Resources on Vermont Geology

the following items are available for download as pdf files

 

Baldwin, B., 1982 The Geology of Vermont, Earth Science, Fall issue, pp 10-13.  PDF


“The Beam” - Analysis of the Route 2 outcrop, South Hero, by Stanley, R., 1990, The evolution of mesoscopic imbricate thrust faults - an example from the Vermont foreland, Jour. Structural Geol., vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 227-241


Bechtel, S. and C. Mehrtens, 1995, Black River Group stratigraphy and sedimentology in the Champlain Valley, Vermont and New York, Northeastern Geology, vol. 17, no. 1, pp.95-111.


Block diagram of the shelf to basin transitions in the Cambrian of Vermont, from R. Dorsey, 1983, Bedrock Geology of the Milton Quadrangle, VT State Geol Surv Bull no.   Dorsey.pdf


Block diagram of the St. Albans Reentrant (intrashelf basin) in the Lower Cambrian, unpub figure by Mehrtens


Cambrian and Ordovician correlation chart of the Champlain Valley of NY and VT, from Anita Harris, U.S.G.S.  Harris.pdf


Cherichetti, L, B. Doolan and C. Mehrtens, 1998, The Pinnacle Formation: A Late Precambrian Rift Valley Fill with Implications for Iapetus Basin Evolution, Northeastern Geology, vol. 20, no. 3, pp.175-185   PDF


Cross section of I-89 from Brad Van Diver, Roadside Guide to the Geology of Vermont and New Hampshire


Doolan, B. 198?  When Continents Collide (unpub ms. on the geologic evolution of western Vermont)


Fossils and rocks and minerals in the Vermont State collection: http://www.uvm.edu/perkins/


Goldberg, J. and C. Mehrtens, 1998, Depositional environment and sequence stratigraphy interpretation of the Lower Middle Cambrian Monkton Quartzite, Vermont, Northeastern Geology, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 11-27.


Lone Rock Point GSA DeNAG field trip #50, Stanley, R., 1987, The Champlain Thrust Fault, Lone Rock Point, Burlington, VT, GSA Centennial Field Guide, Northeastern Section pp. 225-227.


Mehrtens, C. and R. Butler, 1989, Sedimentology of the Upper Cambrian Danby Formation, western Vermont: An example of mixed siliciclastic and carbonate sedimentation, Northeastern Geology, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 84-97.


Mehrtens, C. and R. Cuffey, 2003, Paleoecology of the Day Point Formation  (Lower Chazy Group, Middle-Upper Ordovician) and its Bryozoan Reef Mounds, Northwest Vermont and Adjacent New York, Northeastern Geology, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 313-329   PDF


Mehrtens, C. and R. Delhanty, 1987, Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Cumberland Head Formation (Middle Ordovician) in the Plattsburgh region, New York and Vermont, Northeastern Geology, vol. 9, no. 2, pp.61-75.


Mehrtens, C. and D. Hillman, 1988, the Rockledge Formation: A Cambrian slope apron deposit in northwestern Vermont, Northeastern Geology vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 287-299


Sedimentary structures from the Cambrian and Ordovician rocks of the Champlain Valley (see photo albums)


Stanley, R. 1974, Environment of Deformation, Monkton Quartzite, Shelburne Bay, Western Vermont, GSA Bull. vol 85, pp. 233-246

                                               






The Champlain Thrust at Lone Rock Point, Burlington

Cambrian Dunham Dolomite thrust over Ordovician Iberville Shale