What's New?

2/8/2012 - John N. Aleinikoff, Nicholas M. Ratcliffe, and Gregory J. Walsh , 2011, Provisional Zircon and Monazite Uranium-Lead Geochronology for Selected Rocks From Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011–1309, 46 p.

1/18/2012 - Evolution of the new Bedrock Geologic Map of Vermont (planned release is late March/April 2012)

12/19/2011 - Technical reports are posted on-line

11/8/2011 - State Geologist Reports 1845-1974 are on-line.

11/2/2011 - Publications of the Vermont Geological Society includes the Green Mountain Geologist and Field Trip guides

10/18/2011 - The Vermont Geological Survey offices are now at the VSAC Building at 10 East Allen St., Winooski, VT. Our mailing address is still 103 South Main St., Logue Cottage, Waterbury, VT 05671-2420.

9/15/2011- VGS Bulletins 1-32.

8/18/2011 - Highway Construction Materials Surveys from the Engineering Section, Materials Division, Vermont Dept. of Highways (now AOT), 1957-1980 are posted.

6/14/2011 - U.S. Coast Survey Depth Charts of Lake Champlain, 1872-1879

6/9/2011 - For pictures of recent flooding and other hazards, go to Photogalleries 16 and 17

5/30/2011 - View a presentation by G. Springston about LIDAR using Williston as an example.

1/4/2011 - Arsenic Contamination in Vermont's Private Wells (2010) (pdf) This is a study completed by the Middlebury College Environmental Studies Senior Seminar

1/14/2011 - Green Rocks in Vermont


Recently (2011) released open file reports:

1/20/2012 - Kim, J., and Ruksznis, A., 2011, Bedrock Geologic Map of the Plainfield Quadrangle, Washington County, Vermont, Structure Data-Plate 2 : Vermont Geological Survey Open File Report VG11-3, scale 1:24,000

5/30/2011- Surficial Geology and Hydrogeology of Dover, VT by John VanHoesen; Click here for digital data (geodatabase). Click to go on a geotour of Dover, VT courtesy of John Van Hoesen and his students from Green Mountain College. (uses GoogleEarth)