UMass Sesquicentennial

Maps, Data, Publications, and Resources

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).
2011
Robinson, P. Bedrock geologic map and cross sections of the Mt. Grace - Northfield area, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. (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).
2012
Gagnon, T. K., Koteas, C. G., Thomas, M. A., Mabee, S. B. & Rhodes, J. M. Deep geothermal resource potential in Connecticut; progress report. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 44, 77 - 77 (2012).
Peck, J. A. Digital conversion of Peck, J.H., 1975, Preliminary bedrock geologic map of the Clinton quadrangle, Worcester County, Mass., U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 75-658. Digital Conversion (2012).
Rhodes, J. M., Koteas, C. G. & Mabee, S. B. Granite as a geothermal resource in the Northeast. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 44, 76 - 76 (2012).
Koteas, C. G. et al. Implications for non-traditional geothermal resources in southern New England; variability in heat potential based on thermal conductivity and geochemistry studies. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 44, 76 - 77 (2012).
Becker, L. R. et al. Improving seismic hazard assessment in New England through the use of surficial geologic maps and expert analysis. Special Paper - Geological Society of America 493, 221 - 242 (2012).
Borrelli, M. et al. Onshore-offshore surficial geologic map of the Provincetown Quadrangle, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. (2012).
Thompson, P. J., Kopera, J. P. & Solway, D. R. Stratigraphy and structure of the rocks underlying Boston Harbor: new insights on the Cambridge argillite and associated diamictites and diabase sills. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 44, 43 (2012).
2013
Gagnon, T. K., Thomas, M. A., Rhodes, J. M. & Mabee, S. B. Connecticut geothermal map series; tools for exploration and development. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 45, 50 - 50 (2013).
Becker, L. R. et al. Improving seismic hazard assessment in New England through the use of surficial geologic maps and expert analysis. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 45, 50 - 51 (2013).
Mabee, S. B., Woodruff, J. D., Fellows, J. & Kopera, J. P. Landslides from Tropical Storm Irene in the Deerfield Watershed, western Massachusetts. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 45, 83 - 84 (2013).
Rhodes, J. M., Koteas, C. G., Mabee, S. B., Ryan, A. & Isaacson, M. The Massachusetts Geothermal Data Project. (2013).
Manda, A. K., Mabee, S. B., Boutt, D. F. & Cooke, M. L. A method of estimating bulk potential permeability in fractured-rock aquifers using field-derived fracture data and type curves. Hydrogeology Journal 21, 357 - 369 (2013).
P. House, K., Clark, R. & Kopera, J. P. Overcoming the momentum of anachronism; American geologic mapping in a twenty-first-century world. Special Paper - Geological Society of America 502, 103 - 125 (2013).

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