Thomas Wayland Vaughan

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.

U.S. geologist, paleontologist, and cnidariologist (1870–1952)

Born	1870-09-20
Died	1952-01-16

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Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the West Indies.

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan
First published in 1919 — 3 editions
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Research facilities at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1933 — 2 editions

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American Old and Middle Tertiary larger Foraminifera and corals.

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1945 — 2 editions

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A Brief Contribution to the Geology and Paleontology of Northwestern Louisiana

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1896 — 2 editions
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Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the Canal Zone, Panama, and geologically related areas in Central America and the West Indies.

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1919 — 2 editions
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A geological reconnaissance of the Dominican republic

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan
First published in 1921 — 2 editions
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new species of Eocene coral, Archohelia clarki, from California

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1927 — 2 editions

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Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1907 — 2 editions

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The biologic character and geologic correlation of the sedimentary formations of Panama in their relation to the geologic history of Central America and the West Indies

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1919 — 1 edition

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contribution to the geologic history of the Floridian plateau

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1910 — 1 edition
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Corals from the Cannonball marine member of the Lance formation

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1920 — 1 edition

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Descriptions of new species of Foraminifera of the genus Discocyclina from the Eocene of Mexico

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1929 — 1 edition

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The Eocene and lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States: with descriptions of a few doubtfully Creataceous species

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1900 — 1 edition
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Fossil corals from Central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico: with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and recent coral reefs

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1919 — 1 edition
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The geologic work of mangroves in southern Florida

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1910 — 1 edition

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International aspects of oceanography: oceanographic data and provisions for oceanographic research

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1937 — 1 edition
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Larger Foraminifera of the genus Lepidocyclina related to Lepidocyclina mantelli

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1928 — 1 edition

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New species of fossil corals from the Dominican Republic

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1925 — 1 edition

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New tertiary Foraminifera of the genera Operculina and Operculinoides from North America and the West Indies

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1936 — 1 edition

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Oceanographic research at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California: April 1932 to April 1933.

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1933 — 1 edition

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U.S. geologist, paleontologist, and cnidariologist (1870–1952)

Born	1870-09-20
Died	1952-01-16

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OLID: OL115403A
ISNI: 0000000081565193
Library of Congress Names: n85173500
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): UTOV483877
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Wikidata: Q1763339
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