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Maine's Marine Geology - Field Localities

For descriptions of field localities, click the yellow dots on the
map below or browse the table at the bottom of the page.

marine geology field location map

Town Field Localities
Bar Harbor Sea-Level Change on Mt. Desert Island
Bar Harbor The Ovens, Bar Harbor
Belfast Belfast Bay Pockmark Field
Cape Elizabeth Coastal Erosion at Crescent Beach State Park, Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Edmunds The Geology of Cobscook Bay State Park
Georgetown Mile and Half Mile Beaches at Reid State Park
Georgetown "Shells on the Beach"
Georgetown WWII Rockets Removed from Beach at Reid State Park
Kennebunkport Coastal Circulation in the Vicinity of the Kennebunk River and Goochs Beach
Kittery A Natural Beach Bonfire in Kittery, Maine
Lubec Active Coastal Processes in the Lubec Embayment
Machiasport Jasper Beach, Machiasport, Maine
Mount Desert Somes Sound, Mount Desert Island
Ogunquit Ogunquit Beach and Dunes Over Time
Owls HeadBirch Point Beach State Park, Owls Head, mid-coast Maine
Phippsburg Seawall and Popham Beach Dynamics, Phippsburg, Maine
Phippsburg Tombolo Breach at Popham Beach State Park, Phippsburg, Maine
Phippsburg Storm and Channel Dynamics at Popham Beach State Park, Phippsburg, Maine
Phippsburg Migration of the Morse River into Back Dunes at Popham Beach State Park, Phippsburg, Maine
Portland Portland Tide Gauge and Waterfront
Saco Dune Recovery at Ferry Beach, Saco: A Helping Hand
Scarboro Beach Nourishment at Western Beach, Scarborough, Maine: Benefits for the Beaches and the Birds
South Portland Dune Restoration at Willard Beach in Simonton Cove, South Portland, Maine
South Portland Patriots' Day Storm at Willard Beach, April 2007
Wells Laudholm and Drakes Island Beaches: Before and After Beach Nourishment
Region Field Localities
Gulf of Maine An Underwater View of the Gulf of Maine Sea Floor
Penobscot Bay Penobscot Bay 10,000 Years Ago: A submarine canyon was the ancestral Penobscot River valley.
York County Beach Exposures of Tree Stumps in Wells Embayment

Last updated on February 1, 2010

Morse River Ferry Beach Birch Point Beach storm and channel dynamics Crescent Beach erosion coastal circulation at Goochs Beach tombolo breach Seawall and Popham Beach Patriots' Day storm Portland tide gauge Western Beach nourishment Willard Beach dunes Somes Sound natural beach bonfire, Kittery tree stumps in Wells Embayment Penobscot Bay 10,000 years agobeaches at Reid State Park WWII Rocket Removal "Shells on the Beach" Gulf of Maine sea floor Ogunquit Beach Cobscook Bay State ParkJasper Beach, MachiasportSea-Level Change on Mt. Desert Island The Ovens, Bar HarborBelfast Bay pockmark field Lubec Embayment Laudholm and Drakes Island Beaches