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Late Wisconsinan glacial and glaciomarine sedimentary facies in the lower Androscoggin Valley, Topsham, Maine

Michael J. Retelle and Katherine M. Bither

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 6 - Quaternary geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 33-51.
Late Wisconsin glacial geology of the eastern portion of Mount Desert Island

Thomas V. Lowell

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 6 - Quaternary geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 103-118.
Major influences on lake water chemistry in Maine

Stephen A. Norton, David F. Brakke, Jeffrey S. Kahl, and Terry A. Haines

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 5 - Quaternary geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 109-124.
Mesozoic dikes of southern coastal Maine; an historical perspective and update on research, 1838-1988

Mark T. Swanson

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 3 - igneous and metamorphic geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 79-89.
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
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.
Multiple folding in south-central Maine

Christopher Mulry

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine Geology: Volume 2 - structure and stratigraphy: Maine Geological Survey, p. 163-171.
Multiple thermal metamorphism of the Digdeguash Formation in the contact aureole of the Pocomoonshine gabbro-diorite, southeastern Maine

Allan Ludman, Sandra L. Bromble, and James M. DeMartinis

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 4 - igneous and metamorphic geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 163-175.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Polyphase deformation in the Penobscot Bay area, coastal Maine

John P. Kaszuba and Carol Simpson

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine Geology: Volume 2 - structure and stratigraphy: Maine Geological Survey, p. 145-161.
Postglacial bedrock faulting in Maine

Donaldson Koons

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. 149-155.
Postglacial evolution of drainage in the middle and upper St. John River basin, Maine and New Brunswick

J Steven Kite and Robert Stuckenrath

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 6 - Quaternary geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 135-142.
Prehistoric archaeology and evidence of coastal subsidence on the coast of Maine

David Sanger and Douglas C. Kellogg

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. 107-126.
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.
Radon, geology, and human health in Maine

Stephen A. Norton, Charles T. Hess, and Willem F. Brutsaert

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 5 - Quaternary geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 169-176.
Relative sea-level changes measured by historic records and structures in coastal Maine

David C. Smith, Harold W. Borns Jr, and R Scott Anderson

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. 127-137.
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.
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.
Stratified, waterlain glacigenic sediments and the 'New Sharon Soil,' New Sharon, Maine

Thomas K. Weddle

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 6 - Quaternary geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 53-69.
Stream-sediment geochemistry of the Attean quartz monzonite and nearby rocks, Somerset and Franklin Counties, Maine

Gary A. Nowlan

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 3 - igneous and metamorphic geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 111-130.
Studies in Maine geology: Volume 2 - Structure and stratigraphy

Robert D. Tucker and Robert G. Marvinney

Maine Geological Survey. Includes technical papers on the stratigraphy of eastern Maine and western New Brunswick, description and tectonic significance of the Hurricane Mtn. mélange, the Depot Mtn. Formation in northwestern Maine, sedimentary facies and tectonic interpretation of the Carrabassett Formation, Silurian roundstone conglomerates of coastal Maine, polyphase deformation in the Penobscot Bay area, multiple folding in south-central Maine, thrust and strike-slip faults near Jackman, and geologic and geomechanical properties of the Mount Waldo granite.
Studies in Maine geology: Volume 3 - Igneous and metamorphic geology

Robert D. Tucker and Robert G. Marvinney

Maine Geological Survey. Includes technical papers on metamorphism in Maine, a thermal model for Carboniferous metamorphism near the Sebago batholith, Carboniferous Barrovian metamorphism in southern Maine, isotopic systematics and geochemistry of two-mica granites in northern New England, commingling of diverse magma types in the Flagstaff Lake Igneous Complex, Mesozoic dikes of southern coastal Maine, geochemical aspects of volcanic rocks in east Penobscot Bay, and stream sediment geochemistry of the Attean quartz monzonite.
Studies in Maine geology: Volume 4 - Igneous and metamorphic geology

Robert D. Tucker and Robert G. Marvinney

Maine Geological Survey. Includes technical papers on plutonism in the coastal Maine magmatic province, commingled gabbroic and granitic magmas in the northern Bays-of-Maine igneous complex, geochemistry of the granite-gabbro complex on Vinalhaven Island, geology and geochemistry of the Rattlesnake Mtn. igneous complex, Mesozoic stocks in the Newfield quadrangle, petrographic and geochemical variations within the Songo pluton, geochronology of the Songo pluton, isotopic dating of the Horserace quartz diorite, regional significance of the Chain Lakes massif, geochemistry of the Catheart Mtn. porphyry copper deposit, and multiple thermal metamorphism of the Digdeguash Formation in the contact aureole of the Pocomoonshine gabbro-diorite.
Studies in Maine geology: Volume 5 - Quaternary geology

Robert D. Tucker and Robert G. Marvinney

Maine Geological Survey. Includes technical papers on the timing and mechanisms for deposition of the glaciomarine mud in the Gulf of Maine, a submerged shoreline on the inner continental shelf of the western Gulf of Maine, depositional sequence modeling of Late Quaternary evolution for the west-central Maine coast, geomorphology and Late Quaternary evolution of the Saco Bay region, morphodynamics of tidal inlet systems in Maine, origin and sedimentation of Maine lakes emphasizing lake-outlet deltas, major influences on lake water chemistry, peat resources in Maine, lithologic and structural control on the geomorphology of mountainous areas in north-central Maine, and radon in Maine.
Studies in Maine geology: Volume 6 - Quaternary geology

Robert D. Tucker and Robert G. Marvinney

Maine Geological Survey. Includes technical papers on the history of Quaternary surficial geologic studies in Maine, Late Wisconsinan deglaciation of coastal Maine, Late Wisconsinan glacial and glaciomarine sedimentary facies in the lower Androscoggin Valley, stratified, waterlain glacigenic sediments and the "New Sharon Soil" deglaciation of the upper Androscoggin River valley and northeastern White Mtns., late-glacial dunes, ventifacts, and wind direction in west-central Maine, Late Wisconsin glacial geology of eastern Mount Desert Island, Late Quaternary glacial history of Mt. Katahdin, postglacial drainage evolution of the St. John River basin.
The commingling of diverse magma types in the Flagstaff Lake Igneous Complex

Roger L. Nielsen, Emily S. Landis, Vincent M. Ceci, and Cynthia Poston

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine Geology: Volume 3 - Igneous and metamorphic geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 67-78.
The Depot Mountain Formation; transition from syn- to post-Taconian basin along the Baie Verte-Brompton line in northwestern Maine

David C. Roy

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine Geology: Volume 2 - structure and stratigraphy: Maine Geological Survey, p. 85-99.
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.
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.
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.
Thrust and strike-slip faults near Jackman, Maine

Robert G. Marvinney

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine Geology: Volume 2 - structure and stratigraphy: Maine Geological Survey, p. 173-185.
Timing and mechanisms for the deposition of the glaciomarine mud in and around the Gulf of Maine; a discussion of alternative models

Robert N. Oldale

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 5 - Quaternary geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 1-10.
A Silurian(?) unconformity at Flanders Bay, Maine

Richard A. Gilman and Gary G. Lash

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 1 - Structure and stratigraphy: Maine Geological Survey, p. 75-80.
Charles Thomas Jackson and the first geological survey of Maine, 1836-1838

Mark Hineline

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 1 - Structure and stratigraphy: Maine Geological Survey, p. 1-16.
Contributions to the Quaternary geology of northern Maine and adjacent Canada

J Steven Kite, Thomas V. Lowell, and Woodrow B. Thompson

Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 37. Bulletin to accompany the 49th annual meeting of the Friends of the Pleistocene, May 1986. Papers on reconstructing paleo ice sheets, till stratigraphy, glacial dispersal, glaciation and deglaciation of northwestern Maine, deglaciation in southeastern Quebec, ice movements in northwestern New Brunswick, and the archaeology of the Upper St. John River.
Definition, problems, and reinterpretation of early premetamorphic faults in western Maine and northeastern New Hampshire

Robert H. Moench and Kost A. Pankiwskyj

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 1 - Structure and stratigraphy: Maine Geological Survey, p. 35-50.
Geologic relations within the shale-wacke sequence in south-central Maine

Philip H. Osberg

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 1 - Structure and stratigraphy: Maine Geological Survey, p. 51-73.
Geomorphology and sedimentary framework of the inner continental shelf of central Maine

Joseph T. Kelley and Daniel F. Belknap

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 88-6. Seismic reflection profiles, side-scan sonar images, bottom sediment composition and texture. Offshore coverage from Pemaquid Point to Port Clyde.
Hydrogeology and water quality of significant sand and gravel aquifers in parts of Hancock, Penobscot, and Washington Counties, Maine; significant sand and gravel aquifer maps 24, 25, 26, 27, 45

Thomas K. Weddle, Andrews L. Tolman, John S. Williams, James T. Adamik, Craig D. Neil, and Judy I. Steiger

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 88-7a. Accompanies 1:24000 Significant Aquifer Maps
Lithotectonic stratigraphy, deformation, plutonism, and metamorphism, greater Casco Bay region, southwestern Maine

Arthur M. Hussey II

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 1 - Structure and stratigraphy: Maine Geological Survey, p. 17-34.
Lower Devonian deltaic sedimentary environments and ecology: examples from the Matagamon Sandstone, northern Maine

Stephen G. Pollock, Arthur J. Boucot, and Bradford A. Hall

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 1 - Structure and stratigraphy: Maine Geological Survey, p. 81-99.
Occurrence of the crinoid Rhodocrinites nortoni (Goldring) from the Lower Devonian Seboomook Formation in the Telos Lake area, north-central Maine

J Steven Kite and Thomas W. Kammer

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 1 - Structure and stratigraphy: Maine Geological Survey, p. 101-108.
Peat accumulation rates in selected Maine peat deposits

Kimmo Tolonen, Ronald B. Davis, and Lissa S. Widoff

Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 33. Study of peat accumulation rates in 10 deposits. Includes comparative diagrams and tables of accumulation rates, pollen diagrams, moss increment and radio-carbon dates, and decomposition studies..
Plant paleontology in the State of Maine - a review

Andrew E. Kasper Jr, Patricia G. Gensel, William H. Forbes, and Henry N. Andrews Jr

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 1 - Structure and stratigraphy: Maine Geological Survey, p. 109-128.
Pleistocene stratigraphy of the Augusta and Waldoboro areas, Maine

Woodrow B. Thompson and Geoffrey W. Smith

Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 27. Guidebook for the 46th Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Pleistocene, May 1983. Field trip guide to glacial and glaciomarine deposits.
Seismic structure of the Earth's crust underlying the State of Maine

Alan L. Kafka and John E. Ebel

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 1 - Structure and stratigraphy: Maine Geological Survey, p. 137-156.
Studies in Maine geology: Volume 1 - Structure and stratigraphy

Robert D. Tucker and Robert G. Marvinney

Maine Geological Survey. Includes technical papers on C.T. Jackson, the lithotectonic stratigraphy of the Casco Bay region, early premetamorphic faults in western Maine, the shale-wacke sequence in south-central Maine, a Silurian unconformity at Flanders Bay, Devonian deltaic sedimentary environments of the Matagamon Sandstone, the occurrence of the crinoid Rhodocrinites nortoni (Goldring) in north-central Maine, plant paleontology in Maine, the seismic structure of the earth's crust underlying Maine, and an electron microscope study of the Vassalboro Formation.
The geology of Mount Desert Island; a visitor's guide to the geology of Acadia National Park

Richard A. Gilman, Carleton A. Chapman, Thomas V. Lowell, and Harold W. Borns Jr

Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 38. (Booklet out of print. Original maps superseded, available separately). Popular guide to park geology. Includes color surficial and bedrock geology maps of Mount Desert Island and black-and-white maps of Isle au Haut and Schoodic Point.
Transmission electron microscope study of bedding-cleavage relations in the Vassalboro Formation, east-central Maine

Beth Z. Lincoln

in Tucker, Robert D., and Marvinney, Robert G. (editors), Studies in Maine geology: Volume 1 - Structure and stratigraphy: Maine Geological Survey, p. 129-135.
Geomorphology and sedimentary framework of the inner continental shelf of south-central Maine

Joseph T. Kelley, Daniel F. Belknap, and R Craig Shipp

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 87-19. Seismic reflection profiles, side-scan sonar images, bottom sediment composition and texture. Offshore coverage from Cape Elizabeth to Boothbay Harbor.
Geomorphology and sedimentary framework of the inner continental shelf of southwestern Maine

Joseph T. Kelley, RC Shipp, and Daniel F. Belknap

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 87-5. Seismic reflection profiles, side-scan sonar images, bottom sediment composition and texture. Offshore coverage from Kittery to Cape Elizabeth.
Ground water handbook for the State of Maine

W Bradford Caswell

Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 39. Discusses principles of ground water hydrology, Maine's water situation, available hydrogeologic data, and specific problems and case studies. Written in non-technical style.
Hydrogeology and water quality of significant sand and gravel aquifers in parts of Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford, and York Counties, Maine

John S. Williams, Dorothy H. Tepper, Andrews L. Tolman, and Woodrow B. Thompson

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 87-1a. Accompanies 1:24000 Significant Aquifer Maps
Hydrogeology and water quality of significant sand and gravel aquifers in parts of Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Penobscot, Somerset, and Waldo Counties, Maine; significant sand and gravel maps 18, 30, and 31

James T. Adamik, Andrews L. Tolman, John S. Williams, and Thomas K. Weddle

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 87-24a. Accompanies 1:24000 Significant Aquifer Maps
Landslides in the Presumpscot Formation: An engineering study

Jeannine Amos and Thomas C. Sandford

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 87-4. Discussion of Presumpscot Formation characteristics and analysis of Bunganuc and Gorham landslides.
Gravity and its geological interpretation: the Sebago pluton and vicinity, southwestern Maine

Consultant Consultant

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 86-15. Available gravity data reprocessed to prepare Bouguer gravity maps for Sebago pluton.
Ice flow and deglaciation: Northwestern Maine

Thomas V. Lowell and J Steven Kite

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 86-18. Guidebook for 49th Annual Friends of the Pleistocene field trip
Faulting in the Grand Falls area, Kellyland 15-minute quadrangle, eastern Maine

Allan Ludman

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 85-72. Discussion of structural features at two localities in the Grand Falls area.
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
Radon in the domestic environment and its relationship to cancer: an epidemiological study

Melanie E. Lanctot

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 85-88. M.S. thesis
Sea-level rise and archaeology in the Damariscotta River

David Sanger

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 85-74. Progress report on field work.
Sea-level rise in Passamaquoddy Bay: archaeology and sediment cores

David Sanger

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File 85-73. Progress report on field work.
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.
Surficial geology of the Fish River Lake [15-minute] quadrangle, Maine

Eric F. Halter

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 85-83. Brief description of surficial deposits; accompanies Open-File Map 86-48.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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)
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
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.
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
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.
$Report on brittle fracture and bedrock mapping in the Bangor-Brooks-Stetson area of the Bangor 2-degree quadrangle, Maine by David S. Westerman$
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Maine Peat Resource Evaluation Program; 1979 field season

Joel Davis and Walter A. Anderson

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 80-5, 94 p. (superseded by Cameron and others, 1984, Maine Geological Survey Bulletins 28-32)
Preliminary report on the surficial geology of the Stacyville [15-minute] quadrangle, northern half of the Millinocket [15-minute] quadrangle, eastern half of the Katahdin [15-minute] quadrangle, and the northeastern quarter of the Norcross [15-minute] quadrangle, Maine

William A. Newman

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 80-15. Brief description of surficial deposits; accompanies Open-File Maps 86-49, 86-60, 81-39, and 86-50
Tourmaline; a prospecting guide for massive base-metal sulfide deposits in the Penobscot Bay area, Maine

John F. Slack

Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 8
Vertical crustal movement in Maine

David A. Tyler and Jon W. Ladd

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 80-34. Describes vertical crustal motion in Maine through analysis of repeated first order level data.
Crustal subsidence in eastern Maine

David A. Tyler, Jon Ladd, and Harold W. Borns Jr

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 79-24. Comparison of vertical leveling data from 1942 and 1966 surveys. Plate shows crustal movement on a line from Bangor to Calais.
Historical evidence of sea-level change along the Maine coast

David C. Smith

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File 79-23. Discusses evidence of sea-level rise shown by salt marsh dikes, wharves, mill sites, etc.
Preliminary report on the surficial geology of the Sherman, Mattawamkeag Lake, and the northern half of the Mattawamkeag and Wytopitlock [15-minute] quadrangles, Maine

William A. Newman

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 79-21. Brief description of glacial stratigraphy; accompanies Open-File Maps 80-17, 80-16, 81-43 and 86-27
Reconnaissance surficial geology of the Sebec, Schoodic, Lincoln, and the southern portions of the Jo-Mary Mtn., Norcross, and Millinocket [15-minute] quadrangles, Maine

Galen Kenoyer

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 79-17. Discusses glacial stratigraphy of the area; accompanies Open-File Maps 80-10, 82-6, 80-12, 86-32, 86-50, 86-60
Report on field mapping in the Sherbrooke 2 degree quadrangle, northwestern Maine

David S. Westerman

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 79-25. Describes lithology and structure in the Northwest Boundary fault zone. Map shows cleavage and fracture foliation and joints.
Preliminary geologic survey of potential underground oil storage sites in Maine

Charles V. Guidotti and Robert G. Gerber

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 77-3. Brief description of twelve coastal plutons.
Hydrogeology of Maine lakes

W Bradford Caswell

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 75-18. General description of hydrology of lakes.
Surficial geology of the wildlands of the Greenville-Jackman areas, Maine

Dabney W. Caldwell

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 75-6. Includes description of geology and unusual features in sixteen 15-minute quadrangles in the Greenville-Jackman area.
Surficial materials of the wildlands of northwestern Maine

Dabney W. Caldwell

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 74-13. Includes description of geology and unique or critical features in eleven 15-minute quadrangles in northwestern Maine
Metamorphic stratigraphy, petrology, and structural geology of the Little Bigelow Mountain map area, western Maine

Gary McG Boone

Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 24. Includes part of the Bingham 15' quadrangle.
History of sedimentation in Montsweag Bay

Detmar Schnitker

Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 25. Discussion of sedimentation, seismic profiles.
Mesozoic plutonic-volcanic rocks of the Newfield quadrangle, Maine

Richard A. Gilman

Maine Geological Survey, Open-File Report 72-1. Description of five small discordant plutons
The geology of Baxter State Park and Mt. Katahdin

Dabney W. Caldwell

Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 12, 57 p., illustrations (includes colored geologic maps 1:133,056) (superseded by Rankin and Caldwell, 2010, Maine Geological Survey Report B-43). Popular guide to park geology, geologic history, features of geologic interest.
A new Silurian fossil locality on Lawler Ridge, Sherman quadrangle, Maine

David C. Roy and William H. Forbes

in Shorter Contributions to Maine Geology: Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Bulletin 23, p. 17-18.
Devonian slate problems in the northern Appalachians

Arthur J. Boucot

in Shorter Contributions to Maine Geology: Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Bulletin 23, p. 42-48.
Geology of Limestone Hill, Stratton quadrangle, Somerset County, Maine

Kost A. Pankiwskyj

in Shorter Contributions to Maine Geology: Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Bulletin 23, p. 19-26.
Observations on the origin and development of the Wells Beach area, Maine

Arthur M. Hussey II

in Shorter Contributions to Maine Geology: Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Bulletin 23, p. 58-68.
Plant fossils of the Trout Valley Formation

Henry N. Andrews and Andrew E. Kasper

in Shorter Contributions to Maine Geology: Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Bulletin No. 23, p. 3-16, illustrations (includes sketch map).
Rb-Sr whole rock ages of Silurian-Devonian volcanics from eastern Maine

Paul D. Fullagar and Michael L. Bottino

in Shorter Contributions to Maine Geology: Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Bulletin 23, p. 49-52.
Shorter contributions to Maine geology

Henry N. Andrews, Andrew E. Kasper, David C. Roy, William H. Forbes, Kost A. Pankiwskyj, Gary M. Boone, Arthur J. Boucot, Paul D. Fullagar, Michael L. Bottino, Richard A. Gilman, and Arthur M. Hussey II

Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Bulletin 23. Papers on plant fossils of the Trout Valley Formation, Silurian fossils on Lawler Ridge, Limestone Hill in Somerset county, Fish River Lake Formation, Devonian slates in the northern Appalachians, Rb-Sr ages of Silurian-Devonian volcanics in eastern Maine, structure of Sawyer Mountain area, origin and development of the Wells Beach area
Structural and stratigraphic studies in the Sawyer Mountain area, York County, Maine

Richard A. Gilman

in Shorter Contributions to Maine Geology: Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Bulletin 23, p. 53-57.
The Fish River Lake Formation and its environments of deposition

Gary M. Boone

in Shorter Contributions to Maine Geology: Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Bulletin 23, p. 27-41.
Geochemical stream sediment sampling survey, Rangeley, Maine, area

Walter A. Anderson

Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Special Economic Studies Series 5
Geology of the Blue Hill - Castine mining district, southwestern Hancock county, Maine

Eric S. Cheney

Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Open-File Report (Special Economic Studies Series 6)
Reconnaissance and economic geology of the northwestern Knox County marble belt

Eric S. Cheney

Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Bulletin 19 (Special Economic Studies Series 7). Describes regional geology, correlation, and structure. Includes a short section on the economic value of marble belts and ores in NW Knox County. Plates include a reconnaissance geologic map and a map of the Union marble belt. Covers parts of Liberty, Belfast, Waldoboro, and Rockland 15' quadrangles.
Contributions to the geology of Maine

Maine Geological Survey

Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Bulletin 18. Includes papers on mineralization of the south end of the Munsungun anticlinorium, Maine diatomite occurrences, the Owen Brook limestone prospect in Penobscot County, New Scotland depositional history of Beck Pond region, Silurian slide conglomerate in Addison
Diatomite in Maine

Frederick M. Beck

in Contributions to the Geology of Maine: Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Bulletin 18, p. 10-17.
New Scotland depositional history of the Beck Pond region, Somerset County, Maine

A.J. Boucot, Charles Harper, and Keith Rhea

in Contributions to the Geology of Maine: Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Bulletin 18, p. 23-61, illus., tables.
Outline of the geology and mineralization of the south end of the Munsungun anticlinorium, Piscataquis County, Maine

Bradford A. Hall

in Contributions to the Geology of Maine: Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Bulletin 18, p. 5-9, illus., table.
Silurian subaqueous slide conglomerate, Addison, Maine

Richard A. Gilman

in Contributions to the Geology of Maine: Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Bulletin 18, p. 64-77.
The Owen Brook limestone prospect, Penobscot County, Maine

Robert G. Doyler

in Contributions to the Geology of Maine: Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Bulletin 18, p. 18-22, illus., table.
A detailed economic investigation of geochemical and aeromagnetic anomalies, north central Maine

Webster F. Stickney, Lawrence A. Wing, and Robert S. Young

Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Special Economic Studies Series 4, 81 p., i-iii, illustrations, tables
The geology of Mount Blue State Park

Kost A. Pankiwskyj

Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Bulletin 17 (State Park Geologic Series 3). Popular guide to park geology, geologic history, objects of geologic interest.
Prospect evaluations, Washington County, Maine

Robert S. Young

Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Special Economic Studies Series 3
Prospect evaluations, Hancock County, Maine

Robert S. Young

Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Special Economic Studies Series 2
A detailed economic investigation of aeromagnetic anomalies in eastern Penobscot County, Maine

Robert G. Doyle, Robert S. Young, and Lawrence A. Wing

Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Special Economic Studies Series 1
Late Pleistocene changes of sea level in southwestern Maine

Arthur L. Bloom

Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), 143 p., maps (Originally presented in limited edition by the Office of Naval Research, Project No. NR 388-040, May 1959.)
Geology of the Beck Pond area, Township 3, Range 5, Somerset County, Maine

Arthur James Boucot, Charles Harper, and Keith Rhea

Maine Geological Survey (Department of Development of Industry and Commerce), Bulletin 8 (Special Geologic Studies Series 1), 33 p., illus. incl. geol. sketch maps
Glacial lake and glacial marine clays of the Farmington area, Maine - Origin and possible use as lightweight aggregate

Dabney W. Caldwell

Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Bulletin 10 (Special Geologic Studies Series 3). Describes stratigraphy and origin of clay deposits and discusses physical, chemical, and thermal expansion properties of clay. Plates include clay distribution map of Sandy River area.
The geology of a six-mile section along Spencer Stream, Somerset County, Maine

Arthur James Boucot, John Roy Griffin, and Philip S. Perry

Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Bulletin 9 (Special Geologic Studies Series 2), 28 p., illus. incl. geologic map
The geology of Sebago Lake State Park

Arthur Leroy Bloom

Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Bulletin 11 (State Park Geologic Series 1). Popular guide to park geology, geologic history, features of geologic interest.
Maine granite quarries and prospects

Muriel B. Austin and Arthur M. Hussey II

Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Minerals Resources Index 2, 50 p., illustrations
Maine metal mines and prospects

Arthur M. Hussey II, John R. Rand, and Muriel B. Austin

Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development) Minerals Resources Index 3, 53 p., illustrations including geologic sketch maps
Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals

John R. Rand, Dabney W. Caldwell, and Muriel B. Austin

Maine Geological Survey (Department of Development of Industry and Commerce), Minerals Resources Index 1, 43 p., illus., Mar. 1, 1957
Genetic study of some pyrrhotite deposits of Maine and New Brunswick

Robert S. Houston

Maine Geological Survey (Department of Development of Industry and Commerce), Bulletin 7, 117 p., illus. incl. geol. sketch maps
Pegmatites and associated rocks in the Newry Hill area, Oxford County, Maine

Vincent Everett Shainin and Louis Field Dellwig

Maine Geological Survey (Maine Development Commission), Bulletin 6, 58 p., illus. incl. geologic maps
Report of the State Geologist, 1953-1954

Joseph M. Trefethen

(Maine Geological Survey), Maine Development Commission
Report of the State Geologist, 1951-1952

Joseph M. Trefethen

(Maine Geological Survey), Maine Development Commission, 115 p.
Report of the State Geologist, 1949-1950

Joseph M. Trefethen

(Maine Geological Survey), Maine Development Commission, 160 p.
Report of the State Geologist, 1947-1948

Joseph M. Trefethen

(Maine Geological Survey), Maine Development Commission, 109 p.
Economic geology of some pegmatites in Topsham, Maine

Vincent Everett Shainin

Maine Geological Survey (Maine Development Commission), Bulletin 5, 32 p., illustrations, includes index, geologic map
Manganese deposits of Aroostook County, Maine

Ralph LeRoy Miller

Maine Geological Survey (Maine Development Commission), Bulletin 4, 77 p., illus. incl. index, geologic maps
Report of the State Geologist, 1945-1946

Joseph M. Trefethen

(Maine Geological Survey), Maine Development Commission, Augusta, Maine, 97 p.
Geology of the Katahdin pyrrhotite deposit and vicinity, Piscataquis County, Maine

Ralph LeRoy Miller

Maine Geological Survey (Maine Development Commission), Bulletin 2, 21 p., illus. incl. index, geologic maps
Report of the State Geologist, 1943-1944

Joseph M. Trefethen

(Maine Geological Survey), Maine Development Commission, 64 p.
Domestic fuel possibilities of Maine peat

Joseph M. Trefethen and Robert B. Bradford

Maine Geological Survey (Maine Development Commission), Bulletin 1, 47 p., illus. incl. index map
Report of the State Geologist, 1942-1943

Joseph M. Trefethen

(Maine Geological Survey), Orono, Maine, 36 p.
State Geologist's report on the geology of Maine, 1930-1932

Joseph C. Twinem and Edward H. Perkins

(Maine Geological Survey), Augusta, Maine, 152 p.
First annual report on the geology of the State of Maine

Lucius H. Merrill and Edward H. Perkins

(Maine Geological Survey), Augusta, Maine, 90 p.