B.S. Geology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1980

M.A. Geology (with specialty in Hydrogeology), The University of Texas at Austin, 1995

Hydrogeologist, McCulley, Frick & Gilman, Inc., Austin, Texas, 1989–1997

Research Assistant, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1993–1994.

Geologist, Hall Southwest Water Consultants, Inc., Austin, Texas, 1987–1989

Research Scientist Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, Texas, 1983–1985

Hydrologic Technician, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, Austin, Texas, 1982–1984

Petrologist II, Core Laboratories Inc., Geochemistry and Petrology Section, Dallas, Texas, 1981–1982

Smyth, R. C., and Sharp, J. M., Jr., 2006, Chapter 4.1. The hydrology of tuffs, in Heiken, Grant, Tuffs—Their properties, uses, hydrology, and resources: Geological Society of America, Special Paper 408, 91–111 [PDF]

Paine, J. G., White, W. A., Smyth, R. C., Andrews, J. R., and Gibeaut, J. C., 2005, Combining EM and lidar to map coastal wetlands: an example from Mustang Island, Texas, in Geophysical solutions for today's challenges: 18th Annual Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, April 3–7, Atlanta: Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society, p. 745–756, CD-ROM.

Mace, R. E., and Smyth, R. C., 2003, Hydraulic properties of the Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer in Texas: information for groundwater modeling, planning, and management: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 269, 40 p. + CD-ROM.

Gibeaut, J. C., White, W. A., Smyth, R. C., Andrews, J. R., Tremblay, T. A., Gutiérrez, Roberto, Hepner, T. L., and Neuenschwander, Amy, 2003, Topographic variation of barrier island subenvironments and associated habitats, in Coastal Sediments '03: Crossing disciplinary boundaries: Proceedings, Fifth International Symposium on Coastal Engineering and Science of Coastal Sediment Processes, Clearwater Beach, Florida, May 18–23, 10 p., CD-ROM.

Warne, A. G., Meade, R. H., White, W. A., Guevara, E. H., Gibeaut, J. C., Smyth, R. C., Aslan, Andres, and Tremblay, T. A., 2002, Regional controls on geomorphology, hydrology, and ecosystem integrity in the Orinoco Delta, Venezuela: Geomorphology, v. 44, p. 273–307.

Smyth, R. C., Dutton, A. R., and Gutiérrez, Roberto, 2002, Forensic hydrogeology applied to a half-century-old crude oil seep, Colorado River, Wharton County, Texas: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 52, p. 907–917.

Aslan, Andres, Warne, A. G., White, W. A., Guevara, E. H., Smyth, R. C., Raney, J. A., and Gibeaut, J. C., 2001, Mud volcanoes of the Orinoco delta, eastern Venezuela: Geomorphology, v. 41, p. 323-336.

Representative, American Institute of Professional Geologists, District 2 (Central/South Texas), 2001

Legislative Recommendations Subcommittee Member, Texas Ground Water Protection Committee

Past Treasurer, Austin Geological Society, 2000–2001

Phi Kappa Phi

The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences, Geology Foundation Scholarships: 1992, 1993

Texas Association of Professional Geoscientists, License No. 68

Rebecca C. Smyth
Research Scientist Associate
Bureau of Economic Geology
The University of Texas at Austin
University Station, Box X
Austin, Texas 78713-8924
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