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Devonian gabbro - ultramafic rocks

Devonian gabbro - ultramafic rocks
StateMaine
NameDevonian gabbro - ultramafic rocks
Geologic ageDevonian
Original map labelD9b-c
CommentsU - Unmetamorphosed
Primary rock typegabbro
Secondary rock typeultramafic intrusive rock
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Plutonic > Gabbroic > GabbroU - Unmetamorphosed
Igneous > Plutonic > UltramaficU - Unmetamorphosed
Map references
Digital bedrock data downloaded from Maine Office of GIS in September 2005 from http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/catalog.asp?state=2&extent=cover#bedrock Bedrock units table (publication date 11/15/2002) downloaded from same site. Permission to redistribute these data granted by Dr. Robert Marvinney, State Geologist of Maine, in September 2006.
Unit references
Osberg, P. H., Hussey, A.M., and Boone, G. M., 1985, Bedrock geologic map of Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Dept. of Conserv., scale 1:500,000.
Zartman, R.E., Hurley, P.M., Kruger, H.W., and Giletti, B.J., 1970, A Permian disturbance of K-Ar radiometric ages in New England: its occurrence and causes: Geol. Soc. Amer., Bull., v. 81, p. 3359-3374.
Geographic coverageFranklin - Oxford - Somerset

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