Professor of Geology
University of Florida
Ph.D.: 1972, University of Minnesota
Research interests:
Seismicity of the Florida plateau; geothermal conditions of the Gulf Coast and southern Appalachians; tectonic nature and history of the Florida basement; exploration geophysics, especially the detection of subsurface cavities by electrical resistivity or gravimeteric methods; radon.
Courses taught:
Exploration of Geophysics, Geophysics
Selected recent publications:
Heat flow at the Platanares, Honduras. Geothermal site. J.G. Meert, and D.L. Smith. Volcanol Geotherm Res, 45, 91-99, 1991.
Heat flow in the Ozark plateau, Arkansas and Missouri: relationship to groundwater flow. J.G. Meert, D.L. Smith, and L. Fishkin. Volcanol Geotherm Res, 47, 337-347, 1991.
Abandoned mine detection and stability assessment: Similarities to subsidence prediction for dissolution cavities. D.L. Smith, and A.F. Randazzo. in Applied Karst Geology. B. Beck, ed. Balkema Pub, 135-142, 1993.
Role of continental closure in the distribution of Florida basement features. D.L. Smith. in Mesozoic and early Cenozoic development of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribean region, 13th Annual Research Conf. Pindell, ed. GCSSE PM, 1-25, 1993.