Education

Ph.D. Candidate, Geology (present)

The University of Texas at Austin

Dissertation: Location, Anatomy, and Characteristics of Grenville Orogen in Texas and New Mexico: Implications for Tectonic Inheritance and Anthropogenic Seismicity (Co-Supervisors – Peter Hennings, Daniel Stockli)

M.S., Geology (2016)

Colorado School of Mines

Thesis: Kinematics and Growth of Supra-Salt Fault Systems: A Field and Subsurface Analysis (Advisor – Bruce Trudgill)

B.S., Geology (2013)

Utah State University

Thesis: Textural and Geochemical Analysis of Fault Related Aragonite Veins: Insights into Ancient Fluid Travel (Advisors – James Evans and Dennis Newell)

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

  1. Horne, E.A., and P. H. Hennings, 2026b, Example of Well-Imaged Fault Networks that Connect Deep Injection Zones to Intra-Basement Seismogenic Faults: Fault Slip Sensitivity Analysis: Interpretation, 14 (1), SA39-SA52. https://doi.org/10.1190/int-2025-0047.

  2. Horne, E.A., and P. Hennings, 2026a, Example of Well-Imaged Fault Networks that Connect Deep Injection Zones to Intra-Basement Seismogenic Faults: Interpretation and Characterization: Interpretation, 14 (1), SA19-SA38. https://doi.org/10.1190/int-2025-0034.

  3. Smart, K.J., Smye, K.M., Cawood, A.J., Ferrill, D.A., Hennings, P.H., and Horne, E.A., 2025, Geomechanical Modeling of Reservoir Dynamics Associated with Shallow Injection and Production in the Delaware Basin: Interpretation, 13(1): T33–T47. https://doi.org/10.1190/int-2024-0009.1.

  4. ‍Horne, E.A., Hennings, P.H., Smye, K.M., Calle, A.Z., Morris, A.P., and Huang, G.-C. D., 2024, Interpretation, characterization and slip hazard assessment of faults in the Midland Basin, West Texas, USA: the Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, https://doi.org/10.1306/01242423080.

  5. Horne, E.A., Hennings, P.H., Smye, K.M., Calle, A.Z., and Huang, G‐C.D., 2024, Interpretation, Characterization, and Slip Hazard Assessment of Faults in the Midland Basin, West Texas, United States. AAPG Bulletin 108 (12): 2313–46. https://doi.org/10.1306/01242423080.

  6. Calle, A.Z., Smye, K.M., Horne, E.A., Eastwood R., Hennings, P.H., and Reedy R.C., 2024, Lithofacies and Porosity of Ordovician–Pennsylvanian Successions of the Midland Basin: Implications for wastewater Disposal Reservoir. AAPG Bulletin 108 (12): 2241–86. https://doi.org/10.1306/05212424005.

  7. Ge, J., Nicot, J-P., Smye, K.M., Calle, A.Z., Hennings, P.H., Horne, E.A., and Leng J., 2024, Modeling the Evolution of Pore from Deep Wastewater in the Midland, Texas. AAPG Bulletin 108 (12): 2287–2312. https://doi.org/10.36/09102424008.

  8. Hennings, P.H., Ge, J., Horne, E.A., Smye, K.M., and Nicot, J.-P., 2024, Pore Pressure Thresholds with Seismogenic Slip in the Midland Basin, West Texas, United States. AAPG Bulletin 108 (12): 2347–75. https://doi.org/10.1306/07232424014.

  9. ‍Smye, K. M., Ge, J., Calle, A.Z., Morris, A., Horne, E.A., Eastwood, R. L., Darvari, R., Nicot J.-P., and Hennings, P.H., 2024, Role of Deep Fluid Injection in Induced Seismicity in the Delaware Basin, West Texas and Southeast New Mexico. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 25 (6). https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GC011260.

  10. Hennings, P.H., Staniewicz, S., Smye, K.M., Chen, J., Horne, E.A., Nicot, J.-P., Ge, J., Reedy, R., and Scanlon, B. 2023, Development of complex patterns of anthropogenic uplift and subsidence in the Delaware Basin of West Texas and southeast New Mexico, USA: Science of the Total Environment, v. 903, no. 166367, 16 p., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166367.

  11. ‍Horne, E.A., Hennings, P.H., Smye, K.M., Staniewicz, S., Chen, J., and Savvaidis, A., 2022, Structural characteristics of shallow faults in the Delaware Basin: Interpretation, v. 10, no. 4, p. T807–T835, http://doi.org/10.1190/INT-2022-0005.1. (AAPG-Petroleum Structure and Geomechanics Division Award for Best Recent Paper 2023)

  12. ‍Horne, E.A., Smye, K.M., and Hennings, P.H., 2022, Structure and characteristics of the basement in the Fort Worth Basin, in O. A. Callahan, and P. Eichhubl, eds., The Geologic Basement of Texas: A Volume in Honor of Peter T. Flawn: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 286, http://doi.org/10.23867/RI0286C7.

  13. McKeighan, C., Hennings, P. Horne, E.A., Smye, K.M., and Morris, A.P., 2022, Understanding Anthropogenic Fault Rupture in the Eagle Ford Region, South-Central Texas: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America,112(6), 2870-2889, http://doi.org/10.1785/0120220074.

  14. Huang, G. D., Horne, E.A., Kavoura, F., and Savvaidis, A., 2022, Characteristics of Seismogenic Structures and 3D Stress State of the Delaware Basin of West Texas as Constrained by Earthquake Source Mechanisms: Seismological Research Letters, http://doi.org/10.1785/0220220054.

  15. Horne, E.A., Hennings, P.H., and Smye, K.M., 2022, Structure and characteristics of the basement in the Fort Worth Basin, in Callahan, O. A., and Eichhubl, Peter, eds., in press, The Geologic Basement of Texas: A Volume in Honor of Peter T. Flawn: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 286. http://doi.org/10.23867/RI0286C7.

  16. Horne, E.A., Hennings, P.H., and Zahm, C.K., 2021, Basement-rooted faults of the Delaware Basin and Central Basin Platform, Permian Basin, West Texas and southeastern New Mexico, in Callahan, O. A., and Eichhubl, Peter, eds., 2021, The Geologic Basement of Texas: A Volume in Honor of Peter T. Flawn: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 286. http://doi.org/10.23867/RI0286C6.

  17. Hennings, P.H., Dvory, N., Horne, E.A., Li, P., Savvaidis, A., Zoback, M., 2021, Stability of the Fault Systems that Host Induced Earthquakes in the Delaware Basin of West Texas and Southeast New Mexico: The Seismic Record, 1 (2): p. 96–106, https://doi.org/10.1785/0320210020.

  18. Morris, A.P., Hennings, P.H., Horne, E.A., and Smye, K.M., 2021, Stability of basement-rooted faults in the Delaware Basin of Texas and New Mexico, USA: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 149, 18 p., http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2021.104360.

  19. Smye, K., Hennings, P.H., Horne, E.A., 2021, Variations in Vertical Stress in the Permian Basin Region, AAPG Bulletin: Geologic Note, http://doi.org/10.1306/10092019189

  20. McKeighan, C., Hennings, P.H., Horne, E.A., and Smye, K.M., 2021, 3D Interpretation, Structural Characterization, and Seismogenic Association of Faults in the Eagle Ford Region, South-Central Texas: GCAGS Transactions, v. 71, p. 185–191.

  21. Hennings, P.H., Nicot, J.‐P., Gao, R.S., DeShon, H.R., Lund Snee, J.‐E., Morris, A.P., Brudzinski, M.R., Horne, E.A., and Breton, C., 2021, Pore Pressure Threshold and Fault Slip Potential for Induced Earthquakes in the Dallas‐Fort Worth Area of North Central Texas: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 48, no. 15, p. 32, http://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093564.

  22. Gao, R., Nicot, J.-P., Hennings, P. H., La Pointe, P., Smye, K.M., Horne, E.A., Dommisse, R., 2021, Low pressure build-up with large disposal volumes of oilfield water: A comprehensive hydrogeologic model of pore pressure changes in the Ellenburger Group, Fort Worth Basin, North-Central Texas: AAPG Bulletin, BLTN20-159, http://doi.org/10.1306/03252120159.

  23. Frohlich, C., Hayward, C., Rosenblit, J., Aiken, C., Hennings, P., Savvaidis, A., Lemons, C., Horne, E.A., Walter, J.I., and DeShon, H.R., 2020, Onset and cause of increased seismic activity near Pecos, West Texas, USA from observations at the Lajitas TXAR Seismic Array: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, v. 125, no. 1, 14 p., http://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB017737.

  24. Horne, E.A., Hennings, P.H., Osmond, J.L., and DeShon, H.R., 2020, Structural characterization of potentially seismogenic faults in the Fort Worth Basin: Interpretation, v. 8, no. 2, p. T323–T347, http://doi.org/10.1190/INT-2019-0188.1. (AAPG-Petroleum Structure and Geomechanics Division Award for Best Recent Paper 2023)

  25. Hennings, P.H., Lund Snee, J.-E., Osmond, J.L., DeShon, H.R., Dommisse, R., Horne, E.A., Lemons, C., and Zoback, M.D., 2019, Injection-induced seismicity and fault-slip potential in the Fort Worth Basin, Texas: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 109, no. 5, p. 1615–1634, http://doi.org/10.1785/0120190017.

Professional Appointments

Research Scientist Associate III (present), Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin (December 2017 – Present). Structural geology interpreter for the Center for Integrated Seismicity Research program. Research roles include integrating field and subsurface datasets to generate 3D faulted-framework models that can be used to determine the kinematic evolution of complex structural systems and investigate the fault systems role in modern seismicity, both natural and induced. ‍

Associate Instructor, Field Geology in the Rocky Mountains: Indiana University (2017 & 2016), Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardwell, MT. Assisted in the preparation and execution of the 7.5 weeklong summer session of Field Geology in the Rocky Mountains at the Indiana University Geologic Field Station.

‍Laboratory Instructor, The University of Houston, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Houston, TX (2016-2017). Responsible for the development and instruction of the laboratory portion of two undergraduate courses, 'Structural Geology' and 'Principles of Stratigraphy’.

‍Teaching Assistant, Geology Field Camp: Colorado School of Mines, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Moab, UT (2016 & 2015).

‍Geophysics Intern, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico – Prospect Maturation and Exploration: ConocoPhillips, Houston, TX (May-August 2015). Conducted 2D seismic balancing, phase rotation, and well-to-seismic ties to build a geophysically-consistent seismic database that enabled the regional GOM team to map lithologic and sequence-stratigraphic surfaces regionally throughout the Gulf of Mexico. Updated gross depositional environment maps for Mesozoic units of interest throughout the eastern Gulf of Mexico to aid in ongoing prospect maturation, assist in future lease sale efforts, and identify potential farm-in opportunities.

‍Geology Intern, Subsurface Technology – Structural Interpretation and Geomechanics: ConocoPhillips, Houston, TX (January-August 2014). Integrated available published and proprietary data to construct a 3D faulted framework model of the northern Laramide Rockies crystalline basement that was palinspastically restored in 3D.

‍University Courses Taught

‍Teaching Assistant, Seismic Structural Analysis (GEO 391): University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX (Spring Sessions 2019, 2021, 2025). Worked alongside lead instructor, Dr. Peter Hennings, in working with students to develop both 2D and 3D seismic structural interpretation skills. 

‍Associate Instructor, GEO660B: Field Geology, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, the University of Texas at Austin (Summer Session 2022).

‍Associate Instructor, Field Geology in the Rocky Mountains: Indiana University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardwell, MT (Summer Sessions 2016-2017). Assisted in the preparation and execution of two 7.5 weeklong summer sessions of Field Geology in the Rocky Mountains at the Indiana University Geologic Field Station (IUGFS). During the two summer sessions, I had the opportunity to work with a team of geoscience faculty and associate instructors to teach over 90 undergraduate students from a variety of universities across the country. IUGFS is a long-standing field camp which teaches undergraduate students how to conduct field-based studies in structural geology, stratigraphy, geophysics, petrology, hydrogeology, and geochemistry.

‍Laboratory Instructor, Structural Geology (Spring 2017), The University of Houston, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Houston, TX. Responsible for the development and instruction of the laboratory portion of the Structural Geology undergraduate course.

Laboratory Instructor, Principles of Stratigraphy (Fall 2016), The University of Houston, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Houston, TX. Responsible for the development and instruction of the laboratory portion of the Principals of Stratigraphy undergraduate course.

Teaching Assistant, Geology Field Camp: Colorado School of Mines, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Moab, UT (Summer Sessions 2015 & 2016). Worked alongside CSM Faculty and fellow teaching assistants to teach over 40 students how to conduct field-based studies in structural geology and stratigraphy.                                                                                          

Continuing Education Courses Taken

Indiana University Field Geology in the Rocky Mountains: Cardwell, MT (2013)

Reservoir Geomechanics: Stanford University, online (2018)

Bighorn Basin Wyoming Field Course: ExxonMobil, Billings, MT and Cody, WY (2014)

Integrated Basin Analysis: ExxonMobil, Salt Lake City, UT (2013)