Theses and Dissertations: Mississippi Interior Salt Basin
Alabama:
Auburn University - Masterâs Theses
Esposito, R.A., Jr., 1987, Stratigraphic analysis and depositional environments of the Smackover
Formation in the Conecuh Basin, Escambia County, southwestern Alabama: Auburn,
Alabama, Auburn University, Masterâs Thesis, 124 p.
Moore, D.K., 1991, Carbonate depositional environments and facies stratigraphy of the Jurassic
Smackover Formation, southwestern portion of the Manila Embayment, southwest Alabama:
Auburn, Alabama, Auburn University, Masterâs Thesis, 150 p.
University of Alabama - Masterâs Theses
Bowers, C.W., 1986, Environment of deposition of the upper Cretaceous lower Tuscaloosa
Stringer sands in Pike and Lincoln Counties, Mississippi: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, University
of Alabama, Masterâs Thesis, 208 p.
Chase, D.D., 1984, Radon distribution controls and possible sources in the Gilbertown Oil Field
area, Choctaw County, Alabama: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, University of Alabama, Masterâs
Thesis, 80 p.
Cottingham, J.P., III, 1988, A kinematic model for interpreting the structural evolution of the
Citronelle dome, Mobile County, Alabama: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, University of Alabama,
Masterâs Thesis, 208 p.
Cunningham, A.E., 1984, Lithofacies, depositional environments, and diagenetic alteration of the
Smackover Formation in the Manila Embayment of southwest Alabama: Tuscaloosa,
Alabama, University of Alabama, Masterâs Thesis, 198 p.
Hall, D., 1988, Petroleum geology and geochemistry of south-central Escambia County,
Alabama: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, University of Alabama, Masterâs Thesis, 149 p.
Hargett, W.G., 1975, The hydrocarbon potential of the A.S. Johnson Mineral Trust Lands,
southwest Alabama: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, University of Alabama, Masterâs Thesis, 121 p.
Laird, J.W., 1985, Diagenetic controls on reservoir characteristics and development in the
Jurassic Norphlet Formation, Escambia County, Alabama: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, University
of Alabama, Masterâs Thesis, 114 p.
Markham, D.B., 1991, Depositional and diagenetic controls on porosity distribution and
development, Norphlet Formation, offshore Alabama region: Tuscaloosa, Alabama,
University of Alabama, Masterâs Thesis, 290 p.
Markland, L.A., 1992, Depositional history of the Smackover Formation, Appleton Field,
Escambia County, Alabama: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, University of Alabama, Masterâs Thesis,
145 p.
McKee, D.A., 1990, Structural controls on lithofacies and petroleum geology of the Smackover
Formation, eastern Mississippi Interior Salt Basin, Alabama: Tuscaloosa, Alabama,
University of Alabama, Masterâs Thesis, 254 p.
McWilliams, R.G., Jr., 1970, A gravity investigation of the Klepac Dome, McIntosh salt dome,
and Jackson Fault in southwest Alabama: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, University of Alabama,
Masterâs Thesis, 71 p.
Moore, D.B., 1965, A subsurface investigation of the Gilbertown Oil Field: Tuscaloosa,
Alabama, University of Alabama, Masterâs Thesis, 31 p.
Moss, N.E., 1987, Petrology and reservoir characteristics of the Smackover Formation in the
eastern Mississippi Interior Salt Basin, Choctaw, Clarke, and Washington Counties,
Alabama: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, University of Alabama, Masterâs Thesis, 138 p.
Murray, B.S., 1991, Characterization of the Smackover reservoir, Hatter's Pond Field, Mobile,
County, Alabama: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, University of Alabama, Masterâs Thesis, 274 p.
Oglesby, H.R., 1990, Depositional environments of the lower Haynesville Formation in the
Manila Embayment of southwest Alabama: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, University of Alabama,
Masterâs Thesis, 136 p.
Payton, J.W., 1984, Paleoenvironmental determination of the lower Tuscaloosa at South Carlton
Field, Baldwin and Clarke Counties, Alabama: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, University of
Alabama, Masterâs Thesis, 170 p.
Powers, T.J., 1990, Structural and depositional controls on petroleum occurrence in the upper
Jurassic Smackover Formation, Vocation Field, Monroe County, Alabama: Tuscaloosa,
Alabama, University of Alabama, Masterâs Thesis, 171 p.
Schneeflock, R.D., Jr., 1972, Possible origins of the Livingston fault zone: Tuscaloosa, Alabama,
University of Alabama, Masterâs Thesis, 45 p.
Vaughan, R.L. Jr., 1985, Diagenetic effects on reservoir development in the upper Jurassic
Norphlet Formation, Mobile and Baldwin Counties and offshore Alabama: Tuscaloosa,
Alabama, University of Alabama, Masterâs Thesis, 143 p.
Walls, I.A., 1985, Provenance of the Jurassic Norphlet Formation in southwest Alabama:
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, University of Alabama, Masterâs Thesis, 193 p.
Wilkerson, R.P., 1981, Environments of deposition of the Norphlet Formation (Jurassic) in south
Alabama: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, University of Alabama, Masterâs Thesis, 141 p.
Zhang, X., 1994, Petrophysical characterization of pore types from the Smackover Formation,
southwest Alabama: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, University of Alabama, Masterâs Thesis, 182 p.
Florida:
University of Florida - Masterâs Theses
Collins, W.H., 1985, Thermal anomalies in the Mississippi Embayment and their tectonic
implications: Gainesville, Florida, University of Florida, Masterâs Thesis, 190 p.
Jarrett, M.L., 1982, Heat flow of the Mississippi Embayment: Gainesville, Florida, University of
Florida, Masterâs Thesis, 143 p.
Levy, A.G., 1977, Oil and gas maturation zones in the Jurassic and Cretaceous trends of
northwest Florida and adjacent parts of Georgia and Alabama: Gainesville, Florida,
University of Florida, Masterâs Thesis, 79 p.
Self, G.A., 1981, Growth movement of the Citronelle dome, and its genetic relationship to other
salt structures in the southern Mississippi salt basin: Gainesville, Florida, University of
Florida, Masterâs Thesis, 136 p.
Florida State University ö Masterâs Theses
McCoy, H. J., 1958, An electric log and sample study of the Citronelle Oil Field, Mobile County,
Alabama: Tallahassee, Florida, Florida State University, Masterâs Thesis, 40 p.
Mississippi:
Mississippi State University - Masterâs Theses
Amy, J.P., 1993, The type and distribution of authigenic clay minerals in the Smackover
Formation of the Manila Embayment of southwest Alabama (Wilcox, Clarke and Monroe
Counties): Starkville, Mississippi, Mississippi State University, Masterâs Thesis, 152 p.
Arledge, E.A., 1957, The geology of the Hub Oil Field, Marion County, Mississippi: Starkville,
Mississippi, Mississippi State University, Masterâs Thesis, 49 p.
Burchfield, G.E., 1950, The geology of the Brookhaven Oil Field, Lincoln County, Mississippi:
Starkville, Mississippi, Mississippi State University, Masterâs Thesis, 48 p.
Garrett, M.E., 1956, A regional study of the Eutaw Formation in the subsurface of central and
southern Mississippi: Starkville, Mississippi, Mississippi State University, Masterâs Thesis,
39 p.
Greco, J.A., 1956, The geology of the Bolton Oil Field, Hinds County, Mississippi: Starkville,
Mississippi, Mississippi State University, Masterâs Thesis, 41 p.
Johnson, O.H., Jr., 1951, The geology of the Baxterville Oil Field, Lamar and Marion Counties,
Mississippi: Starkville, Mississippi, Mississippi State University, Masterâs Thesis, 52 p.
Phelps, W.E., 1957, The geology of the Sandy Hook Field, Marion County, Mississippi:
Starkville, Mississippi, Mississippi State University, Masterâs Thesis, 43 p.
University of Mississippi - Masterâs Theses
Peeples, J.D., 1951, Structural studies of non-producing sediments in selected Mississippi oil
fields: Oxford, Mississippi, University of Mississippi, Masterâs Thesis, 29 p.
Woodward, G.A., 1985, A gravimetric and magnetic investigation of the Sharkey Platform, west-
central Mississippi: Oxford, Mississippi, University of Mississippi, Masterâs Thesis, 74 p.
University of Southern Mississippi - Masterâs Theses
Aultman, W. L., Jr., 1975, The subsurface Jurassic Bay Springs Sand: Hattiesburg, Mississippi,
University of Southern Mississippi, Masterâs Thesis, 34 p.
Bowman, J. K., 1987, Subsurface structure and hydrocarbon occurrence, Heidelberg--Sand Hill
Graben System, southeast Mississippi: Hattiesburg, Mississippi, University of Southern
Mississippi, Masterâs Thesis, 128 p.
Hamilton, W. S., 1986, Facies relationships and depositional environments of lower Tuscaloosa
Formation reservoir sandstones in the McComb Field area, southwest Mississippi:
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, University of Southern Mississippi, Masterâs Thesis, 88 p.
Hamlin, K.H., 1987, Sandstone petrology and diagenesis of lower Tuscaloosa Formation
reservoirs in the McComb and Little Creek Field areas, southwest Mississippi: Hattiesburg,
Mississippi, University of Southern Mississippi, Masterâs Thesis, 105 p.
Jackson, J.B., 1982, The Jurassic petroleum geology of southwestern Clarke County,
Mississippi: Hattiesburg, Mississippi, University of Southern Mississippi, Masterâs Thesis,
34 p.
Klicman, D.P. 1988, Stratigraphic facies, depositional environments, and petrology of the lower
Tuscaloosa Formation reservoir sandstones in the North Hustler and Thompson Field areas,
southwest Mississippi: Hattiesburg, Mississippi, University of Southern Mississippi,
Masterâs Thesis, 122 p.
Songqiao, L., 1993, Subsurface structure and hydrocarbon occurrence, Cretaceous rocks of
Maxie and Pistol Ridge Fields, southeastern Mississippi: Hattiesburg, Mississippi,
University of Southern Mississippi, Masterâs Thesis, 61 p.
Sydboten, B.D., Jr., 1986, Depositional environments of the Cotton Valley Group (Jurassic) in
west-central Mississippi: Hattiesburg, Mississippi, University of Southern Mississippi,
Masterâs Thesis, 72 p.
Watkins, H., 1985, The petrology and diagenesis of the lower Tuscaloosa, Fayette Field,
Jefferson County, Mississippi: Hattiesburg, Mississippi, University of Southern Mississippi,
Masterâs Thesis, 85 p.
Louisiana:
Louisiana State University - Masterâs Theses
Becher, J.W., 1975, Deposition, diagenesis, and pore space evolution in the upper Smackover
Formation, Walker Creek Field, southern Arkansas: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana
State University, Masterâs Thesis, 119 p.
Brock, F., Jr., 1980, Walker Creek revisited: a reinterpretation of the diagenesis of the
Smackover Formation of Walker Creek Field, Arkansas: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana
State University, Masterâs Thesis, 78 p.
Croft, W.S., 1980, Deposition and diagenesis of the Jurassic, upper Smackover Formation, North
Haynesville Field, northern Louisiana: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana State University,
Masterâs Thesis, 96 p.
Eldridge, J.T., 1989, Upper Jurassic stratigraphy, porosity distribution, and hydrocarbon potential
of western southeast Mississippi: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana State University,
Masterâs Thesis, 179 p.
McDonald, S.M., 1941, A study of the regional isopachous pattern of the subsurface Eocene
Wilcox sediments in central Mississippi and the significance of local thickness variations:
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana State University, Masterâs Thesis, 24 p.
Stamatedes, M.R., 1982, Dolomitization of the upper Smackover in Miller County, Arkansas and
adjacent areas: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana State University, Masterâs Thesis, 175 p.
Louisiana State University - Doctoral Dissertations
Badon, C.L., 1973, Petrology of the Norphlet and Smackover Formations (Jurassic), Clarke
County, Mississippi: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana State University, Doctoral
Dissertation, 197 p.
Heydari, E., 1990, Burial diagenesis of the Smackover Formation, southeast Mississippi salt
basin: Mississippi: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana State University, Doctoral
Dissertation, 268 p.
Vinet, M.J., 1990, Geochemistry and origin of Smackover and Buckner dolomites (upper
Jurassic), Jay Field area, Alabama-Florida: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana State
University, Doctoral Dissertation, 302 p.
Wade, W.J., 1993, Stratigraphy, diagenesis, and petroleum geology of the Smackover Formation,
southwest Alabama: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana State University, Doctoral
Dissertation, 272 p.
Northeast Louisiana University - Masterâs Theses
Bryant, C.R., 1986, Diagenesis and depositional environment of the upper Smackover member,
Choctaw County, Alabama: Monroe, Louisiana, Northeast Louisiana University, 67 p.
Fiddler, L.C., 1971, Cyclic sedimentation in the upper Wilcox of eastern and central Mississippi
and western Alabama: Monroe, Louisiana, Northeast Louisiana University, 124 p,
Higginbotham, R.S., 1989, The petrology and reservoir characteristics of the Denkman
Sandstone Member, Norphlet Formation (upper Jurassic), Hatter's Pond Field, Mobile
County, Alabama: Monroe, Louisiana, Northeast Louisiana University, Masterâs Thesis,
150 p.
Hippensteel, D.L., 1988, Diagenesis, facies development, and depositional environment of the
lower Tuscaloosa Formation, Thompson Field, Amite County, Mississippi: Monroe,
Louisiana, Northeast Louisiana University, Masterâs Thesis, 111 p.
Mathews, J.C., 1987, The depositional environment and diagenesis of the lower Tuscaloosa
Formation, Newtonia Field, Wilkinson County, Mississippi: Monroe, Louisiana, Northeast
Louisiana University, Masterâs Thesis, 91 p.
Pepper, C.F., 1982, Depositional environments of the upper Jurassic Norphlet Formation of
southwestern Alabama: Monroe, Louisiana, Northeast Louisiana University, Masterâs
Thesis, 102 p.
Ratchford, T.D., 1987, Red and gray sands of the lower Cretaceous found in the interior
Mississippi salt basin with emphasis on differential porosity and permeability: Monroe,
Louisiana, Northeast Louisiana University, Masterâs Thesis, 92 p.
Smith, K.M., 1990, The geology of the upper member of the Smackover Formation, southeast
Blackjack Creek Prospect, Santa Rosa County: Monroe, Louisiana, Northeast Louisiana
University, Masterâs Thesis, 73 p.
Townsend, R.N., 1986, The depositional environment and diagenesis of the upper Smackover
member in Womack Hill Field, Clarke and Choctaw Counties, Alabama: Monroe,
Louisiana, Northeast Louisiana University, Masterâs Thesis, 97 p.
Wiygul, G.J., 1987, A subsurface study of the lower Tuscaloosa Formation at Olive Field, Pike
and Amite Counties, Mississippi: Monroe, Louisiana, Northeast Louisiana University,
Masterâs Thesis, 145 p.
University of Southwestern Louisiana - Masterâs Theses
Hearne, J.H., 1987, Geology of the middle Tuscaloosa, lower Tuscaloosa and Dantzler
Formations as seen in the DuPont DeNemours #1 Lester Earnest Harrison County,
Mississippi: Lafayette, Louisiana, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Masterâs Thesis,
174 p.
Reif, L.T., 1992, Analysis of the relationship between seismic amplitudes and gas content of the
Miocene Amos sand, Mary Ann Field, offshore Alabama: Lafayette, Louisiana, University
of Southwestern Louisiana, Masterâs Thesis, 88 p.
Rutherford, M.S., 1988, Depositional environments and areal distribution of updip lower
Tuscaloosa "Stringer" member sandstones in portions of Amite and Wilkinson Counties,
Mississippi: Lafayette, Louisiana, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Masterâs Thesis,
149 p.
Weber, A.J., 1979, An integrated geological/geophysical interpretation of the Pachuta Creek area
(Clarke County, Mississippi): Lafayette, Louisiana, University of Southwestern Louisiana,
Masterâs Thesis, 175 p.
Zuraff, S.J., 1979, Three-dimensional computer modeling of basement topography based on
gravity data in central southernmost Alabama: Lafayette, Louisiana, University of
Southwestern Louisiana, Masterâs Thesis, 56 p.
Other Institutions - Masters Theses
Broom, B.B., 1981, Mineralogy and geochemistry of the Buckner and Louann Formations,
southwest Alabama: Columbia, Missouri, University of Missouri - Columbia, Masterâs
Thesis, 72 p.
Eustice, R.A., 1990, Petrography and geochemistry of the Jurassic Louann and Haynesville
formations, Clarke County, southwestern Alabama: Austin, Texas, University of Texas,
Austin, Masterâs Thesis, 148 p.
Leiker, L.M., 1977, Deposition and diagenesis of the Smackover Formation, south-central
Alabama: Lubbock, Texas, Texas Tech University, Masterâs Thesis, 110 p.
McHugh, A.E., 1987, Styles of diagenesis in Norphlet Sandstone (Upper Jurassic) onshore and
offshore Alabama: New Orleans, Louisiana, University of New Orleans, Masterâs Thesis,
164 p.
Worrall, J.G., 1988, Deposition and diagenesis of the Jurassic Smackover formation: Hatter's
Pond Field, southwest Alabama: Austin, Texas, University of Texas at Austin, Masterâs
Thesis, 237 p.
Other Institutions ö Doctoral Dissertations
Barrett, M.L., 1987, The dolomitization and diagenesis of the Jurassic Smackover Formation,
southwest Alabama: Baltimore, Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, Doctoral Dissertation,
383 p.
Dickinson, K.A., 1962, The upper Jurassic stratigraphy of Mississippi and southwestern
Alabama: Minneapolis, Minnesota, University of Minnesota, Doctoral Dissertation, 163 p.
Dworkin, S.I., 1991, Dissimilar diagenetic histories of Smackover sandstones, Gulf of Mexico,
U.S.A: Austin, Texas, University of Texas at Austin, Doctoral Dissertation, 244 p.

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