Maps, Data, Publications, and Resources
Well inventory of the Hudson quadrangle, Massachusetts. Well Inventory (2005).
Implications of diurnal river fluctuations on mass transport in a valley-fill aquifer. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 38, 468 - 468 (2006).
Connecticut geothermal map series; tools for exploration and development. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 45, 50 - 50 (2013).
Deep geothermal resource potential in Connecticut; progress report. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 44, 77 - 77 (2012).
Massachusetts mineral and fossil localities. (Krueger Enterprises, 1978). at <http://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/Gleba_Mass_Fossil-Min_Localities.pdf>
Deep geothermal potential of New England granitoids; the Fall River Pluton, southeastern Massachusetts. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 43, 63 - 63 (2011).
Factors influencing groundwater inflows in a newly constructed cross-strike tunnel, eastern Massachusetts; 2, Fracture-supported coincident lineaments and subsurface structures. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 31, 348 - 348 (1999).
The bedrock geology of Massachusetts. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1366, (United States Geological Survey, 1988).
A cost-effective technique for reconnaissance evaluation of aquifers. Proceedings of the National Symposium on Aquifer Restoration and Ground-Water Monitoring 3, 213 - 219 (1983).
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)
[Draft] Surficial geology of the Marlborough quadrangle, Massachusetts. Open-File Report (2004).
GIS and metadata forthcoming
Overcoming the momentum of anachronism; American geologic mapping in a twenty-first-century world. Special Paper - Geological Society of America 502, 103 - 125 (2013).
Bedrock geologic map of the Ayer 7.5’ quadrangle, Worcester and Middlesex Counties, Massachusetts. Open File Report
Latest Paleozoic through Mesozoic faults in north-central Massachusetts and their correlations with New Hampshire. Geological Society of America - Northeastern section (Geological Society of America, 2016). doi:10.1130/abs/2016NE-272576
Progress report of bedrock geologic mapping of the Lowell quadrangle, Massachusetts. Progress Map (2010).
A Bibliography of Massachusetts Minerals 1796 - 1948. Special Department Publication (Dept. of Geology and Mineralogy, U-Mass, 1950).
Land area potentially affected by sea level rise along the Massachusetts coast. Open-File Report (2006). at <http://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/>
Preliminary bedrock geologic Map of the Milford quadrangle. Open-File Report (2007).
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!
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).
Monazite geochronology of the Proterozoic Ortega Quartzite; documenting the extent of 1.4 Ga tectonism in the Tusas Range and beyond. New Mexico Geology 24, 59 - 59 (2002).
Bedrock geologic map of the Ayer 7.5’ quadrangle, Worcester and Middlesex Counties, Massachusetts (2015). Open File Report
Preliminary bedrock Geology of the Northern Portion of the Blackstone quadrangle, Massachusetts. Open-File Report (2008). at <http://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/>
Guiding principles for use of digital technology in geologic data collection and distribution. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 46, 75 - 75 (2014).