M. K., Pass, David, and Wood, D. H., Geology and geohydrology of the East Texas Basin, a report on the progress of nuclear waste isolation feasibility studies (1979): The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Geological Circular 80-12, p. 88–92.
Hobday, D. K., and Collins, E. W., 1980, The Queen City Formation, in Kreitler, C. W., and others, Geology and geohydrology of the East Texas Basin, a report on the progress of nuclear waste isolation feasibility studies (1979): The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Geological Circular 80-12, p. 105–107.
Non-Peer-Reviewed
Collins, E. W., 2007, Geologic mapping for the Texas STATEMAP Program: Austin Geological Society Bulletin, v. 3, p. 30–32.
Collins, E. W., 2007, Note: Geologic mapping for the Texas STATEMAP Program: Austin Geological Society Bulletin, v. 3, p. 31–33.
Collins, E. W., 2007, Lower Cretaceous Trinity rocks at and near historically key outcrops along the Pedernales River valley, Central Texas, in Hunt, B. B., Woodruff, C. M., Jr., and Collins, E. W., Reimers Ranch and Westcave Preserve: landscapes, water, and Lower Cretaceous stratigraphy of the Pedernales watershed, western Travis County, Texas: Austin Geological Society, Guidebook 28, p. 12–24.
Paine, J. G., and Collins, E. W., 2007, After the helicopter is gone: investigating anomalies in stream-axis EM data from the Colorado River, Texas, in Proceedings, Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems: Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society, p. 426–435 (CD-ROM).
Paine, J. G., Collins, E. W., Nance, H. S., and Niemann, K. L., 2006, Streambed induction logs: an airborne approach to identifying salinity sources and quantifying salinity loads, in Proceedings, Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems: Environmental and Engineering Society, p. 96–104, CD-ROM.
Raney, J. A., and Collins, E. W., 2005, Texas STATEMAP: a Federal-State program to produce new geologic maps for Texas: Texas Geographic Information Council TGIC e-News, January 26, 2 p.
Tremblay, T. A., White, W. A., Waldinger, R. L., Collins, E. W., Gibeaut, J. C., and Ames, J. T., 2005, Geoenvironmental map of the Christmas Point Quadrangle, Texas Gulf Coast, in Sappington, Nancy, ed., GIS in state government, volume 1: Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), ISBN 1058948, p. 79.
Collins, E. W., 2004, Summary of the Balcones Fault Zone, Central Texas: a prominent zone of Tertiary normal faults marking the western margin of the Texas Coastal Plain, in Hoh, April, and Hunt, Brian, eds., Tectonic history of southern Laurentia: a look at Mesoproterozoic, Late-Paleozoic, and Cenozoic structures in Central Texas: Austin Geological Society, Guidebook 24, p. 81–89.