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Thomas Wayland Vaughan

1870-09-20 - 1952-01-16

Dr. Thomas Wayland Vaughan was a geologist, paleontologist, and oceanographer . Educated at Harvard (AB, AM, PhD), he was an authority on marine sediments, fossil and recent corals, and American Tertiary stratigraphy. He was a researcher with the United States Geological Survey (1894-1939), and then joined the United States National Museum where he served as Custodian of Madreporian Corals (1903–23), an Associate in Marine Sediments (1924-1942), and as an Associate in Paleontology (1942-1952). He was also Director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography from 1924-1936. His research focused on the study of corals and coral reefs, the investigation of larger foraminifera, and oceanography. Under his directorship, Scripps Institute, La Jolla, California, became a leading oceanographical research center.

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  • Cover of: Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the West Indies.

    First published in 1919 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition contributionstog00vauguoft
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  • Cover of: Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the Canal Zone, Panama, and geologically related areas in Central America and the West Indies.

    First published in 1919 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: American Old and Middle Tertiary larger Foraminifera and corals.

    First published in 1945 2 editions in 2 languages
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  • Cover of: A Brief Contribution to the Geology and Paleontology of Northwestern Louisiana

    First published in 1896 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A geological reconnaissance of the Dominican republic

    First published in 1921 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition geologicalreconn00vaug
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  • Cover of: A new species of Eocene coral, Archohelia clarki, from California

    First published in 1927 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan

    First published in 1907 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Un reconocimiento geológico de la República dominicana

    First published in 1922 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: A geological reconnaissance of the Dominican republic

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  • Cover of: Fossil corals from Lesser Antilles and Porto Rico: monographs of Stylophoridae, Orbicellidae, Astreopora, Actinacis, Goniopora

    First published in 1903 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Some Cretaceous and Eocene corals from Jamaica

    First published in 1899 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Larger Foraminifera of the genus Lepidocyclina related to Lepidocyclina mantelli

    First published in 1928 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Research facilities at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

    First published in 1933 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Oceanographic work at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla, California: July 1, 1931 to April 18, 1932.

    First published in 1932 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Fossil corals from Central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico: with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and recent coral reefs

    First published in 1919 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Eocene and lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States: with descriptions of a few doubtfully Creataceous species

    First published in 1900 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The geologic work of mangroves in southern Florida

    First published in 1910 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Studies of American species of Foraminifera of the genus Lepidocyclina: (with 32 plates)

    First published in 1933 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Descriptions of new species of Foraminifera of the genus Discocyclina from the Eocene of Mexico

    First published in 1929 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding.

    First published in 1906 1 edition in 1 language
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Subjects
Paleontology, Geology, Fossil Corals, Corals, Fossil, Foraminifera, Fossil, Fossil Foraminifera, Ocean, Scleractinia, Fossils, Albatross (Steamer), Arhcohelia clarki, Coal, Coral reefs and islands, Corals, Discocyclinidae, Foraminifera, Formations (Geology), Igneous Rocks, Krijt (geologisch tijdvak), Lepidocyclina, Mangrove swamps, Petrology, Protozoa, Rocks, Igneous, Rocks, Sedimentary
Places
Dominican Republic, West Indies, America, California, Central America, Panama, Puerto Rico, Canal Zone, Cuba, Florida, Imperial County, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Louisiana, Mexico, North Dakota, Texas
Time
Tertiary, Cretaceous, Eocene

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