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Memorial to Charles Wythe Cooke 1887— 1971 VICTOR T. STRINGFIELD 4208 50 Street, NW„ Washington, D.C. 20016 The death of Dr. Charles Wythe Cooke in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Christmas Day 1971, ended his long and successful career as geologist, stratigrapher, and paleontologist. He is survived by his sister, Madge Lane Cooke. Cooke was born in Baltimore, Maryland, July 20, 1887. He was a bachelor. He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Johns Hopkins University in 1908 and Ph.D. (in geology) in 1912. From 1911 to 1912 he was a Fellow at the university. In July 1910, while a grad- uate student, he received an appointment as Junior Geologist for summer work in the U.S. Geological Survey, beginning his long career in that organization. In the U.S. Geological Survey, he was Assistant Geologist, 1913 to 1917; Paleontologist, 1917 to 1919; Associate Geologist, 1919 to 1920; Geologist, 1920 to 1928; Scientist, 1928 to 1941; Senior Scientist, 1941 to 1951; and Geologist-Stratigrapher-Paleontologist, 1952 to 1956. He served as research associate in the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., from 1956 until his death. He was geologist in the Dominican Republic for the Geological Survey in 1919 and worked for the Tropical Oil Company, Colombia, South America, in 1920. After completing his 40 years of service in the U.S. Geological Survey, Cooke retired on November 30,1956. Also in 1956 he received the Meritorious Service Award of the Interior Department in recognition of his outstanding service. That citation in 1956 states: His scientific work lias been concerned with the paleontology, stratigraphy, and landforms (geomorphology) of the Coastal Plain, extending from New Jersey to Mississippi. In that area, and particularly the Southeastern States, he became a recog- nized authority in his field, and he has been of great service to his fellow geologists as a consultant and advisor. In his early years with the [U.S. Geological] Survey, he specialized in the study of the fossils and the formations of the Cenozoic deposits, publishing some ten papers on the former and some thirty on the stratigraphy and general geology. In his later years he continued his interest in these subjects and added specialization in the general study of the echinoids and interpretation of landforms of the regions. He has published eight papers on the echinoids, and about twenty papers on the landforms. He has written in cooperation with State surveys, papers on the geology of the Coastal Plain of South Carolina, of Georgia, and of Alabama, and the geology and geography of Florida. He has participated in studies made for the Survey in the Dominican Republic and in Puerto Rico. His total publications record exceeds ninety papers, many of them now standard reference works. 69

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Memorial to Charles W ythe Cooke1887— 1971

VICTOR T. STRINGFIELD4208 50 Street, NW„ Washington, D.C. 20016

The death of Dr. Charles Wythe Cooke in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Christmas Day 1971, ended his long and successful career as geologist, stratigrapher, and paleontologist. He is survived by his sister, Madge Lane Cooke. Cooke was born in Baltimore, Maryland, July 20, 1887. He was a bachelor.

He received the degree of Bachelor o f Arts from Johns Hopkins University in 1908 and Ph.D. (in geology) in 1912. From 1911 to 1912 he was a Fellow at the university. In July 1910, while a grad­uate student, he received an appointment as JuniorGeologist for summer work in the U.S. GeologicalSurvey, beginning his long career in that organization.In the U.S. Geological Survey, he was Assistant

Geologist, 1913 to 1917; Paleontologist, 1917 to 1919; Associate Geologist, 1919 to 1920; Geologist, 1920 to 1928; Scientist, 1928 to 1941; Senior Scientist, 1941 to 1951; and Geologist-Stratigrapher-Paleontologist, 1952 to 1956. He served as researchassociate in the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., from 1956 until his death.He was geologist in the Dominican Republic for the Geological Survey in 1919 and worked for the Tropical Oil Company, Colombia, South America, in 1920.

After completing his 40 years o f service in the U.S. Geological Survey, Cookeretired on November 30,1956. Also in 1956 he received the Meritorious Service Awardof the Interior Department in recognition of his outstanding service. That citation in 1956 states:

His scientific work lias been concerned with the paleontology, stratigraphy, and landforms (geomorphology) of the Coastal Plain, extending from New Jersey to Mississippi. In that area, and particularly the Southeastern States, he became a recog­nized authority in his field, and he has been of great service to his fellow geologists as a consultant and advisor. In his early years with the [U.S. Geological] Survey, he specialized in the study o f the fossils and the formations of the Cenozoic deposits, publishing some ten papers on the former and some thirty on the stratigraphy and general geology. In his later years he continued his interest in these subjects and added specialization in the general study of the echinoids and interpretation of landforms of the regions. He has published eight papers on the echinoids, and about twenty papers on the landforms. He has written in cooperation with State surveys, papers on the geology o f the Coastal Plain of South Carolina, of Georgia, and of Alabama, and the geology and geography of Florida. He has participated in studies made for the Survey in the Dominican Republic and in Puerto Rico. His total publications record exceeds ninety papers, many of them now standard reference works.

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Cooke was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; Fellow, The Geological Society of America; Fellow, Paleontological Society (editor of the Journal from 1937 to 1946; vice president, 1948); Geological Society of Washington; Washington Academy of Sciences; and the Cosmos Club.

In appreciation of his academic training at Johns Hopkins University, Cooke and his sister Madge donated more than $500,000 to the university.

I first became acquainted with Cooke’s work in the southeastern states on ground­water investigations in Florida in 1930. The report gave the latest information on the geology of Florida. Not only his reports on the geology of the southeastern states, but also his reports on Pleistocene terraces and the eustatic changes in sea level during Pleistocene time were basic references on ground-water investigations in the Coastal Plain. Cooke was most generous with his time, and, in response to my request, led several informal field trips from Maryland to Florida for the benefit of young geologists working on ground-water investigations in these states. We frequently referred to him for advice on geological problems. In one report he correlated the Pleistocene terraces in the Mississippi Embayment with the terraces on the Atlantic Coast. He also recognized a terrace at 360 feet above sea level in the Mississippi Embayment.

In addition to mapping and describing the Pleistocene terraces, Cooke gave reason­able explanations for some of the features on the terraces such as the drainage and the Carolina Bays. Cooke was the outstanding authority on the geology of the Atlantic Coastal Plain during his time. For many years he and L. W. Stephenson were in the Coastal Plain section of the Geologic Branch of the Geological Survey. Cooke’s work was chiefly in the southeastern states.

Watson H. Monroe, Geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey at San Juan, Puerto Rico, writes that:

I know Wythe Cooke from about 1921 when he was my Scoutmaster in Washington,1).C. He was very much interested in youth and the outdoors during the several years he was Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 39 in Washington, taking the scouts on canoeing trips on the Potomac, especially to Midriver Island. In 1929 and 1930, I was his field assistant in Georgia when he was acquiring information for the state geologic map of Georgia. His reconnaissance geologic maps and his maps of the coastal terraces have been criticized because they contain very sweeping, general contact lines, even in areas of considerable relief. Some places he had more detailed information, such as the location of bars and spits, but he did not show such features on his maps because as he explained to me, ‘such detail on a reconnaissance geologic map tends to give the reader a false idea o f the accuracy of the mapping.’ His last overseas assignment was in Puerto Rico for three months in the spring of 1955, just before I arrived for detail mapping. His work in southern Puerto Rico corrected some gross errors of earlier workers, but it was never published. However, it has been useful to us in manuscript form.

Another o f Cooke’s co-workers, Garald G. Parker, senior scientist and chief hy- drologist o f Southwest Florida Water Management District, Brooksville, Florida, writes as follows:

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Wythe (pronounced “w ith”) Cooke has been interested in Florida and the Coastal Plain province during his entire professional career and has done some of his most notable geologic research, particularly in paleontology, stratigraphy, and the Pleis­tocene tcrraces. He not only found time to work here during his working hours but also enjoyed spending much of his vacation time down here.

1 first made Wythe’s acquaintance during the Christmas-New Year’s holiday season of 1940 when he dropped in to the Miami, U.S.G.S. office to get ac­quainted with our new staff and to find out what we were doing. He was staying in a downtown Miami hotel for a week and took this as an opportunity to go out in the field with Nevin Hoy and me. I pointed out to him on this trip the wave-cut bench at +5-8 feet MSL along the Silver Bluff area and we traced it southward to and beyond Florida City. At this time I was tentatively calling it the “ Miami Bench.” Later in our Florida Geological Survey Bulletin No. 27, the name “Miami Bench” was changed to the “Silver Bluff Terrace.” Cooke was extremely interested in this “ new” terrace and highly complimentary that I should have been the first to see it for the wave-cut bench that it was.

In succeeding years he returned again and again, sometimes for only a day or two, but in May 4-19, 1942, he and 1 spent 15 days in the field working on details of the paleontology and stratigraphy o f the rock exposed in the canal walls, road cuts, rock pits, and spoil materials. During this trip Jake Stevens (SCS) took Wythe, Russ Brown, and me out in an air boat to visit some of the Everglade Island sites where we (Jake and I) were drilling test wells. Enroute, Jake supplied us with fishing tackle and we caught perhaps a dozen or more large black bass. Dr. Cooke enjoyed this diversion greatly and remarked that it was the first fishing that he had engaged in for many years. I t was during this May 1942 trip that we decided to extend the Anastasia formation to the West Coast, there being particularly fine exposures of it in the coastal Collier, Lee, Charlotte and Sarasota Counties. One o f the very best was on the Fort Myers Beach road about one quarter mile west o f the Tamiami Trail (U.S. 41). This trip was so productive, and he and I h it if off so well together that we decided to put our ideas together and write a report up-dating the late Cenozoic o f southern Florida.

Dr. Cooke was basically shy and retiring, but a delightful and athletically-inclined field man. On the traverse down the Caloosahatchee River from O rtona Lock to LaBelle one day, and from LaBelle to Olga the next day, we made the trip with a USGS row boat, but Wythe used the boat chiefly as a means of carrying supplies and equipment and to transport our rock and fossil samples. He stripped to a pair o f swim trunks, and, with a pair o f tennis shoes to protect his feet against the sharp rocks, swam the entire distance, going from rock outcrop to rock outcrop. It was during a time of extreme low water in the Caloosahatchee River, and we were able to examine, map, and correlate beds to a greater advantage than any previous explorers had.

Garald Parker continues:Wythe’s academic training gave him a sound base in mathematics and physics that exceeded the training of most geologists I had ever known. I’ve always thought that it was this training and the application of science and logical thought, plus a strong body and energetic, keen mind, that enabled him to achieve so much. Men such as Dr. Cooke don’t come along very often and I feel that I was one of the most priv­ileged to get to know him intimately and well. I’m sure that his coming along early in my professional career had a great and lasting good influence upon my thinking and attitudes toward science in general and geology in particular.

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Another young geologist, Philip E. LaMoreaux, who is now State Geologist and Oil and Gas Supervisor of Alabama writes as follows:

C. Wythe Cooke, widely known in geological circles for his contribution on the study of echinoids and his work on the stratigraphic and geologic mapping o f the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, has been to me a most congenial friend, teacher, and colleague until his retirement a few years ago. He was a soft-spoken, quiet man, considerate to all, and a substantial contributor to the literature of the geology of the United States and the world. He was even more important to some of us who,30 to 40 years ago, were just beginning to “sink our teeth” into the problems of Gulf Coast geology. On many occasions he devoted part of his time in coming to the field and spending valuable teaching hours with us younger geologists just beginning our professional careers.

Harry E. LeGrand and I, along with Vic Stringfield and I'. S. MacNeil, spent many an hour unraveling the intricacies of the geology of eastern and central Georgia. Through these conferences and with Cooke’s cooperation and patience there evolved another generation of more detailed reports than the early reconnaissance reports by the first masters of the Coastal Plain geology. These masters, including Cooke,L. W. Stephenson, H. R. Aldrich, E. A. Smith, and others, laid the stepping stones, the foundations upon which we, a younger generation, could climb higher to a ladder to a more thorough understanding of the geology of the area.

Wythe Cooke was also a good friend, and I can remember many pleasurable hours sailing in a small sailboat or swimming in the Potomac. I can also remember a very hot argument one summer day at the base o f Shell Bluff on the Savannah River when neither MacNeil nor Cooke would give an inch regarding the position of a marker bed in a geologic section exposed on a steep bluff o f the river. Nothing would do but for Cooke and I to strip and swim out to the middle of the river and win his point in the argument. Wythe was an unusual physical specimen until the last few years of his life, with outstanding endurance and an ability to swim long distances with a steady stroke. As a geologist, he made a strong, steady contribution to the profession throughout his life.

We can follow with some of man’s earthly statistics-w hen he was born, where he received his education, something about his contributions. These are all impor­tant milestones, but even more was his friendship and the fact that he took time to teach a young generation some basic facts about geology.

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF C. W. COOKE

1914 (with Vaughan, T. W.) Correlation of the Hawthorn formation: Washington Acad. Sci. Jour., v. 4, p. 250-253.

1915 The age of the Ocala limestone: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 95-1, p. 1107-1117.1916 The age of the Ocala limestone of Florida [abs.): Washington Acad. Sci. Jour., v. 6,

p. 22.1918 The stratigraphic position and faunal associates of the Orbitoid Foraminifera of the

genus Orthophragmina from Georgia and Florida: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 108-G, p. G 109-G113, 1917 [abs.] ; Washington Acad. Sci. Jour., v. 8, p. 96, 1918.

------ (with Shearer, H. K.) Deposits of Claiborne and Jackson age in Georgia: U.S. Geol.Survey Prof. Paper 120-C, p. C41-C81, [abs.]; Washington Acad. Sci. Jour., v. 8, p. 540.

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------ Correlation of the deposits of Jackson and Vicksburg ages in Mississippi and Alabama:Washington Acad. Sci. Jour., v. 8, p. 186-198.

1919 Tertiary mollusks from the Leeward Islands and Cuba: Carnegie Inst. Washington Pub. 291, p. 103-156.

1920 Stratigraphic significance o f Orthaulax [ab s.]: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 31, no. 1, p. 206.

------ Geologic reconnaissance in Santa Domingo [abs.]: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 31,no. 1, p. 217-219.

1921 New names for West Indian Tertiary pectens: Nautilus, v. 34, no. 4, p. 137.------ Macon five million years ago: The Macon (Ga.) Magazine, v. 1, no. 6, p. 7-8.------ Orthaulax, a Tertiary guide fossil: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 129-B, p. B23-B37.------ Abstract of “American species of Operculina and Heterostegina and their faunal

relations” : U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 128-E, p. E139-E142, by J. A. Cushman, 1921, p. E125-E137; Washington Acad. Sci. Jour., v. 11, no. 21, p. 511.

------ (with Vaughan, T. W., and others) A geological reconnaissance o f the DominicanRepublic: Dominican Republic, Geol. Survey Mem., v. 1, 268 p. (Spanish edition, Washington, 1922).

1922 The Byram calcareous marl of Mississippi: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 129-E, p. E79-E85.

1923 The correlation of the Vicksburg group: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 133, p. 1-9.------ The relative dependableness of different kinds of fossils and some suggestions to

collectors: Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists Bull., v. 7, no. 2, p. 183-187; Oil Engineering and Finance, v. 4, no. 84, p. 173-174.

1924 Recent contributions to the stratigraphy of the Coastal Plain o f the United States: Pan-Pacific Sci. Cong. Australia, 1923, Proc., v. 1, p. 862-864.

— — American and European Eocene and Oligocene mollusks: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 35, no. 4, p. 851-856.

1925 Coastal terraces of Georgia [abs.]: Washington Acad. Sci. Jour., v. 15, no. 8, p. 184; Pan-American Geologist, v. 43, no. 5, p. 325-376.

------ Correlation o f Eocene formations in Mississippi and Alabama: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof.Paper 140-E, p. E133-E136.

------ (with LaForge, Laurence, and Campbell, Marius) Physical geography o f Georgia; withan introduction by S. W. McCallie: Georgia Geol. Survey Bull., no. 42, 189 p.

1926 Geology of Alabama: The Cenozoic formations: Alabama Geol. Survey Spec. Rept., no. 14, p. 251-297.

------ Correlation o f the basal Cretaceous beds of the Southeastern States: U.S. Geol. SurveyProf. Paper 140-F, p. F137-F139.

- — New Eocene mollusks from Jackson, Mississippi: Washington Acad. Sci. Jour., v. 16, no. 5, p. 132-138.

------ Fossil man and Pleistocene vertebrates in Florida: Am. Jour. Sci., 5th ser., v. 12,p. 441-452.

1928 (with Stephenson, Lloyd W.) The Eocene age of the supposed late Upper Cretaceous greensand marls of New Jersey: Jour. Geology, v. 36, no. 2, p. 139-148 [abs.]; Pan-Am. Geologist, v. 49, no. 3, p. 225-226.

------ New Vicksburg (Oligocene) mollusks from Mexico: U.S. Natl. Mus. Proc., v. 73,art. 10, 11 p.

------ The stratigraphy and age of the Pleistocene deposits in Florida from which humanbones have been reported: Washington Acad. Sci. Jour., v. 18, no. 15, p. 414-421.

------ (with Stephenson, L. W.) The Eocene age o f the supposed late Upper Cretaceousgreensand marls of New Jersey [ab s.]: Washington Acad. Sci. Jour., v. 18, no. 9, p. 262.

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1929 (with Mossom, Donald Stuart) Geology of Florida: Florida Geol. Survey, 20th Ann.Rept. 1927-1928, p. 29-227 [a b s . |; Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 40, no. 1, p. 92;Pan-Am. Geologist, v. 51, no. 2, p. 140.

------ (with Mossom, Donald Stuart) Gcologic map of Florida: Florida Geol. Survey, scale 1:1,000 ,000 .

1930 Pleistocene seashores: Washington Acad. Sci. Jour., v. 20, no. 16, p. 389-395.------ Correlation of coastal terraces: Jour. Geology, v. 38, no. 7, p. 577-589.1931 Radial calcite concretions in marine beds in Georgia [abs.]: Washington Acad. Sci.

Jour., v. 21, no. 2, p. 27.------ Seven coastal terraces in the Southeastern States: Washington Acad. Sci. Jour., v. 21,

p. 503-513.1932 Southern Maryland: 16th Internat. Geol. Cong., United States, 1933, Guidebook 12,

Excursion B-7, 16 p.------ (with Mansfield, W. C., and Stephenson, L. W.) Chesapeake Bay region: 16th Internat.

Geol. Cong., United States, 1933, Guidebook 5, Excursion A -5, 49 p.------ Tentative correlation of American glacial chronology with the marine time scale:

Washington Acad. Sci. Jour., v. 22, no. 11, p. 310-312.1933 Ackerman formation in Alabama: Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists Bull., v. 17, no. 2,

p. 192-195.------ Pleistocene changes of sea level [abs.]: Washington Acad. Sci. Jour., v. 23, no. 2,

p. 109-110; Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 44, pt. 1, p. 177-178.------ A possible solution of a Mayan mystery: Sci. Monthly, p. 362-365.------ Definition of Cocoa sand member of Jackson formation: Am. Assoc. Petroleum

Geologists Bull., v. 17, no. 11, p. 1387-1388.------Discussion of the origin of the supposed meteorite scars of South Carolina: Jour.

Geology, v. 42, no. 1, p. 88-96; Washington Acad. Sci. Jour., v. 23, no. 12, p. 569-570.

1935--Argyrotheca gardnerae, new name: Washington Acad. Sci. Jour., v. 25, no. 1, p. 34. ----- Tentative ages of Pleistocene shore lines: Washington Acad. Sci. Jour., v. 25, no. 7,

p. 331-333.1936 Notes on the Vicksburg group: Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists Bull., v. 19, no. 8,

p. 1162-1172; reprinted in Gulf coast oil fields, a symposium on the Gulf coast Cenozoic by 52 authors, p. 358-368.

------ Geology of the Coastal Plain of South Carolina: U.S. Geol. Survey Bull. 867, 196 p.------ Suwaunee limestone of Florida [a b s . |: Geol. Soc. America Proc. 1935, p. 71-72.------ Are the Maryland terraces warped?: Am. Jour. Sci., 5th ser., v. 32, no. 190,

p. 306-309.1937 The Pleistocene Horry clay and Pamlico formation near Myrtle Beach, S. C.:

Washington Acad. Sci. Jour., v. 27, no. 1, p. 1-5.1938 (with Munyan, A rthur Claude) Stratigraphy of Coastal Plain of Georgia: Am. Assoc.

Petroleum Geologists Bull., v. 22, no. 7, p. 789-793 [abs.]; Oil and Gas Jour., v. 36, no. 44, p. 48.

------ F.lliptical bays in Horry County, S. C. [abs.]: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 49, no. 12,pt. 2, p. 1967.

1939 Equivalence of the Gosport sand to the Moodys marl: Jour. Paleontology, v. 13, no. 3, p. 337-340.

------Boundary between Oligoccne and Miocene: Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists Bull.,v. 23, no. 10, p. 1560-1561.

------ Scenery of Florida interpreted by a geologist: Florida Dept. Conscrv. Geol. Bull. 17,118 p.

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------ (with Gardner, Julia Anna) Tertiary system, Part C of The Atlantic and Gulf CoastalPlain, in Krenkel, Erich, ed., Geologie der Erde, North America, Vol. 1: Berlin,Gebriider Borntraeger, p. 549-569.

------ (with Gardner, J. A., and Stephenson, L. W.) The Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain,in Krenkel, Erich, ed., Geologie der Erde, North America, Vol. 1: Berlin, Gebriider Borntraeger, p. 519-578.

1940 Elliptical bays in South Carolina and the shape of eddies: Jour. Geology, v. 48, no. 2, p. 205-211.

------ Introduction to Mansfield, W. C., “Mollusks of the Chockasawhay marl” : Jour. Paleon­tology, v. 14, no. 3, p. 171-226.

1941 Cenozoic regular echinoids of eastern United States: Jour. Paleontology, v. 15, no. 1, p. 1-20.

------ Oligopygus nancei, a new echinoid from Venezuela: Jour. Paleontology, v. 15, no. 3,p. 305-306.

------ Two shore lines or seven?: Am. Jour. Sci., v. 239, no. 6, p. 457-458.------ Pleistocene man in Florida [ab s.]: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 52, no. 12, pt. 2,

p. 1998.1942 Cenozoic irregular echinoids of eastern United States: Jour. Paleontology, v. 16, no. 1,

p. 1-62.------ (with Henderson, E. P.) The Sardis (Ga.) m eteorite: U.S. Natl. Mus. Proc., v. 92,

no. 3143, p. 141-150.------ Pleistocene man in Florida [ab s .]: Pan-Am. Geologist, v. 77, no. 3, p. 238-239.1943 Discussion (of) The origin o f the Carolina bays, by Douglas W. Johnson (1942):

Am. Jour. Sci., v. 241, no. 9, p. 583-589.------ Elliptical bays (North and South Carolina): Jour. Geology, v. 51, no. 6, p. 419-427.------ (with Gardner, J. A., and Woodring, W. P.) Correlation of the Cenozoic formations of

the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain and the Caribbean region (chart no. 12): Geol.Soc. America Bull., v. 54, no. 11, p. 1713-1723.

------ Geology of the Coastal Plain o f Georgia: U.S. Geol. Survey Bull. 941, vi, 121 p.1944 (with Parker, G. G.) Late Cenozoic geology of southern Florida, with a discussion of

the ground water: Florida Geol. Survey Bull. 27, 119 p.1945 Neptune’s racetracks (Carolina Bays): Sci. Monthly, v. 60, no. 4, p. 286-291.------ Geology of Florida: Florida Geol. Survey Bull. 29, lx , 339 p.1946 Comanche echinoids: Jour. Paleontology, v. 20, no. 3, p. 193-237.------ (with LaMoreaux, P. E.) Geology o f the Coastal Plain o f east-central Georgia: Georgia

Geol. Survey Bull. 60, pt. 1, p. vi, p. 1-26.------ Velates vokesi, new name for Neritina? grandis Cooke: Jour. Paleontology, v. 20, no. 3,

p. 295.1947 A new Jurassic Stomechinus from the Big Horn Basin, Wyo.: Jour. Paleontology, v. 21,

no. 5, p. 473-475.1948 Arbia and Dixieus, two new genera of echinoids [Ala. and F la .] : Jour. Paleontology,

v. 22, no. 5, p. 606-607.------ Eocene echinoids from Panama: Jour. Paleontology, v. 22, no. 1, p. 91-93.1949 Pygurostoma pasionensis, a Cretaceous echinoid from Guatemala: Am. Mus. Novitates,

no. 1422, 3 p.------ Two Cretaceous echinoids [Orthopsis titicana, n. sp. and Hemiaster (Macraster)

cascajalensis, n. sp.] from Peru: Jour. Paleontology, v. 23, no. 1, p. 84-86.1950 Carolina bays, traces of tidal eddies [abs.]: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 61, no. 12,

pt. 2, p. 1452.1951 (with Cloos, Ernst) Geologic map of Prince Georges County [M d.], and the District of

Columbia: Maryland Dept. Geology, Mines and Water Resources, scale 1:62,500.

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1952 Sedimentary deposits of Princc Georges County and the District of Columbia, in Geology and water resources of Prince Georges County: Maryland Dept. Geology,Mines and Water Resources Bull. 10, p. 1-53.

------ (with MacNeil, F. S.) Tertiary stratigraphy of South Carolina: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof.Paper 243-B, p. B19-B29.

1953 Pleistocene corals at Lake Worth, Florida: Science, v. 117, no. 3042, p. 440.------ Age of the deposits of Langley’s and Wailes Bluff, in Blake, S. F., The Pleistocene

fauna of Wailes Bluff and Langley’s Bluff, Md.: Smithsonian Misc. Colin., v. 121, no. 12, p. 2-3.

------ American Upper Cretaceous echinoids: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 254-A,p. A1-A44.

1954 Carolina bays and the shapes of eddies: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 254-1, p. 1191—1207.

------ Pliocene echinoids from Okinawa: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 264-C, p. C45-C54.1955 Some Cretaceous echinoids from the Americas: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 264-E,

p. E83-E113.1956 Were the Carolina bays oriented by gyroscopic ac tio n -A reply: Am. Geophys.

Union Trans., v. 37, no. 1, p. 115-116.------ Echinoids of the post-Paleozoic, in Ladd, H. S., ed., Paleoecology, Vol. 2 , Treatise

o f marine ecology and paleoecology: Geol. Soc. America Mem. 67, p. 981-982.1957 Rhynobrissus cuneus, a new echinoid from North Carolina: U.S. Natl. Mus. Proc.,

v. 107, no. 3379, p. 9-12.------ Echinoids [Geology of Saipan, Mariana Islands]: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 280-J,

p. J361-J365.1958--Echinoids (annotated bibliography): Geol. Soc. America Mem. 67, v. 1, p. 1191-1192. ------ Cretaceous Echinoidea of New Jersey and adjacent regions, in Richards, Horace G.,

The Cretaceous fossils of New Jersey, Pt. 1: New Jersey Dept. Conserv. Geol. Ser. Bull. [61, pt. 1 ], Bur. Geology and Topography, Paleont. ser., p. 45-54.

------ (with Hack, J. T.) Geology of the Brandywine area and origin o f the upland ofsouthern Maryland: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 207-A, p. A1-A43; Discussion with title “Pleistocene shore lines in Maryland” : Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 69, no. 9, p. 1187-1189.

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Colin., v. 142, no. 4, 35 p.1966 Emerged Quaternary shore lines in the Mississippi Embayment: Smithsonian Misc.

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