Lucy Edwards
Lucy Edwards is a Scientist Emeritus at the Florence Bascom Geoscience Center.
Lucy E Edwards focuses her research on the stratigraphy of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains. Her specialty is dinoflagellates (a type of algae), and she studies their fossil cysts for what they reveal about the time and environment of deposition and how they came to be preserved in the fossil record. She also specializes in stratigraphic nomenclature and methods of stratigraphic correlation.
Mentorship/Outreach
- Courses taught at George Washington University, Indiana University, University of Kansas, University of Oslo, George Mason University, Türkiye Petrolleri AO.
Professional Experience
1974, 1975 (summers) Biostratigrapher, Exxon Production Research Co., Houston, TX
1977-2018 Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
2018-present Scientist Emerita, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
Education and Certifications
B.A. (Honors College), 1972, Geology, University of Oregon
Ph. D., 1977, Geological Sciences, University of California, Riverside
Affiliations and Memberships*
American Association for Advancement of Science (Fellow)
Geological Society of America (Fellow)
North American Micropaleontology Section of the Society for Sedimentary Geology
The Paleontological Society (Fellow)
The Palynological Society
American Geophysical Union
USGS representative to North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature
Science and Products
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Preliminary report on the USGS-NASA Langley Corehole -- the Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater Project: A. Operational summary for the USGS -- NASA Langley Corehole, Hampton, Virginia. B. Preliminary geologic summary for the USGS -- NASA Langley Corehol, Hampto
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Authors
Gregory S. Gohn, Arthur C. Clark, Donald G. Queen, Joel S. Levine, Randolph E. McFarland, David S. Powars, Bruce T. Scott, Laurel M. Bybell, Thomas M. Cronin, Lucy E. Edwards, Norman O. Frederiksen, J. Wright Horton, Glen A. Izett, Gerald H. Johnson, C. Wylie Poag, James E. Quick, J. Stephen Schindler, Jean M. Self-Trail, Matthew J. Smith, Robert G. Stamm, Robert E. Weems
Dinocyst biostratigraphy of Tertiary sediments from five cores from Screven and Burke Counties, Georgia
No abstract available.
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Lucy E. Edwards
Overview of the biostratigraphy and paleoecology of sediments from five cores from Screven and Burke Counties, Georgia
No abstract available.
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Lucy E. Edwards, Norman O. Frederiksen, Laurel M. Bybell, Thomas G. Gibson, Gregory Gohn, David Bukry, Jean Self-Trail, Ronald J. Litwin
Palynomorph biostratigraphy and paleoecology of Upper Cretaceous sediments from four cores from Screven and Burke Counties, Georgia
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Norman O. Frederiksen, Lucy E. Edwards, Ronald J. Litwin
Geology and paleontology of five cores from Screven and Burke counties, eastern Georgia
Five deep stratigraphic test holes were drilled from 1991 to 1993 in support of multidisciplinary investigations to determine the stratigraphy of Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary sediments of the coastal plain in east-central Georgia. Cored sediment and geological logs from the Millhaven test hole in Screven County and the Girard and Millers Pond test holes in Burke County are the primary sources of
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Lucy E. Edwards
Preliminary stratigraphic database for the subsurface Tertiary and uppermost Cretaceous sediments of Dorchester County, South Carolina
No abstract available.
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Gregory Gohn, Laurel M. Bybell, Peter G. Chirico, R. A. Christopher, Lucy E. Edwards, N. O. Frederiksen, D. C. Prowell, Jean Self-Trail, Robert E. Weems
Physical stratigraphy, paleontology, and magnetostratigraphy of the USGS-Santee Coastal Reserve core (CHN-803), Charleston County, South Carolina
The Santee Coastal Reserve core, a 545-ft-deep corehole in northeastern Charleston County, South Carolina, recovered sediments of Late Cretaceous, Paleocene, Eocene, and Quaternary age. The deepest sediments, the Donoho Creek Formation (545-475.7 ft), consist of 69.3 ft of muddy calcareous sand of marine origin. This formation is placed within the upper Campanian calcareous nannofossil Subzone CC
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Lucy E. Edwards, G. S. Gohn, D. C. Prowell, L. M. Bybell, L. P. Bardot, J. V. Firth, B.T. Huber, N. O. Frederiksen, K.G. MacLeod
Physical stratigraphy, paleontology, and magnetostratigraphy of the USGS-Santee Coastal Reserve core (CHN-803), Charleston County, South Carolina
The Santee Coastal Reserve core, a 545-ft-deep corehole in northeastern Charleston County, South Carolina, recovered sediments of Late Cretaceous, Paleocene, Eocene, and Quaternary age. The deepest sediments, the Donoho Creek Formation (545-475.7 ft), consist of 69.3 ft of muddy calcareous sand of marine origin. This formation is placed within the upper Campanian calcareous nannofossil Subzone CC
Authors
Lucy E. Edwards, G. S. Gohn, D. C. Prowell, L. M. Bybell, L. P. Bardot, J. V. Firth, B.T. Huber, N. O. Frederiksen, K.G. MacLeod
Fossils, rocks, and time
We study our Earth for many reasons: to find water to drink or oil to run our cars or coal to heat our homes, to know where to expect earthquakes or landslides or floods, and to try to understand our natural surroundings. Earth is constantly changing--nothing on its surface is truly permanent. Rocks that are now on top of a mountain may once have been at the bottom of the sea. Thus, to understand
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Lucy E. Edwards, John Pojeta
Lithostratigraphy, geophysics, biostratigraphy, and strontium-isotope stratigraphy of the surficial aquifer system of eastern Collier County and northern Monroe County, Florida
In 1997, ten cores were drilled in eastern Collier County and northern Monroe County, within the limits of the Big Cypress National Preserve. These cores represent a continuation of the study of seven cores in western Collier County begun in 1996 and reported in Weedman and others (1997) and Edwards and others (1998). This joint U.S. Geological Survey and Florida Geological Survey project is desig
Authors
S.D. Weedman, Frederick L. Paillet, Lucy E. Edwards, K. R. Simmons, T.M. Scott, B. R. Wardlaw, R.S. Reese, J.L. Blair
Lithostratigraphy, petrography, biostratigraphy, and strontium-isotope stratigraphy of the surficial aquifer system of western Collier County, Florida
In 1996, seven cores were recovered in western Collier County, southwestern Florida, to acquire subsurface geologic and hydrologic data to support ground-water modeling efforts. This report presents the lithostratigraphy, X-ray diffraction analyses, petrography, biostratigraphy, and strontium-isotope stratigraphy of these cores.
The oldest unit encountered in the study cores is an unnamed form
Authors
Lucy E. Edwards, S.D. Weedman, Kathleen Simmons, T.M. Scott, G. L. Brewster-Wingard, S. E. Ishman, N.M. Carlin
Preliminary paleontologic report on core 37 from Pass Key, Everglades National Park, Florida Bay
Sediments from Pass Key core 37, in eastern Florida Bay (N 25.1478, W 80.5745) record a history of rapid sedimentation during this century. The lowest portion of the core contains benthic fauna indicative of relatively low salinities and sparse seagrass coverage. This period is followed by an increase in salinity and seagrass. In the middle portion of the core, a slight decrease in salinity and an
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G. L. Brewster-Wingard, S. E. Ishman, N.J. Waibel, Debra A. Willard, Lucy E. Edwards, C. W. Holmes
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Preliminary report on the USGS-NASA Langley Corehole -- the Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater Project: A. Operational summary for the USGS -- NASA Langley Corehole, Hampton, Virginia. B. Preliminary geologic summary for the USGS -- NASA Langley Corehol, Hampto
No abstract available.AuthorsGregory S. Gohn, Arthur C. Clark, Donald G. Queen, Joel S. Levine, Randolph E. McFarland, David S. Powars, Bruce T. Scott, Laurel M. Bybell, Thomas M. Cronin, Lucy E. Edwards, Norman O. Frederiksen, J. Wright Horton, Glen A. Izett, Gerald H. Johnson, C. Wylie Poag, James E. Quick, J. Stephen Schindler, Jean M. Self-Trail, Matthew J. Smith, Robert G. Stamm, Robert E. WeemsDinocyst biostratigraphy of Tertiary sediments from five cores from Screven and Burke Counties, Georgia
No abstract available.AuthorsLucy E. EdwardsOverview of the biostratigraphy and paleoecology of sediments from five cores from Screven and Burke Counties, Georgia
No abstract available.AuthorsLucy E. Edwards, Norman O. Frederiksen, Laurel M. Bybell, Thomas G. Gibson, Gregory Gohn, David Bukry, Jean Self-Trail, Ronald J. LitwinPalynomorph biostratigraphy and paleoecology of Upper Cretaceous sediments from four cores from Screven and Burke Counties, Georgia
No abstract available.AuthorsNorman O. Frederiksen, Lucy E. Edwards, Ronald J. LitwinGeology and paleontology of five cores from Screven and Burke counties, eastern Georgia
Five deep stratigraphic test holes were drilled from 1991 to 1993 in support of multidisciplinary investigations to determine the stratigraphy of Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary sediments of the coastal plain in east-central Georgia. Cored sediment and geological logs from the Millhaven test hole in Screven County and the Girard and Millers Pond test holes in Burke County are the primary sources ofAuthorsLucy E. EdwardsPreliminary stratigraphic database for the subsurface Tertiary and uppermost Cretaceous sediments of Dorchester County, South Carolina
No abstract available.AuthorsGregory Gohn, Laurel M. Bybell, Peter G. Chirico, R. A. Christopher, Lucy E. Edwards, N. O. Frederiksen, D. C. Prowell, Jean Self-Trail, Robert E. WeemsPhysical stratigraphy, paleontology, and magnetostratigraphy of the USGS-Santee Coastal Reserve core (CHN-803), Charleston County, South Carolina
The Santee Coastal Reserve core, a 545-ft-deep corehole in northeastern Charleston County, South Carolina, recovered sediments of Late Cretaceous, Paleocene, Eocene, and Quaternary age. The deepest sediments, the Donoho Creek Formation (545-475.7 ft), consist of 69.3 ft of muddy calcareous sand of marine origin. This formation is placed within the upper Campanian calcareous nannofossil Subzone CCAuthorsLucy E. Edwards, G. S. Gohn, D. C. Prowell, L. M. Bybell, L. P. Bardot, J. V. Firth, B.T. Huber, N. O. Frederiksen, K.G. MacLeodPhysical stratigraphy, paleontology, and magnetostratigraphy of the USGS-Santee Coastal Reserve core (CHN-803), Charleston County, South Carolina
The Santee Coastal Reserve core, a 545-ft-deep corehole in northeastern Charleston County, South Carolina, recovered sediments of Late Cretaceous, Paleocene, Eocene, and Quaternary age. The deepest sediments, the Donoho Creek Formation (545-475.7 ft), consist of 69.3 ft of muddy calcareous sand of marine origin. This formation is placed within the upper Campanian calcareous nannofossil Subzone CCAuthorsLucy E. Edwards, G. S. Gohn, D. C. Prowell, L. M. Bybell, L. P. Bardot, J. V. Firth, B.T. Huber, N. O. Frederiksen, K.G. MacLeodFossils, rocks, and time
We study our Earth for many reasons: to find water to drink or oil to run our cars or coal to heat our homes, to know where to expect earthquakes or landslides or floods, and to try to understand our natural surroundings. Earth is constantly changing--nothing on its surface is truly permanent. Rocks that are now on top of a mountain may once have been at the bottom of the sea. Thus, to understandAuthorsLucy E. Edwards, John PojetaLithostratigraphy, geophysics, biostratigraphy, and strontium-isotope stratigraphy of the surficial aquifer system of eastern Collier County and northern Monroe County, Florida
In 1997, ten cores were drilled in eastern Collier County and northern Monroe County, within the limits of the Big Cypress National Preserve. These cores represent a continuation of the study of seven cores in western Collier County begun in 1996 and reported in Weedman and others (1997) and Edwards and others (1998). This joint U.S. Geological Survey and Florida Geological Survey project is desigAuthorsS.D. Weedman, Frederick L. Paillet, Lucy E. Edwards, K. R. Simmons, T.M. Scott, B. R. Wardlaw, R.S. Reese, J.L. BlairLithostratigraphy, petrography, biostratigraphy, and strontium-isotope stratigraphy of the surficial aquifer system of western Collier County, Florida
In 1996, seven cores were recovered in western Collier County, southwestern Florida, to acquire subsurface geologic and hydrologic data to support ground-water modeling efforts. This report presents the lithostratigraphy, X-ray diffraction analyses, petrography, biostratigraphy, and strontium-isotope stratigraphy of these cores. The oldest unit encountered in the study cores is an unnamed formAuthorsLucy E. Edwards, S.D. Weedman, Kathleen Simmons, T.M. Scott, G. L. Brewster-Wingard, S. E. Ishman, N.M. CarlinPreliminary paleontologic report on core 37 from Pass Key, Everglades National Park, Florida Bay
Sediments from Pass Key core 37, in eastern Florida Bay (N 25.1478, W 80.5745) record a history of rapid sedimentation during this century. The lowest portion of the core contains benthic fauna indicative of relatively low salinities and sparse seagrass coverage. This period is followed by an increase in salinity and seagrass. In the middle portion of the core, a slight decrease in salinity and anAuthorsG. L. Brewster-Wingard, S. E. Ishman, N.J. Waibel, Debra A. Willard, Lucy E. Edwards, C. W. Holmes
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