UMass Sesquicentennial

Maps, Data, Publications, and Resources

2011
Mabee, S. B., Boutt, D. F. & Petsch, S. T. 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. 62 (Massachusetts Geological Survey, 2011). at <http://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/Products/reports/CarbonSequestrationReport.pdf>
Goodhue, N., Koteas, C. G., Rhodes, J. M. & Mabee, S. B. Deep geothermal potential of New England granitoids; the Fall River Pluton, southeastern Massachusetts. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 43, 63 - 63 (2011).
Petrick, C. & Mabee, S. B. Experiments Summarizing the Potential of CO2 Sequestration in the Basalts of Massachusetts – Final Report. 103 (Massachusetts Geological Survey, 2011). at <http://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/Products/reports/BasaltSequestrationReport.pdf>
Koteas, C. G., Rhodes, J. M., Mabee, S. B., Goodhue, N. & Adams, S. A. Identifying and examining potential geothermal resources in non-traditional regions, examples from the northeastern U.S. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 43, 40 - 40 (2011).
Kopera, J. P. & Mabee, S. B. Preliminary field report on the November 13th-14th, 2011 landslide near Steam Mill Road, Deerfield, Massachusetts. Open File Report 19 (Massachusetts Geological Survey, 2011). at <http://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/Products/reports/Deerfield_LS_Report_final.pdf>
Mabee, S. B. & Kopera, J. P. Preliminary field report on the Route 2 landslides of tropical storm Irene, August 28, 2011. 18 (Massachusetts Geological Survey, 2011). at <http://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/Products/reports/Rt2_Irene_FieldReport.pdf>
Massey, M. A. Progress map of the preliminary bedrock geologic map of the Billerica quadrangle, Massachusetts. (2011).
2010
McTigue, D. F. et al. Arsenic in central Massachusetts bedrock and groundwater. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 42, 216 - 217 (2010).
Manda, A. K. & Mabee, S. B. Comparison of three fracture sampling methods for layered rocks. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences [1997] 47, 218 - 226 (2010).
Koteas, C. G. et al. Evidence for arsenic-mineralization in granitic basement rocks, Ayer Granodiorite, northeastern Massachusetts. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 42, 160 - 160 (2010).
Boutt, D. F., Diggins, P. & Mabee, S. B. A field study (Massachusetts, USA) of the factors controlling the depth of groundwater flow systems in crystalline fractured-rock terrain. Hydrogeology Journal 18, 1839 - 1854 (2010).
Nathan, S. A., Leckie, M. R. & Mabee, S. B. Foraminifera ecology on the continental shelf, Merrimack Embayment, Gulf of Maine, New England. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 42, 82 - 82 (2010).
Hein, C. J., Fitzgerald, D.M,, Barnhardt, W. A. & Stone, B. D. Onshore-Offshore Surficial Geologic Map of the Newburyport East and Northern Half of the Ipswich Quadrangles, Massachusetts. Geologic Map (2010).
Note: this version has been peer reviewed, edited, and supersedes all previously published, open-file, versions of this map (2010)
Jahns, R. H. & Kopera, J. P. Progress report of bedrock geologic mapping of the Lowell quadrangle, Massachusetts. Progress Map (2010).
2009
Mabee, S. B. Brittle Structure Database of the Wilmington quadrangle, Massachusetts. Open-File Report (2009).
Condit, C. D., Nathan, S. A. & Mabee, S. B. Dynamic digital maps; an outreach tool for geoscience research, mapping and education in National Park Service administered lands. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 41, 365 - 365 (2009).
Kopera, J. P. Embracing the digital revolution; issues of concern to geological surveys. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 41, 99 - 99 (2009).
Boutt, D. F. & Fleming, B. J. Implications of anthropogenic river stage fluctuations on mass transport in a valley fill aquifer. Water Resources Research 45, @CitationW04427 - @CitationW04427 (2009).
Barosh, P. J. Preliminary bedrock geologic Map of the Webster quadrangle, Massachusetts. Open-File Report (2009).
Kopera, J. P., Alvord, D. C., Jahns, R. H., Willard, M. E. & White, W. S. Preliminary bedrock geologic map of the Westford quadrangle, Massachusetts. Open-File Report (2009).
Fernandez, M. Well Inventory of the Westford quadrangle, Massachusetts. Well Inventory (2009).
2008
Mabee, S. B. & Panish, P. Field Investigation of the Geology and Possible Pisolitic Bauxite Occurrence at Menemsha Hills Reservation, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. (Office of the Massachusetts State Geologist, 2008). at <http://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/Products/reports/FinalReport.pdf>
Kopera, J. P. The influence of ductile structure and rheological heterogeneity on brittle structures as exhibited by Avalonian granites in southeastern Massachusetts. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 40, 3 (2008).
Manda, A. K., Mabee, S. B. & Wise, D. U. Influence of rock fabric on fracture attribute distribution and implications for groundwater flow in the Nashoba Terrane, eastern Massachusetts. Journal of Structural Geology 30, 464 - 477 (2008).
Kopera, J. P. Preliminary Bedrock Geologic Map of the area surrounding Shepley's Hill, Towns of Ayer and Devens, Massachusetts. Open-File Report (2008).

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