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.

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
Damariscotta	Sea-Level Rise and the Damariscotta River Oyster Shell Middens
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
Kennebunk	Using LIDAR to monitor beach changes: Goochs Beach, Kennebunk, Maine
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 Head	Birch 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
Phippsburg	Setting the Stage for a Course Change at Popham Beach, Phippsburg
Phippsburg	Beach Scraping at Popham Beach State Park, Phippsburg, Maine
Portland	Portland Tide Gauge and Waterfront
Portland	Watching the Tides: The 100th Anniversary of the Portland, Maine Tidal Station
Saco	Dune Recovery at Ferry Beach, Saco: A Helping Hand
Scarborough	Beach Nourishment at Western Beach, Scarborough, Maine: Benefits for the Beaches and the Birds
Scarborough	Shoreline Erosion at Western and Ferry Beaches, Scarborough, Maine
Scarborough	Simulating Future Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Wetlands: An example from Scarborough, Maine
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	Sampling the Gulf of Maine Seabed from the Ocean Survey Vessel Bold
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

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Last updated on October 29, 2012

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