TY - MAP T1 - Preliminary Bedrock Geologic Map of the area surrounding Shepley's Hill, Towns of Ayer and Devens, Massachusetts Y1 - 2008 A1 - Joseph P Kopera KW - #BedrockMaps KW - #MGSPub KW - army KW - arsenic KW - Ayer KW - ayer granite KW - chelmsford granite KW - Clinton Newbury Fault Zone KW - Devens KW - landfill JF - Open-File Report PB - Massachusetts Geological Survey U2 -

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ER - TY - MAP T1 - Preliminary bedrock geologic map of the Ayer quadrangle, Massachusetts Y1 - 2006 A1 - Joseph P Kopera KW - #BedrockMaps KW - #MGSPub KW - arsenic KW - Ayer KW - ayer granite KW - Berwick formation KW - Boxborough KW - chelmsford granite KW - Clinton-Newbury Fault KW - Devens KW - Fort Devens KW - Groton KW - Harvard KW - Jahns KW - LITTLETON KW - Merrimack Terrane KW - mylonite KW - nashoba KW - Nashua Trough KW - Oakdale formation KW - Shepley's Hill Landfill KW - Shirley KW - tadmuck brook schist KW - Worcester Formation AB -

This preliminary version of the Bedrock Map of the Ayer Quadrangle (Kopera, 2006) has been removed pending the release of an updated version in the near future. The above version should be considered outdated. If you would like a copy of this map, please contact Joseph Kopera at jkopera[at]geo[dot]geo[dot] umass[dot]edu

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ER - TY - MAP T1 - Preliminary Bedrock Geologic Map of the Hudson 7.5' Quadrangle Worcester and Middlesex Counties, Massachusetts Y1 - 2014 A1 - Joseph P Kopera A1 - W.R. Hansen KW - #BedrockMaps KW - #MGSPub KW - acton granite KW - ayer granite KW - Berlin KW - Bolton KW - Boxborough KW - Clinton-Newbury Fault KW - gneiss KW - Harvard KW - Harvard Conglomerate KW - Hudson KW - magnetite KW - Malborough KW - marble KW - migmatite KW - nashoba KW - Stow KW - tadmuck brook schist KW - Vaughn Hills AB - The Hudson quadrangle straddles the Clinton-Newbury Fault Zone (CNFZ), which separates low metamorphic grade Silurian turbiditic metasediments and Devonian plutons of the Nashua sub-belt (Robinson and Goldsmith, 1991) of the Merrimack Terrane to the northwest from the high-grade, migmatitic Cambro- Ordovician arc-complex of the Nashoba Terrane (Walsh et al., 2011; Loan 2011). This general area comprises the suture between the Gander and Avalon composite terranes of the Northern Appalachians (cf. Hibbard et al., 2006). Metasedimentary rocks of the Merrimack Terrane are generally poorly exposed, with intrusives (Day, Dayp, SDgdt) and the Clinton-Newbury Fault zone and associated rocks (Ot) forming a prominent northeast trending ridge (Oak Hill in the town of Harvard) marking the eastern bordering slope of the Worcester Plateau (Emerson, 1917, p. 16). Elevation and local topographic relief gradually decreases and glacial cover increases to the east-southeast across the strike of the Nashoba Formation, which, locally, forms low-relief NE-trending strike-parallel ridges. These are cut by dramatic cross-strike cliffs and glacial spillway gorges developed along cross-strike joints and brittle faults, most notably on the western slopes of Rattlesnake Hill, southern slope of Powder House Hill and in Camp Resolute in Bolton in the west-central portion of the quadrangle, and the southern slope of the hill along the west side of Codman Hill Road in Harvard in the north-central portion of the quadrangle. The migmatitic ortho- and paragneisses, schists and associated metavolcanic rocks of the Nashoba Formation (_Sn) form a northeast striking belt underlying the southern two-thirds of the quadrangle. These are intruded by a variety of presumed Ordovician to Silurian intermediate intrusives (OSd, OSaqd) and Devonian or younger tonalites to granites (Dan, Danp, Dac). JF - Open File Report PB - Massachusetts Geological Survey U1 - Note: This map supersedes "Preliminary bedrock geologic map of the Hudson quadrangle, Massachusetts", MGS map published in 2005 Report accompanies map-- be sure to download both! ER - TY - MAP T1 - Preliminary bedrock geologic map of the Hudson quadrangle, Massachusetts Y1 - 2005 A1 - Joseph P Kopera A1 - Hansen, W.R. KW - #BedrockMaps KW - #MGSPub KW - acton granite KW - ayer granite KW - Berlin KW - Bolton KW - Boxborough KW - Clinton-Newbury Fault KW - gneiss KW - Harvard KW - Harvard Conglomerate KW - Hudson KW - magnetite KW - Malborough KW - marble KW - migmatite KW - nashoba KW - Stow KW - tadmuck brook schist KW - Vaughn Hills AB - This map has been superseded by MGS OFR 14-01: Preliminary Bedrock Geologic Map of the Hudson 7.5' Quadrangle Worcester and Middlesex Counties, Massachusetts This map is an interim update to W.R. Hansen's 1956 Bedrock Geology of the Hudson and Maynard 7.5' quadrangles (USGS Bulletin 1038). This draft version of the Bedrock Map of the Hudson Quadrangle (Kopera, 2005) has been removed pending the future release of an updated version. The above version should be considered outdated. If you would like a copy of this map, please contact Joseph Kopera at jkopera[at]geo[dot]geo[dot]umass[dot]edu

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ER - TY - MAP T1 - Preliminary bedrock geologic Map of the Milford quadrangle Y1 - 2007 A1 - Joseph P Kopera A1 - Shaw, C.E. A1 - Fernandez, M. KW - #BedrockMaps KW - #FractureMaps KW - #MGSPub KW - acadian KW - alaskite KW - alleghenian KW - amphibolite KW - antiform KW - Ashland KW - avalon KW - bedrock map KW - blackstone KW - fracture KW - GEOLOGIC MAP KW - gneiss KW - granite KW - Holliston KW - hopedale quartzite KW - Hopkinton KW - ironstone diorite KW - joints KW - l-tectonite KW - Mendon KW - MGS Publication KW - Milford KW - neoproterozoic KW - Northbridge KW - proterozoic KW - quarries KW - quartzite KW - Upton KW - Westborough AB -

Fracture Characterization Map is included as sheets 2 and 3. Water Resources data included as sheet 4.

GIS and metadata forthcoming

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ER - TY - MAP T1 - Preliminary bedrock geologic map of the Westford quadrangle, Massachusetts Y1 - 2009 A1 - Joseph P Kopera A1 - D.C. Alvord A1 - Richard H Jahns A1 - M.E. Willard A1 - W.S. White KW - #BedrockMaps KW - #MGSPub KW - Acton KW - amphibolite KW - ayer granite KW - Berwick formation KW - Boxborough KW - calc-silicates KW - Carlisle KW - Chelmsford KW - chelmsford granite KW - Clinton-Newbury Fault KW - Concord KW - diorite KW - gneiss KW - Groton KW - LITTLETON KW - magnetite KW - marble KW - migmatite KW - Nashoba Formation KW - phyllonite KW - tadmuck brook schist KW - Tyngsborough KW - Westford AB - Bedrock Geologic Map contains brittle fracture data Mapping still in progress. For interim fracture database, please contact Joe Kopera JF - Open-File Report PB - Massachusetts Geological Survey U2 -

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ER - TY - MAP T1 - Preliminary bedrock Geology of the Northern Portion of the Blackstone quadrangle, Massachusetts Y1 - 2008 A1 - Joseph P Kopera A1 - Shaw, C.J. KW - #BedrockMaps KW - #MGSPub KW - acadian KW - alleghenian KW - avalon KW - bedrock map KW - Bellingham KW - blackstone KW - GEOLOGIC MAP KW - gneiss KW - granite KW - hopedale quartzite KW - ironstone diorite KW - Mendon KW - MGS Publication KW - Milford KW - Millville KW - neoproterozoic KW - Northbridge KW - proterozoic KW - quarries KW - Upton KW - Uxbridge AB -

This map is an interim progress report of mapping currently underway.

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ER - TY - MAP T1 - Preliminary fracture characterization map of the Ayer quadrangle, Massachusetts Y1 - 2006 A1 - Joseph P Kopera A1 - Stephen B Mabee A1 - Powers, D.C. KW - #FractureMaps KW - #MGSPub KW - Ayer KW - ayer granite KW - Boxborough KW - chelmsford granite KW - Devens KW - fault KW - Fort Devens KW - fracture KW - fracture trace KW - Groton KW - Harvard KW - hydrostructural domain KW - joint KW - lineament KW - LITTLETON KW - Shirley KW - water resources AB - This preliminary version of the Fracture Characterization Map of the Ayer Quadrangle (Kopera, 2006) has been removed pending the release of an updated version of the underlying bedrock geologic map in the near future. The above version should be considered outdated. If you would like a copy of the outdated map, please contact Joseph Kopera at jkopera[at]geo[dot]geo[dot]umass[dot]edu JF - Open-File Report PB - Massachusetts Geological Survey U2 -

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ER - TY - MAP T1 - Progress report of bedrock geologic mapping of the Lowell quadrangle, Massachusetts Y1 - 2010 A1 - Richard H Jahns A1 - Joseph P Kopera KW - #BedrockMaps KW - #MGSPub KW - Berwick formation KW - Chelmsford KW - Clinton-Newbury Fault KW - Dracut KW - Dracut diorite KW - Dracut gabbro KW - Dracut pluton KW - gabbro KW - Jahns KW - Lowell KW - Methuen KW - nashoba KW - Nashoba Formation KW - Tewksbury KW - Tyngsborough AB -

Maps in Progress are not distributed to the public. If you would like to see a copy of this map, please contact Joseph Kopera at jkopera[at]geo[dot]geo[dot]umass[dot]edu

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ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Preliminary field report on the November 13th-14th, 2011 landslide near Steam Mill Road, Deerfield, Massachusetts Y1 - 2011 A1 - Joseph P Kopera A1 - Stephen B Mabee KW - #Deerfield KW - #Landslides KW - #MGSPub KW - #NaturalHazards KW - #Reports KW - flooding KW - hazards KW - Irene KW - landslide KW - mudslide KW - natural hazards KW - swamp AB - On November 13th and 14th, 2011, residents and business owners in the area of Wapping Road in Deerfield, Massachusetts, began to notice light-gray, clay-rich mud appearing in the streams and wetlands east of State Route 5/10. The mud quickly clogged culverts under Wapping Road, Route 5/10, and the Pan Am Southern Railway tracks, partially filled in wetlands on both sides of Route 5/10, and partially filled in drainage ditches upgradient of these wetlands. This resulted in localized flooding of property along the east side of Route 5/10. Prepared for the Deerfield Board of Selectman and Board of Public Health 19 pages. A NEPR radio interview with Joe Kopera about the landslide can be found at http://nepr.net/news/2011/12/02/fallout-2011s-extreme-weather-landslides-ice-jams/. JF - Open File Report PB - Massachusetts Geological Survey UR - http://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/Products/reports/Deerfield_LS_Report_final.pdf ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Preliminary field report on the Route 2 landslides of tropical storm Irene, August 28, 2011 Y1 - 2011 A1 - Stephen B Mabee A1 - Joseph P Kopera KW - #Landslides KW - #MGSPub KW - #NaturalHazards KW - #Reports KW - Cold River KW - hazards KW - Irene KW - landslide KW - Mohawk State Forest KW - natural hazards KW - Rt 2 KW - Savoy AB - The Massachusetts Geological Survey accompanied Massachusetts Department of Transportation personnel in the field on Tuesday, September 6, 2011, to observe the landslide and flooding damage along the Route 2 corridor caused by Hurricane, which struck the area on August 28, 2011. The purpose of the visit was to: 1) identify the type of slides that occurred; 2) estimate the dimensions and volume of material moved; 2) estimate the geological and environmental conditions leading to the slope failures; and, 4) determine the propensity for future occurrence. Four landslides were observed. Slide 1 is immediately east of the confluence of Trout Brook with the Cold River and Slides 2, 3, and 4 are clustered together on a north- facing slope about 1850 feet east of the confluence of Black Brook with the Cold River. Report prepared for Massachusetts Department of Transportation. PB - Massachusetts Geological Survey UR - http://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/Products/reports/Rt2_Irene_FieldReport.pdf ER -