Richard Bailey

Professor of Geology
Department of Earth & Environmental Science
14 Holmes Hall
Northeastern University
Boston, MA 02115-5096
617.373.3181
r.bailey@neu.edu

Education

Ph.D. Geology 1973 – University of North Carolina
MS Geology 1971 – University of North Carolina
BS Geology 1968 – Old Dominion University

Research Interests

  • Precambian and Paleozoic of the New England region
  • Geology of Boston Bay Group
  • Paleontology of late Cenozoic Corals
  • San Salvador Island, Bahamas
  • Taphonomy of late Cenozoic fossils
  • Stratigraphy and sedimentology of coastal plain sediments in the eastern U.S.

Faculty Research

Selected Publications

  • Hepburn, J.C., and Bailey, R.H., 1998, The Avalon and Nashoba terranes in eastern Massachusetts, in Murray, D. (ed.), Guidebook for the 1998 New England Intercollegiate Field Conference, Kingston, RI, p. C3-1 – C3-24.
  • Thompson, M.D., and Bailey, R.H., 1998, Ungrouping the Boston Bay Group, in Murray, D. (ed.), Guidebook for the 1998 New England Intercollegiate Field Conference, Kingston, RI, p. B2-1 – B2-21.