Faculty Publications:
  Deborah Freile

Freile, Deborah , DeVore, Melanie and Parmley, Dennis, 2001, The first report of Carcharocles auriculatus from the Oligocene of Georgia in the context of previous Gulf Coast records. Georgia Journal of Science , v. 59, n. 3, p. 128-136.

Freile, Deborah and Kelly H. Fuks, 2001, What modern rhodoliths allow us to say about past environments: modern Caribbean patch reef rhodoliths as analogues to Oligocene rhodoliths of the Suwanee Straits. Proceedings of the 10 th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions , p. 93-108.

Freile, D. and Milliman, J.D., 1999, Sedimentary facies of western Great Bahama Bank: bank-edge margin to slope transition. Proceedings of the 9th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and other Carbonate Regions , p. 36-57.

Freile, D. and Hillis, L., 1997, Carbonate productivity by Halimeda incrassata in a land proximal lagoon, Pico Feo, San Blas , Panama . Proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium . 1:767-772.

Freile, D., Milliman, J.D. and Hillis, L., 1995, Bank-edge Halimeda meadow, western Great Bahama Bank, and its sedimentary importance. Coral Reefs , vol. 14, no. 1, p.27-33.

Milliman, J.D., Freile, D ., Steinen, R.P., and Wilber, R.J., 1993, Great Bahama Bank aragonitic muds: ubiquitously precipitated, mostly exported. J. Sed. Pet. , vol. 63:4, p. 589-595.

Published Abstracts of Papers Presented at International, National and Regional Meetings (First Author)

Freile, Deborah, Beth A. Christensen, Clark Alexander, Vanessa Donnelly, Thomas Layfield, Claudia Venherm, W. Crawford Elliott, and Al Elser. “Out of the Blue: Evidence of a Blue Clay Zone on Skidaway Island--Promising Indication of a Quaternary Marker on the Georgia Coast?” Geological Society of America 2004 Abstracts with Programs (March 2004) 36(2): 47.

Freile, Deborah, B. A. Christensen, Z. Y. Yin, C. Young, C. Alexander, A. Eisin, D. Dechant, and S. Autry. “Geochemical and Sedimentological Analysis of Marsh Environments on Skidaway Island, GA, as part of a NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Initiative.” SE Coastal Ocean Sciences Conference, Abstracts with Program (2003): 93.

Freile, Deborah, Melanie L. DeVore, and Brian Lowe . “A Survey of the Calcareous Green Algae of San Salvador.” Abstracts and Program of the 10th Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas, June 19-June 23, 2003 : 16.

Freile, Deborah, and Beth A. Christensen. “Strategies for Individual Student Research as Integral Components of a Three-Year Coastal Study: Part of the Atlanta Corsortium for Research in the Earth Sciences (Acres) NSF-REU.” Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (2003) 35(7): A16-21.

Freile, Deborah, DeVore, Melanie, Lowe, Brian, Faulkner, Christopher, and Edge, Justin, 2003, A Survey of the Calcareous Green Algae of San Salvador, Abstracts and Program of the 10 th Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas, June 19-June 23, 2003, p.16.

Freile, Deborah, Midkiff, Phyllis, DeVore, Melanie and Pigg, Kathleen, 2003, Petrographic thin section and geochemical analysis of fossil plant material and associated sediments from the Oligocene Catahoula Fm. of East Texas. Geol. Soc. Am. Abstracts with Programs , Vol. 35, No. 1, p. 64.

Freile, Deborah, Christensen, B.A., Z.Y. Yin, Young, C., Alexander, C., Eisin, A., Dechant, D., and Autry, S, 2003, Geochemical and sedimentological analysis of marsh environments on Skidaway Island, GA as part of a NSF Research experience for undergraduates initiative. SE Coastal Ocean Sciences Conference, Abstracts with Progr. p. 93.

Freile, Deborah, 2002, Carbonate productivity rates of Halimeda at two different environments, San Salvador island, Bahamas, Abstracts and Program of the 11 th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions , June 6-June 10, 2002.

Freile, Deborah and Fuks, Kelly H, 2002, The validity of paleobathymetric interpretations based on rhodolith morphology. Georgia Journal of Science , v.60, n.1, p.10.

Freile, Deborah, Faulkner, Christopher, Malchow, Russell and Ghazi, Mohamad, 2001, Determination of trace metal variability in ooid laminae using LA-ICPMS. Geol. Soc. Am. Abstracts with Programs , Vol. 33, No. 7, p. A313.

Freile, Deborah, DeVore, Melanie L., Brannen, Devon , and Faulkner, Christopher, 2001, Succession of wetland plant communities in Bahamian sinkholes. Abstracts and Program of the 9 th Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas , June 14- June 18, 2001 , p.15.

Freile, Deborah, DeVore, Melanie and Parmley, Dennis, 2001, The First Reported Finding of Carcharocles auriculatus in the Oligocene of Georgia. Geol. Soc. Am. Abstracts with Programs , Vol. 33, No. 2, p. A74.

Freile, D., and DeVore, M.L., 2001, A taphonomic and diagenetic reinterpretation of the Catahoula Fm. Georgia Journal of Science (Abstracts & Program), v. 59, n. 1, p. 36.

Freile, Deborah, 2000, Nascent Halimeda bioherms of an inner shelf lagoon - Snow Bay, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, Geol. Soc. Am. Abstracts with Programs , Vol. 32, No. 7, p. A179.

Freile, Deborah and DeVore, Melanie, 2000. Utility of petrographic thin section analysis of fossil plant material and associated sediments in taphonomic studies: an example from the Oligocene of Texas. Am. J. Bot ., v. 87, no. 6, p. 81.

Freile, Deborah and. Fuks, Kelly H, 2000, What modern rhodoliths allow us to say about past environments: modern Caribbean patch reef rhodoliths as analogues to Oligocene rhodoliths of the Suwanee Straits. Abstracts and Program of the 10 th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions , June 8-June 12, 2000, p.13-14.

Freile, D., DeVore, M.L. and Pigg, K.B., 1999, A preliminary study of the sedimentology, stratigraphy, and taphonomy of the Catahoula Formation ( Oligocene , Texas , USA ). Proceedings of the XVI International Botanical Congress . (Abstracts). #939, p. 449.

Freile, Deborah, 1999, Aragonite and Mg-calcite cements, crystal morphology and chemical composition of Halimeda segments. Program and Abstracts of Papers of the 102nd Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, p. 70.

Freile, Deborah, and Milliman, John, D., 1998, Sedimentary facies of western Great Bahama Bank: bank-edge margin to slope transition. Abstracts and Program The 9th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and other Carbonate Regions , p. 11-12.

Freile, Deborah, 1998, An enigmatic ichnofossil from the upper Cambrian Wilberns formation, central Texas . Program and Abstracts of Papers of the 101st Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, p. 59.

Freile, D. and DeVore, M.L., 1997, Using natural history museums in teaching evolutionary biology. Am. J. of Botany, vol. 84, no. 6, p. 259.

Freile, D. and Baldwin C.T., 1997, The ichnofacies of a Paleozoic terrigenoclastic to carbonate transition: The Moore Hollow Group. Program and Abstracts of Papers of the 100th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, p. 69.

Freile, Deborah, 1997, Linking geologic and cultural history through a laboratory and field project: Aspects of the Historical geology and cultural heritage of the Texas Hill Country. Program and Abstracts of Papers of the 100th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, p. 74.

Freile, Deborah, 1996, In situ alteration study of calcareous green algal segments: can their rapid alteration rates mask them from the rock record? Geol. Soc. Am. Abs. with Prog., v.28, no. 7, p. A274.

Freile, D. and Hillis, L., 1996, Carbonate productivity by Halimeda incrassata near the land proximal lagoon of Pico Feo, San Blas , Panama . Abstracts of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, p.65.

Freile, Deborah, 1994, Carbonate production by the calcareous alga Halimeda incrassata in a tropical lagoon at Pico Feo Island , San Blas , Panama . Geol. Soc. Am. Abs. with Prog. v.26, no. 4, p.14.

Freile, D., Hillis, L, and Milliman, J.D., 1993, Leeward bank margin sediment source (bank edge algal meadows) and sink (steep bank margin slope) western Great Bahama Bank. Proc. of the 7th Intl. Coral Reef Symposium , v.2, p.894.

Freile, D., Milliman, J.D. and Hillis, L., 1993, Bank-edge algal meadows- leeward bank margin sediment source and sink: western Great Bahama Bank, and its sedimentary importance. Geol. Soc. Am., Abs. with Prog. , v. 25, no. 4, p.15-16.

Freile, D. and Milliman, J.D., 1993, Sedimentary facies of western Great Bahama Bank: Bank-edge to slope transition. Geol. Soc. Am., Abs. with Prog. , v. 25, no. 4, p. 15.

Freile, D., Baldwin , C.T. and Milliman, J.D., 1992, Alteration of aragonitic Halimeda (calcareous green algae) plates to magnesian calcite on Great Bahama Bank (GBB): a depth- time-dependent process. Geol. Soc Am., Abs. with Prog., v. 24, no. 3, p.21.

Freile, D. and Milliman, J.D., 1991, Nature and genesis of silt-size carbonate grains, Great Bahama Bank. Geol. Soc. Am., Abs. with Prog. , v. 23, no. 1, p.32.

Freile, D., Baldwin , C.T. and De Simone, L., 1989, A combined sedimentological, palynological and ichnostratigraphical method for analyzing paleoenvironments. Geol. Soc. Am., Abs. with Prog., v. 21, no. 2, p.16.

Freile, D. and Baldwin C. T., 1988. Trilobite resting traces in the Juniata of central Pennsylvania : evidence for marginal marine deposition. Geol. Soc. Am., Abs. with Prog., v. 20, no. 1, p.19.

Freile, D., Baldwin , C.T. and Strother, P.K., 1988, The Tuscarora Formation at Mill Hall , PA : an ichnologically defined depositional model. Geol. Soc. Am., Abs. with Prog., v. 20, no. 1, p.19.

Freile, D. and Baldwin, C.T., 1987, Micro-tiering in graphoglyptid trace fossils as boundary layer flow indicators. Geol. Soc. Am., Abs. with Prog., v. 19, no. 1, p.14-15.

Other Published Abstracts of Papers Presented at Meetings

Devore, Melanie, Deborah Freile, Devon Brannen, and Christopher Faulkner. “Preliminary Studies of Succession of Wetland Plant Communities in Bahamian Sinkholes.” Proceedings of the 9th Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas, June 14 th-18 th, 2001. Eds. David L. and Sherilyn Smith. San Salvador, Bahamas: Gerace Research Center, 2003. 41-47.

Midkiff, Phyllis., Freile, Deborah , DeVore, Melanie, and Pigg, Kathleen, 2003, Thin section and geochemical analysis of plant material and rocks from the Catahoula Fm. Georgia Journal of Science (Abstracts & Program) , Vol. 61, no. 1, p. 34.

Babb, Christopher W., Freile, Deborah , Wilson, Judith A. and Faulkner, Christopher R., 2002, Hydrogeological and chemical analysis of surface and shallow groundwater from a dairy waste lagoon, Berry Collge, GA. Abstracts with Program of the 51 st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section and the 36 th Annual Meeting of the North-Central Section of the Geol. Soc. Am., v. 34, no. 2, p.A-113.

Pigg, K.B, DeVore, M.L., Dilcher, D.L. and Freile, D., 2001, Fagaceous infructescences from the Oligocene Catahoula Formation of Texas. Published Abstracts from Botany 2001 (Botanical Society of America Annual Meeting), pp. 68-70.

DeVore, Melanie and Freile, Deborah, 2001, Vegetational succession in Bahamian sinkholes, Georgia Journal of Science (Abstracts & Program) , Vol. 59, no. 1, p. 52.

DeVore, Melanie and Freile, Deborah, and Parmley, Dennis C., 2000, A Jacksonian molluscan fauna from central Georgia : Claibornian relicts or Jacksonian newcomers? Abstracts with Program of the 49 th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the Geol. Soc. Am., v. 32, no. 2, p.A-15.

DeVore, Melanie and Freile, Deborah, 1999, Leaf form as a climatic indicator from a fossil plant assemblage (Catahoula Fm. (Oligocene) of east Texas) and its modern Analogue. Geol. Soc. Am. Abstracts with Programs , vol. 31, no.7, p. 364.

DeVore, Melanie L, Pigg, Kathleen B. and Freile, Deborah, 1999, Significance of Huntsville's Catahoula Formation to angiosperm paleobotany and Eocene-Oligocene paleoclimatic studies. Program and Abstracts of Papers of the 102ndAnnual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, p. 71.

DeVore, Melanie L. and Freile, Deborah, 1998 , Texas State Parks: an outdoor laboratory for environmental studies. Program and Abstracts of Papers of the 101st Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, p. 62.

Perry, Irene H., Freile, Deborah, and Villa, Michael, 1996, Toxicity study of the green alga Halimeda using the Microtox® test system: a comparison with standard bioassay studies. Program and Abstracts of Papers of the 99th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, p. 59-60.

Milliman, J.D., Freile, D., Steinen, R.P., Wilber, R.J., and Halley, R.B., 1990. Great Bahama Bank aragonitic muds: ubiquitously precipitated, mostly exported. Am. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. Bull ., v. 74, no. 5, p.720.

Fenster, M.S., FitzGerald, D.M., Lewis, R.S., Freile, D. and Baldwin, C.T., 1988. Sand wave morphology and bedform migration in eastern Long Island Sound. Geol. Soc. Am., Abs. with Prog., v. 20, no. 1, p.18.

Published Abstracts of Papers Presented by Students at National and Regional Meetings

Wells, Sheryl M., Deborah Freile, and Melanie Devore. “An Assessment of Water Quality between Ponds Located Adjacent to Putting Greens and Those Located Adjacent to Fairways in a Central Georgia Golf Course: Best Management Practice Guidelines.” Geological Society of America 2004 Abstracts with Programs (March 2004) 36(2): 66.

Dechant, David, Vanessa A. Donnelly, Deborah Freile, Russell Malchow, Trey Kendrick, Richard T. Layfield, Jr., Jason Thompson, and Beth A. Christensen. “Temporal and Spatial Variations of Heavy Metal Concentrations in Moderately Developed Marsh Sediments on Skidaway Island, Georgia.” Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (2003) 35(7): A115-6.

Donnelly, Vanessa A., David Dechant, Trey Kendrick, Richard T. Layfield, Jr., Jason Thompson,Al Elser, Beth A. Christensen, Deborah Freile, and W. Crawford Elliott. “Clay and Sediment Mineralogy from a Salt Marsh, Skidaway Island, Georgia.” Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (2003) 35(7): A115-7.

Kendrick, Trey, Beth A. Christensen, Carol Pride, David Dechant, Vanessa A. Donnelly, Richard T. Layfield, Jr., Jason Thompson, and Deborah Freile. “Foraminiferal Abundance Trends in Vibracores of Recent Macro Tidal Salt Marsh Sediments on Skidaway Island, GA.” Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (2003) 35(7): A115-9.

Layfield, Jr., Richard T. , Vanessa A. Donnelly, David Dechant, Trey Kendrick, Jason Thompson, Beth A. Christensen, Deborah Freile, Clark R. Alexander, and Claudia Venherm. “Downcore Variation of Sediment Grain Size in a Coastal Georgia Marsh.” Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (2003) 35(7): A115-11.

Thompson, Jason, David Dechant, Vanessa A. Donnelly, Trey Kendrick, Richard T. Layfield, Jr., Beth A. Christensen, Deborah Freile. “Assessing Impacts of Development on Chatham County on the Georgia Coast.” Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (2003) 35(7): A115-10.

Faulkner, Christopher, Edge, Justin and Freile, Deborah, 2003, A geochemical and mineralogical analysis of the muds of Moon Pond, San Salvador , Bahamas : Organic or inorganic?. Geol. Soc. Am. Abstracts with Programs , Vol. 35, No. 1, p. 27-28.

Eisin, Amy, Autry, Stephania, Dechant, David, Christensen, Beth, Freile, Deborah, and Young, Cheryl, 2003, Grain size variations in developed and undeveloped marsh cores from the Georgia coast. Geol. Soc. Am. Abstracts with Programs , Vol. 35, No. 1, p. 27.

Dechant, David, Freile, Deborah, Eisin, Amy, Autry, Stephania, Young, Cheryl, and Christensen, Beth, 2003, Temporal and spatial variations of heavy metal concentrations in developed and undeveloped marshes on Skidaway Island , Georgia . . Geol. Soc. Am. Abstracts with Programs , Vol. 35, No. 1, p. 27.

Edge, Justin, Faulkner, Christopher and Freile, Deborah , 2003, Geochemical and X-ray analysis of aragonite muds, San Salvador , Bahamas . . Georgia Journal of Science , v.61, n.1, p.60-61.

Faulkner, Chris and Freile, Deborah, 2002, Living with karst: A preliminary study of the karstic features of Berry College . Georgia Journal of Science , v.60, n.1, p.10.

Cochiara, Stacey G., Burkes, Felicia, Barefield, Edward, Rhodes, Autumn, Freile, Deborah , Burnley, Pamela, Malchow, Russell and Ghazi, Mohamad, 2001, Temporal variations of heavy metal concentrations in sediment cores from Big Creek, a small watershed in metro Atlanta, GA. Geol. Soc. Am. Abstracts with Programs , Vol. 33, No. 7, p. A420.

Garner, Elizabeth P., Freile, Deborah , and DeVore, Melanie, 2000, Depositional environment, lithology and taphonomy of an Eocene marginal marine section in central Georgia and its modern analogue. Abstracts with Program of the 49 th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the Geol. Soc. Am., v. 32, no. 2, p.A-18.

Brown, Rachael, Vickers, Jennifer, Lowe, Brian, and Freile, Deborah , 1999, A water quality assessment of three distinct wetland classes at Brazos Bend State Park based on surveys of macroinvertebrate communities. Program and Abstracts of Papers of the 102nd Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, p. 62.

Barrows, Tanya, Ward, Robin, Taylor, David, DeVore, Melanie, and Freile, Deborah , 1998, Construction of a vegetation map for Brazos Bend State Park . Program and Abstracts of Papers of the 101st Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, p. 68.

Lares, Tanya V. and Freile, Deborah , 1998, Water Quality assessment of wetlands at Brazos Bend State Park and their possible contributions to the overall water quality of the lower Brazos River. Program and Abstracts of Papers of the 101st Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, p. 72.

Taylor, David C., Freile, Deborah , and DeVore, Melanie L., 1998, Applying GIS and field observations to national wetland inventory maps: keeping pace with shifting wetlands or detecting errors in estimation of wetland categories. Program and Abstracts of Papers of the 101st Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, p. 60.

Plant, Barton E., Netoff, Dennis I., and Freile, Deborah , 1997, Surficial and interstitial mineral chemistry of sandstones in arid environments as it relates to their weathering patterns. Program and Abstracts of Papers of the 100th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, p. 71.

Edinburgh, Michael, Perry, Irene H., and Freile, Deborah , 1996, Pathogen and toxicity removal using a small on-site wastewater treatment wetland in east Texas . 52nd Southwest Regional Meeting , Am. Chem. Soc.: 66.

Cheshire , Chad M., Turner, Jack C., and Freile, Deborah , 1996, Comparison of trace metal analysis of blood and tissue of wild animals from a pristine and a contaminated site. 52nd Southwest Regional Meeting , Am. Chem. Soc.: 64.

Gurleyuk, Hakan, Freile, Deborah and Perry, Irene H., 1996, Analysis of organic compounds of the green alga Halimeda using supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Program and Abstracts of Papers of the 99th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, p. 62.

Fuks, Kelly H. and Freile, Deborah , 1995, A comparison of Caribbean patch reef rhodoliths and fossilized rhodoliths of south Georgia. Geol. Soc. Am. Abs. with Prog., v.27, no. 6, p. A-173.

Waggener. William G. and Freile, Deborah , 1995, Influence on carbonate production by proximity to a major land mass of the calcareous alga Halimeda incrassata at Pico Feo, San Blas , Panama . Geol. Soc. Am. Abs. with Prog., v.27, no. 6 , p. A-452.

Boland, Kelly A. and Freile, Deborah , 1994, Tropical Rhodoliths from a Caribbean patch reef, San Blas , Panama . Geol. Soc. Am. Abs. with Prog., v.26, no. 2, p.40.

Technical Reports

Phillips, E.C. and Freile, D., 1996, Wetland Delineation Report: Camp Crowder , Camp Clark , Camp Wappapello and Macon Training Site, Missouri . Submitted to the Missouri Army National Guard (MOARNG) Resource Protection Management Office, Jefferson City , MO 97 pp

Other Reports

Freile, Deborah and DeVore, Melanie, 1998, A Brief Introduction to the Natural Resources of Waldemar. Submitted to Camp Waldemar , Hunt, TX, 20 pp.

Netoff, Dennis I., Freile, Deborah, and Shroba, Ralph, 1996, Origin and Occurrence of Spalling on Outcrops of the Entrada Sandstone in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah : Preliminary Findings. Submitted to the Glen Canyon Natural History Association, 64 pp.