Geology Publications

This report contains additional sections: Mineralogy and Petrography of Selected Tishomingo County formations, by Delbert E. Gann; Water Resources of Tishomingo County, by Stephen P. Jennings.

This report contains additional sections: The Bureau of Mines test program for clay and ceramic raw materials, by K. J. Liles and H. Heystek; Mineralogy of selected Newton County formations, by Delbert E. Gann; Water resources of Newton County, by James J. Sims, Jr.

The report identifies and illustrates calcareous nannoplankton from Paleogene formations in Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee. The formations are then assigned to an internationally recognized zonation that divides the Paleogene into 25 biostratigraphic units.

This bulletin reports on 411 species, subspecies, and varieties; 89 species and subspecies, 6 genera, and 5 subgenera are described as new. Also included are a stratigraphic discussion of the Vicksburg Group and a site proposal for the Eocene-Oligocene boundary stratotype.

A study of the bivalves and stratigraphy of the lower Oligocene Vicksburg Group in Mississippi. The report discusses 144 species systematically and names 45 new species.

The Invertebrate Macropaleontology Of The Clarke County, Mississippi, Area

Clarke County Geology And Mineral Resources

Mississippi has been famous for fossil specimens from the Moodys Branch Formation. David T. Dockery III reports on the fauna of the formation, and describes twenty new species.

This bulletin traces Tinsley from the discovery of the Tinsley structure during a routine geological survey by Frederic F. Mellen, a Mississippi Geological Survey employee, through the drilling of the discovery well, and later history of the Field. Tinsley Field became the largest oil field east of the Mississippi River.

Mississippi Geologic Names