Maps, Data, Publications, and Resources
Quantum GIS. at <http://qgis.org/>
Prototype three-dimensional surficial materials map of the Marlborough quadrangle, Massachusetts. Open-File Report
Progress report of bedrock geologic mapping of the Lowell quadrangle, Massachusetts. Progress Map (2010).
Progress map of the preliminary bedrock geologic map of the Billerica quadrangle, Massachusetts. (2011).
A primer on Plate Tectonics - from UC Berkely Museum of Paleontology. at <http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html>
Preliminary fracture characterization map of the Ayer quadrangle, Massachusetts. Open-File Report (2006).
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>
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>
Preliminary compilation of the bedrock geology of the land area of the Boston 2 degree sheet, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire. USGS Open File Report (1977). at <http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr77285>
An alternative interpretation of the geology of the eastern part of the state.
Preliminary bedrock Geology of the Northern Portion of the Blackstone quadrangle, Massachusetts. Open-File Report (2008). at <http://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/>
Preliminary bedrock geologic map of the Westford quadrangle, Massachusetts. Open-File Report (2009).
Preliminary bedrock geologic Map of the Webster quadrangle, Massachusetts. Open-File Report (2009).
Preliminary bedrock geologic Map of the Palmer quadrangle, Massachusetts. Open-File Report (2008).
GIS and metadata forthcoming.
Preliminary bedrock geologic map of the Orange 7.5' quadrangle, Massachusetts (including portions of the Millers Falls and Athol 7.5' quadrangles). Open File Report (2008).
Preliminary bedrock geologic Map of the Milford quadrangle. Open-File Report (2007).
Preliminary bedrock geologic map of the Hudson quadrangle, Massachusetts. Open-File Report (2005).
Preliminary Bedrock Geologic Map of the Hudson 7.5' Quadrangle Worcester and Middlesex Counties, Massachusetts. Open File Report (2014).
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!
Preliminary bedrock geologic map of the Ayer quadrangle, Massachusetts. Open-File Report (2006). at <http://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/>
Overcoming the momentum of anachronism; American geologic mapping in a twenty-first-century world. Special Paper - Geological Society of America 502, 103 - 125 (2013).