MRS. ESTHER RICHARDS APPLIN
Mrs. Applin is a dedicated scientist who has contributed
greatly to our understanding of Gulf Coast geology. She
pioneered in the field of applied micropaleontology, and is
still pioneering in the subsurface geology of the lesser known
areas of the Gulf Coast province. Her publications are many,
and her conclusions have been tried and proved correct.
The geological ages and regional correlations of many subsurface formations, which Gulf Coast geologists accept
without question, were first established by this eminent
paleontologist.
Mrs. Applin was born in Newark, Ohio, on November 14,
1895. She received AB and MA degrees from the University
of California. She came to the Gulf Coast in 1919 and from
then until 1927 was in charge of paleontological work for
Rio Bravo Oil Company. It was during this period that she
and two other lady geologists, Miss Ellisor and Miss Kniker,
proved the value of Foraminifera in subsurface correlation.
All Gulf Coast geologists, and especially the micropaleontologists, are greatly indebted to these ladies.
In 1923 Esther married geologist Paul Applin who had
come to the Gulf Coast after studying at Dartmouth and
Yale. They were blessed with two children who made outstanding records, proving that a career woman can also be
a wonderful mother.
Mrs. Applin has studied the Cretaceous and Tertiary
rocks and fossils of Mexico and the entire Gulf Coast of
the United States, and she is an authority on the subsurface
stratigraphy of the eastern Gulf Coast. She was a consulting
paleontologist and geologist 1927-1942; assistant professor of
geology at the University of Texas 1942-1945; and she has
been geologist, Fuels Branch, United States Geological
Survey, since 1944.
In addition to her professional duties Mrs. Applin has
devoted much time to unselfishly helping many geologists
better understand the correlations and depositional history
of this important area. It is no exaggeration to state that
Mrs. Applin, world renowned, has contributed through publication, teaching, lectures, and stimulating discussion more
to the knowledge of Gulf Coast stratigraphy than any other
person.
Mrs. Applin is a Fellow of the Geological Society of
America, a member of the Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, and a member of the Mississippi
Geological Society. She has been a member of the Paleontological Society, the American Association of Petroleum
Geologists, the Houston Geological Society, and the Southeastern Geological Society.
E. H. RAINWATER
PUBLICATIONS OF MRS. ESTHER RICHARDS APPLIN
1924 Subsurface Geology of Idolo Island, Veracruz, Mexico
Pan-American Geologist, vol. XLI, pp. 335-345
1925 Subsurface Stratigraphy of the Coastal Plain of Texas
and Louisiana (with A. C. Ellisor and H. T. Kniker)
Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. Bull., vol. 9, pp. 79-122, 3
pl., 1 fig.
1926 Texas Jackson Foraminifera (with J. A. Cushman)
Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. Bull., vol. 10, pp. 154-189,
6 pl.
1929 The Claiborne Formation on the Coastal Domes (with
L. L. Weinzierl)
Jour. Paleontology, vol. 3, pp. 384-410, 3 pl.
1933 A Microfossiliferous Upper Cretaceous Section from
South Dakota (with J. A. Cushman)
Jour. Paleontology, vol. 7, pp. 215-220
1943 The Foraminifera of the Type Locality of the Yegua
Formation in Texas (with J. A. Cushman)
Contr. Cushman Lab. Foram. Research, vol. 19, pt. 2,
pp. 28-46, 2 pl.
1944 Regional Subsurface Stratigraphy and Structure of
Florida and Southern Georgia (with P. L. Applin)
Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. Bull., vol. 28, pp. 16731753, 5 pl., 38 figs.
1945 Diagnostic Foraminifera from Subsurface Formations
in Florida (with Louise Jordan)
Jour. Paleontology, vol. 19, pp. 129-148, 4 pl., 2 figs.
A New Psuedoclavulina from the Upper Cretaceous of
Alabama (with J. A. Cushman)
Contr. Cushman Lab. Foram. Research, vol. 21, pt. 5,
p. 74, 1 pl. in part
1946 Some Foraminifera of Woodbine Age from Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida (with J. A. Cushman)
Contr. Cushman Lab. Foram. Research, vol. 22, pt. 3,
pp. 71-76, 1 pl. in part
1947 Regional Subsurface Stratigraphy, Structure and Correlation of Middle and Early Upper Cretaceous Rocks
in Alabama, Georgia and North Florida (with P. L.
Applin)
U. S. Geol. Survey Oil and Gas Invs. Prelim. chart 26,
3 sheets
Two New Species of Lower Cretaceous Foraminifera
from Florida (with J. A. Cushman)
Contr. Cushman Lab. Foram. Research, vol. 23, pt. 2,
pp. 29-30, 6 figs.
Some New Foraminifera from the American Cretaceous (with J. A. Cushman)
Contr. Cushman Lab. Foram. Research, vol. 23, pt. 3,
pp. 53-55, 15 figs.
1950 Two New Lower Cretaceous Lituolid Foraminifera
(with A. R. Loeblish, Jr. and Helen Tappan)
Washington Acad. Sci. Jour., vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 75-79,
6 figs.
"Lockhartia" cushmani Applin and Jordan and Notes
on Two Previously Described Foraminifera from Tertiary Rocks in Florida (with Louise Jordan)
Jour. Paleontology, vol. 24, pp. 474-478, 11 pl.
1952 Choffatella in the Gulf Coastal Regions of the United
States and Description of Anchispirocyclina n. gen.
(with Louise Jordan)
Contr. Cushman Lab. Foram. Research, vol. 3, pp. 1-5,
3 pl.
1953 Concerning the Microfauna from Penon Seep, Matanzas Province, Cuba (with P. L. Applin)
Jour. Paleontology, vol. 27, pp. 607-608, illus.
The Cored Section in George Vasen's Fee Well 1, Stone
County, Mississippi (with P. L. Applin)
U. S. Geol. Survey, Circ. 298, 1 pl., 1 fig.
1955 A Biofacies of Woodbine Age in the Southeastern Gulf
Coast
U. S. Geol. Survey, Prof. Paper 264-I, Shorter Contributions to General Geology
1958 Review of "Stratigraphy and Zonation of the Ocala
Group" by Harbans S. Puri
Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. Bull., vol. 42, pp. 1995-1999