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Surficial geology of the Portsmouth 7.5-minute quadrangle, York County, Maine
Geoffrey W. Smith
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 99-127
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Surficial geology of the Rochester 7.5-minute quadrangle, York County, Maine
Geoffrey W. Smith
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 99-129
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Surficial geology of the Somersworth 7.5-minute quadrangle, York County, Maine
Geoffrey W. Smith
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 99-130
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Surficial geology of the Wells 7.5-minute quadrangle, York County, Maine
Geoffrey W. Smith
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 99-135
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Pipeline to the Ice Age
Woodrow B. Thompson
Maine Geological Survey, Geologic Facts and Localities, Circular GFL-23.
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Surficial geology of the Center Lovell 7.5-minute quadrangle, Oxford County, Maine
Woodrow B. Thompson
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 99-2
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Surficial geology of the Fryeburg 7.5-minute quadrangle, Oxford County, Maine
Woodrow B. Thompson
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 99-8
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Surficial geology of the North Waterford 7.5-minute quadrangle, Oxford County, Maine
Woodrow B. Thompson
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 99-4
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Surficial geology of the Pleasant Mountain 7.5-minute quadrangle, Oxford and Cumberland Counties, Maine
Woodrow B. Thompson
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 99-6
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Surficial geology of the Hiram 7.5-minute quadrangle, Oxford and Cumberland Counties, Maine
Woodrow B. Thompson and William R. Holland
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 99-116
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Maine Springs
Andrews L. Tolman
Maine Geological Survey, Geologic Facts and Localities, Circular GFL-27.
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Surficial geology of the Freeport 7.5-minute quadrangle, Cumberland County, Maine
Thomas K. Weddle
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 99-114
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The Jailhouse Delta, Alfred, Maine
Thomas K. Weddle and Craig Neil
Maine Geological Survey, Geologic Facts and Localities, Circular GFL-30.
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Surficial geology of the Limerick 7.5-minute quadrangle, York County, Maine
Thom Wilch
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 99-120
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Ancient Volcanic Rocks on Vinalhaven Island, Maine
Henry N. Berry IV
Maine Geological Survey, Geologic Facts and Localities, Circular GFL-15.
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Folded Metamorphic Rocks Near Willard Beach South Portland, Maine
Henry N. Berry IV
Maine Geological Survey, Geologic Facts and Localities, Circular GFL-17.
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WWII Rockets Removed from Beach at Reid State Park
Stephen M. Dickson
Maine Geological Survey, Geologic Facts and Localities, Circular GFL-13.
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Beach dynamics of Sebago Lake: A report on the results of beach profiling
Robert A. Johnston and Martha N. Mixon
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 98-122. Results of beach profiling around perimeter of Sebago Lake to determine shoreline erosion and accretion.
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Active Coastal Processes in the Lubec Embayment
Joseph T. Kelley
Maine Geological Survey, Geologic Facts and Localities, Circular GFL-19.
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Somes Sound, Mount Desert Island, Maine
Joseph T. Kelley
Maine Geological Survey, Geologic Facts and Localities, Circular GFL-21.
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The seafloor revealed: The geology of the northwestern Gulf of Maine inner continental shelf
Joseph T. Kelley, Walter A. Barnhardt, Daniel F. Belknap, Stephen M. Dickson, and Alice R. Kelley
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 96-6. Explains the surficial geology, physiography, and geologic history of the Maine coast. Methods and analysis detail how the seafloor was studied. Data were interpreted from side-scan sonar records, seismic reflection profiles, bottom samples, and submersible dives.
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Subsurface Geology of the Kennebec River
Daniel B. Locke
Maine Geological Survey, Geologic Facts and Localities, Circular GFL-18.
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A Geological Tour of Tumbledown Mountain, Maine
Robert G. Marvinney
Maine Geological Survey, Geologic Facts and Localities, Circular GFL-16.
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Lobster Lake, Maine
Robert G. Marvinney
Maine Geological Survey, Geologic Facts and Localities, Circular GFL-20.
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Hydrogeology and water quality of significant sand and gravel aquifers in parts of Hancock, Penobscot, and Piscataquis Counties, Maine
Craig D. Neil, Daniel B. Locke, and William J. Nichols Jr
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 98-57. Accompanies 1:24,000 Significant Aquifer Maps