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Florida-Geological-Survey -FLORIDA-GEOLOGICAL-SURVEY COPYRIGHT NOTICE © [year ofpublication as printed] Florida Geological Survey [source text] The Florida Geological Survey holds all rights to the source text of this electronic resource on behalf of the State of Florida. The Florida Geological Survey shall be considered the copyright holder for the text of this publication. Under the Statutes of the State of Florida (FS 257.05; 257.105, and 377.075), the Florida Geologic Survey (Tallahassee, FL), publisher of the Florida Geologic Survey, as a division of state government, makes its documents public (i.e., published) and extends to the state's official agencies and libraries, including the University of Florida's Smathers Libraries, rights of reproduction. The Florida Geological Survey has made its publications available to the University of Florida, on behalf of the State University System of Florida, for the purpose of digitization and Internet distribution. The Florida Geological Survey reserves all rights to its publications. All uses, excluding those made under "fair use" provisions of U.S. copyright legislation (U.S. Code, Title 17, Section 107), are restricted. Contact the Florida Geological Survey for additional information and permissions. STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Elton J. Gissendanner, Executive Director DIVISION OF RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Charles W. Hendry, Jr., Director BUREAU OF GEOLOGY Steve R. Windham, Chief OPEN FILE REPORT No. 2 DISSERTATIONS AND THESES ON GEOLOGY COMPLETED AT FLORIDA UNIVERSITIES compiled by Mary Ann Cleveland 1983 Florida Bureau of Geology Library 903 W. Tennessee St. Tallahassee, FL 32304 j Abernathy, Sarah A. An X-ray powder diffraction study of the lazulite-scorzalite series. M.S., Gainesville, Fl.: University of Florida, 1980. Adams, William D. Geologic history of Crescent Lake, Florida. M.S. Gainesville, Fl.: University of Florida, 1976. Adenle, Oladepo A. The Geomorphic significance of the Lakeland soil in the peninsula of Florida. M.S., Gainesville, Fl.: University Of Florida, 1971. Aftring, Robert Paul The bacterial degradation of phthalates emphasizing anaerobic catabolism linked to denitrification. M.S., Miami, Fl.: University of Miami, 1979. Aisner, Jonathan A. Genesis of a skeletal mound, Arsenic Bank, Florida Bay. M.S., Tampa, Fl.: University of South Florida, 1981. Albertson, Helen D. Long term effects of high temperatures and low salinities on specimens of Melongena corona and Nassarius vibex. Ph.D., Miami, Fl.: University of Miami, 1980. Alexander, James Edward The Ecology of iron in tropical waters. Ph.D., Miami, Fl.: University of Miami, 1963. Almasi, Mohammad N. Ecology and color variation of benthic foraminifera in Barnes Sound, northeast Florida Bay. M.S., Miami, Fl.: University of Miami, 1978. Anderson, John The Marine geology of the "Weddell Sea." Ph.D.,Tallahassee, Fl.: Florida State University, 1972. Anderson, Thomas A Fission track investigation of portions of the Pine Mountain Belt, and inner Piedmont in west central Georgia. M.S., Tallahassee, Fl.: Florida State University, 1981. Andress, Noel Eugene Distribution of foraminifera in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. M.S., Tallahassee, Fl.: Florida State University, 1970. Andrews, Franklin Structure and areal extent of the Colchester (No. 2) Coal in Illinois. M.S., Tallahassee, Fl.: Florida State University, 1970. 1 Andrews, James Einar The Bahama Canyon system. Ph.D., Miami, Fl.: University of Miami, 1967. Armstrong, John The Geology of the Floridan Aquifer system in east Martin and St. Lucie counties, Florida. M.S., Tallahassee, Fl.: Florida State University, 1980. Assefa, Getaneh Mineralogy and petrology of selected rocks from the Hawthorn Formation, Marion and Alachua counties, Florida. M.S., Gainesville, Fl.: 1969. Ausburn, Kent A Geochemical and petrographic study of the Hansen sedimentary uranium ,d orebody northwest of Canon City, Colorado, M.S., Tallahassee, Fl.: Florida State University, 1981. Babashoff, George, Jr. Temporal and spatial distribution of benthic foraminifera in the north- eastern Gulf of Mexico. M.S., Miami, Fl.: University of Miami, 1982. Baker, Philip C. Trace element analysis of limestones by secondary fluorescence x-ray spectroscopy. M.S., Gainesville, Fl.: University of Florida, 1982. Baker, Robert A. III Experimental studies in Ripple Mark Formation. M.S., Gainesville, Fl.: University of Florida, 1965. Baldwin, Dorothy E. The Geology of the eastern half of the Joyabaj quadrangle, west-central ( Guatemala. M.S., Gainesville, FL.: University of Florida, 1972. Barackman, Milan A Study of the mineral glauconite in Apalachicola, Florida. M.S., Tallahassee, Fl.: Florida State University, 1964. Barbaccia, Phillip A. The Effect of thermal discharge from a steam electric power plant on the production of phytoplankton. M.S., Melbourne, Fl.: Florida Institute of Technology, 1977. Barber, Scott Bolonus eburneus: A potential indicator of copper and zinc pollution in estuarine waters. M.S., Melbourne, Fl.: Florida Institute of Technology, 1977. 2 Barnum, Dean Coal lens modern analog, Wakulla, Florida. M.S., Tallahassee, Fl.: Florida State University, 1966. Barron, Eric James Suspended sedimentation processes, Marco Island, Florida. M.S., Miami, Fl.: University of Miami, 1976. Paleogeography and climate, 180 million years to the present. Ph.D., Miami, Fl.: Univesity of Miami, 1980. Bates, Peter P. A Base level sudy of select organochloride pesticides and polychlorinated byphenyls in Quahog clams (Mercenaria mercenaria) sediment and soil taken from Brevard County, Florida. M.S., Melbourne, 1F.: Florida Institute of Technology, 1973. Bauer, Thomas R. Paleomagnetism of the Eocene Crystal River Formation. M.S., Gainesville, Fl.: University of Florida, 1980. Baur, David The Structure of the Pine Mountain Belt, Georgia. M.S., Tallahasseee, S Fl.: Florida State University, 1976. 7 Beach, David Kent Depositional and diagenetic history of Pliocene-Pleistocene carbonates of northwestern Great Bahama Bank: evolution of a platform. Ph.D., ---Miami, Fl.: University of Miami, 1982. Beatty, Gwendolyn F. The Study of lineaments and fracture traces and correlation to springs along the Suwanee River from Mayo, Florida to Branford, Florida. M.S., Gainesville, Fl.: University of Florida, 1977. Beazley, Robert W. A Study of the distribution off cultivable bacteria in lagoonal water and sediments. M.S., Melbourne, Fl.: Florida Institute of Technology, 1969. Beckman, Gary L. A Comparison of calcium silicate bricks manufactured from various com- binations of Florida sands and environmental waste materials. M.S., Gainesvelle, Fl.: University of Florida, 1972. Bell, David A Comparative study of glauconite and the associated clay fraction in 3 modern marine sediments. M.S., Tallahassee, Fl.: Florida State University, 1966. Bell, Leslie A. Impact of sediment clay mineralogy and organic waste matter on lead in estuarine water. M.S., Tampa, Fl.: University of South Florida, 1977. 'Benda, William The Distribution of ostracoda and foraminifera off part of the Gulf Coast of peninsular Florida in the vicinity of Cape Romano. M.S., Tallahassee, Fl.: Florida State University, 1962. Bennett, Kathleen C. A Detailed magnetic survey of Alachua County, Florida. M.S., Gainesville, Fl.: University of Florida, 1978. Bergen, James Alan Calcareous nannoplankton from Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 78A: evidence for imbricate underthrusting at the lesser Antillian active margin. M.S., Tallahassee, Fl.: Florida State University, 1982. Bergmann, Peter C. Comparison between sieving and settling tube determinations of environments of deposition. 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M.S., Miami, Fl.: University of Miami, 1978. Bohlke, John Karl F.P. Alteration of deep-sea basalts from site 396B, Deep-Sea Drilling Project. M.S., Miami, Fl.: University of Miami, 1978. Boiling, Sharon Neogene stratigraphy of Gulf County, Florida. M.S., Tallahassee, Fl.: Florida State University, 1982. iBoulware, Joe W. The Relationship of the soils to the geology of Hillsborough County, Florida. M.S., Gainesville, Fl.: University Of Florida, 1963. Brame, Jeffrey W. The Stratigraphy and geologic history of Caladesi Island, Pinellas County, Florida. M.S., Tampa, Fl.: University of South Florida, 1976. iBrenneman, Lionel Origin of certain sand bodies of Apalachicola Delta. M.S., Tallahassee, Fl.: Florida State University, 1957. Briel, Lawrence An Application of the U2 3 4 /U2 3 8 disequilibrium in the analysis of the sources and the mixing patterns of the Santa Fe River system of north central Florida. Ph.D., Tallahassee, Fl.: Florida State University,
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