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Sea-level rise in Passamaquoddy Bay: archaeology and sediment cores
David Sanger
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File 85-73. Progress report on field work.
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Hydrogeology and water quality of significant sand and gravel aquifers in parts of Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Lincoln, Oxford, Sagadahoc, and Somerset Counties, Maine; sand and gravel aquifer maps 10, 11, 16, 17, and 32
Dorothy H. Tepper, John S. Williams, Andrews L. Tolman, and Glenn C. Prescott Jr
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 85-82a. Accompanies 1:24000 Significant Aquifer Maps
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St. Croix region crustal strain study
David Tyler and Alfred Leick
Maine Geological Survey Open-File 85-76. Resurvey of triangulation stations in St. Croix area.
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Peat resources of Maine; Volume 1, Aroostook County
Cornelia C. Cameron, Michael K. Mullen, Carolyn A. Lepage, and Walter A. Anderson
Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 28. Contains sketch maps of 42 peat deposits, core logs, proximate and ultimate analyses of samples.
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Peat resources of Maine; Volume 2, Penobscot County
Cornelia C. Cameron, Michael K. Mullen, Carolyn A. Lepage, and Walter A. Anderson
Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 29. Contains sketch maps of 47 peat deposits, core logs, proximate and ultimate analyses of samples.
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Peat resources of Maine; Volume 3, Piscataquis and Somerset Counties
Cornelia C. Cameron, Michael K. Mullen, Carolyn A. Lepage, and Walter A. Anderson
Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 30. Contains sketch maps of 49 peat deposits, core logs, proximate and ultimate analyses of samples.
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Peat resources of Maine; Volume 4, Southern and western Maine
Cornelia C. Cameron, Michael K. Mullen, Carolyn A. Lepage, and Walter A. Anderson
Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 31. Contains sketch maps of 46 peat deposits, core logs, proximate and ultimate analyses of samples.
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Peat resources of Maine; Volume 5, Washington County
Cornelia C. Cameron, Michael K. Mullen, Carolyn A. Lepage, and Walter A. Anderson
Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 32. Sketch maps of 48 peat deposits, core logs, proximate and ultimate analyses of samples.
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Hydrologic data for the Great and Denbow Heaths in eastern Maine, October 1981 through October 1982
William J. Nichols Jr
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 84-6. Data for surface-water flow and ground-water levels. Also published as USGS Open-File Report 83-865
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Hydrologic data for the Great and Denbow Heaths in eastern Maine, October 1980 through September 1981
William J. Nichols Jr, Joseph A. Smath, and James T. Adamik
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 84-5. Data for surface water flow and ground water levels. Also published as USGS Open-File Report 83-866
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Sources of water-use information in Maine
Dorothy H. Tepper and E Melanie Lanctot
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 84-4. Description of National Water Use Data system and Maine Water Use Data system.
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Evidence for late Holocene sea-level rise in New England; a summary of available data derived from salt marshes and other organic materials
R Scott Anderson and Harold W. Borns Jr
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 83-8. Analysis of salt marsh data using core studies, sea-level curves, and radiometric dating.
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Analysis of structural features in southern Piscataquis County, Maine
Donald W. Newberg
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File 83-6. Analysis of structural features, kink band folding, and joints.
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Preliminary report on sea-level rise in the Damariscotta estuary, central Maine coast
David Sanger and Davida E. Kellogg
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File 83-9. Progress report on archaeological studies.
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Structural analysis of the Guilford, Dover-Foxcroft, and Boyd Lake 15-minute quadrangles, south-central Maine
David S. Westerman
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File 83-7. Analysis of structural features
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Maine peat resource evaluation program; 1980 field season
Cornelia C. Cameron, Carolyn A. Lepage, Walter A. Anderson, and J Davis
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 82-8, 167 p. (superseded by Cameron, 1984, Maine Geological Survey, Bulletins 28-32)
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The geology of the Two Lights and Crescent Beach State Parks area, Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Arthur M. Hussey II
Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 26. Popular guide to park geology, geologic history, features of geologic interest
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Evidence for late Holocene and recent sea level rise along coastal Maine utilizing salt marsh data
R Scott Anderson and Charles D. Race
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 81-1. Progress report on sea level rise study.
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Structural characteristics of the Northwestern Boundary fault in northern Franklin and Somerset Counties, Maine
Gary M. Boone
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File 81-3. Description of structural features in 6 localities.
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Reconnaissance surficial geology of the Bridgewater, Houlton, Howe Brook, and Smyrna Mills [15-minute] quadrangles, Maine
Thomas Brewer
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 81-7. Brief description of surficial deposits; accompanies Open-File Maps 81-8, 81-9, 86-53, and 86-57.
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Postglacial faulting in the vicinity of the Norumbega fault zone, eastern Maine
Woodrow B. Thompson
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 81-48. Discussion of evidence for postglacial faulting. Also published as USGS Open-File Report 81-1039
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Report on brittle fracture and bedrock mapping in the Bangor-Brooks-Stetson area of the Bangor 2-degree quadrangle, Maine
David S. Westerman
Maine Geological Survey, Open-file 81-89. Lineament and small-scale brittle fracture analysis.
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Investigation of salt marsh stratigraphy as an indicator of sea level rise in coastal Maine
R Scott Anderson and Charles D. Race
Maine Geological, Survey Open-File 80-1. Progress report on studies of salt marshes as evidence of crustal warping.
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Evaluation of the mineral potential, upper St. John River valley, Aroostook County, Maine: Appendix B: Geochemistry
Consultant Consultant
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 80-14c. Analysis of 1100 samples for cold-extractable heavy metals and copper. Maps show locations of sample sites and concentrations of metals.
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Evaluation of the mineral potential, upper St. John River valley, Aroostook County, Maine: Appendix D: Geophysics
Consultant Consultant
Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 80-14d. Magnetometer traverses of study area.