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Submissions from 2023
Guidebook geology of northern part - Connecticut Valley, George W. Bain
Identifying Stratigraphic Problems in New England: A Project of the New England States Geologic Mapping Coalition, New England States Geologic Mapping Coalition
The geology, tectonic evolution, critical minerals, and glaciation of the Appalachians in northern Maine and western New Brunswick, Chunzeng Wang, Allan Ludman, and David Lentz
Submissions from 2022
Guidebook of Field Trips in Massachusetts and Surrounding Area, Carsten Braun, Christopher Koteas, Michelle Markley, Claire Pless, Amy Rhodes, and Steve Turner
Submissions from 2020
Assessing Sediment Budgets in Support of Beach Nourishment and Coastal Community Resiliency, Stephen M. Dickson, Peter A. Slovinsky, Claire Enterline, Stefan Claesson, Benjamin Kraun, Thomas J. Trott, Kerby Dobbs, Ivy Ozmon, Allison Potter, Mira Kelly-Fair, Sam F. Rickerich, Hannah M. Corney, Charlotte Nutt, and Caleb Hodgdon
Submissions from 2019
Surficial Geology of Acadia National Park at Isle Au Haut, Maine, Robert G. Gerber
Guidebook for field trips in central Vermont and adjoining New Hampshire, Christopher Koteas
Lost Pond Spring, Daniel B. Locke
Submissions from 2018
Guidebook for fieldtrips in New York and Vermont, Tim Grover and Helen Mango
Submissions from 2017
Inferring post-Jurassic movement of the Oak Bay Fault through acquisition and modeling of magnetic profiles across the Ministers Island Dyke in Brook’s Cove, Maine, J Adams, K Butler, and J Evangelatos
Submissions from 2016
State of Maine Drought Task Force Report on Current Hydrologic Conditions, August 4, 2016, Maine Geological Survey
Changing Shorelines: Adaptation Planning for Maine’s Coastal State Parks, Peter A. Slovinsky, Kathleen Leyden, Stephen M. Dickson, Ryan P. Gordon, Don Cameron, and Arthur Spiess
Submissions from 2015
Geology of the nearshore and coastal Presumpscot Formation from high resolution seismic profiling and vibracores, Daniel F. Belknap and Joseph T. Kelley
Geomorphology of Presumpscot Formation landslides, Stephen M. Dickson and Robert A. Johnston
Guidebook for Field Trips in Connecticut and Massachusetts, Martha S. Gilmore and Phillip G. Resor
Submissions from 2014
Potential for Tidal Marsh Migration in Maine, Donald Cameron and Peter A. Slovinsky
Guidebook to field trips in southeastern New England (MA-NH-RI), Margaret D. Thompson
Submissions from 2013
Guidebook to field trips in North Central Maine, Lindley S. Hanson
Submissions from 2012
Maine Metallic Minerals Conference Abstracts, Geological Society of Maine
Guidebook to Field Trips in Western New Hampshire and Adjacent Vermont and Massachusetts, Peter J. Thompson and Thelma B. Thompson
Submissions from 2011
Maine Coastal Property Owner's Guide to Erosion, Flooding, and Other Hazards, Peter A. Slovinsky
Guidebook for Field Trips in Vermont and Adjacent New York, David P. West Jr
Submissions from 2010
Guidebook for Field Trips in Coastal and Interior Maine, C Gerbi, M Yates, A Kelley, and D Lux
Submissions from 2009
Microbial pollution levels and transport pathways at the Kennebunk River and Goochs Beach, Peter A. Slovinsky and Stephen M. Dickson
Guidebook for Field Trips in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont and Adjacent Regions, David S. Westerman and Allison S. Lathrop
Submissions from 2008
Microbial pollution levels and transport pathways at Ogunquit Beach, Peter A. Slovinsky and Stephen M. Dickson
Guidebook for field trips in Massachusetts and adjacent regions of Connecticut and New York, M R. Van Baalen
Submissions from 2007
Guidebook for field trips in southern Quebec, Louise Corriveau and Thomas Clark
Submissions from 2006
Guidebook for field trips in western Maine, David Gibson, Julia Daly, and Douglas Reusch
Submissions from 2005
Guidebook for field trips in Connecticut, Brian J. Skinner and Anthony R. Philpotts
Analysis of water quality samples and hydrodynamic conditions for Goose Rocks Beach, Kennebunkport, and Goochs Beach, Kennebunk, Maine, Peter A. Slovinsky and Stephen M. Dickson
Submissions from 2004
Guidebook to field trips from Boston, MA to Saco Bay, ME, Lindley S. Hanson
Submissions from 2003
Guidebook for field trips in the five college region, John B. Brady and John T. Cheney
Submissions from 2002
Guidebook for field trips in New York and Vermont, James McLelland and Paul Karabinos
Submissions from 2001
Guidebook to field trips in New Brunswick and eastern Maine, Ron K. Pickerill and David R. Lentz
Submissions from 2000
Guidebook for field trips in coastal and east-central Maine, Martin G. Yates, Daniel R. Lux, and Joseph T. Kelley
Submissions from 1999
Guidebook for field trips in Vermont and adjacent regions of New Hampshire and New York, Stephen F. Wright
Submissions from 1998
A detailed gravity survey of the southeastern contact of the Sebago batholith, North Windham area, Maine (abstract), Paige L. Heller
Maine Mineral Localities, 1998, Maine Department of Conservation, Maine Geological Survey, Woodrow B. Thompson, Donald L. Joyner, Raymond G. Woodman, Vandall T. King, and Robert G. Marvinney
Guidebook for field trips in Rhode Island and adjacent regions of Connecticut and Massachusetts, Daniel P. Murray
Submissions from 1997
Guidebook for field trips in Vermont and adjacent New Hampshire and New York, Timothy W. Grover, Helen N. Mango, and Edward J. Hasenohr
Submissions from 1996
Report on core analysis from 5 ponds in western Maine and New Hampshire: Cushman Pond, Lower Black Pond, Surplus Pond, Pond of Safety, Quimby Pond, Christopher C. Dorion
Report on fossiliferous glacial marine localities in the Passamaquoddy Bay area and sediment cores from ponds in eastern Maine, Christopher C. Dorion
Guidebook to field trips in northern New Hampshire and adjacent regions of Maine and Vermont, Mark R. Van Baalen
Submissions from 1995
Reconnaissance geology in the Ellsworth area, July, 1995, James Hibbard
Guidebook to field trips in southern Maine and adjacent New Hampshire, Arthur M. Hussey II and Robert A. Johnston
Submissions from 1994
Guidebook to field trips in north-central Maine: New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference 85th Annual Meeting, 1994, Lindley S. Hanson and Dabney W. Caldwell
Submissions from 1993
Report on field work carried out on the Passadumkeag, Boyd Lake and southern part of the Lincoln quadrangles, Sept. 26 to Oct. 15, 1993, Bjorn G. Andersen
Field trip guidebook for the Northeastern United States: 1993 Boston GSA and 85th Annual New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, Volume 1, John T. Cheney and J Christopher Hepburn
Field trip guidebook for the Northeastern United States: 1993 Boston GSA and 85th Annual New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, Volume 2, John T. Cheney and J Christopher Hepburn
Geologic field report for the Scraggly Lake and Grand Lake Seboeis areas, north-central Maine: 1992 field update, James P. Hibbard
In Search of the Missing Iapetus Ocean, Maine Geological Survey and University of Maine at Farmington
Submissions from 1992
Report on Quaternary fieldwork in the Millinocket area, Maine, carried out between Oct. 23 and Nov. 15, 1992, Bjorn G. Andersen
Results of investigation of Presumpscot shell sites, Kathleen Callum
Discovering Maine's Mineral Resources, Maine Geological Survey and University of Maine at Farmington
Maine's Water Resources, Maine Geological Survey and University of Maine at Farmington
Piecing Together Maine's Coastal Geologic Puzzle, Maine Geological Survey and University of Maine at Farmington
The Ice Age in Maine, Maine Geological Survey and University of Maine at Farmington
Guidebook for field trips in the Connecticut Valley region of Massachusetts and adjacent states, Volume 1, Peter Robinson and John B. Brady
Guidebook for field trips in the Connecticut Valley region of Massachusetts and adjacent states, Volume 2, Peter Robinson and John B. Brady
Submissions from 1991
Geology of the coastal lithotectonic block and neighboring terranes, eastern Maine and southern New Brunswick, Allan Ludman
Submissions from 1990
Beach Landslide - Kennebec River, Jack Hart
Summary of fossils, Scraggly Lake area, Svend Stouge, DC McGregor, D Rankin, and William A. Oliver
Guidebook for field trips in La Gaspesie, Quebec, Walter E. Trzcienski Jr
Submissions from 1989
Report of field activities; bedrock geological mapping in the Shin Pond, Stacyville, and Island Falls 15' quadrangles, Gary M. Boone
Bedrock geology of the Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island quadrangles, Maine, Richard A. Gilman
Structure and stratigraphy of Siluro-Devonian rocks of the Saddleback Hills, Maine, Richard A. Gilman
Submissions from 1988
Geology of the Wytopitlock quadrangle, John Hopeck
Surficial geology of the Southwest Harbor, Maine 7.5' quadrangle, Thomas V. Lowell
Sand and gravel aquifer mapping field trip; Winterport, Hampden, and Pittsfield, Maine, Thomas K. Weddle and John S. Williams
Submissions from 1987
Maine's Treasure Chest: Gems and Minerals of Oxford County, Jane C. Perham
Submissions from 1986
Lineament analysis of remotely sensed and topographic data and their geologic interpretation for the regions of the Sebago Lake batholith and Bottle Lake complex, Maine, Patrick J. Barosh
Lineament maps of the Sebago Lake batholith region and the Bottle Lake complex, Maine, Patrick J. Barosh
Geology of the Hulling Machine Group of Staceyville quadrangle, Maine, Brendan Walshe
Submissions from 1985
Photolineament study for the Phippsburg, Bath, Richmond, Boothbay Harbor, Westport, Wiscasset, Pemaquid Point, Bristol, and Damariscotta 7.5' quadrangles, Robert G. Gerber
Bedrock geologic map of the Bar Harbor 15' quadrangle, Maine, Richard A. Gilman
Progress report on the geology of the Jo-Mary and Norcross quadrangles, Lindley S. Hanson
1984 survey, testing, and shore studies in western Muscongus Bay, Douglas C. Kellogg
Implications of archaeological deposits for coastal stability of the west central Maine coast, Douglas C. Kellogg
Progress report: The regional setting of the Kingman fault zone, Beth Lincoln
Submissions from 1984
The stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Presumpscot Formation, Penobscot Valley area of Maine, Mark P. Cotter
Maine peat resource matrix, Maine Geological Survey
Progress report; The Kingman disrupted zone, Lillian Morisi
Submissions from 1983
Bedrock mapping of the Burnham and Vassalboro 15' quadrangles, D W. Newberg
Submissions from 1982
Reconnaissance bedrock geology of the Norway quadrangle, Archie W. Berry Jr
Shallow land burial area screening study, Marc C. Loiselle, E Melanie Lanctot, and Robert A. Johnston
Bibliography of Maine Geology 1672 - 1972, Maine Department of Conservation, Maine Geological Survey, and Arthur M. Hussey II
The surficial geology of the Kezar Falls quadrangle, Sarah B. Miller
Stratigraphy and structure in the upper St. John River area of northwestern Maine, David C. Roy
Submissions from 1981
Surficial geology of the southern half of the Wesley 15' quadrangle, John W|Jr Attig Jr
Surficial geology of the southern half of the Lead Mountain 15' quadrangle, Edward Bradley
Surficial geology of the southern half of the Tug Mountain 15' quadrangle, Edward Bradley and John W. Attig Jr
Surficial geology of the northern half of the Waterville 15' quadrangle, John E. Cotton and Michael Welch
Surficial geology of the northern portion of the Brooks 15' quadrangle, John E. Cotton and Michael Welch
Surficial geology of the northern portion of the Burnham 15' quadrangle, John E. Cotton and Michael Welch
Surficial geology of the southern and western portions of the Skowhegan 15' quadrangle, John E. Cotton and Michael Welch
Surficial geology of the southern half of the Pittsfield 15' quadrangle, John E. Cotton and Michael Welch
Surficial geology of the southern half of the Stetson 15' quadrangle, John E. Cotton and Michael Welch