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Credit

TEXT:

The description of the water resources of the individual basins is taken from "Water Resources of Massachusetts" (Alison C. Simcox, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Investigations Report, 90-9144)

MAPS:

Base maps:

  • Massachusetts and Rhode Island

Base from U.S.G.S. Digital Line Graphs, 1:100000, 1983

Based on Massachusetts coordinate system

  • Surficial Geology:
  • Massachusetts:

    Surficial geology datalayer interpreted and compiled by Byron Stone, USGS, 1992.

    Digitized and completed by MassGIS, 1:125000.

  • Rhode Island:

    Based from Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education

    Glacial map of Rhode Island, 1:24 000, 1989

    Based on Massachusetts coordinate system

  • Bedrock Geology:

  • Massachusetts:

    Bedrock Geologic Map of Massachusetts, E-an Zen, Editor

    USGS, 1983, 1:250000

  • Rhode Island:

    Based from Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education

    Bedrock geologic map of Rhode Island, 1:100 000, 1994

    Based on Massachusetts coordinate system

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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