UMass Sesquicentennial

Maps, Data, Publications, and Resources

Website
Fact Sheets From the Association of American State Geologists. at <http://www.stategeologists.org/position_papers.php>
Exploring the Berkshire Hills: A Guide to Geology and Early Industry in the Upper Housatonic Watershed. at <http://www.earthview.pair.com/publications.html>
Educational Resources for K-16. at <http://www.uky.edu/KGS/education/>
Education and Teacher Resources -K-12 lesson plans and resources from the Geological Society of America. at <http://www.geosociety.org/educate/>
Earthlearningidea. at <http://earthlearningidea.blogspot.com/>
Earth Science Lesson Plans (from the Maine Geologic Survey). at <http://maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/education/lessons/index.htm>
Earth Science Educational Resources (from AGI). at <http://www.agiweb.org/education/index.html>
The Dynamic Digital Map of New England by Chris Condit (U-Mass, Amherst). at <http://ddm.geo.umass.edu/ddm-ne/index.html>
Dinosaurs, Dunes, and Drifting Continents: the Geohistory of the Connecticut Valley. at <http://www.earthview.pair.com/publications.html>
Digital Versions of Older NEIGC Guidebooks (1920-1989). at <http://www.library.unh.edu/digital/category/science-technology>
Digital Library for Earth Systems Education. at <http://www.dlese.org/library/index.jsp>
CalTopo - Backcountry topographic maps. at <http://caltopo.com/>
Boston Subsurface Project at Tufts University. at <http://bostonsoil.atech.tufts.edu/>
Allen, D. & Goldner, M. Boston Rocks!. at <http://bostongeology.com/index.htm>
Berkshire Museum (Pittsfield, MA). at <http://www.berkshiremuseum.org/>
Beneski Museum of Natural History at Amherst College (Amherst, MA). at <https://www.amherst.edu/museums/naturalhistory>
The American Geological Institute - News and Resources for geoscientists and teachers. at <http://www.agiweb.org/index.html>
Active mines and mineral plants in the US. at <http://tin.er.usgs.gov/mineplant/>
Thesis
Mabee, S. B. Lineaments; their value in assessing groundwater availability and quality in bedrock aquifers of glaciated metamorphic terrains; a case study. (1992). at <http://silk.library.umass.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=geh&AN=1993-003224&site=ehost-live&scope=site>
Software
Geograph MA. iPhone App at <http://www.integrity-logic.com/GeographMA>
 Massachusetts Geology/Geography on your iPhone!
Report
Belt, E. S., Davis, R. A. & Mabee, S. B. Report to the government of the British Virgin Islands on the status of beach erosion and water pollution. 130 (1994).
Wise, D. U., Mabee, S. B. & Hardcastle, K. C. Preliminary Geology and Assessment of Groundwater Potential at Cresta de Sacramento, Palpa, Peru: Field Report – July 2002. 31 (2003).
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>
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>
Barosh, P. J., Fahey, R. J. & Pease, Maurice Henry, J. 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.

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