Horton, J(ames) Wright, (Jr.)
HORTON, J(ames) Wright, (Jr.)
HORTON, J(ames) Wright, (Jr.). American, b. 1950. Genres: Earth sciences. Career: University of Southern Maine, assistant professor of geology at Portland and Gorham campuses, 1977-78; U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, research geologist, 1978-. Publications: EDITOR: (with J.R. Butler and D.J. Milton) Geological Investigations of the Kings Mountain Belt and Adjacent Areas in the Carolinas, 1981; (with N. Rast) Melanges and Olistostromes of the U.S. Appalachians, 1989; (with V.A. Zullo) The Geology of the Carolinas, 1991; (with E.T. Cleaves) Forum on Geologic Mapping Applications in the Washington-Baltimore Urban Area, 1997. Contributor to scientific journals.
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