Environmental Issues

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Description:  Jay Banner, Director of the Environmental Science Institute and Professor in Geological Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin, and Nico Hauwert, a hydrogeologist for the City of Austin, discuss the characteristics of the Edwards Aquifer. Jay describes the depositional environment that formed the highly permeable rocks of the Edwards Limestone, and Nico discusses traits of the mineral calcite.

Duration: 4:55