The geology of the Gulf of Mexico has been reviewed by numerous authors. Two syntheses stand out. Grover Murray's 1961Geology of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Province of North America summarized classic mid-20th century stratigraphic and structural understanding of the basin.
Edgar Allan Poe is known for his awesomely gruesome short stories like The Black Cat and The Fall of the House of Usher, and for his poems like The Raven and Annabel Lee.
Edgar Allen Poe's 'A Valentine' is actually a type of poem that uses certain letters of each line to spell related words or phrases, known as an acrostic. Unlike other acrostics, which use the first or last letters of each line, Poe used the letters corresponding to the line's number to spell out the name of the poem's recipient, Frances Sargent Osgood, another poet with whom he reportedly had an affair.