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The Seafloor Revealed
The Geology of the Northwestern Gulf of Maine Inner Continental Shelf

by

Joseph T. Kelley, Maine Geological Survey
Walter A. Barnhardt, University of Maine
Daniel F. Belknap, University of Maine
Stephen M. Dickson, Maine Geological Survey
Alice R. Kelley, University of Maine

Maine Geological Survey
Open-File 96-6

Online Edition, 2005

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Previous Work

  • Terrestrial
  • Marine

Methods

  • Bottom Samples
  • Side-Scan Sonar Images
  • Seismic Reflection Profiles
  • Navigation and Compilation

Physiography

  • Introduction
  • Nearshore Ramps
  • Nearshore Basins
  • Rocky Zones
  • Shelf Valleys
  • Outer Basins
  • Hard-Bottom Plains

Surficial Geology

  • Introduction
  • Rocky Areas
  • Gravelly Areas
  • Sandy Areas
  • Muddy Areas

Geological History

Summary

Glossary of Geological Terms

References Cited

Acknowledgments

Funding for this compilation was provided by the Regional Marine Research Program of NOAA (Grant # NA46RM0451). We wish to thank Mr. Walter A. Anderson, former Director of the Maine Geological Survey, for more than 10 years of unrelenting encouragement and support for our offshore research. In addition we thank Dr. Robert E. Wall, who directed the University of Maine Center for Marine Studies, which partly purchased the geophysical equipment and GIS used for this compilation. The Maine-New Hampshire Sea Grant Program, the Continental Margins Program of the Minerals Management Service and Association of State Geologists, the National Science Foundation, and Nuclear Regulatory Commission were the primary sponsors of the collection of most of the data. We acknowledge many graduate students who assisted in the original collection and interpretation of much of the data, especially Dr. R. Craig Shipp. Finally we would like to acknowledge the able seamanship of Captain Michael Dunn, formerly of the Darling Marine Center, who participated in all bottom sampling expeditions and most geophysical excursions.

Last updated on December 10, 2009