Task 1 - Quaternary Geologic Mapping of the New England States
The area encompassed by Task 1 comprises the states in the New England region, including Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. The primary objective of Task 1 is to continue the compilation of existing and create new 1:500,000-scale Quaternary geologic maps for the region, and to conduct new 1:24,000-scale mapping in areas of greatest need. This work is done in close coordination with the New England States Geologic Mapping Coalition to identify new areas and opportunities for Quaternary geologic mapping.
Opportunities exist for collaboration between this mapping effort and STATEMAP partners for focused chronology needs. Age control in New England has often not been a sustained focus, but as USGS moves to provide long term regional compilations (at a national scale 1:500,000), local keystone sites of ideal environments known to the state geologists will allow access for a team of researchers to test methods and generate useful collateral data for national glacial stratigraphy.
Photograph of a boulder (glacial drop stone) in Massachusetts taken during field work for Task 1.
The area encompassed by Task 1 comprises the states in the New England region, including Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. The primary objective of Task 1 is to continue the compilation of existing and create new 1:500,000-scale Quaternary geologic maps for the region, and to conduct new 1:24,000-scale mapping in areas of greatest need. This work is done in close coordination with the New England States Geologic Mapping Coalition to identify new areas and opportunities for Quaternary geologic mapping.
Opportunities exist for collaboration between this mapping effort and STATEMAP partners for focused chronology needs. Age control in New England has often not been a sustained focus, but as USGS moves to provide long term regional compilations (at a national scale 1:500,000), local keystone sites of ideal environments known to the state geologists will allow access for a team of researchers to test methods and generate useful collateral data for national glacial stratigraphy.
Photograph of a boulder (glacial drop stone) in Massachusetts taken during field work for Task 1.