alan dutton

Alan R. Dutton
Associate Professor
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, 1982

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Associate Professor Hydrogeology Groundwater Modeling Aqueous Geochemistry

Background/Research Interest

Dr. Dutton has more than 25 years of experience in hydrogeology with emphasis in the areas of basin-scale and watershed-scale flow of groundwater; numerical modeling of groundwater resources; assessment and mapping of contaminant plumes associated with crude oil and natural gas production sites; unsaturated-zone flow; environmental site assessment; natural geochemical controls on water-quality variation; and paleohydrology. He developed and worked on computer models of ground water resources in the Edwards aquifer, central Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer, Ogallala aquifer, Trinity and Woodbine aquifers, and part of the Gulf Coast aquifer. He has given expert witness testimony for State of Texas on groundwater issues related to siting a low-level radioactive waste repository.

Teaching Interests

GEO 4023 Engineering Geology; GEO 5603 Physical Hydrogeology; GEO 5713 Groundwater Modeling

Selected Abstracts:

Dutton, A. R., Nicot, J.P., and Kier, K.S., 2006, Hydrodynamic convergence of hydropressured and geopressured zones, Central Texas, Gulf of Mexico Basin, USA: Hydrogeology Journal, v. 14, p. 859-867.

Dutton, A.R., Harden, Robert, and Kier, Katherine S., 2002, Convergence between hydropressured and Geopressured Zones in the Wilcox Group, Central Texas Gulf Coast: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions v. 52, p. 196-206.

Dutton, A. R., 2008, Preservation of paleoisotopic record of Hydrologic History in aquifer systems (abstract): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 40 No. 6, p. 121.

Internet/Web Sites/Modules

Scanlon, B. R., Goldsmith, R. S., and Dutton, A. R., 2001 Conceptual model of groundwater recharge to the major aquifers in Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, http://www.twdb.state.tx.us.

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