@article {335,
title = {The Massachusetts Geothermal Data Project},
year = {2013},
publisher = {Massachusetts Geological Survey},
abstract = {A series of geothermal maps and datasets for Massachusetts derived from data collected by the MGS for Massachusetts and Connecticut. These data include whole rock geochemistry, rock and soil thermal conductivity, hot spring aqueous geochemistry, and derivative thermal and heatflow modeling.
The project includes multiple datasets and products which can be accessed here or via the National Geothermal Data System (http://search.geothermaldata.org/dataset?q=Massachusetts).
These datasets and products are:
Maps:
Comprising MGS Miscellaneous Maps 13-01 through 13-08
Data:
can be downloaded from the links below
- Whole Rock Geochemistry- Whole rock geochemistry for bedrock samples from MA and CT
- Bedrock Thermal Conductivity - Spreadsheet of thermal conductivity data for bedrock samples in MA and CT, with descriptions and location.
- Sediment Thermal Conductivity - Spreadsheet of thermal conductivity data for sediment / glacial deposit samples in MA and CT, with descriptions and location.
- Thermal Conductivity - Spreadsheet and GIS shapefiles of thermal conductivity measurements made on individual rock samples in Massachusetts.
- Field Data - Spreadsheet of sample locations, outcrop, lithologic descriptions and other field observations.
- Borehole Logs - Spreadsheets and borehole logs, including geophysical, temperature and optical televiewer logs, for selected water wells in Massachusetts.
- Borehole Temperature Data - Spreadsheets and historic reports of borehole locations and temperature data for select water wells in Massachusetts.
- Thermal Spring Chemistry - GIS shapefiles showing locations of thermal springs in MA and spreadsheets with observational, temperature, and aqueous geochemistry data for those springs.
- Heat Flow Data - Spreadsheets of downhole heatflow determinations and associates data for selected wells in Massachusetts.
- Thermal Modeling - Spreadsheet of estimated heatflow and temperature-at-depth calculations for selected sites in Massachusetts
},
keywords = {$\#$Geothermal, $\#$MGSPubs, $\#$Reports, $\#$Subsurface, Andover Granite, aqueous geochemistry, Cape Anne granite, ECS, enhanced geothermal systems, Fitchburg granite, geothermal, granite geochemistry, granites, heat flow, hot dry rock, hot springs, thermal, thermal conductivity, thermal transmissivity, whole rock geochemistry, XRF},
author = {John Michael Rhodes and Koteas, G. Christopher and Stephen B Mabee and Ryan, Amy and Isaacson, M.}
}
@Map {237,
title = {Prototype three-dimensional surficial materials map of the Marlborough quadrangle, Massachusetts},
month = {2006},
publisher = {Massachusetts Geological Survey},
abstract = {
This map integrates well-drilling data with surficial geologic mapping and bedrock geology to produce a true three-dimensional model of the subsurface conditions within the Marlborough quadrangle, Massachusetts. The first component of this model is a map depicting a three-dimensional block diagram of the stratigraphic units that overlie the bedrock surface. The map also presents three-dimensional depictions of the individual stratigraphic units, their aerial extent and volumes.
In addition to the map, the supporting grid files, database and documentation for the three-dimensional model are provided.
This three-dimensional model of the subsurface stratigraphy of the Marlborough quadrangle provides a tool to visualize and explore the relationships of the subsurface units to one another, to the underlying bedrock, and to the water bearing fractures within the bedrock.
There are three immediate benefits of this three-dimensional model:
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it provides a better estimate of the volume of sand and gravel resources, surpassing current assessments it affords an estimate of the volume of water available in storage, making it a more complete measure of our water assets.
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it includes grid files of each stratigraphic unit, which provides a better initial conceptual model of the aquifer systems. The consulting community and water managers can import these grid files into groundwater modeling software for numerical analysis. In addition, the three-dimensional model can better delineate ground water flows, areas of groundwater recharge, and aquifer interconnectedness.
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It will also help identify possible contaminant pathways and assist in the placement of ground water monitoring wells. The model can also be used to assist with the planning of major construction projects, assess the impacts from development, provide guidance for land use planning and smart growth initiatives. In total, a three-dimensional model of the subsurface provides critical geologic information for natural resource decision making.
},
keywords = {$\#$MGSPubs, $\#$SurficialMaps, 3D, Ashland, Berlin, glacial, Hopkinton, Hudson, Malborough, Northborough, Southborough, subsurface, surface, surficial, Westborough},
author = {Steven A Nathan and Stephen B Mabee}
}
@Map {350,
title = {Slope Stability Map of Massachusetts},
year = {2013},
publisher = {Massachusetts Geological Survey},
edition = {13-01},
abstract = {The purpose of this project is to prepare an updated map of potential landslide hazards for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The intent is to provide the public, local government and local and state emergency management agencies with a map showing the location of areas where slope movements have occurred or may possibly occur in the future under the right conditions of prolonged antecedent moisture and high intensity rainfall. It is hoped that this information will be included in the Statewide Hazard Mitigation Plan upon its next update. It is also anticipated that MassDOT and municipalities will find this information useful in planning upgrades and improvements to culverts and drainage along roadways in the future.
Three slope stability maps are provided at a scale of 1:125,000. Each sheet is 48 inches by 36 inches when printed. Sheet 1 covers western Massachusetts, Sheet 2, northeastern Massachusetts including the Boston area, and Sheet 3 covers southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod and the Islands. Data are also available as ESRI ArcGIS data files.},
keywords = {$\#$Hazards, $\#$Landslides, $\#$MGSPub, $\#$MGSPubs, $\#$NaturalHazards, Holocene, infinite slope model, Irene, landslide, rockslide, slope, slope failure, stability, steep, steepness, surficial},
author = {Stephen B Mabee and Duncan, C.}
}
@article {349,
title = {Geomorphic effects of Tropical Storm Irene on western Massachusetts: Landslides and fluvial erosion along the Deerfield and Cold rivers, Charlemont and Savoy, MA},
year = {2014},
publisher = {Massachusetts Geological Survey},
abstract = {A poster summarizing the effects of 2011 Tropical Storm Irene in western MA.},
keywords = {$\#$Landslides, $\#$MGSPub, $\#$MGSPubs, $\#$NaturalHazards, $\#$Reports, $\#$Water, 2011, Charlemont, Cold River, Deerfield River, fluvial, fluvial erosion, hurricane irene, Irene, landslide, landslides, route 2, Rt 2, Savoy, tropical storm},
url = {http://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/Products/reports/Landslide2_web.pdf},
author = {Stephen B Mabee}
}
@techreport {348,
title = {Carbon Sequestration: Developing an assessment of potential CO2 storage resources in Massachusetts - Final Report: Estimate of CO2 Storage Resource Potential in Massachusetts Saline Aquifers and Unmineable Coal Seams},
year = {2011},
month = {5/2011},
pages = {62},
institution = {Massachusetts Geological Survey},
address = {Amherst, MA},
abstract = {Geologic carbon sequestration, defined as the permanent storage of CO2 in underground geologic reservoirs, is emerging as an important strategy towards mitigation of increasing accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere and associated greenhouse gas warming and climate change. These efforts have been organized nationally through programs such as the U.S. Department of Energy {\textendash} Office of Fossil Energy {\textendash} National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) {\textendash} Carbon Sequestration Program and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) {\textendash} Energy Resources Program {\textendash} Health and Environment Section {\textendash} Geologic CO2 Sequestration Research initiative. These organizations have partnered with a network of regional participants to evaluate CO2 storage resource potentials in geologic formations throughout the United States and Canada, through the Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships program. To date, however, CO2 storage resource potentials for geologic formations in Massachusetts have not been incorporated into any national or regional carbon sequestration initiative, nor have resources for local geologic carbon storage in Massachusetts been estimated or calculated.
During a preliminary investigation into geologic carbon sequestration potential in Massachusetts, researchers at the University of Massachusetts identified five potential candidate geologic formations for further study. These include: sandstone aquifers in the Connecticut River Valley, unmineable coal seams in southeastern Massachusetts, organic-rich shales in the Connecticut River Valley, basalts in the Connecticut River Valley, and organic-rich metamorphic rocks in the western Berkshire Hills. Through sponsorship from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, a project was developed to gain more information about these candidate formations related to their hydrogeologic characteristics and potential carbon storage resource. This information has been used to assess if some or all of these candidates meet screening criteria for geologic carbon storage and to provide data for volumetric carbon storage models as outlined by methodologies developed by the USGS and NETL. This research also has identified gaps in knowledge and information regarding key hydrogeologic characteristics for the candidate formations in Massachusetts. These data are required to determine if formations meet screening criteria and to estimate total storage resources.
Prepared for the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center under Task Order 09-1},
keywords = {$\#$MGSPub, $\#$MGSPubs, $\#$Report, $\#$Reports, Carbon, climate change, CO2, coal, coal seams, Hartford Basin, injection, Narragansett Basin, sequestration},
url = {http://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/Products/reports/CarbonSequestrationReport.pdf},
author = {Stephen B Mabee and David F Boutt and Petsch, Steven T}
}
@techreport {347,
title = {Experiments Summarizing the Potential of CO2 Sequestration in the Basalts of Massachusetts {\textendash} Final Report},
year = {2011},
month = {10/2011},
pages = {103},
institution = {Massachusetts Geological Survey},
address = {Amherst, MA},
abstract = {Basalts are gaining more attention as reservoirs for the geological sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2). The purpose of this report is to present the results of experiments that were conducted on the basalts in western Massachusetts and Connecticut to determine their potential to sequester CO2. There were two primary objectives of these experiments:
- To recreate and validate prior carbonate mineralization experiments conducted on the Holyoke basalt by Schaef et al. (2009) from Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL) and to test if their results are reproducible and geographically consistent within western Massachusetts and Connecticut, and,
- 2. To explore the possibility of reacting CO2 with basalt at the earth{\textquoteright}s surface in an ex-situ mineral reactor and, in particular, to identify the optimum conditions necessary to precipitate large amounts of carbonate at the surface in a short time period by varying pressure, temperature, water volume, mass of sample and grain size in the experiments.
Prepared for the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center},
keywords = {$\#$MGSPub, $\#$MGSPubs, $\#$Reports, basalts, Carbon, carbonate, climate change, CO2, Holyoke Basalt, injection, mineralization, precipitation, sequestration},
url = {http://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/Products/reports/BasaltSequestrationReport.pdf},
author = {Petrick, Carrie and Stephen B Mabee}
}
@techreport {346,
title = {Field Investigation of the Geology and Possible Pisolitic Bauxite Occurrence at Menemsha Hills Reservation, Martha{\textquoteright}s Vineyard, Massachusetts},
year = {2008},
institution = {Office of the Massachusetts State Geologist},
type = {4/2008},
address = {Amherst, MA},
abstract = {The Office of the Massachusetts State Geologist was asked by The Trustees of Reservations to make an assessment of an unusual deposit of what appears to be pisolitic bauxite or iron hardpan exposed on the beach at Menemsha Hills Reservation in Chilmark, Massachusetts. The formation occurs as thin 10-20 cm wide lenses extending from 0.5 to 6 meters in length. They are found most commonly along a 200 to 250 meter section of the shore in the intertidal zone. The intact lenses trend northeast at about 25{\textdegree} to 35{\textdegree} and dip at 61{\textdegree} to 75{\textdegree}. The material occurs in a variety of forms. These include hematite and clay rich botyoidal (grape-like) surfaces, as iron hardpan cementing together gravel and pebble-sized stones, and as 1-2 cm wide pisolites (concentrically layered round structures).
Prepared for the Trustees of Reservations},
keywords = {$\#$MGSPub, $\#$MGSPubs, $\#$Minerals, $\#$Reports, aluminum, bauxite, ferricrete, glacial, hematite, Holocene, Martha{\textquoteright}s Vineyard, Menemsha Hills, minerals, ore, oxides, pisolite, pisolitic, precipitation, reservation, thrust faults, Trustees, Vineyard},
url = {http://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/Products/reports/FinalReport.pdf},
author = {Stephen B Mabee and Panish, P.}
}
@techreport {257,
title = {A microfossil evaluation of sediment deposits on the continental shelf, Merrimack embayment, New England},
year = {2007},
pages = {60},
institution = {Massachusetts Geological Survey},
abstract = {Final Report to Minerals Management Service, U.S. Department of Interior 60 pages. contact sbmabee @geo.umass.edu},
keywords = {$\#$MGSPubs, $\#$Reports, Foraminifera, fossils, Merrimack Delta, Merrimack Embayment, Merrimack River, microfossils, offshore, sedimentology},
author = {Steven A Nathan and Leckie, R.M. and Stephen B Mabee}
}
@techreport {345,
title = {Origin of the rocks at Bishop and Clerks shoal and Collier Ledge, Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts: Field report},
year = {2004},
month = {12/2004},
pages = {36},
institution = {Office of the Massachusetts State Geologist},
address = {Amherst, MA},
abstract = {The Office of the Massachusetts State Geologist was asked to make a determination of the origin of the rocks at the Bishop and Clerks Shoal and Collier Ledge in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts. The objective was to determine if the rocks at these two locations were natural features deposited by the glaciers or carried by barge and deposited by man. A field visit was conducted on September 15, 2004. This report summarizes the findings and conclusions.
Prepared for the Massachusetts Highway Department and Minerals Management Service.
},
keywords = {$\#$MGSPub, $\#$MGSPubs, $\#$Reports, Bishop and Clerks, Cape Wind, Collier Ledge, erratics, lighthouse, Nantucket Sound, shoal},
url = {http://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/Products/reports/BCFieldReport.pdf},
author = {Stephen B Mabee}
}