@proceedings {297, title = {Geochemistry of gneisses and amphibolites in the Uchee Belt of western Georgia and eastern Alabama; an ACRES progress report}, volume = {32}, year = {2000}, note = {Accession Number: 2002-039126; Conference Name: Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section, 49th annual meeting; Charleston, SC, United States; Conference Date: 20000323; Language: English; Coordinates: N322800N322800W0845900W0845900; Coden: GAAPBC; Collation: 1; Collation: 31; Publication Types: Abstract Only; Serial; Conference document; Updated Code: 200214; Monograph Title: Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section, 49th annual meeting; Monograph Author(s): Anonymous; Reviewed Item: Analytic}, month = {2000/03/01/}, pages = {31 - 31}, publisher = {Geological Society of America (GSA) : Boulder, CO, United States}, address = {United States}, abstract = {Undergraduate students, high school teachers, and university faculty representing ACRES (Atlanta Consortium for Research in Earth Sciences) studied lineated gneiss (LG) exposed at Flat Rock Park (FRP) and vicinity in Columbus, GA, and Motts gneiss (MG) in eastern Alabama. The LG and MG are mineralogically and geochemically granitoidal lineated orthogneisses. They contain deformed mafic xenoliths, as well as aplitic, granitic and pegmatoidal dikes that cut the dominant lineation. Based on chemical analyses, the LG from FRP and the MG plot as granite on the IUGS diagrams and the Le Bas diagram. Similarity in incompatible trace element ratios (e.g., Zr/Nb) and highly evolved characteristics of aplite with respect to the host gneisses, indicate there is probably a genetic link between the MG and the FRP LG. These rocks are chemically distinct from other nearby felsic gneiss. Phenix City gneiss amphibolites from Lindsey Creek and North Highland Mills dam in Columbus were also analyzed for major and trace elements. These amphibolites are low K tholeiitic rocks with an island arc affinity and are similar to rocks from the area that have already been analyzed. The amphibolites show a wide range of fractionation (41 to 62 percent SiO (sub 2) ). Consistency in incompatible element ratios over a wide range of fractionation of some of the samples show a probable genetic relationship among the various amphibolites of Lindsey Creek. Future work should involve more extensive collecting and analysis of both felsic rocks and amphibolites in the Uchee belt. More time should also be spent describing the thin sections of the existing collection and comparing the REE patterns for the FRP, MG and other felsic rocks in the Uchee belt.}, keywords = {$\#$StaffPubs, Alabama, amphibolite, chemical composition, Columbus Georgia, dikes, Georgia, gneisses, Igneous and metamorphic petrology 05A, inclusions, intrusions, metamorphic rocks, Muscogee County Georgia, Uchee Belt, United States, xenoliths}, isbn = {00167592}, author = {Joseph P Kopera and Nicholas, Brian and Todd, Dave and Davison, Jeff and Hanley, Tom and Kar, Aditya and La Tour, Timothy E. and Edwards, Tonya} } @article {236, title = {Well Inventory of the Ayer quadrangle, Massachusetts}, year = {2006}, publisher = {Massachusetts Geological Survey}, edition = {WI-06-01}, abstract = {Well Inventories consist of ESRI ArcView Project files (*.apr), associated ESRI shapefiles and scanned boring logs compiled from several sources. \  Each *. apr file displays borehole locations, information about the boring itself, and, where available, a scanned image of the boring log.\  Be sure to read the "README.TXT" file before using this product. }, keywords = {$\#$MGSPub, $\#$Subsurface, $\#$WellInventory, arsenic, Ayer, boring, Boxborough, Devens, For Devens, Groton, groundwater, Harvard, LITTLETON, Shirley, subsurface, water resources, well}, author = {Fernandez, M. and Duncan, C. and Stephen B Mabee} } @article {229, title = {Well inventory of the Hudson quadrangle, Massachusetts}, year = {2005}, publisher = {Massachusetts Geological Survey}, edition = {WI-05-01}, abstract = {

Well Inventories consist of ESRI ArcView Project files (*.apr), associated ESRI shapefiles and scanned boring logs compiled from several sources. \  Each *. apr file displays borehole locations, information about the boring itself, and, where available, a scanned image of the boring log.\  Be sure to read the "README.TXT" file before using this product.

}, keywords = {$\#$MGSPub, $\#$Subsurface, $\#$WellInventory, Berlin, Bolton, borings, Boxborough, Harvard, Hudson, Malborough, Stow, water resources, wells}, author = {Fernandez, M. and Duncan, C. and Stephen B Mabee} } @article {234, title = {Well inventory of the Marlborough quadrangle, Massachusetts}, year = {2004}, publisher = {Massachusetts Geological Survey}, edition = {WI-04-01}, abstract = {

Well Inventories consist of ESRI ArcView Project files (*.apr), associated ESRI shapefiles and scanned boring logs compiled from several sources. \  Each *. apr file displays borehole locations, information about the boring itself, and, where available, a scanned image of the boring log.\  Be sure to read the "README.TXT" file before using this product.

}, keywords = {$\#$MGSPub, $\#$Subsurface, $\#$WellInventory, Ashland, Berlin, boring, Hopkinton, Hudson, Malborough, Marlborough, Northborough, Southborough, subsurface, Upton, water resources, wells, Westborough}, author = {Duncan, C. and Stephen B Mabee} } @article {215, title = {Well Inventory of the Milford quadrangle, Massachusetts}, year = {2007}, publisher = {Massachusetts Geological Survey}, abstract = {MGS Well inventories are a database of digitized water well data, boring logs, and images of well completion reports for a given quadrangle compiled into an ArcView 3.x project file. \ Modeled surfaces of static water-level surfaces, depth to bedrock, yield, etc... are also included. }, keywords = {$\#$MGSPub, $\#$Subsurface, $\#$WellInventory, Ashland, borings, groundwater, Holliston, Hopkinton, logs, Mendon, MGS Publication, Milford, Northbridge, Upton, water, well, Westborough}, author = {Fernandez, M. and Duncan, C. and Stephen B Mabee} } @article {264, title = {A field study (Massachusetts, USA) of the factors controlling the depth of groundwater flow systems in crystalline fractured-rock terrain}, journal = {Hydrogeology Journal}, volume = {18}, year = {2010}, note = {Accession Number: 2011-042136; Language: English; Coordinates: N420000N425000W0695500W0714500; Collation: 16; Publication Types: Serial; Updated Code: 201124; Illustration(s): illus. incl. 3 tables, geol. sketch map; Number of References: 58; Reviewed Item: Analytic}, month = {2010/12/01/}, pages = {1839 - 1854}, publisher = {Springer : Berlin - Heidelberg, Germany}, address = {Federal Republic of Germany}, abstract = {Groundwater movement and availability in crystalline and metamorphosed rocks is dominated by the secondary porosity generated through fracturing. The distributions of fractures and fracture zones determine permeable pathways and the productivity of these rocks. Controls on how these distributions vary with depth in the shallow subsurface (<300 m) and their resulting influence on groundwater flow is not well understood. The results of a subsurface study in the Nashoba and Avalon terranes of eastern Massachusetts (USA), which is a region experiencing expanded use of the fractured bedrock as a potable-supply aquifer, are presented. The study logged the distribution of fractures in 17 boreholes, identified flowing fractures, and hydraulically characterized the rock mass intersecting the boreholes. Of all fractures encountered, 2.5\% are hydraulically active. Boreholes show decreasing fracture frequency up to 300 m depth, with hydraulically active fractures showing a similar trend; this restricts topographically driven flow. Borehole temperature profiles corroborate this, with minimal hydrologically altered flow observed in the profiles below 100 m. Results from this study suggest that active flow systems in these geologic settings are shallow and that fracture permeability outside of the influence of large-scale structures will follow a decreasing trend with depth. Copyright 2010 Springer-Verlag}, keywords = {$\#$StaffPubs, aquifers, boreholes, crystalline rocks, eastern Massachusetts, fractured materials, fractures, ground water, hydraulic conductivity, Hydrogeology 21, massachusetts, Nashoba terrane, permeability, porosity, preferential flow, shallow-water environment, substrates, United States}, isbn = {1431217414350157}, url = {http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007\%2Fs10040-010-0640-y}, author = {David F Boutt and Diggins, Patrick and Stephen B Mabee} } @Map {224, title = {Bedrock geologic map of the Marlborough quadrangle, Massachusetts}, year = {2004}, publisher = {Massachusetts Geological Survey}, edition = {GM-06-01}, keywords = {$\#$BedrockMaps, $\#$MGSPub, alaskite, amphibolite, Andover Granite, Ashland, Berlin, Bloody Bluff, Burlington Mylonite Zone, epidote, fault zone, gneiss, granite, granofels, Hope Valley Alaskite, Hopkinton, Hudson, Indian Head Hill, Lake Char, Malborough, Milford granite, Milham Reservoir, mylonite, Northborough, quartzite, schist, shear zone, Southborough, volcanic, Waltham Tectonic Melange, Westborough, Wolfpen Lens}, author = {Joseph P Kopera and DiNitto, R.G. and Hepburn, J.C.} } @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.} } @techreport {368, title = {The commercial granites of New England}, year = {1923}, pages = {448}, institution = {United States Geological Survey}, type = {Bulletin}, address = {Washington DC}, abstract = {

A report on the commerical granites of New England, their properties (jointing, rift, grain, etc...) and descriptions of active quarries in the towns of\ Acton, Becket, Braintree, Brockton, Cohasset, Dartmouth, Fall River, Fitchburg, Groton, Hingham, Leominster, Lynn, Lynnfield, Milford, Milton, Monson, New Bedford, Northbridge, Otis, Peabody, Pelham, quarries, quarry, Quincy, Revere, Rockport, Stoughton, Townsend, Uxbridge, Westford, and Wrentham.

KEYWORDS: granite, joint, quarry, quarries

}, keywords = {$\#$Bibliography, $\#$LegacyPublications, Acton, Becket, Braintree, Brockton, Cohasset, Dartmouth, Fall River, Fitchburg, granite, Groton, Hingham, joints, Leominster, Lynn, Lynnfield, Milford, Milton, Monson, New Bedford, Northbridge, Otis, Peabody, Pelham, quarries, quarry, Quincy, Revere, Rockport, Stoughton, Townsend, Uxbridge, Westford, Wrentham}, url = {https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b738}, author = {Dale, T. Nelson} } @techreport {367, title = {Geomorphology of New England}, number = {1208}, year = {1982}, month = {1982}, pages = {18}, institution = {U.S. Geological Survey}, address = {Reston, VA}, abstract = {

Widely scattered terrestrial deposits of Cretaceous or Tertiary age and extensive nearshore and fluvial Coastal Plain deposits now largely beneath the sea indicate that the New England region has been above sea level during and since the Late Cretaceous. Estimates of rates of erosion based on sediment load in rivers and on volume of sediments in the Coastal Plain suggest that if the New England highlands had not been uplifted in the Miocene, the area would now be largely a lowland. If the estimated rates of erosion and uplift are of the right order of magnitude, then it is extremely unlikely that any part of the present landscape dates back before Miocene time. The only exception would be lowlands eroded in the early Mesozoic, later buried beneath Mesozoic and Cenozoic deposits, and exhumed by stream and glacial erosion during the later Cenozoic. Many of the rocks in the New England highlands are similar to those that underlie the Piedmont province in the central and southern Appalachians, where the relief over large areas is much less than in the highlands of New England. These comparisons suggest that the New England highlands have been upwarped in late Cenozoic time. The uplift took place in the Miocene and may have continued into the Quaternary. The New England landscape is primarily controlled by the underlying bedrock. Erosion and deposition during the Quaternary, related in large part to glaciation, have produced only minor changes in drainage and in topography. Shale and graywacke of Ordovician, Cambrian, and Proterozoic age forming the Taconic highlands, and akalic plutonic rocks of Mesozoic age are all highland makers. Sandstone and shale of Jurassic and Triassic age, similar rocks of Carboniferous age, and dolomite, limestone, and shale of Ordovician and Cambrian age commonly underlie lowlands. High-grade metapelites are more resistant than similar schists of low metamorphic grade and form the highest mountains in New England. Feldspathic rocks tend to form lowlands. Alkalic plutonic rocks of Mesozoic age underlie a large area in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and doubtless are a factor in their location and relief. Where the major streams flow across the regional structure of the bedrock, the location of the crossings probably is related to some other characteristic of the bedrock, such as joints or cross faults. The course of the Connecticut River is the result of the adjustment of the drainage to the bedrock geology during a long period of time. There is no ready explanation why many of the large rivers do not cross areas of calcalkalic plutonic rock, but rather take a longer course around such areas, which tend to include segments of the divide between the streams. The presence of coarse clastic materials in Miocene rocks of the emerged Coastal Plain of the Middle Atlantic States suggests uplift of the adjacent Piedmont and of the Adirondack Mountains at that time. The Miocene rocks of the submerged Coastal Plain in the Gulf of Maine and south of New England are fine grained and contain only small amounts of fluvial gravel. Perhaps the coarse clastic materials shed by the New England highlands in late Cenozoic time are buried by or incorporated in the Pleistocene glacial deposits.

}, keywords = {$\#$Bibliography, $\#$LegacyPublications, coastal plain, Cretaceous, Eocene, geomorphology, landscape, Miocene, New England, physiography, plateau, Pleistocene, provinces, river valleys, rivers, shallow bedrock, uplands}, url = {https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1208}, author = {C.S. Denny} } @techreport {261, title = {Report to the government of the British Virgin Islands on the status of beach erosion and water pollution}, year = {1994}, pages = {130}, keywords = {$\#$StaffPubs, beach erosion, British Virgin Islands, erosion, pollution, Virgin Islands, water pollution}, author = {Belt, E.S. and Davis, R.A. and Stephen B Mabee} }