Geology 270j
Carbonate Systems and Coral Reefs of the Bahamas

Publications

1. Articles

White, Brian, Kurkjy, Karen, A., and Curran, H. Allen, 1984, A shallowing-upward sequence in a Pleistocene coral      reef and associated facies, San Salvador, Bahamas, in Teeter, James W. (editor), Proceedings 2nd. Symposium on the geology of the Bahamas, p. 53-70.

Curran, H. Allen and White, 1984, Field guide to the Cockburn Town fossil coral reef, San Salvador, Bahamas, in Teeter, James W. (editor), Proceedings 2nd. Symposium on the geology of the Bahamas, p. 71-96.

White, Brian and Curran, H. Allen, 1985, The Holocene carbonate eolianites of North Point and the modern marine environments between North Point and Cut Cay, in Curran, H. Allen (editor) Guidebook, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Field Trip, p. 73-93.

Curran, H. Allen and White, Brian, 1985, The Cockburn Town fossil coral reef, in Curran, H. Allen (editor), Guidebook, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Field Trip, p. 95-120.

White, Brian and Curran, H. Allen, 1987, Coral reef to eolianite transition in the Pleistocene rocks of Great Inagua Island, Bahamas, in Curran, H.A. (editor), Proceedings of the Third Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, CCFL Bahamian Field Station, p. 165-179.

Curran, H. Allen and White, Brian, 1987. Trace fossils in carbonate upper beach rocks and eolianites: recognition of the backshore to dune transition, in Curran, H.A. (editor), Proceedings of the Third Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, CCFL Bahamian Field Station, p. 243-254.

White, Brian and Curran, H. Allen, 1988, Mesoscale physical sedimentary structures and trace fossils in Holocene eolianites from San Salvador, Bahamas: Sedimentary Geology, v. 55, p. 163-184.

White, Brian and Curran, H. Allen, 1989, The Holocene carbonate eolianites of North Point and the modern environments between North Point and Cut Cay, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, in Curran, H.Allen (editor), Pleistocene and Holocene carbonate environments on San Salvador Island, Bahamas, 28th. International Geological Congress Field Trip Guidebook T175 p. 17-22.

Curran, H. Allen and White, Brian, 1989, The Cockburn Town fossil coral reef of San Salvador Island, Bahamas, in Curran, H.Allen (editor), Pleistocene and Holocene carbonate environments on San Salvador Island, Bahamas, 28th. International Geological Congress Field Trip Guidebook T175 p. 27-34.

White, Brian, 1989, Field guide to the Sue Point fossil coral reef, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, in Mylroie, J. (editor), Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Bahamian Field Station, p. 353-365.

Curran, H. Allen, White, Brian, Chen, James H., and Wasserburg, Gerald J., 1989, Comparative morphologic analysis and geochronology for the development and decline of two Pleistocene coral reefs, San Salvador and Great Inagua islands, Bahamas, in Mylroie, J. (editor), Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Bahamian Field Station, p. 107-117.

Chen, James H., Curran, H. Allen, White, Brian, and Wasserburg, Gerald J., 1991, Precise chronology of the last interglacial period: 234U-230Th data from coral reefs in the Bahamas: Geological Society of America Bulletin , v. 103, p. 82 - 97.

White, Kathleen S. and White, Brian, 1991, The effects of Holocene sea level rise on the diagenesis of Quaternary eolianites, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, in Bain, R (editor) Proceedinsgs of Fifth Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas:, p. 235-247.

Curran, H. Allen, and White, Brian, 1991, Trace fossils of shallow subtidal to dunal ichnofacies in Bahamian Quaternary carbonates: Palaios, v. 6, #5, p. 498-510.

White, Brian, and Curran, H. Allen, 1992, The Holocene carbonate eolianites of North Point and some nearby marine environments, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, Field Trip Guidebook, 6th. Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas, p. 33-39.

White, Brian, and Curran, H. Allen, 1992, The Holocene carbonate eolianites of North Point and some nearby marine environments, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, in Boardman, Mark R., and Carney, Cindy (editors), Guidebook, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Field Trip # 3, p. 7-12.

 
White, Brian, and Curran H.Allen, 1993, Sedimentology and ichnology of Holocene dune and backshore deposits, Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas, in White, Brian (editor) Proceedings of the 6th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas: Bahamian Field Station, San Salvador Island, p. 181-191.

Curran, H. Allen and White, Brian, 1994, The Cockburn Town fossil coral reef and modern coral reefs of Fernandez Bay, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, Field Trip Guidebook, 7th. Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas, p. 17-26. (reprint)

White, Brian, and Curran, H. Allen, 1994, The Holocene carbonate eolianites of North Point and some nearby marine environments, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, Field Trip Guidebook, 7th. Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas, p. 27-33 (reprint).

Curran, H. Allen and White, Brian, 1995, Introduction to the geology of the Bahamas in Curran, H. Allen and White, Brian, editors, Terrestrial and Shallow Marine Geology of the Bahamas and Bermuda, Geological Society of America, Special Paper # 300, p. 1-3

Curran, H. Allen and White, Brian, 1995, Introduction to the geology of Bermuda in Curran, H. Allen and White, Brian, editors, Terrestrial and Shallow Marine Geology of the Bahamas and Bermuda, Geological Society of America, Special Paper # 300, p. 269

 
White, Brian, and Curran, H. Allen, 1995, Entombment and preservation of Sangamonian coral reefs during glacioeustatic sea-level fall, Great Inagua Island, Bahamas, in Curran, H. Allen and White, Brian, editors, Terrestrial and Shallow Marine Geology of the Bahamas and Bermuda, Geological Society of America, Special Paper # 300, p.51-61

Curran, H. Allen and White, Brian, 1996, Ichnology of the Clifton Pier limestones (Late Pleistocene), New Providence Island, Bahamas, in Carew, James L., Curran, H. Allen, Mylroie, John E., Sealey, Neil E., and White, Brian, Field guide to sites of geological interest, western New Providence Island, Bahamas, Field Trip Guidebook, 8th. Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas, p. 22-28

White, Brian and Curran, H. Allen, 1997, Ichno-locality 1: Holocene carbonate eolianites from Rice Bay to North Point, in Curran, H. Allen, ed., Guide to Bahamian Ichnology: Pleistocene, Holocene, and Modern Environments, Bahamian Field Station, San Salvador, Bahamas, p. 13-21.

Curran, H. Allen and White, Brian, 1997, Ichno-locality 3: The Cockburn Town fossil coral reef, in Curran, H. Allen, ed., Guide to Bahamian Ichnology: Pleistocene, Holocene, and Modern Environments, Bahamian Field Station, San Salvador, Bahamas, p. 23-31.

White, Brian and Curran, H. Allen, 1997, Are the plant-related features in Bahamian Quaternary limestones trace fossils?: Discussion, answers, and a new classification scheme, in Curran, H. Allen, ed., Guide to Bahamian Ichnology: Pleistocene, Holocene, and Modern Environments, Bahamian Field Station, San Salvador, Bahamas, p. 47-54.

Curran, H. Allen and White, Brian, 1997, A Conichnus conicus-generated ichnofabric in late Pleistocene limestones at Clifton Pier, New Providence Island, Bahamas, in Curran, H. Allen, ed., Guide to Bahamian Ichnology: Pleistocene, Holocene, and Modern Environments, Bahamian Field Station, San Salvador, Bahamas, p. 55-61.

White, Brian, Curran, H. Allen, and Wilson, Mark A., 1997, Bahamian Sangamonian coral reefs and sea-level change, in Carew, James L., (editor) Proceedings of the 8th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas: Bahamian Field Station, San Salvador Island, p. 196-213.

White, Brian, Curran, H. Allen, and Wilson, Mark A., 1998, Bahamian coral reefs yield evidence of a brief sea-level lowstand during the last interglacial: Carbonates and Evaporites, v. 13 p. 10-22.

Wilson, Mark A., Curran, H. Allen, and White, Brian, 1998, Paleontological evidence of a brief global sea-level event during the last interglacial: Lethaia, v. 31, p. 241-250.

 
White, Brian, Curran, H. Allen, and Wilson, Mark A., 1998, Bahamian coral reefs yield evidence of a brief sea-level lowstand during the last interglacial: Reply: Carbonates and Evaporites, v. 13, p. 231-234
 
Curran, H. Allen, and White, Brian, 1999, Ichnology of Holocene carbonate eolianites on San Salvador Island, Bahamas: Diversity and significance, in Curran, H. Allen and Mylroie, J.E.(editors) Proceedings of the 9th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas: Bahamian Field Station, San Salvador Island, p. 22-35.
 
2. Edited volumes

White, Brian (editor), 1992, Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas, Bahamian Field Station, San Salvador, 222p., ISBN 0-935909-43-5

Curran, H. Allen and White, Brian, editors, 1995, Terrestrial and Shallow Marine Geology of the Bahamas and Bermuda, Geological Society of America, Special Paper # 300, 344 p. ISBN 0-8137-2300-0

3. Published abstracts

White, Brian, Kurkjy, Karen A., Curran, H. Allen, and Besom, Kimberly A., 1984, Shallowing-upward sequence in a Pleistocene coral reef and associated facies, San Salvador, Bahamas: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 68, p. 539.

White, Brian, Kurkjy, Karen A., and Curran, H. Allen, 1985, Diagenesis and sea level changes in a Pleistocene coral reef, San Salvador, Bahamas: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 69, p. 316.

White, Brian and Curran, H. Allen, 1986, Diagenesis and sea level change in a Sangamon coral reef, San Salvador, Bahamas: 12th. International Sedimentological Congress Abstracts, p. 330.

White, Brian and Curran, H. Allen, 1986, Holocene carbonate eolianites from San Salvador, Bahamas: 12th. International Sedimentological Congress Abstracts, p. 330.

Curran, H. Allen and White, Brian, 1986, Life and death of a Pleistocene bank/barrier coral reef: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Midyear Meeting Abstracts, v. 3, p. 26.

White, Brian and Curran, H. Allen, 1987, The effects of falling sea level on Pleistocene coral reef complexes of the Bahamas: Abstracts Research Symposium on Reefs, Banff, Alberta, p. 65.

Curran, H. Allen and White, Brian, 1987. Recognition of the shallow subtidal to dune transition in Bahamian carbonate rocks: an ichnologic model, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Progams v. 19, p. 633.

Curran, H. Allen and White, Brian, 1988, Controls on the distribution of trace fossils in Bahamian carbonate rocks, International Geological Congress, 28, p.

Curran, H. Allen, White, Brian, and Thomas, Roger D. K., 1988, San Salvador Island, Bahamas: A natural laboratory for the study of carbonate sediments and rocks: Abstracts of First Keck Research Symposium in Geology, Beloit, Wisconsin, p. 22-25.

Curran, H. Allen, White, Brian, Chen, James H., and Wasserburg, Gerald J., 1988, Comparative morphologic analysis and geochronology for the development and decline of two Pleistocene coral reefs: Geological Society of America Abstracts, v. 20, p. A54.

Curran, H. Allen, White, Brian, and Thomas, Roger D. K., 1989, San Salvador Island, Bahamas: A natural laboratory for the study of carbonate sediments and rocks - Part II: Abstracts of Second Keck Research Symposium in Geology, Colorado Springs, Colorado, p. 18-22.

Curran, H. Allen and White, Brian, 1989, Controls on the distribution of trace fossils in Bahamian carbonate rocks: 28th. International Geological Congress Abstracts I-351-352.

White, Kathleen S. and White, Brian, 1990, The effects of Holocene sea level rise on the diagenesis of carbonate eolianites, San Salvador, Bahamas: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 74, p. 789-790.

Chen, James H., Wasserburg, Gerald J., Curran, H. Allen, and White, Brian, 1990, 234U and 230Th in groundwaters and 230Th ages of fossil corals: EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, v. 71, p. 1719.

White, Brian, and Curran, H. Allen, 1991, Entombment and preservation of Sangamon coral reefs during glacioeustatic sea-level fall, Great Inagua Island, Bahamas: Geological Society of America Abstracts, v. 22, p. 148.

Curran, H. Allen, White, Brian, Mankiewicz, Carol, and Mendelson, Carl, 1991, San Salvador Island, Bahamas: A natural laboratory for the study of carbonate sediments and rocks - Part III: Abstracts of Fourth Keck Research Symposium in Geology, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, p. 36-41.

White, Brian and Curran, H. Allen, 1992, Sedimentology and ichnology of the Holocene backshore to dune transition, Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas: Geological Society of America Abstracts, v. 24, p. 148.

Curran, H. Allen, Greenstein, Benjamin J., White, Brian, and Wilson, Mark A., 1993, San Salvador Island, Bahamas: A natural laboratory for the study of carbonate sediments and rocks - Part IV: Abstracts of Sixth Keck Research Symposium in Geology, Walla Walla, Washington, p. 215-219.

Curran, H. Allen, and White, Brian, 1993, The trace fossil Ophiomorpha in Quaternary tropical, reefal carbonates: Geological Society of America Abstracts, v. 25, p. 62.

White, Brian and Curran, H. Allen, 1994, The trace fossil Conichnus conicus in late Pleistocene limestones of the Bahamas: Occurrence and significance, Geological Society of America Abstracts, v. 27, p. A374 .

White, Brian, Curran, H. Allen, and Wilson, Mark A., 1997, Bahamian Sangamonian coral reefs and sea-level change, Geological Society of America Abstracts, v. 30, p. A 340.
Curran, H. Allen and White, Brian, 1998, Ichnology of Holocene carbonate eolianites of the Bahamas: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Extended Abstracts v. 1, p. A140.

White, Brian and Curran, H. Allen, 1998, Sedimentology and ichnology of Quaternary eolianites: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Extended Abstracts v. 2, p. A693.
   

3. Other publications

White, Brian, 1991, Common birds of San Salvador Island, Bahamas: Bahamian Field Station, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (with illustrations by David W. White), 57 p.

White, Brian, 1991, Researchers meet, discuss Bahama geology, Geotimes, v. 36, #3, p. 12

White, Brian, 1992, Researchers convene on Bahamian geology, Geotimes, v. 37, #11, p. 9.


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