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Recent Publications, 1998 to present:

(* = student co-author)

Ichnology:

Cunningham, K.J., and H.A. Curran, 2007, Ichnogenic porosity, high-frequency cyclostratigraphy, and groundwater flow in the karst Biscayne aquifer, SE Florida, USA, in Abstracts with Program, International Ichnofabric Workshop IX, M.K. Gingras and J-P. Zonneveld, eds., Calgary, Alberta, Canada, p. 12-15. pdf_link

Curran, H.A., 2007, Ichnofacies, ichnocoenoses, and ichnofabrics of Quaternary shallow-marine to dunal tropical carbonates: a model and implications in Trace Fossils: Concepts, Problems, Prospects, W. Miller III, ed., Amsterdam, Elsevier B.V., p. 232-247. pdf_link

Belt, E.S., N.E. Tibert, H.A. Curran, J.A. Diemer, J.H. Hartman, T. J. Kroeger, and D. M. Harwood, 2005, Evidence for marine influence on a low-gradient coastal plain: Ichnology and invertebrate paleontology of the Lower Tongue River Member (Fort Union Formation, middle Paleocene), western Williston Basin, U.S.A.: Rocky Mountain Geology, v. 40, p. 1-24. pdf_link

Curran, H.A. and A. J. Martin, 2003, Complex decapod burrows and ecological relationships in modern and Pleistocene intertidal carbonate environments, San Salvador Island, Bahamas: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 192, p. 229-245. pdf_link

Curran, H.A. and B. White, 2001, Ichnology of Holocene carbonate eolianites of the Bahamas, in Modern and Ancient Carbonate Eolianites: Sedimentology, Sequence Stratigraphy, and Diagenesis, R. Abegg, M. Harris, and D. Loope, eds., Tulsa, Oklahoma, Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), SEPM Special Publication No. 71, p. 47-55. pdf_link

Miller, M.F. and H.A. Curran, 2001, Behavioral plasticity of modern and Cenozoic burrowing thalassinidean shrimp: Palaegeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 166, p. 219-236. pdf_link

Curran, H.A. and B. White, 1999, Ichnology of Holocene carbonate eolianites on San Salvador Island, Bahamas: Diversity and significance, in Proceedings of the Ninth Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, H.A. Curran and J.E. Mylroie, eds., San Salvador, Bahamian Field Station, p. 22-35.

Miller, M.F., H.A. Curran, and R. L. Martino, 1998, Ophiomorpha nodosa in estuarine sands of the lower Miocene Calvert Formation at the Pollack Farm Site, Delaware, in Geology and Paleontology of the Lower Miocene Pollack Farm Fossil Site, Delaware, R.N. Benson, ed., Newark, Delaware Geological Survey, Special Publication No. 21, p. 41-46.

Coral reefs – fossil:

Greer, L., A. Curran, B. Patterson, and N. Tibert, 2006, The rise and demise of a Holocene coral reef complex, Dominican Republic: The coral-climate connection: Nineteenth Annual Keck Research Symposium in Geology Proceedings, p. 27-32.

Guerard*, G.M.M., L. Greer, H.A. Curran, 2004, Environmental indicator proxies from a Mid-Holocene coral reef, Enriquillo Valley, Dominican Republic: in Proceedings of the Eleventh Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, R.D. Lewis and B.C. Panuska, eds., San Salvador, Bahamas, Gerace Research Center, p. 35-48.

White, B., H.A. Curran, and M.A. Wilson, 2001, A sea-level lowstand (Devil’s Point Event) recorded in Bahamian reefs: Comparison with other last interglacial climate proxies: in Proceedings of the Tenth Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, B.J. Greenstein and C.K. Carney, eds., San Salvador, Bahamas, Gerace Research Center, p. 111-131.

White, B., H.A. Curran, and M. A. Wilson, 1998, Bahamian coral reefs yield evidence of a brief sea-level lowstand during the last interglacial: Reply: Carbonates and Evaporites, v. 13, no. 2, p. 231-234.

Greenstein, B.J., H.A. Curran, and J. M. Pandolfi, 1998, Shifting ecological baselines and the demise of Acropora cervicornis in the Western North Atlantic and Caribbean Province: A Pleistocene perspective: Coral Reefs (geology of reefs theme issue),v. 17, p. 249-261.

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

Greenstein, B.J., J. M. Pandolfi, and H.A. Curran, 1998, The completeness of the Pleistocene fossil record: Implications for stratigraphic adequacy, in The Adequacy of the Fossil Record, S.K. Donovan and C. R. C. Paul, eds., London, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., p. 75-109.

Greenstein, B.J., L. A. Harris*, and H.A. Curran, 1998, Comparison of recent coral life and death assemblages to Pleistocene reef communities: Implications for rapid faunal replacement on recent reefs: Carbonates and Evaporties (coral reefs theme issue), v. 13, no. 1, p. 23-31.

White, B., H.A. Curran, and M. A. Wilson, 1998, Bahamian coral reefs yield evidence of a brief sea-level lowstand during the last interglacial: Carbonates and Evaporites (coral reefs theme issue),v. 13, no. 1, p. 10-22.

Coral reefs – modern:

Brown-Saracino, J.*, P. Peckol, H.A. Curran, and M.J. Robbart, 2006, Spatial variation in sea urchins, fish predators, and bioersion rates on coral reefs of Belize: Coral Reefs, OnlineFirst, 17 Oct. 06, and 2007, v. 26, no. 1, p. 71-78. pdf_link

Curran, H.A., S. Etheredge, E. Callaghan*, and P. Peckol, 2005, Coral Reef Ed-Ventures: An environmental education program for school children in San Pedro, Belize: Reef Encounter, no. 33, p. 22-27.

Curran, H.A., P. Peckol, B.J. Greenstein, S. Ristau*, and S. DeYoung*, 2004, Shallow-water coral reefs in transition: Examples from Belize and the Bahamas in Proceedings of the Eleventh Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, R.D. Lewis and B.C. Panuska, eds., San Salvador, Bahamas, Gerace Research Center, p. 13-24. pdf_link

Robbart*, M.L., P. Peckol, S. P. Scordilis, H.A. Curran, and J. Brown-Saracino*, 2004, Population dynamics and differential heat shock protein expression for the corals Agaricia agaricites and A. tenuifolia in Belize: Marine Ecology Progress Series, v. 283, p. 151-160.

Peckol, P., H.A. Curran, B.J. Greenstein, E. Floyd*, and M. Robbart*, 2003, Assessment of the status of coral reefs and fish populations off San Salvador Island, Bahamas in Status of Coral Reefs in the Western Atlantic: Results of Initial Surveys, Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) Program, J.C. Lang, ed., Atoll Research Bulletin no. 496, p. 124-144.

Peckol, P., H.A. Curran, E. Floyd*, M. Robbart*, B.J. Greenstein, and K. Buckman*, 2003, Assessment of the condition of forereef and backreef sites of northern and south-central Belize, including recovery from bleaching and hurricane disturbances: in volume as above, p. 146-171.

Peckol, P., H.A. Curran, M. Robbart*, and B.J. Greenstein, 2001, Resilience and recovery of coral reefs from large-scale disturbances: Contrasting patterns for San Salvador Island, Bahamas and Belize: in Proceedings of the Tenth Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, B.J. Greenstein and C.K. Carney, eds., San Salvador, Bahamas, Gerace Research Center, p. 132-144.

With J. Lang and as one of 10 other authors listed alphabetically, 1998, Status of coral reefs in the northern areas of the wider Caribbean, in Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 1998, C. Wilkinson, ed., Townsville, Australian Institute of Marine Science, p. 123-134.

Bahamas geology:

Curran, H.A., M.A. Wilson, and J.E. Mylroie, 2008 (in press), Fossil palm frond and tree trunk molds: occurrence and implications for interpretation of Bahamian Quaternary carbonate eolianites in Proceedings of the Thirteenth Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, L.E. Parks and D. Freile, eds., San Salvador, Bahamas, Gerace Research Center.

Kindler, P., H.A. Curran, D. Marty, and E. Samankassou, 2008 (in press), Multiple sedimentary sequences, bird traces and lagoon beaches in Last Interglacial oolites, Boiling Hole, North Eleuthera Island, Bahamas: in volume as above.

Mylroie, J.E., J.L. Carew, H.A. Curran, D. Freile, N.E. Sealey, and V.J. Voegeli, 2006, Geology of Cat Island, Bahamas: A Field Trip Guide: San Salvador, Bahamas, Gerace Research Center, 44 p.

Voegeli, V.J., A.L. Simonti*, H.A. Curran, 2006, Seasonal sediment transport and unusually large spit development at Sandy Point, San Salvador Island, Bahamas in Proceedings of the Twelfth Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, R.L. Davis and D. Gamble, eds., San Salvador, Bahamas, Gerace Research Center, p. 233-240.

White, V. and H.A. Curran, 2006, Marine anthropogenic debris surveys on Hanna Bay and East beaches, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, 1998-2004: in volume as above, p. 241-249.

Curran, H.A., J.E. Mylroie, D.W. Gamble, M.A. Wilson, R.L. Davis, N.E. Sealy, and V.J. Voegeli, 2004, Geology of Long Island, Bahamas: A Field Trip Guide:San Salvador, Bahamas, Gerace Research Center, 24 p.

Curran, H.A., P. Delano*, B. White, and M. Barrett*, 2001, Coastal effects of Hurricane Floyd on San Salvador Island, Bahamas, in Proceedings of the Tenth Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, B.J. Greenstein and C.K. Carney, eds., San Salvador, Bahamas, Gerace Research Center, p. 1-12.

Curran, H.A. and J.E. Mylroie, Editors, 1999, Proceedings of the Ninth Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions: San Salvador, Bahamian Field Station, 144 p. (A volume of 12 edited papers)

Dominican Republic – Lago Enriquillo geology:

Glumac, B., L. Berrios*, L. Greer, and H.A. Curran, 2004, Holocene tufa-coated serpulid mounds from the Dominican Republic: Depositional and diagenetic history, with comparison to modern serpulid aggregates from Baffin Bay, Texas: in volume as above, p. 49-65.

Miscellaneous geology & paleontology:

Cunningham, K.J., J.K. Rigby, M.A. Wacker, and H. A. Curran, 2007, First documentation of tidal-channel sponge biostromes (upper Pleistocene, southeastern Florida): Geology, v. 35, no. 5, p. 475-478. pdf_link

Belt, E.S., J.H. Hartman, J.A. Diemer, T.J. Kroeger, N.E. Tibert, and H.A. Curran, 2004, Unconformities and age relationships, Tongue River and older members of the Fort Union Formation (Paleocene), western Williston Basin, U.S.A.: Rocky Mountain Geology, v. 39, p. 113-140.

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