Location Series

Cities and Geology by Robert F. Legget, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1973

 

 

New York – City Block & New York – Central Park

 

Bedrock Geology of Central Park, New York City, (M.S. Thesis) by Bruce Taterka, Department of Geology and Geography, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, Contribution No. 61, 1987

 

City of New York Parks & Recreation, http://www.nycgovparks.org/about/history/geology

 

Continental Collisions and Ancient Volcanoes, The Geology of Southeastern New York by Yngvar W. Isachsen, The State Education Department, New York State Geological Survey, Educational Leaflet 24, 1980

 

The Foundation Geology of New York City by Charles Baskerville, in Geological Society of America, Reviews in Engineering Geology, Volume V, 1982

 

Geology of Central Park – From Rocks to Ice, a paper by Charles Merguerian and Mickey Merguerian, http://www.dukelabs.com/Publications/PubsPdf/CMMM2004_CentralPark.pdf

 

New York City: Juxtaposition of Cambrian and Ordovician Miogeoclinal and Eugeoclinal Rocks by Charles Baskerville, Environmental, Engineering, and Urban Geology in the United States, Volume I: New York and Washington, DC, 28th International Geological Congress.

 

Underneath New York by Harry Granick and Robert Sullivan Jr., Fordham University Press, 1991

 

Newark Basin

 

New Jersey Geological Survey, https://www.nj.gov/dep/njgs/

 

Newark Basin Coring Project, https://eps.rutgers.edu/centers-institutes/rutgers-core-repository/newark-basin

 

Roadside Geology of New Jersey by David P. Harper, Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2013

 

Boston Basin

 

The Avalon and Nashoba Terranes (Eastern Margin of the Appalachian Orogen in Southeastern New England) by Christopher Hepburn, et. al. Field Trip Guidebook for the Northeastern United States: 1993 Boston GSA, 1993

 

Highlights of Proterozoic Geology of Boston by Nicholas Rast, et al., Field Trip Guidebook for the Northeastern United States: 1993 Boston GSA, 1993

 

The Massachusetts Geological Survey, https://mgs.geo.umass.edu/

 

Puddingstone, Drumlins, and Ancient Volcanoes, A Geologic Field Guide Along Historic Trails of Greater Boston by James W. Skehan, S. J., WesStone Press, 1979

 

Recent Developments in the Study of the Boston Bay Group by Richard Bailey and Benjamin Bland, in the Guidebook for Geological Field Trips in New England, Geological Society of America (GSA), 2001

 

Roadside Geology of Massachusetts by James W. Skehan, Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2001

 

A Roxbury Review by Margaret Thompson and Anne Grunow, Guidebook to Field Trips from Boston, MA to Saco Bay, ME, 96th New England Intercollegiate Geologic Conference, 2004

 

 

San Francisco

 

Assembling California by John McPhee, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994

 

A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester, Harper Collins, 2005

 

Geology and natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area; a field-trip guidebook, edited by Stoffer, P.W. and Gordon, L.C., U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2188, available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2188/

 

Geology of the San Francisco Bay Region by Doris Sloan, California Natural History Guides, University of California Press, 2006

 

Geologic Trips: San Francisco and the Bay Area by Ted Konigsmark, GeoPress, 1998

 

Preliminary Geologic Map of Marin and San Francisco Counties and Parts of Alameda, Contra Costa and Sonoma Counties, California by M. C. Blake Jr., et. al., San Francisco Bay Region Environment and Resources Planning Study, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-574, USGS, 1974

 

Rocks and Geology in the San Francisco Bay Region by Philip Stoffer, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2195, available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/2195/

 

Roadside Geology of Northern and Central California by David Alt and Donald W. Hyndman, Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2000

 

San Francisco Bay Region Geology and Geologic Hazards Website http://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/sfgeo/index.html

 

A Streetcar to Subduction, and other Plate Tectonic Trips by Public Transport in San Francisco by Clyde Wahrhaftig, American Geophysical Union, 1984

 

 

Minneapolis-St. Paul

 

Hydrogeology of the Paleozoic bedrock in southeastern Minnesota by Runkel, A.C., Tipping, R.G., Alexander, E.C., Jr., Green, J.A., Mossler, J.H., and Alexander, S.C., Minnesota Geological Survey, 2003

 

Minnesota’s Geology by Richard W. Ojakangas and Charles L. Matsch, University of Minnesota Press, 1982

 

Roadside Geology of Minnesota by Richard W. Ojakangas, Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2009

 

Minnesota Geological Survey, http://www.mngs.umn.edu/index.html

 

 

Vermont

 

Roadside Geology of Vermont and New Hampshire by Bradford B. Van Diver, Mountain Press Publishing Company, 1987

 

Vermont Geological Suervey, http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/geo/vgs.htm

Environmental Series

Contaminant Hydrogeology by C. W. Fetter, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1999

 

Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology by Patrick Domenico and Franklin Schwartz, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997

Extraction Series

Aquifer Test

 

National Groundwater Association, https://www.ngwa.org/

 

Applied Hydrogeology by C. W. Fetter, Prentice Hall Inc., 2000

 

Groundwater by R. Allan Freeze and John A. Cherry, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1979

 

Groundwater and Wells by Fletcher Driscoll, Johnson Filtration Systems, Inc., 1986

 

 

Pennsylvania – Shale Gas

 

U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, http://www.epa.gov/hfstudy/

 

U. S. Geological Survey, https://www.usgs.gov/programs/energy- resources-program#377211-overview

 

Geology.com, https://geology.com/articles/marcellus-shale.shtml/

 

Groundwater – Septic Systems

 

Septic Systems and Drinking Water, https://www.epa.gov/septic/septic-systems-and-drinking-water

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Urban Foundations Series

Cities and Geology by Robert F. Legget, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1973

Minneapolis-St. Paul

Hydrogeology of the Paleozoic bedrock in southeastern Minnesota by Runkel, A.C., Tipping, R.G., Alexander, E.C., Jr., Green, J.A., Mossler, J.H., and Alexander, S.C., Minnesota Geological Survey, 2003

Minnesota's Geology by Richard W. Ojakangas and Charles L. Matsch, University of Minnesota Press, 1982

Roadside Geology of Minnesota by Richard W. Ojakangas, Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2009

Minnesota Geological Survey

Hydrogeology of the Paleozoic bedrock in southeastern Minnesota by Runkel, A.C., Tipping, R.G., Alexander, E.C., Jr., Green, J.A., Mossler, J.H., and Alexander, S.C., Minnesota Geological Survey, 2003

Minnesota’s Geology by Richard W. Ojakangas and Charles L. Matsch, University of Minnesota Press, 1982

Roadside Geology of Minnesota by Richard W. Ojakangas, Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2009

Minnesota Geological Survey, http://www.mngs.umn.edu/index.html

New York – City Block & New York – Central Park

Bedrock Geology of Central Park, New York City, (M.S. Thesis) by Bruce Taterka, Department of Geology and Geography, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, Contribution No. 61, 1987

City of New York Parks & Recreation

Continental Collisions and Ancient Volcanoes, The Geology of Southeastern New York by Yngvar W. Isachsen, The State Education Department, New York State Geological Survey, Educational Leaflet 24, 1980

The Foundation Geology of New York City by Charles Baskerville, in Geological Society of America, Reviews in Engineering Geology, Volume V, 1982

Geology of Central Park – From Rocks to Ice, a paper by Charles Merguerian and Mickey Merguerian

New York City: Juxtaposition of Cambrian and Ordovician Miogeoclinal and Eugeoclinal Rocks by Charles Baskerville, Environmental, Engineering, and Urban Geology in the United States, Volume I: New York and Washington, DC, 28th International Geological Congress.

Underneath New York by Harry Granick and Robert Sullivan Jr., Fordham University Press, 1991

Bedrock Geology of Central Park, New York City, (M.S. Thesis) by Bruce Taterka, Department of Geology and Geography, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, Contribution No. 61, 1987

City of New York Parks & Recreation, http://www.nycgovparks.org/about/history/geology

Continental Collisions and Ancient Volcanoes, The Geology of Southeastern New York by Yngvar W. Isachsen, The State Education Department, New York State Geological Survey, Educational Leaflet 24, 1980

The Foundation Geology of New York City by Charles Baskerville, in Geological Society of America,
Reviews in Engineering Geology, Volume V, 1982

Geology of Central Park – From Rocks to Ice, a paper by Charles Merguerian and Mickey Merguerian, http://www.dukelabs.com/Publications/PubsPdf/CMMM2004_CentralPark.pdf

New York City: Juxtaposition of Cambrian and Ordovician Miogeoclinal and Eugeoclinal Rocks by Charles Baskerville, Environmental, Engineering, and Urban Geology in the United States, Volume I: New York and Washington, DC, 28th International Geological Congress.

Underneath New York by Harry Granick and Robert Sullivan Jr., Fordham University Press, 1991

San Francisco

Assembling California by John McPhee, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994

A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester, Harper Collins, 2005

Geology and natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area; a field-trip guidebook, edited by Stoffer, P.W. and Gordon, L.C., U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2188, available at USGS Bulletin 2188

Geology of the San Francisco Bay Region by Doris Sloan, California Natural History Guides, University of California Press, 2006

Geologic Trips: San Francisco and the Bay Area by Ted Konigsmark, GeoPress, 1998

Preliminary Geologic Map of Marin and San Francisco Counties and Parts of Alameda, Contra Costa and Sonoma Counties, California by M. C. Blake Jr., et. al., San Francisco Bay Region Environment and Resources Planning Study, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-574, USGS, 1974

Rocks and Geology in the San Francisco Bay Region by Philip Stoffer, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2195, available at USGS Bulletin 2195

Roadside Geology of Northern and Central California by David Alt and Donald W. Hyndman, Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2000

San Francisco Bay Region Geology and Geologic Hazards Website

A Streetcar to Subduction, and other Plate Tectonic Trips by Public Transport in San Francisco by Clyde Wahrhaftig, American Geophysical Union, 1984

 Assembling California by John McPhee, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994

 A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester, Harper Collins, 2005

 Geology and natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area; a field-trip guidebook, edited by Stoffer, P.W. and Gordon, L.C., U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2188, available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2188/

 Geology of the San Francisco Bay Region by Doris Sloan, California Natural History Guides, University of California Press, 2006

 Geologic Trips: San Francisco and the Bay Area by Ted Konigsmark, GeoPress, 1998

 Preliminary Geologic Map of Marin and San Francisco Counties and Parts of Alameda, Contra Costa and Sonoma Counties, California by M. C. Blake Jr., et. al., San Francisco Bay Region Environment and Resources Planning Study, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-574, USGS, 1974

 Rocks and Geology in the San Francisco Bay Region by Philip Stoffer, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2195, available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/2195/

 Roadside Geology of Northern and Central California by David Alt and Donald W. Hyndman, Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2000

 San Francisco Bay Region Geology and Geologic Hazards Website http://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/sfgeo/index.html

 A Streetcar to Subduction, and other Plate Tectonic Trips by Public Transport in San Francisco by Clyde Wahrhaftig, American Geophysical Union, 1984

Earth Structures Series

Appalachian Basin

Appalachian Basin Stratigraphy, Tectonics, and Eustasy from the Blue Ridge to the Allegheny Front, Virginia and West Virginia, Field Trip Guide FTG-10, West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, 2018

Roadside Geology of Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C. by John Means, Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2010

Roadside Geology of New York by Bradford B. Van Diver, Mountain Press Publishing Company, 1985

Roadside Geology of Pennsylvania by Charles H. Onasch and Albert W. Bosworth, Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2008

Appalachian Basin Stratigraphy, Tectonics, and Eustasy from the Blue Ridge to the Allegheny Front, Virginia and West Virginia, Field Trip Guide FTG-10, West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, 2018

Roadside Geology of Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C. by John Means Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2010

Roadside Geology of New York by Bradford B. Van Diver, Mountain Press Publishing Company, 1985

Roadside Geology of Pennsylvania by Charles H. Onasch and Albert W. Bosworth, Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2008

Boston Basin

The Avalon and Nashoba Terranes (Eastern Margin of the Appalachian Orogen in Southeastern New England) by Christopher Hepburn, et. al. Field Trip Guidebook for the Northeastern United States: 1993 Boston GSA, 1993

Highlights of Proterozoic Geology of Boston by Nicholas Rast, et al., Field Trip Guidebook for the Northeastern United States: 1993 Boston GSA, 1993

The Massachusetts Geological Survey

Puddingstone, Drumlins, and Ancient Volcanoes, A Geologic Field Guide Along Historic Trails of Greater Boston by James W. Skehan, S. J., WesStone Press, 1979

Recent Developments in the Study of the Boston Bay Group by Richard Bailey and Benjamin Bland, in the Guidebook for Geological Field Trips in New England, Geological Society of America (GSA), 2001

Roadside Geology of Massachusetts by James W. Skehan, Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2001

A Roxbury Review by Margaret Thompson and Anne Grunow, Guidebook to Field Trips from Boston, MA to Saco Bay, ME, 96th New England Intercollegiate Geologic Conference, 2004

The Avalon and Nashoba Terranes (Eastern Margin of the Appalachian Orogen in Southeastern New England) by Christopher Hepburn, et. al. Field Trip Guidebook for the Northeastern United States: 1993 Boston GSA, 1993

 Highlights of Proterozoic Geology of Boston by Nicholas Rast, et al., Field Trip Guidebook for the Northeastern United States: 1993 Boston GSA, 1993

The Massachusetts Geological Survey, https://mgs.geo.umass.edu/

Puddingstone, Drumlins, and Ancient Volcanoes, A Geologic Field Guide Along Historic Trails of Greater Boston by James W. Skehan, S. J., WesStone Press, 1979

Recent Developments in the Study of the Boston Bay Group by Richard Bailey and Benjamin Bland, in the Guidebook for Geological Field Trips in New England, Geological Society of America (GSA), 2001

 Roadside Geology of Massachusetts by James W. Skehan, Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2001

A Roxbury Review by Margaret Thompson and Anne Grunow, Guidebook to Field Trips from Boston, MA to Saco Bay, ME, 96th New England Intercollegiate Geologic Conference, 2004

Green Mountain Massif

Roadside Geology of Vermont and New Hampshire by Bradford B. Van Diver, Mountain Press Publishing Company, 1987

Vermont Geological Survey, http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/geo/vgs.htm

Newark Basin

New Jersey Geological Survey

Newark Basin Coring Project

Roadside Geology of New Jersey by David P. Harper, Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2013

New Jersey Geological Survey, https://www.nj.gov/dep/njgs/

 Newark Basin Coring Project, https://eps.rutgers.edu/centers-institutes/rutgers-core-repository/newark-basin

 Roadside Geology of New Jersey by David P. Harper, Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2013

Altered Ground Series

Aquifer Test

National Groundwater Association

Applied Hydrogeology by C. W. Fetter, Prentice Hall Inc., 2000

Groundwater by R. Allan Freeze and John A. Cherry, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1979

Groundwater and Wells by Fletcher Driscoll, Johnson Filtration Systems, Inc., 1986

National Groundwater Association, https://www.ngwa.org/

 Applied Hydrogeology by C. W. Fetter, Prentice Hall Inc., 2000

 Groundwater by R. Allan Freeze and John A. Cherry, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1979

 Groundwater and Wells by Fletcher Driscoll, Johnson Filtration Systems, Inc., 1986

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Contaminant Hydrogeology by C. W. Fetter, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1999

Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology by Patrick Domenico and Franklin Schwartz, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997

Contaminant Hydrogeology by C. W. Fetter, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1999

 

 Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology by Patrick Domenico and Franklin Schwartz, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997