First State Geology has been the newsletter of DGS for over 25 years. 
Peter P. McLaughlin Jr. P.G.
Geologist
Senior Scientist
Phone:
302-831-8263
Fax:
302-831-3579
Email:
ppmclau@udel.edu
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Expertise
Peter P. McLaughlin joined the staff of the Delaware Geological Survey as a Senior Scientist in June, 1999, after working ten years in research and exploration in the oil industry. Dr. McLaughlin was raised in Dover, Delaware and holds a B.S. in Geology from the University of Delaware and a Ph.D. in Geology from Louisiana State University.
Dr. McLaughlin's primary research interests are sequence stratigraphy, micropaleontology, ground water and clastic depositional systems. His projects utilize many of the tools and techniques used in the oil industry to address ground-water issues of importance to Delaware.
Dr. McLaughlin has had a secondary faculty appointment as Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences, UD College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment.
DGS Projects and News
DGS Publications
Education
Louisiana State University, 1989, Ph.D., Geology
University of Delaware, 1984, B.S., Geology
University of Delaware, 1984, B.S., Geology
External Publications
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
1. Sugarman, P.J., Miller, K.G., Browning, J.V., Aubry, M.-P., Brenner, G.J., Bukry, D., Butari, B., Feigenson, M.D., Kulpecz, A.A., McLaughlin, P.P., Jr., Mizintseva, S., Monteverde, D.H., Olsson, R., Pusz, A.E., Tomlinson, J., Uptegrove, J., Rankin, H., and Velez, C.C., 2010. Medford Site. In Miller, Sugarman, Browning, et al., Proc. ODP, Init. Repts., 174AX (Suppl.): College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 1–66. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.ir.174AXS.109.2010.
2. Browning, J. V., Miller, K.G., McLaughlin, P.P., Edwards, L.E., Powars, D. S., Kulpecz, AA., Wade, B.S., and Feigenson, M., 2009. Post-impact integrated lithostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy, and Sr-isotopes of the Chesapeake Bay impact structure. . GSA Special Paper 458, Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, p. 775-810.
3. Edwards, L.E., Powars, D. S., Browning, J.V., McLaughlin, P.P., Miller, K.G., Self-Trail, J.M., Kulpecz, A.A., and Elbra, T., 2009. Geologic columns for the ICDP-USGS Eyreville A and C coreholes, Chesapeake Bay impact structure: Post-impact sediments, 0 to 444 m depth. GSA Special Paper 458, Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, p. 91-114.
4. Kulpecz, A.A., Miller, K.G., Browning, J.V., Edwards, L.E., Powars, D.S., McLaughlin, P.P., Harris, A.D., and Feigenson, M.D., 2009. Post-impact evolution of the Chesapeake Bay impact structure: Eustasy, passive-aggressive tectonism, and impactite compaction. . GSA Special Paper 458, Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, p. 811-838.
5. McLaughlin, P. P., Miller, K. G., Browning, J. V., Ramsey, K. W., Benson, R. N., Tomlinson, J.T., and Sugarman, P.J., 2008. Stratigraphy, paleoenvironments, and aquifer characteristics of the Oligocene to Pleistocene section at Bethany Beach, Delaware. Delaware Geological Survey Report of Investigations No. 75.
6. Browning, J. V., Miller, K.G., Sugarman, P.J., Kominz, M.A, McLaughlin, P.P., Kulpecz, A.A., and Feigenson, M.D., 2008, 100 Myr record of sequences, sedimentary facies and sea level change from Ocean Drilling Program onshore coreholes, US Mid-Atlantic coastal plain. Basin Research, v. 20, no. 2, p. 227–248.
7. Martin, R.E., Leorri, E., and McLaughlin, P.P., 2007, Holocene sea level and climate change in the Black Sea: Multiple marine incursions related to freshwater discharge events, Quaternary International, v. 167-168, p. 61-72.
8. Sugarman, P.J., Miller, K.G., Browning, J.V., Monteverde, D.H., Uptegrove, J., McLaughlin, P.P., Jr., Stanley, A.M., Wehmiller, J., Kulpecz, A., Harris, A., Pusz, A., Kahn, A., Friedman, A., Feigenson, M.D., Barron, J., and McCarthy, F.M.G., 2007. Cape May Zoo site. In Miller, K.G., Sugarman, P.J., Browning, J.V., et al., Proc. ODP, Init. Repts., 174AX (Suppl.): College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 1–66. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.ir.174AXS.108.2007 [Online]. Available from World Wide Web: http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/174AXSIR/VOLUME/CHAPTERS/174AXS_7.PDF
9. McLaughlin, P.P., and Velez, C.C., 2006. Geology and extent of the confined aquifers of Kent County, Delaware. Delaware Geological Survey Report of Investigations No. 72, 40 p.
10. McLaughlin, P.P., 2006, Preliminary Report on the Palynology of the Potomac Formation of Delaware in Benson, R.N., Internal Stratigraphic Correlation of the Subsurface Potomac Formation, New Castle County, Delaware, and Adjacent Areas in Maryland and New Jersey, Delaware Geological Survey Report of Investigations No. 71, p. 9-15.
11. Miller, K.G., Sugarman, P.J., Browning, J.V., Aubry, M.-P., Brenner, G.J., Cobbs, G., III, de Romero, L., Feigenson, M.D., Harris, A., Katz, M.E., Kulpecz, A., McLaughlin, P.P., Jr., Misintseva, S., Monteverde, D.H., Olsson, R.K., Patrick, L., Pekar, S.J., and Uptegrove, J., 2006. Sea Girt site. In Miller, K.G., Sugarman, P.J., Browning, J.V., et al., Proc. ODP, Init. Repts., 174AX (Suppl.): College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 1–104. [Online]. Available from World Wide Web: http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/174AXSIR/VOLUME/CHAPTERS/174AXS_6.PDF
12. Leorri, E., Martin, R.E., and McLaughlin, P.P., 2006, Holocene environmental and parasequence development of the St. Jones estuary, Delaware (USA): foraminiferal proxies of natural climatic and anthropogenic change. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 241, no. 3-4, p. 590-607.
13. Browning, J.V., Miller, K.G., McLaughlin, P.P., Kominz, M.A., Sugarman, P.J., Monteverde, D., Feigenson, M.D., and Hernández, J.C., 2006. Quantification of the effects of eustasy, subsidence, and sediment supply on Miocene sequences, U.S. Mid-Atlantic Margin. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 118; no. 5-6, p. 567–588
14. McLaughlin, P.P., 2005, Earth History: Sequence Stratigraphy in Selley, R.C., et al., eds. Encyclopedia of Geology. Elsevier/Academic Press, Oxford, p. 159-173.
15. Sugarman, P.J., Miller, K.G., Browning, J.V., Kulpecz, A.A., McLaughlin, P.P., 2005, Hydrostratigraphy of the New Jersey Coastal Plain: Sequences and facies predict continuity of aquifers and confining units. Stratigraphy, v. 2, no. 3, p. 259-276.
16. Sugarman, P.J., Miller, K.G., Browning, J.V., McLaughlin, P.P., Jr., Brenner, G.J., Buttari, B., Cramer, B.S., Harris, A., Hernandez, J., Katz, M.E., Lettini, B., Misintseva, S., Monteverde, D.H., Olsson, R.K., Patrick, L., Roman, E., Wojtko, M.J., Aubry, M.-P., Feigenson, M.D., Barron, J.A., Curtin, S., Cobbs, G., Cobbs, G., III, Bukry, D., and Huffman, B., 2005. Millville site. In Miller, K.G., Sugarman, P.J., Browning, J.V., et al., Proc. ODP, Init. Repts., 174AX (Suppl.): College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 1-94. Available from World Wide Web: http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/174AXSIR/VOLUME/CHAPTERS/174AXS_5.PDF
17. McKenna, T.E., McLaughlin, P.P., and Benson, R.N., 2004, Characterization of the Potomac Aquifer, an extremely heterogeneous fluvial system in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of Delaware. Delaware Geological Survey Open File Report No. 45, 3 sheets.
18. Sugarman, P.J., Miller, K.G., McLaughlin, P.P., Jr., Browning, J.V., Hernandez, J., Monteverde, D., Uptegrove, J., Baxter, S.J., McKenna, T.E., Andres, A.S., Benson, R.N., Ramsey, K.W., Keyser, T., Katz, M.E., Kahn, A., Friedman, A., Wojtko, M., Feigenson, M.D., Olsson, R.K., Brenner, G., Self-Trail, J.M., and Cobbs, G., III, 2004. Fort Mott Site. In Miller, K.G., Sugarman, P.J., Browning, J.V., et al., Proc. ODP, Init. Repts., 174AX (Suppl.), 1–50 [Online]. Available from World Wide Web: http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/174AXSIR/VOLUME/CHAPTERS/ 174AXS_4.PDF>.
19. Miller, K. G., McLaughlin, P. P., Jr., Browning, J. V., Benson, R. N., Sugarman, P. J., Ramsey, K. W., Hernandez, J., Baxter, S. J., Feigenson, M. D., Monteverde, D. H., Cramer, B. S., Uptegrove, J., Katz, M. E., McKenna, T. E., Strohmeier, S. A., Pekar, S. F., Cobbs, G., Cobbs, G., III, Aubry, M.-P., Curtin, S., 2003, Bethany Beach site report. In Miller, K.G., Sugarman, P.J., Browning, J.V., et al., Proc. ODP, Init. Repts., 174AX (Suppl.), 1-84 [Online]. Available from World Wide Web: http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/174AXSIR/VOLUME/CHAPTERS/174AXS_3.PDF.
20. Miller, K.G., Browning, J.V., Sugarman, P.J., McLaughlin, P.P., Kominz, M.A., Olsson, R.K., Wright, J.D., Cramer, B.S., Pekar, S.J., and Van Sickel, W., 2003. 174AX leg summary: sequences, sea level, tectonics, and aquifer resources: coastal plain drilling. In Miller, K.G., Sugarman, P.J., Browning, J.V., et al., Proc. ODP, Init. Repts., 174AX (Suppl.): College Station TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 1-38 [Online]. Available from World Wide Web:http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/174AXSIR/VOLUME/CHAPTERS/174AXSLS.PDF
21. McLaughlin, P. P., Baxter, S. J., Ramsey, K. W., McKenna, T. E., Strohmeier, S. A., 2002, Results of Trenching Investigations Along the New Castle Railroad Survey-1 Seismic Line, New Castle, Delaware, Delaware Geological Survey Open File Report No. 43, 17 p.
22. Miller, K.G., Sugarman, P.J., Browning, J.V., Pekar, S.F., Katz, M.E., Cramer, B.S., Monteverde, D., Uptegrove, J., McLaughlin, Jr., P.P., Baxter, S.J., Aubry, M.-P., Olsson, R.K., Van Sickel, B., Metzger, K., Feigenson, M.D., Tiffin, S., and McCarthy, F., 2001. Ocean View Site. In Miller, K.G., Sugarman, P.J., Browning, J.V., et al., Proc. ODP, Init. Repts., 174AX (Suppl.), 1-72 [Online]. Available from World Wide Web: http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/174AXSIR/VOLUME/CHAPTERS/174AXS_2.PDF.
23. Mann, P., and McLaughlin, P.P., Bold, W.A. van den, Lawrence, S.R., and Lamar, M.E., 1999, Tectonic and eustatic controls on Neogene evaporitic and siliciclastic deposition in the Enriquillo Basin, Dominican Republic, in Mann, P., ed., Caribbean Basins, Sedimentary Basins of the World Series, Series Editor: K. Hsü, Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, vol. 4, p. 287-342.
24. Gill, I.P., McLaughlin, P.P., and Hubbard, D., 1999, Sedimentological and tectonic evolution of the Neogene of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands in Mann, P., ed., Caribbean Basins, Sedimentary Basins of the World Series, Series Editor: K. Hsü, Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, vol. 4.
25. McLaughlin, P.P., Scott, R., and Barnette, S., 1999, Sequence Stratigraphy, in Fleisher, R.L., and Lane, H.R., eds., Chapter 17: Applied Paleontology, in E.A. Beaumont and N.H. Foster, eds., Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps: AAPG Treatise of Petroleum Geology, Handbook of Petroleum Geology. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa OK, p. 17.42-17.46.
26. Gill, I.P., Hubbard, D., McLaughlin, P.P., and Moore, C.H., 1997, Geology and hydrogeology of St. Croix, in Vacher, L., and Quinn, T., eds., The geology and hydrogeology of carbonate islands, Developments in Sedimentology Series, Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, vol. 54, p. 359-379.
27. Gill, I.P., Hubbard, D., McLaughlin, P.P., and Moore, C.H., 1997, Geology and hydrogeology of the St. Croix carbonate aquifer system, in Renken, R., ed., Aquifers of the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto, USGS Professional Paper PP1419-A.
28. McLaughlin, P.P., Gill, I.P., and Bold, W.A. van den, 1995, Biostratigraphy and paleoenvironments of the Neogene of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands: Implications for stratigraphic evolution. Micropaleontology, v. 41 , no. 4, p. 293-320.
29. McLaughlin, P.P., and Sen Gupta, B.K., 1994, Benthic foraminiferal record in the Miocene-Pliocene sequence of the Azua Basin, southwestern Dominican Republic. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, v. 24, no. 2, p. 75-109.
30. McLaughlin, P.P. and Sen Gupta, B.K., 1991. Migration of Neogene marine environments, southwestern Dominican Republic. Geology, v.19, p. 222-225.
31. McLaughlin, P.P., Bold, W.A. van den, and Mann, P., 1991. Geology of the Azua and Enriquillo Basins, 1: Neogene lithofacies, biostratigraphy, biofacies, and paleogeography, in Mann, P., Draper, G., and Lewis, J., eds, Geologic and tectonic development of the North American-Caribbean plate boundary in Hispaniola. GSA Special Paper 262, p. 337-366.
32. Mann, P., McLaughlin, P.P., and Cooper, C., 1991. Geology of the Azua and Enriquillo Basins, 2: Structure and tectonics in Mann, P., Draper, G., and Lewis, J., eds., in Geologic and tectonic development of the North American-Caribbean plate boundary in Hispaniola. GSA Special Paper 262, p. 367-389.
33. Gill, I.P., Hubbard, D., McLaughlin, P.P., and Moore, C., 1990. Sedimentological and tectonic evolution of Tertiary St. Croix, in Hubbard, D.K., ed., Terrestrial and Marine Geology of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Special Publication No. 8, West Indies Laboratory, Teague Bay, St. Croix USVI, p. 49-72.
34. McLaughlin, P.P., 1989. Neogene planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the southwestern Dominican Republic. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, v. 19, no. 4, p. 294-310.
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
1. McLaughlin, P.P., 2008, New report summarizes results of research on deep cores from Bethany Beach. First State Geology, v. 26, no. 2.
2. Goldstein, S.T., Arnold, A.J. and McLaughlin, P.P., 2006, Joseph A. Cushman Award: Barun K. Sen Gupta. The Journal of Foraminiferal Research; January 2006; v. 36; no. 1; p. 1-2.
3. McLaughlin, P.P., 2006, In Memoriam: Ralph Orlansky. A.A.S.P. Newsletter, v. 39, no. 2, p. 13-14.
4. McLaughlin, P.P., 2006, In Memory of Ralph Orlansky. First State Geology, v. 24, no. 1.
5. McLaughlin, P.P., 2006, DGS Participates in Drillers Seminar. First State Geology, v. 24, no. 1.
6. McLaughlin, P.P., 2005, DGS Geologists and Maryland Colleagues Hold Field Seminar. First State Geology, v. 23, no. 2.
7. McLaughlin, P.P., 2005, President’s Letter. NAMS News, v. 26, no.1.
8. McLaughlin, P.P., 2004, President’s Letter. NAMS News, v. 25, no.2.
9. McLaughlin, P.P., 2003, Fun Facts on First State Fossils. First State Geology, v. 21, no. 2.
10. Benson, R.N., and McLaughlin, P.P., 2003, Subsurface Mapping Provides New Insights into Ground-Water Resources of the Potomac Formation. First State Geology, v. 21, no. 2.
11. McLaughlin, P.P., 2002, Field trip report: 2002 AASP/TMS/NAMS Post-Conference Field Trip, “The Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight,” September 13-15, 2002. AASP Newsletter, v. 35, no. 4, p. 5-6.
12. McLaughlin, P.P., 2002, Corehole Project Improves Understanding of Interstate Aquifer Framework. First State Geology, v. 20, no. 2
13. McLaughlin, P.P., Sen Gupta, B.K., and Krutak, P.A., 2002, Memoriam: Willem A. van den Bold. Micropaleontology, v.48, no. 3, p. 300-302.
14. Benson, R.N. and McLaughlin, P.P., 2002, New Stratigraphic Framework for the Potomac Formation. First State Geology, v. 20, no. 1.
15. McLaughlin, P.P., and Strohmeier, S.A., 2001, Geophysical Logging Offers a Look at Delaware’s Subsurface Geology. First State Geology, v. 19, no. 1
16. McLaughlin, P.P., 2000, Bethany Beach Corehole Yields New Insights into the Geology of Coastal Sussex County. First State Geology, v. 18, no. 2.
17. McLaughlin, P.P., and Sen Gupta, B.K., 1999, Dedication - Willem Aalert van den Bold in Mann, P., ed., Caribbean Basins, Sedimentary Basins of the World Series, Series Editor: K. Hsü, Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, vol. 4.
18. McLaughlin, P.P., 1995, Book review: Micropaleontology and hydrocarbon exploration in the Middle East, edited by M.D. Simmons. American Paleontologist, v. 3, no. 4, p. 8-10.
Abstracts, Lectures and Presentations
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS WITH ABSTRACTS
1. Velez, C., McLaughlin, P.P., McGeary, S., Sargent, S.L., 2010. Seismic Imaging of a Cretaceous Fluvial System, AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Abstracts Volume, Abstract 728937, p. 264.
2. Velez, C. C, McLaughlin, P. P, McGeary, S. E, Sargent, S. L., 2009. Land Streamer Seismic Data from Northern Delaware: a Viable Alternative for Imaging Aquifers in Suburban Areas, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract NS13A-1136
3. McLaughlin, P.P., 2009. Micropaleontology "Light": the application of quick-and-dirty micropaleontology to basic subsurface geological mapping. Geological Problem Solving with Microfossils II Conference, March 14-19, 2009, North American Micropaleontology Section (NAMS) of SEPM, Program with abstracts, p.45.
4. Velez, C.C., McLaughlin, P.P., McGeary, S., and Sargent, S.L., 2008. Use of a Land Streamer System to Image the Potomac Formation in Northern Delaware. Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract NS13A-1087.
5. Browning, J.V., Miller, K.G., McLaughlin, P.P., Edwards, L.E., Powars, D.S., Kulpecz, A.A., Wade, B.S., and Feigenson, M.D., 2008. Post-Impact Integrated Litho-, Sequence, Sr-Isotopic, and Bio- Stratigraphy of the Eyreville Corehole, Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure Inner Basin. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (Paper #150264)
6. Miller, K.G., Hayden, T.G., Pusz, A.E., Kulpecz, A.A., Browning, J.V., McLaughlin, P.P., Kominz, M.A., Edwards, L.E., Powars, D.S., and Wright, J.D., 2007. The 35.4 Ma Chesapeake Bay impact: Global and regional effects on post-impact environments and sedimentation. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6, p. 534
7. Edwards, L.E., Powars, D. S., Wade, B.S., Self-Trail, J.M., Kulpecz, AA., Browning, J.V., Miller, K.G., and McLaughlin, P.P., 2007. Lithostratigraphic Section of the ICDP-USGS Eyreville Coreholes, Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Postimpact sediments 444-0 m depth. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6, p. 534
8. McLaughlin, P.P., 2007. Integration of Palynology and Sequence Stratigraphy in the Analysis of Miocene Siliciclastic Aquifers, Delaware, USA. 2007 AAPG/SEPM Annual Meeting Abstracts (A111886).
9. McLaughlin, P.P., Velez, C., and Tomlinson, J., 2006. Aquifer geology of Kent County, Delaware: Resolving aquifer issues in the Delaware coastal plain using sequence stratigraphic concepts II. Abstracts with Program, 2006 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, 22–25 October 2006, Philadelphia (Abstract ID#111576)
10. Benson, R.N., and McLaughlin, P.P., 2006. The Potomac aquifer of northern Delaware: Resolving aquifer issues in the Delaware coastal plain using sequence stratigraphic concepts I. Abstracts with Program, 2006 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, 22–25 October 2006, Philadelphia (Abstract ID#111589)
11. Browning, J.V., Miller, K.G., McLaughlin, P.P., Kominz, M.A., Sugarman, P.J., Monteverde, D.M., and Feigenson, M., 2006. The Effects of Eustasy, Subsidence, and Sediment Supply on Miocene Sequences, U.S. Mid-Atlantic Margin. Abstracts with Program, 2006 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, 22–25 October 2006, Philadelphia (Abstract ID#: 114731)
12. Eichler, P., Billups, K., and McLaughlin, P., 2006, Relationship of d18O and d13C of Foraminiferal Tests to Bottom-Water Salinity in an Atlantic Coastal Lagoon, Delaware, USA. Abstracts with Program, 2006 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, 22–25 October 2006, Philadelphia (Abstract ID#:113469)
13. Moskalski, S., Martin, R.M., and McLaughlin, P.P., 2006. Palynologic Determination of Historical Paleoecological Variation in Marshes on the St. Jones River, Delaware, USA. Abstracts with Program, 2006 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, 22–25 October 2006, Philadelphia (Abstract ID#:114266)
14. Miller, K.G., Browning, J.V., Kominz, M.A., Sugarman, P.J., McLaughlin, P.P., Hayden, T.G., and Kulpecz, A.A., 2006. Tectonic and Sediment Supply Effects on Eustatically Controlled Sequences of the Mid Atlantic Region. Abstracts with Program, 2006 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, 22–25 October 2006, Philadelphia (Abstract ID#:109623)
15. Sugarman, P.J., Miller, K.G., Browning, J.V., Kulpecz, A.A., McLaughlin, P.P., and Monteverde, D.M., 2006. Hydrostratigraphy of the New Jersey Coastal Plain: Sequences and Facies Predict Continuity of Aquifers and Confining Units. Abstracts with Program, 2006 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, 22–25 October 2006, Philadelphia (Abstract ID#:110770)
16. Miller, K.G., Mountain, G.S., Sugarman, P.J., Browning, J.V., Kominz, M.A., McLaughlin, P.P., Monteverde, D.M., and Hesselbo, S.J., 2006. Continental Dynamics Meets Ocean Drilling at the Jersey Shore. Abstracts with Program, 2006 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, 22–25 October 2006, Philadelphia (Abstract ID#: 108587)
17. Eichler, P.P.B. and McLaughlin, P.P., 2006. Population Dynamics of Foraminifera as Indicator of Estuarine Environmental Health. Forams 2006, September 10 - 15, 2006, Natal, Brazil, Abstracts with Program.
18. Leorri, E., Martin, R.E., and McLaughlin, P.P., 2006. Paleoclimatic changes during the Holocene of the St Jones estuary, Delaware (USA): foraminiferal proxies for sequence stratigraphy reconstruction. Forams 2006, September 10 - 15, 2006, Natal, Brazil, Abstracts with Program.
19. Eichler, P.P.B., Sen Gupta, B.K., and McLaughlin, P.P., and Eichler, B., 2006. Freshwater Influence and Water Masses Interaction on the Foraminifera Along the SW-Atlantic Continental Shelf. Forams 2006, September 10 - 15, 2006, Natal, Brazil, Abstracts with Program.
20. McLaughlin, P.P., Sugarman, P.J., Miller, K.G., Benson, R.N., Browning, J.V., and Brenner, G.J., 2006. Application of Microfossils to Production-Scale Problems in Ground-Water: Aquifer Biostratigraphy of the Cretaceous and Miocene of Delaware and New Jersey, Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain, USA. 2006 AAPG/SEPM Annual Meeting Abstracts (A102634).
21. Gohn, G.S., Koeberl, C., Miller, K.G., Reimold, W.U., Browning, J.V., Cockell, C.S., Dypvik, H., Edwards, L.E., Horton, Jr., J.W., McLaughlin, P.P., Ormö, J., Plescia, J.B., Powars, D.S., Sanford, W.E., Self-Trail, J.M., Voytek, M.A., 2006. Preliminary Site Report for the 2005 ICDP-USGS Deep Corehole in the Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater. 37th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 13–17, 2006, Houston (Abstract #1713)
22. McLaughlin, P.P., and Benson, R.N., 2005. Application of Micropaleontology to Water Resource Problems: Aquifer Stratigraphy in the Coastal Plain of Delaware (Middle Atlantic Region, United States). Geological Problem Solving with Microfossils Conference, March 6-8, 2005, North American Micropaleontology Section (NAMS) of SEPM, Program with abstracts, p.13.
23. Leorri, E., Martin, R.E., and McLaughlin, P.P., 2005. Micropaleontological Proxies of the Recent Environmental Transformation in the St. Jones Estuary (Delaware, USA). Geological Problem Solving with Microfossils Conference, March 6-8, 2005, North American Micropaleontology Section (NAMS) of SEPM, Program with abstracts, p.90.
24. Moskalski, S., Martin, R., and McLaughlin, P.P., 2005. Palynologic Determination of Changes in Historical-Era Sedimentation and Vegetation in Marshes Flanking the St. Jones River, Delaware, USA. Geological Problem Solving with Microfossils Conference, March 6-8, 2005, North American Micropaleontology Section (NAMS) of SEPM, Program with abstracts, p.93.
25. Costas, E.M., McGeary, S., McKenna, T.E., McLaughlin, P.P., 2004. Using High-Resolution Seismic Reflection Techniques to Image Sand Channels Within the Potomac Aquifer System in New Castle County, Delaware. Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H23A-1121
26. Browning, J.V., Miller, K.G., Kominz, M.A., McLaughlin, P.P., 2004. Quantification Of The Effects Of Eustasy, Subsidence, And Sediment Supply On Miocene Sequences, U.S. Mid-Atlantic Margin. GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 36, No. 5.
27. McLaughlin, P.P., Sugarman, P.J., Miller, K.G., Benson, R.N., Browning, J.V., and Brenner, G.J., 2003, Application of biostratigraphy to aquifer geology problems: A review of the Cretaceous and Miocene of Delaware and New Jersey, Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain, USA. Joint Meeting of American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists (AASP), the Canadian Association of Palynologists (CAP), and the North American Micropaleontology Section (NAMS) of SEPM, Program with abstracts.
28. Miller, K.G., Sugarman, P.J., Browning, J.V., McLaughlin, P.P., Olsson, R.K., and Pekar, S.F., 2003. Cretaceous to Neogene Chronology of Sequences in the Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain: New Constraints from Downdip Drilling. Joint Meeting of American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists (AASP), the Canadian Association of Palynologists (CAP), and the North American Micropaleontology Section (NAMS) of SEPM, Program with abstracts.
29. McLaughlin, P.P., Miller, K.G., Browning, J.V., and Benson, R.N., 2003, Neogene Sequences from the East-Central Delmarva Peninsula: Results from Drilling at Bethany Beach, Delaware. USGS-ICDP Workshop “Deep Drilling in the Central Crater of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure,” September 2003, Reston, Virginia (poster).
30. McLaughlin, P.P., Sugarman, P.J., Benson, R.N., Miller, K.G., McKenna, T.E., and Browning, J.V., 2003, The application of sequence stratigraphy to aquifer geology problems in the Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain, United States: Leveraging petroleum geoscience learnings to public-needs issues. Geological Society (London) Conference: New Insights into Petroleum Geoscience Research through Collaboration between Academia and Industry, Abstracts with Program (invited talk).
31. McLaughlin, P.P., Benson, R.N., Miller, K.G., and Browning, J.V., 2002, Sequence Stratigraphic Context For Aquifer Characterization In The Miocene Of The Southern Delaware Coastal Plain. The Fourth Bald Head Island Conference On Coastal Plains Geology, November 2002, Ft. Fisher, NC, abstracts volume, p. 30.
32. McLaughlin, P.P., Miller, K.G., Benson, R.N., and Browning, J.V., 2002, Palynological Record of Miocene Sequences of the U.S. Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain: Initial Results from the Bethany Beach, Delaware, Borehole. Joint Meeting of American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists (AASP), the British Micropalaeontological Society (BMS), and the North American Micropaleontology Section (NAMS) of SEPM, abstracts with program.
33. McKenna, T.E., McLaughlin, P.P., and Benson, R.N., 2002, Characterization of the Potomac Aquifer, an extremely heterogeneous fluvial system in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of Delaware. SEPM Research Conference on Ancient and Modern Coastal Plain Depositional Environments: Aquifer heterogeneity and environmental implications, March 24th - 27th, 2002, Charleston, SC
34. McLaughlin, P.P. and Orlansky, R.O., 2001, Do-It-Yourself Searchable Photographic Palynology Databases – A Quick and Easy Approach Using Microsoft Access. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Annual Meeting, abstracts with program.
35. McLaughlin, P.P. and Benson, R.N., 2001, Application of Palynomorph Biostratigraphy to Correlation of Aquifer Units in Non-Marine Facies of the Cretaceous Potomac Formation, Delaware Coastal Plain. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Annual Meeting, abstracts with program.
36. Benson, R.N. and McLaughlin, P.P., 2001, New Perspectives On Correlation Of Nonmarine Depositional Packages In The Cretaceous Potomac Formation, Delaware Coastal Plain. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Paper #22249.
37. Browning, J.V., McLaughlin, P.P., Miller, K.G., Hernandez, J.C., and Sugarman, P., 2001, Sequence Chameleons: The Miocene Of New Jersey vs. Delaware. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Paper #25296.
38. Miller, K.G., Kominz, M.A., Wright, J.D., McLaughlin, P.P., Sugarman, P.J., 2001, The imprint of global sea-level, regional tectonics, and sediment supply on Miocene sequences, U.S. Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain. AGU Spring Meeting, May 29-June 2, 2001, Boston, Massachusetts, Program with Abstracts.
39. McLaughlin, P.P., Miller, K.G.; Browning, J.V., Benson, R.N., and the Leg 174AX Scientific Party, 2000. Regional Correlation of Miocene Sequences, Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain: New Results from Bethany Beach, Delaware. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Abstract 51832.
40. Chen, Y.Y., Huang, T.C., and McLaughlin, P.P., 1998, Calibration of marine and non-marine Cretaceous biostratigraphic frameworks between the African and South American margins of the south Atlantic Ocean. AAPG international conference and exhibition, Rio de Janeiro, abstracts, AAPG Bulletin. 82 (10), p. 1901.
41. Bohacs, K.M., Beaubouef, R.T., and McLaughlin, P.P., 1997. Sequence stratigraphic distribution of coals in the Rock Springs Formation, Wyoming, and its influence on seismic and geochemical character. 1997 AAPG/SEPM Annual Meeting Abstracts, p. A13.
42. Beaubouef, R.T., Lindholm, R.M., McLaughlin, P.P., and DeVries, M.T., 1996. Stratigraphic architecture of deep-water leveed channel complexes of the Cerro Toro Formation, Upper Cretaceous, southern Chile. 1996 AAPG/SEPM Annual Meeting, San Diego, p. A13.
43. Chen, Y.Y., McLaughlin, P.P. (presenter), and Farley, M.B., 1996. Palynofacies cycles in the Oligocene Boom Clay (Rupelian) of Belgium: Implications for sequence stratigraphic interpretations in fine-grained sediments. Meeting Program, North American Paleontological Convention, Washington, DC, June 1996.
44. Beaubouef, R.T., McLaughlin, P.P., Bohacs, K.M., Devlin, W.J., and Suter, J.R., 1995. Sequence stratigraphy of coal-bearing strata, Upper Cretaceous, Washakie Basin, SW Wyoming. 1995 Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) International Exposition and 65th Annual Meeting, October 1995.
45. Beaubouef, R.T., McLaughlin, P.P., Bohacs, K.M., Devlin, W.J., and Suter, J.R., 1995. Sequence stratigraphy of coal-bearing strata, Upper Cretaceous, Washakie Basin, SW Wyoming. 1995 AAPG/SEPM Annual Meeting Abstracts, p. 7A.
46. Mitchell, J.C., Hagerty, R.M., Calavan, C., Schutter, S.R., Shapiro, S.M., Love, K.M., McLaughlin, P.P., Al-Amari, K., and Al-Serkal, K., 1995. Integrated reservoir study and modeling of the Shauiba reservoir, Bu Hasa field, Abu Dhabi, UAE. 1995 AAPG/SEPM Annual Meeting Abstracts, p. 67A.
47. McLaughlin, P.P., and Hood, K.C., 1994, Regional chronostratigraphic analysis of north Africa and the Arabian Plate - An example of graphic correlation analysis using maximum and average sections in Graphic Correlation and the Composite Standard: The Method and Its Applications. SEPM Research Conference, Houston, TX (November, 1994).
48. Bishop, R.S., and McLaughlin, P.P., 1993. Thermo-tectonic history of the Eastern Mediterranean - Middle East based on geohistory analysis. 1993 Annual AAPG Meeting Abstracts.
49. McLaughlin, P.P., Gill, I.P., and van den Bold, W.A., 1992. Micropaleontologic record and stratigraphic development of the Miocene of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. GSA Abstracts with Programs 25.
50. Mann, P., van den Bold, W.A., and McLaughlin, P.P., 1992. 1.5 km of Pliocene evaporites in the Enriquillo basin, Dominican Republic: Result of high-stand marine flooding event into a sub-sea level depression? 13th Caribbean Geological Conference abstracts, Havana, Cuba.
51. McLaughlin, P.P. and Sen Gupta, B.K., 1989. The paleoenvironmental significance of extinct benthic foraminifera in the Neogene sequence of the southwestern Dominican Republic. GSA Abstracts with Programs 22 (8): 47.
52. McLaughlin, P.P. and Sen Gupta, B.K., 1989. Foraminifera, paleoenvironments, and basin evolution, SW Dominican Republic. 12th Caribbean Geological Conference abstracts and program, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands: 115.
53. McLaughlin, P.P. and Sen Gupta, B.K., 1988. Neogene migration of the neritic-bathyal zone boundary in the SW Dominican Republic: foraminiferal evidence. GSA Abstracts with Programs 21 (8): 253.
54. Gill, I.P., McLaughlin, P., Hubbard, D., and Moore, C., 1988. Neogene sedimentary and tectonic evolution of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. GSA Abstracts with Programs 21 (7): 210.
55. McLaughlin, P.P., 1987. Stratigraphy and planktonic foraminiferal zonation of the Azua Basin, southwestern Dominican Republic. GSA Abstracts with Programs 20 (7): 767.
56. Mann, P., McLaughlin, P.P., and Deveaux, E., 1987. Tectonic controls on Neogene clastic deposition, Enriquillo and San Juan-Azua Basins, Dominican Republic. GSA Abstracts with Programs 20 (7): 759.
OTHER PRESENTATIONS
1. Invited speaker, “Geologic Framework and Groundwater Resources of the Aquifers of Southern Delaware,” USGS Mid-Atlantic Water-Use Workshop, April 12-20, 2010.
2. Invited speaker, “More Than Turning On The Tap: Understanding the Groundwater of Southern Delaware and the Hidden Geology That Holds It,” University of Delaware Annual Land and Sea Lecture Series, Lewes, DE, March 26, 2010.
3. Invited speaker, “Sussex County Ground-Water Availability Study Update,” Citizens and Technical Advisory Committee (CTAC) of the Delaware Source Water Assessment and Protection Program, Dover, DE, March 24, 2010.
4. Guest lecturer, "Sequence Stratigraphy of Non-Marine Environments," Seminar in Sequence Stratigraphy, Rutgers University GEO 614, February 18, 2010
5. Workshop Instructor, "Introduction to Pollen and Dinoflagellates" and "Palynology and Applied Stratigraphy: Case Studies," Workshop on Biostratigraphic Micropaleontology for ExxonMobil Geologists, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Rutgers University, 18-20 August 2009
6. Invited speaker, “Sussex County Ground-Water Availability Study Update,” Citizens and Technical Advisory Committee (CTAC) of the Delaware Source Water Assessment and Protection Program, Dover, DE, March 2009.
7. Invited speaker, “Delaware Geological Survey's Sussex County Ground Water Study,” Delaware Board of Water Well Drillers Continuing Education Seminar, Dover, DE, December 2008.
8. Workshop Instructor, "Introduction to Pollen and Dinoflagellates," Workshop on Biostratigraphic Micropaleontology for ExxonMobil Geologists, Department of Geological Sciences. Rutgers University, 19-21 August 2008
9. Invited speaker, “Sussex County Ground-Water Availability Study,” Citizens and Technical Advisory Committee (CTAC) of the Delaware Source Water Assessment and Protection Program, Dover, DE, March 2008.
10. Invited speaker, “Life of Our Ancient Lands and Seas: Dinosaurs, Plants, and Marine Life of the Delaware Valley region in the Mesozoic Era,” Delaware Museum of Natural History, Wilmington, DE, December 2007.
11. Invited speaker, “Delaware Geology: Recent DGS Work of Interest to Delaware’s Water Drillers,” Delaware Board of Water Well Drillers Continuing Education Seminar, Dover, DE, November 2007.
12. Invited speaker, “Geology of the confined aquifers of Kent County: Stratigraphy, mapping, and hydrogeological implications,” 2007 Delaware Water Science Seminar, Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control, Dover, DE, April 2007.
13. Invited speaker, “Geology of the Potomac aquifer of northern New Castle County: Keys to improving hydrogeological characterization,” 2007 Delaware Water Science Seminar, Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control, Dover, DE, April 2007.
14. Invited speaker, “Life of Our Ancient Lands and Seas: Dinosaurs, Plants, and Marine Life of the Delaware Valley region in the Mesozoic Era,” Delaware Museum of Natural History, Wilmington, DE, December 2006.
15. Invited speaker, “Stratigraphy and Aquifer Architecture of the Mid-Cretaceous Potomac Formation, Northern Delaware,” URS Corporation lunch-time seminar series, Ft. Washington, PA, August, 2006.
16. Invited speaker, “Geophysical Logging Demonstration” and “Anatomoy of a Lithology Log,” Delaware Board of Water Well Drillers Continuing Education Seminar, Killens Pond State Park, DE, June 9, 2006.
17. Invited speaker, “Life of Our Ancient Lands and Seas: Dinosaurs, Plants, and Marine Life of the Delaware Valley region in the Mesozoic Era,” Delaware Museum of Natural History, Wilmington, DE, December 2005.
18. Invited speaker, “Kent County Ground-Water Availability Study: Confined-Aquifer Geologic Framework, “ Citizens and Technical Advisory Committee (CTAC) of the Delaware Source Water Assessment and Protection Program, Dover, DE, December 2005.
19. Invited speaker, “What Geologists Do: A Sampling of Delaware Geological Survey Work for Delaware’s Water Drillers,” Delaware Board of Water Well Drillers Continuing Education Seminar, Dover, DE, November 2005.
20. Invited speaker, “Life of Our Ancient Lands and Seas: Dinosaurs, Plants, and Marine Life of the Delaware Valley region in the Mesozoic Era,” Mid-Hudson Valley Gem and Mineral Society, Poughkeepsie, NY, May 2005.
21. Invited speaker, “Stratigraphy and Aquifer Architecture of the Mid-Cretaceous Potomac Formation, Northern Delaware,” University of Delaware Department of Geology Seminar, February, 2004.
22. Invited speaker, “Journeys in foraminiferal research from the coast to the abyss: the research career of Barun Sen Gupta.” Research Symposium, “A Tribute to the Career of Barun Sen Gupta,” Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, October 2003.
23. Invited speaker, “Application of microfossils to stratigraphic analysis: Solutions to aquifer problems in the Cretaceous and Miocene of Delaware and New Jersey.” Research Symposium, “A Tribute to the Career of Barun Sen Gupta,” Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, October 2003.
24. Guest lecturer, “Life as a Geologist at a Geological Survey,” Graduate Research Seminar GEO 612, Rutgers University, October 2003.
25. Invited speaker, “Stratigraphy and Aquifer Architecture of the Mid-Cretaceous Potomac Formation, Northern Delaware,” Rutgers University Department of Geology Seminar, October, 2002.
26. Invited Speaker, “Natural Gas Issues in Delaware: Energy Trends Analysis,” in “Energy for the Next Decade,” State of Delaware Energy Workshop, Dover, DE, March, 2001
27. Invited speaker, “Dinosaurs in Delaware,” Delaware Museum of Natural History, Wilmington, DE, April, 2000.
28. Invited speaker, “Enjoying condors, glaciers, and submarine channel complexes in a 60 knot wind - a visit to Chilean Patagonia and other nearby attractions”, Louisiana State University Department of Geology and Geophysics brown-bag talk series, Baton Rouge, LA, March, 1996.
29. Invited speaker, “Foraminifera and basin analysis: Defining Neogene tectonism in the Northern Caribbean Plate Boundary Zone”, University of Houston Geology Department Seminar, Houston, TX, November, 1994.
30. Invited speaker, “Neogene paleoenvironments, biostratigraphy, and basin evolution in the southwestern Dominican Republic”, Tulane University Distinguished Lecturer Series, New Orleans, LA, February 1990.
31. Invited speaker, “Planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Azua-San Juan area: preliminary results,” 2nd P. J. Bermudez Workshop on Stratigraphy and Correlation, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, January 1986.
