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
Biostratigraphy and physical stratigraphy of the USGS-Cannon Park core (CHN-800), Charleston County, South Carolina
Preliminary paleontologic report on cores 19A and 19B, from Russell Bank, Everglades National Park, Florida Bay
Paleontology and physical stratigraphy of the USGS-Pregnall No. 1 core (DOR-208), Dorchester County, South Carolina
Reinterpretation of the peninsular Florida oligocene: An integrated stratigraphic approach
Hydrogeologic data and aquifer interconnection in a multi-aquifer system in coastal plain sediments near Millhaven, Screven County, Georgia, 1991-1995
Neogene and Quaternary geology of a stratigraphic test hole on Horn Island, Mississippi Sound
Neogene and Quaternary geology of a stratigraphic test hole on Horn Island, Mississippi Sound
Preliminary report on the distribution of modern fauna and flora at selected sites in north-central and north-eastern Florida Bay
Preliminary paleontologic report on core T-24, Little Madeira Bay, Florida
Preliminary analysis of down-core biotic assemblages Bob Allen Keys, Everglades National Park, Florida Bay
Preliminary analysis of integrated stratigraphic data from the Phred #1 corehole, Indian River County, Florida
Age and diagenesis of the upper Floridan Aquifer and the intermediate aquifer system in southwestern Florida
Science and Products
Biostratigraphy and physical stratigraphy of the USGS-Cannon Park core (CHN-800), Charleston County, South Carolina
Preliminary paleontologic report on cores 19A and 19B, from Russell Bank, Everglades National Park, Florida Bay
Paleontology and physical stratigraphy of the USGS-Pregnall No. 1 core (DOR-208), Dorchester County, South Carolina
Reinterpretation of the peninsular Florida oligocene: An integrated stratigraphic approach
Hydrogeologic data and aquifer interconnection in a multi-aquifer system in coastal plain sediments near Millhaven, Screven County, Georgia, 1991-1995
Neogene and Quaternary geology of a stratigraphic test hole on Horn Island, Mississippi Sound
Neogene and Quaternary geology of a stratigraphic test hole on Horn Island, Mississippi Sound
Preliminary report on the distribution of modern fauna and flora at selected sites in north-central and north-eastern Florida Bay
Preliminary paleontologic report on core T-24, Little Madeira Bay, Florida
Preliminary analysis of down-core biotic assemblages Bob Allen Keys, Everglades National Park, Florida Bay
Preliminary analysis of integrated stratigraphic data from the Phred #1 corehole, Indian River County, Florida
Age and diagenesis of the upper Floridan Aquifer and the intermediate aquifer system in southwestern Florida
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government