A report primarily on the surface stratigraphy, but with chapters on subsurface stratigraphy, structure, geologic history and depositional conditions, and mineral resources.
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Bulletin 83: Fresh Water Strata of Mississippi as Revealed by Electrical Log Studies
FRESH WATER STRATA OF MISSISSIPPI AS REVEALED BY ELECTRICAL LOG STUDIES
Bulletin 82: Sediments of Mississippi Sound and Inshore Waters
A report that embraces the geological and chemical study of the uppermost sediments of the Sound floor.
Bulletin 81: Panola County Geology
A report on the surface stratigraphy, structure, historical geology, and economic geology of the county. Subjects under economic geology include soils, water, ceramic clay, sand and gravel, lignite, and oil and gas.
Bulletin 80: Benton County Geology
A report on the surface stratigraphy and economic geology of the county. Minerals discussed are oil and gas, water, iron ore, bauxite, clays (kaolin), and sand.
Bulletin 79: Lower Cretaceous Stratigraphy of Mississippi
A stratigraphic study of the Lower Cretaceous beds that exist only in the subsurface of Mississippi. The bulletin in includes 30 plates of structure maps, isopach maps, and structure sections.
Bulletin 78: Marshall County Geology
This report presents conclusive evidence in solving the “Sand Problem” in Marshall County after decades of study by various geologists.
Bulletin 77: Water Levels and Artesian Pressures in Observation Wells in Mississippi, 1938-1952
The paper covers the cooperative ground-water investigations by the State and Federal Surveys during 1938-1947, brief annual reports of which were published as a page or so of a regional report by the Federal Survey, and the investigations by the State Geological Survey during 1948-1952, heretofore unpublished.
Bulletin 76: Yalobusha County Geology
A report on the stratigraphy and economic geology of the county.
Bulletin 75: Webster County Geology
A report on the stratigraphy and economic geology of the county.