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Geochemistry of selected Maine peat deposits
Stephen A. Norton
Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 34. Geochemistry of selected Maine peat deposits
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Neotectonics of Maine; studies in seismicity, crustal warping, and sea-level change
Walter A. Anderson and Harold W. Borns Jr
Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 40. Includes technical papers on neotectonic activity in coastal Maine, geophysics of the Passamaquoddy Bay area, geology of southwestern coastal Maine, glaciomarine deltas related to crustal movements, inventory of salt marshes, Holocene sea-level change in coastal Maine, seismic reflection investigation of neotectonics of coastal Maine, archaeological evidence of coastal subsidence, postglacial bedrock faulting, geodetic evidence of crustal motion, geomechanical aspects of subsidence.
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Neotectonic activity in coastal Maine
Walter A. Anderson, Harold W. Borns Jr, Joseph T. Kelley, and Woodrow B. Thompson
in Anderson, Walter A., and Borns, Harold W., Jr. (editors), Neotectonics of Maine: studies in seismicity, crustal warping, and sea level change: Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 40, p. 1-10.
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Geochemistry of the Catheart Mountain porphyry copper deposit, Maine
Robert A. Ayuso
in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 4 - igneous and metamorphic geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 139-162.
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Depositional sequence modeling of late Quaternary geologic history, west-central Maine coast
Daniel F. Belknap, R Craig Shipp, Joseph T. Kelley, and Detmar Schnitker
in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 5 - Quaternary geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 29-46.
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Holocene sea-level change in coastal Maine
Daniel F. Belknap, R Craig Shipp, Robert Stuckenrath, Joseph T. Kelley, and Harold W. Borns Jr
in Anderson, Walter A., and Borns, Harold W., Jr. (editors), Neotectonics of Maine: studies in seismicity, crustal warping, and sea level change: Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 40, p. 85-105.
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A stratigraphic synthesis of eastern Maine and western New Brunswick
Henry Newhall Berry IV and Philip H. Osberg
in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine Geology: Volume 2 - structure and stratigraphy: Maine Geological Survey, p. 1-32.
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Hurricane Mountain Formation melange; description and tectonic significance of a Penobscottian accretionary complex
Gary McG Boone, David T. Doty, and Matthew T. Heizler
in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 2 - Structure and stratigraphy: Maine Geological Survey, p. 33-83.
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Changing perspectives of the Quaternary surficial geology of Maine
Harold W. Borns Jr
in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 6 - Quaternary geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 1-11.
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Origin and sedimentation of Maine lakes with emphasis on lake-outlet deltas
Dabney W. Caldwell, Duncan M. FitzGerald, and Michael S. Fenster
in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 5 - Quaternary geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 97-108.
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Peat and its occurrence as a resource in Maine
Cornelia C. Cameron
in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 5 - Quaternary geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 125-146.
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Interpretation of the regional significance of the Chain Lakes massif, Maine, based upon preliminary isotopic studies
Michael M. Cheatham, William J. Olszewski, and Henri E. Gaudette
in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 4 - igneous and metamorphic geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 125-137.
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Geology and geochemistry of the Rattlesnake Mountain igneous complex, Raymond and Casco, Maine
John W. Creasy
in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 4 - igneous and metamorphic geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 63-78.
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Late Quaternary glacial history of Mt. Katahdin and the nunatak hypothesis
P Thompson Davis
in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 6 - Quaternary geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 119-134.
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(40)Ar/(39)Ar isotopic dating of the Horserace quartz diorite and its bearing on age relationships in the Katahdin batholith-Traveler rhyolite system
A Scott Denning and Daniel R. Lux
in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 4 - igneous and metamorphic geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 115-123.
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A thermal model for Carboniferous metamorphism near the Sebago batholith in western Maine
James J. De Yoreo, Daniel R. Lux, and Charles V. Guidotti
in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 3 - igneous and metamorphic geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 19-34.
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The seismicity of Maine
John E. Ebel
in Anderson, Walter A., and Borns, Harold W., Jr. (editors), Neotectonics of Maine: studies in seismicity, crustal warping, and sea level change: Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 40, p. 219-228.
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Morphodynamics of tidal inlet systems in Maine
Duncan M. FitzGerald, Jonathan M. Lincoln, L Kenneth Fink Jr, and Dabney W. Caldwell
in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 5 - Quaternary geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 67-96.
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Silurian roundstone conglomerates of coastal Maine and adjacent New Brunswick
Olcott Gates
in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine Geology: Volume 2 - structure and stratigraphy: Maine Geological Survey, p. 127-144.
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The geology and geophysics of the Passamaquoddy Bay area, Maine and New Brunswick, and their bearing on local subsidence
Olcott Gates
in Anderson, Walter A., and Borns, Harold W., Jr. (editors), Neotectonics of Maine: studies in seismicity, crustal warping, and sea level change: Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 40, p. 11-24.
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Petrographic and geochemical variations within the Songo pluton, western Maine
David Gibson and Daniel R. Lux
in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 4 - igneous and metamorphic geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 87-100.
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Preliminary studies of five Mesozoic stocks in the Newfield 15' quadrangle, Maine
Richard A. Gilman
in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 4 - igneous and metamorphic geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 79-86.
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Metamorphism in Maine: an overview
Charles V. Guidotti
in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 3 - igneous and metamorphic geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 1-17. in Studies in Maine Geology: Volume 3
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Sedimentary facies and tectonic interpretation of the Lower Devonian Carrabassett Formation, north-central Maine
Lindley S. Hanson and Dwight C. Bradley
in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine Geology: Volume 2 - structure and stratigraphy: Maine Geological Survey, p. 101-125.
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The lithologic and structural controls on the geomorphology of the mountainous areas in north-central Maine
Lindley S. Hanson and Dabney W. Caldwell
in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 5 - Quaternary geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 147-167.