Department of Geology
Graduate Student Research and Theses
Our graduate students present their findings at national conferences. Read details.
Present and past graduate research
Present
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Ryan Brink
In progress: A petrological and provenance comparison of the late Lower Cambrian Monkton (Vermont) and the late Lower/early Middle Cambrian Altona Formations (Northern New York), along the Laurentian margin of Iapetus -
Kathryn Dianiski
In progress: Structural evolution and deformation of the lower crust: Insights from microstructural analysis and geochronology of Vancouver Arm and Crooked Arm in Fiordland, New Zealand -
Patrick Dyess
In progress: Low-temperature TitanIQ thermobarometry of Taconian Cover-rocks of Rochester, VT -
Angel García
In progress: The role of elemental sulfur particle size in biotic and abiotic sulfur cycling -
Steven Gohlke
In progress: Insights into the origin of a zone of slipped deformation bands from the Seiyal Fault, Western Desert, Egypt -

Mike Ingram
In progress: The effects of heterogeneity in the lower crust on strain partitioning and fabric development during post orogenic extension, Doubtful Sound, New Zealand -

Ashliegh Kollmer
In progress: An investigation of the Champlain Sea-Lake Champlain transition in St. Albans and Missisquoi Bays -

Jacob Menken
In progress: Response of Tourmaline Atomic Arrangement to Thermal Treatments 
Alice Nelson
In progress: The Concentration of In Situ 10-Be in Fluvial Sediments as a Tool for Deciphering 6 My of Greenland Ice Sheet History from a Marine Sediment Core
Thomas Neilson
In progress: Determining impacts of land use on sediment yield in Southwestern Chinese Rivers using 10Be and short lived isotopes
Alice Newman
In progress: Understanding lower crustal deformational processes: A structural and kinematic analysis of Vancouver Arm and Breaksea Sound in Fiordland, New ZealandMegan Scott
In progress: The Tectonic Influence on the Depositional Environment of the Middle Ordovician Middlebury Formation
Ana Vang
In Progress: The Geomorphic Effects of the Vermont Interstate System
Ph.D Candidates in Rubenstein School of Natural Resources working with Major professor: Paul Bierman (Geology)
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Ben DeJong
In progress: Framework studies on Maryland's Eastern Shore: The Miocene to the Present
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Veronica Sosa-Gonzalaz
In Progress: Deciphering connections between land management, soil erosion and sediment yield in large river basins. (NOTE: this is the NSF proposal title).
2012
Christine McNiff - A Structural Evolution of Dome and Basin Development in the Champlain Valley, Vermont Read Christine's thesis
Johanna Palmer -A Paleolimnological Study of Holocene Sediments in St. Albans Bay Read Jo's thesis
Merril Stypula - Evidence for partial melting at northern Tavan Har and relationship to Late Triassic sinistral shear in the East Gobi Fault Zone, southeastern Mongolia
Jeff Webber - Structural analysis of high temperature deformation fabrics within Mesozoic plutonic complexes, central Chile Read Jeff's thesis
2011
Kyle Ashley - TitaniQ thermobarometry of fabric development in the Strafford Dome, Vermont: linking microstructures to orogenic processes Read Kyle's thesis
Lee Corbett - Investigating the timing of deglaciation and the efficiency of subglacial erosion in Central-Western Greenland with cosmogenic 10-BE and 26-AL Read Lee's thesis
Drew Koff - A multi-proxy paleolimnological study of holocene sediments in Missisquoi Bay, USA-Canada Read Drew's thesis
Eric Portenga - Using 10-Be to constrain erosion rates of bedrock outcrops globally and in the Central Appalachian Mountains Read Eric's thesis
Charles Trodick Jr. - In situ and meteoric 10BE concentrations of fluvial sediment collected from the Potomac River Basin Read Charles' thesis
2010
Joseph Graly - Interpretation Of Meteoric 10Be In Marginal Ice-Bound Sediment Of The Greenland Ice Sheet, West Greenland Read Joseph's thesis
Janelle McAtamney - Structural evolution and basin analysis of the Magallanes Basin, Southern Patagonia, Chile Read Janelle's thesis
2009
Will Hackett - Modeling of the hydrologic impacts of highway construction and climate change in Vermont. Read Will's thesis
Lydia Smith - Organic phosphorus cycling, mobility, and bioavailability for cyanobacteria in sediments of Missisquoi Bay, Lake Champlain. Read Lydia's thesis
2008
Paul Betka - Evolution and tectonic significance of ductile deformation in the middle and lower crust during contraction and extension in Cordilleran-style orogens Read Paul's thesis
Jane Duxbury - The determination of millenial scale erosion rates using cosmogenic analysis of 10Be in the Shenandoah National Park Read Jane's thesis
Matt Jungers - Using 10-Be to determine sediment production and transport rates on steep hillslopes in varied tectonic and climatic settings Read Matt's thesis
Julie Rumrill - Using GPS to assess the spatial and temporal variation of seasonal velocity changes on the Greenland ice sheet, near Swiss Camp Greenland Read Julie's thesis
2007
Corey Coutu - Using the fossil record as a vehicle for teaching evolution: A web based teaching module. Read Corey's thesis progress report (.pdf)
Amanda Getsinger - Coupling physical and chemical studies to assess TTG petrogenesis. Read Amanda's thesis (.pdf)
Harry Oduro - The formation, oxidation, and characterization of FeS(aq) molecular clusters - decoupling iron sulfide mineral surface dissolution and oxidation reactions
Colleen Sullivan - Cosmogenic 10Be erosion history of the Blue Ridge Escarpment - A long-lived feature of the southern Appalachians Read Colleen's thesis
2006
Heather Burgess - Trophic status of Lake Champlain over 400 years of changing land use: a paleolimnological study Read Heather's thesis (.pdf)
Bethany Zinni - Effects of Ski-area Development on Hydrology and Water Quality at Mt. Mansfield
Phoebe Judge - Strain localization in the upper crust and stress field evolution adjacent to the Alpine fault in northern Fiordland, New Zealand Read Phoebe's thesis (.pdf)
Daniel King - Shear zone processes in the mid to lower crust and the structural evolution of central Fiordland, New Zealand. Read Daniel's thesis (.pdf) and view Daniels's map (.pdf)
Gregory Lorenson -Application of in situ Au-amalgam microelectrodes in Yellowstone National Park to guide microbial sampling. Read Gregory's thesis (.pdf)
2005
Joanna Reuter - Erosion Rates and Patterns Inferred From Cosmogenic 10Be In The Susquehanna River Basin Read Joanna's thesis
2004
Eric Reuter (Butler) - Masters of Arts in Teaching - Geoscience education and interpretation based on human interactions with the natural landscape Read Eric's thesis
Rena Ford - Partial Melting under Reducing Conditions: Clues to Primitive Achondrite Formation
Stephen B. Marcotte - Early Cretaceous Orogenesis in Fiordland,New Zealand and Three-Dimensional Visualization of the Earth's Surface. Read Stephen's thesis (.pdf)
Robert Price - Testing the Partial Melting of a Basaltic Underplate: Origin of Cretaceous Granitoids in Fiordland, New Zealand
Lucas Reusser - Late Pleistocene Bedrock Channel Incision Along The U.S. Atlantic Passive Margin Measured with 10-Be: Holtwood Gorge, Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania Read Luke's thesis
2003
Andrea Lord - Evolution Rates of Post Glacial Lake Ecosystems in Northern New England: A Geochemical Study Using Lake Sediments Read Andi's thesis
Adam Parris - Holocene Paleohydrology in the Northeastern United States: A High Resolution Record of Storms and Floods Read Adam's thesis
Corey W. Simonson - Structural and Kinematic Evolution of the Middle Crust During Late Cretaceous Extension in Western New Zealand. Read Corey's thesis (.pdf)
2002
Antignano, Angelo - Experimental Constraints on Granitoid Compositions in Convergent Regimes: A Geochemical Study
Claypool, Alexander - Kinematic Evolution and Exhumation of Early Cretaceous Lower Crustal Granulites During Changes in Plate Boundary Conditions, Fiordland, New Zealand. Read Alexander's thesis (.pdf)
2001
Galster, Joshua - Quantifying the Response of Lake Ecosystems to Holocene Deglaciation through the Use of Stable Isotopes Read Joshua's thesis
Howse, Rachael - Evidence of Anthropogenic Disturbance and Trophic Change in Recent Lake Sediments: Vermont, USA
Jennings, Karen - Using Alluvial Fan Deposits to Determine the Timing of Ancient Storms in Vermont Read Karen's thesis
Lamon, Thomas C. - Tectonic Wedging in the Northern Vermont Appalachians: An Emplacement Model for the Albitic Core Rocks of the Green Mountain Anticlinorium
Noren, Anders - A 13,000-year
Regional Record of Holocene Storms in the Northeastern United States
2000
Hengstenberg, Carey - The Geochemistry and the Emplacement History of the Averill Pluton, Northeast Kingdom, Vermont
Holyoke III, Caleb - An Experimental Study of Melt Migration Mechanisms in Two Common Crustal Rock Types
Mallard, Laura - Stratigraphic, Structural, and Fault History Analyses of the Richmond 7.5’ Quadrangle, Northcentral Vermont
1999
Brown, Adam - Phosphorus storage and transport in stream sediments from two reaches of the LaPlatte River over an annual cycle
Brown, Sarah - Geomorphic, Sedimentologic, and Climatic implications of inorganic horizons in Ritterbush Pond, Vermont
Gran, Sara - Cosmogenic Isotopes & Paleoseismology in Israel
Nichols, Kyle - Cosmogenic Isotopes and Sediment Transport in the Mojave Desert Read Kyle's thesis
1998
Frederick, Jeffery - A Structural and Kinematic Analysis of the Carrizo Mountain Group of the Northern Carrizo Mountains, Van Horn Texas
Whalen, Timothy - Post-glacial fluvial terrace remnants as recorders of environmental and base level changes and of glacio-isostatic rebound in the Winooski drainage basin, Vermont
1997
Abbott, Michael - Isotopic characterization of groundwater recharge and flow in an upland bedrock aquifer, Vermont Read Michael's thesis
Astley, Beth N. - Holocene lake-level change in Lake Champlain
Church, Amy - Fan deposits in northwestern Vermont: Depositional activity and aggradation rates over the last 9,500 years
Marsella, Kim - Timing and the Extent of Glaciation in the Pangnirtung Fjord Region, Baffin Island: Determined by using in-situ produced cosmogenic 10^Be and 26^Al Read Kim's thesis
Richardson, Alexis - Lithology, Stratigraphy and Geochemistry of the Standing Pond Volcanics in Northeastern Vermont
Schoonmaker, Adam - Stratigraphy and Structure of the Enosburg Falls Area: Implications for extending geotectonic structures of Quebec into Vermont
1996
Cherichetti, Lars - Internal stratigraphy of the Pinnacle Formation in Northern Vermont as a means for determining Iapean rift environment
Goldberg, Jonathan - The Middle Cambrian, Lower Monkton Quartzite, provenance and depositional history
Li, Lin - Quaternary Environmental Changes inferred from Pollen Analyses in Ponds, Green Mountains, Vermont Read Lin's thesis
1995
Clapp, Erik - The Storage and Transport of Phosphorus and Fecal Coliform Bacteria in the Channel Sediments of Englesby Brook
Larsen, Patrick - In-situ production rates of 10Be and 26Al from the terminal moraine of the Laurentide ice sheet, north-central New Jersey Read Patrick's thesis
Schuck, Russell - An Historical Record of Arsenic Contamination in the Sediments of Arrowhead Mountain Lake, Milton, Vermont
1994
Malinowski, Kent - Application of Rift Models as Applied to the Cambrian-Proterozoic Z Rift-Drift Stratigraphy of the Quebec Reentrant
Martin, Delbert - Geology of the Mississquoi Group and the Acadian Orogeny in central Vermont
Schlegel, Mary Ann - A paleoenvironmental study of the southern Champlain Sea
1993
Armstrong, T.R. - Tectonic Evolution of the Taconian Hinterland, Granville Hancock area, central Vermont
Bechtel, Stephen C. - Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Cement Diagenesis of the Black River Group in the Champlain Basin, Vermont
Delclos III, Lawrence - Lithologic, Petrologic and Chemical characteristics as Discriminators in the Correlation of Oligocene Tuffs in the East and West Tintic Mtns., North-central Utah
Hildreth, Stephen C., Jr. - Fluid inclusion and sulfur isotope studies of sulfide-bearing fissure veins, East Tintic Mts., Utah
Rose, Hugh - Stratigraphy, characterization of metavolcanic rocks, and structural evolution, in a cross section through the taconide zone, internal domain, eastern townships, southern Quebec: regional implications
Thibodeau, Peter - The evolution and distribution of natural gas in Lake Champlain sediments
1992
Gurney, Steven - Trace metals in Fluvial Sediment Affected by the Hartford, Vermont, Landfill
Howe, Jeffrey - Fluid inclusion characteristics of associated quartz and fluorite veins in a climax-type porphyry molybdenum system, Mt. Emmons, Gunnison County, Colorado
1991
Balogh, Adam - Lead-Zinc Sulfides in the Dunham Dolomite, Northwestern Vermont: Implications for Models of Mississippi Valley-type Deposits
Hawley-Hadley, Ann - Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Rugg Brook Formation of northwestern Vermont
Kimball, Christine - Tectonic geology of the Rochester-Hancock area, Rochester Quadrangle, central Vermont
Zuegg, Paolo - Near surface trace metal diagenesis in Sediments from Shelburne Bay and Cumberland Bay, Lake Champlain
1990
Colpron, Maurice - Rift and collision tectonics of the eastern townships Humber Zone, Brome Lake area, Quebec
Hyde, Karen - Internal cycling of phosphorus in Malletts Bay, Lake Champlain
Macbeth, Alexander - Geology of the southwestern East Tintic Mountains, central Utah
Warren, Marian - Rift History and Subsequent Collisional Behavior of the North American Iapetus Margin, Lincoln Massif, central Vermont: An Open and Shut Case
1989
Carr, Michael - Secular variation in the geomagnetic field recorded in lake sediments, Lake Champlain, New York and Vermont
Cua, Athene - Geology and Geochemistry of Metabasaltic Rocks from the Roxbury Area, Central Vermont
Gutscher, Marc-Andre - Paleomagnetism of Oligocene volcanics in the East Tintic Mts, Utah
Kraus, Jerome F. - Geology of the Northfield Mtns., central Vermont
Mock, Timothy - Stratigraphic, Structural and Metamorphic evolution of the Richford-Cambridge Syncline, northern Vermont
Walsh, Gregory - Tectonic geology of the Fayston-Waitsfield area, central Vermont
1987
Dowling, William - Depositional Environment of the Lower Oak Hill Group, Southern Quebec: Implications for the Late Precambrian Breakup of N. America in the Quebec Reentrant
Haydock, Samuel - Bedrock Geology of the Mt. Ellen-Waitsfield area
Whittemore, Arthur - Commingling of Magmas in the Belknap Mtns. Complex, central New Hampshire
1986
Butler, Robert - Sedimentology of the Danby Formation,Vermont
Dello Russo, Vincent - Geology of the Eastern part of the Lincoln Massif, central Vermont
Lapp, Eric - Detailed Bedrock Geology of the Mt. Grant-South Lincoln Area, central Vermont
MacLean, David A. - Depositional Environments and Stratigraphic Relationships of the Glens Falls Limestone, Champlain Valley, Vermont and New York
O’Loughlin, Sharon - Bedrock Geology of the Mount Abraham-Lincoln Gap Area, central Vermont
Parker, Ron - Lithofacies, Paleoenvironments and Tectonic History of the Deschambault Limestone, Southeastern Quebec
1985
Fowler, Bruce A. - Flux Characteristics of Phosphorus Rich Sediments from St. Albans Bay, Lake Champlain
Johnson, Gregory D. - The Effects of Stevens Brook Wetland on Nutrient Loading to St. Albans Bay
Leonard, Katherine E. - Foreland Fold and Thrust Belt Deformation Chronology, Ordovician Limestone and Shale, Northwestern Vermont
Pyke, Annie - The geology of the Hampshire Hills, northeastern New Hampshire and Western Maine
Strehle, Barbara - Deformation mechanisms and structural evolution of fault zone fabrics in northern Vermont: A comparative study
1984
Rathburn, Tony - A paleoecological study of late-Pleistocene ostracodes from the southern Champlain Sea
Teetsel, Mike - Sedimentology of the Taconic Foreland Basin Shales in north-western Vermont
Ackerly, Spafford - Phosphorus Relations in St.Albans Bay
1984
Brother, Michael R. - Surficial Geology and Late Pleistocene Glacial History of the Elizabethtown, New York Region
1983
DiPietro, Joseph - Contact Relations in the Late Precambrian Pinnacle and Underhill Formations, Starksboro, Vermont
Jamallo, Joseph M. - Delineation of Bedrock Fracture Trace Zones by Remote Sensing and Magnetics and their Hydrogeologic Implications
Martin, Linda - Tectonic Stratigraphy: The Nature of the Bonsecours-Sweetsburg Contact North of Lac Trousers near Eastman, Quebec
Myrow, Paul M. - A Paleoenvironmental Analysis of the Cheshire Formation, west central Vermont
1982
Bataller, Sue - Felsic Igneous Rocks of the Serpentinite Belt of Southern Quebec
Gregory, Guy - Depositional environments, Lower Cambrian Dunham Dolomite,north-western Vermont
Ladue, Winslow - The glacial history and environmental geology of Jericho, Vermont
Roy, Dana - The structure and stratigraphy of the ultramafic belt, Troy, Vermont, and its significance in northern New England
Smith, Gerard J. - Bedrock Geology Within the Baie Verte-Brompton Zone, Eastman Quebec
Tauvers, Peter - Basement-Cover Relationships in the Lincoln Area, Vermont
1981
Butts, Charles - Relationships among selected hydrologic and geochemical parameters of the Browns River in northwestern Vermont
Hoar, Robert - The bedrock geology of the Coventry area, Vermont
Winner, Phil - Petrology of Chagnon Mountain, Quebec, with implications to selected ultramafic, Gabbroic, and Volcanic Rocks Near North Troy, Vermont
1980
Beblowski, Peter L. - The deglaciation of the Belvidere-Eden area of north central Vermont
Gale, Majorie Hollis - Geology of the Belvidere Mt Complex, Eden and Lowell, Vermont
Gale, Peter - Geology of the Newport Center area northern Vermont
Haworth, Leah Ann - Recent sediment dating and sedimentation rates in Malletts Bay, Vermont
LeClair, Lisa D. - Seismic reflection investigation of bedrock faults in central Lake Champlain
1979
Carter, Craig - Interpretation of the Hinesburg thrust, north of the Lamoille River, northwestern Vermont
Heindel, Craig - Glacial geology, hydrogeology, and road salt effects on groundwater in the Williston area, Vermont
Schwarm, Thomas - Analysis of till fabric in north-western Vermont
Steffe, David D. - The chemistry of calcic and subcalcic amphiboles from selected igneous and metamorphic environments
Stoner, D.W. - The Hydraulic Properties of the Cabot Soil
1978
Becker, L.R. - A survey of a sandy beach and bay, Appletree Bay, Lake Champlain, Vermont
McIntosh, Mary - Impervious Surfaces and Their Effects on Runoff
1977
Acomb, T.J. - Watershed analysis: The Mendon Brook Basin, Mendon, Vermont
Aubrey, W.M., III - The structure and stratigraphy of the northern ridges of Camels Hump Mtn., Camels Hump Quadrangle, north-central Vermont
Badger, R.L. - Stratigraphy and origin of the Umbrella Hill Conglomerate
Bottner, Roger - Wallrock alteration associated with the Mesozoic Pyrrhotite Mineralization at Cuttingsville, Vermont
Detenbeck, J.C. - Stress and strain analysis of dolomite and quartz lamellae, Colchester Pond west central Vermont
Knapp, D.A. - Structure and stratigraphy of the Lower Paleozoic section along the east limb of the Berkshire Massif, southwestern Massachusetts
Slavin, E.J. - Process and mechanism of stream bank failures along Brown’s River, Vermont
Turner, P.J. - Seismic reflection
survey in Lake Champlain
1976
Eiben, D.B. - Stratigraphy and structure of the Stimson Mountain area, Camels Hump Quadrangle, north central Vermont
Pieratti, D.D. - The origin and tectonic significance of the Tibbet Hill metavolcanics, northwestern Vermont
Corneille, Edwin S. - Bostonite and Lamprophyre Dikes from the Champlain Valley, Vermont
1975
Gillespie, R.P. - Structure and stratigraphy along the Hinesburg thrust, Hinesburg, Vermont
Kolar, Brian W. - Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Selected Metabasites in West-Central Vermont
Marcotte, Ronald A. - A Paleostress Analysis of a Major Fold in the Southern Part of the Hinesburg Synclinorium
McHone, James G. - Petrochemistry and Genesis of Champlain Valley Dike Rocks
Noyes, Jeffrey - An Evaluation of Hydraulic Conductivity Tests and Data
Setright, Lynn M. - Trace Element Distributions in Cumberland Bay Sediments
Thompson, Peter J. - Stratigraphy and Structure of Shattuck Ridge, Bakersfield and Waterville, Vermont
Thompson, Roger - Landfill Influenced Degradation of Stream Water
1974
Dean, Steven, L. - Water Resources Investigation for Madaket Natucket Island, Massachusetts
Moore, John S. - The Origin and Geolimnology of Joes Pond, Vermont
1973
April, Richard H. - Trace Element Distributions in the Sediments of Lake Champlain
Malter, John A. - Potential Problems of Oil Pollution on Lake Champlain
Mullen, John C. - Environmental Geology of Milton, Westford, and Underhill, Vermont
1972
Caldwell, Katherine G. - Petrographic and Chemical Analysis of Rocks from the Newton Area, Connecticut
Chase, Jack S. - Operation Up-Sails: Sub-Bottom Profiling in Lake Champlain
Sherman, John W. - Post-Pleistocene Diatom Stratigraphy in Cores from Lake Champlain, Vermont
1971
Arndt, Richard E. - Mineralogy and Petrology of a Diabase Dyke and Adjacent Sokoman Iron Formation, Howells River Area, Labrador
Closs, Lloyd G. - Geology of the Waite Lake Mines Property, Duprat Township, Quebec
Stone, Byron D. - Deglaciation Events in Part of the Manchester South 7.5’ Quadrangle, South-central New Hampshire
Thompson, Woodrow B. - The Drainage and Glacial History of the Still River Valley, Southwestern Connecticut
Waite, Burt A. - Environmental Geology of the Huntington Valley, Vermont
1970
Dinger, James S. - Stratigraphic, Structural, and Petrofabric Investigations of Lake Ice, Lake Champlain, Vermont
Fillon, Richard H. - Sedimentation and Recent Geologic History of the Missisquoi Delta
Johnson, Philip H. - The Surficial Geology and Pleistocene History of the Milton Quadrangle, Vermont
Sarkisian, Arthur C. - A Petrofabric Analysis of the Monkton Quartzite in West-Central Vermont
Thresher, John E., Jr. - Bedrock Geology in the Richmond Area, Vermont
Townsend, Peter H. - A Study of Heavy Mineral Dispersal from the Ausable and Lamoille Rivers (Lake Champlain)
1969
Englund, Evan J. - Experimental Studies of the Origin and Thermal Metamorphism of Chondrules in Chondritic Meteorites
Johnson, David G. - Ferromanganese Concretions in Lake Champlain
Kasvinsky, J. Robert - Evaluation of Erosion Control Measures on the Lower Winooski River, Vermont
1968
Blakeman, William B. - A Study of the Mineralogic and Magnetic Characteristics of Metamorphosed Iron Formation from the Julian Deposit, Wabush Lake Area, Labrador
Clement, Richard F., Jr. - A Study of the Sediment Size Distribution of Mallets Bay
Jenks, Maurice L. III - Bedrock Geology and Garnet Analysis of the Northwestern Portion of the Woronoco Quadrangle, Massachusetts
Kodl, Edward J. - Surficial Geology of the Amsterdam Region Lower Mohawk Valley, New York
Millett, John A. - The Clay Mineralogy of the Bottom Sediments of Champlain Basin from Thompson’s Point Vermont to the Ausable River, New York
1967
Clement, Richard F. - A Study of the Sediment Size Distribution of Malletts Bay
1962
Dimon, James R. - Petrography of the Laccolith at Barber Hill, Vermont
1960
Cline, Lawrence B. - The Origin of Talc at Johnson, Vermont, and the Geology of its Occurrence
Ogden, Duncan G. - Geology and Origin of the Kaolin at East Monkton, Vermont
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