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Field Trip 2010

On June 5th, 2010, Joe Kopera of the Massachusetts Geological Survey lead a field trip that visited geologic features of note along the 495 corridor, starting at the Wekepeke Fault in Shirley and ending a large outcrop of the Milford Granite in Milford.  You can download the field trip notes here. Below are some photos from the trip.  Email Andy Koenigsberg if you want to get a full size set of images.
Stop 1 Wekepeke Fault Stop 1 Wekepeke Fault
Stop 1 Wekepeke Fault Stop 1 Wekepeke Fault
Stop 2 Harvard Conglomerate at Pin Hill Stop 2 Joint Propagation Structures (ribs and hackles) at Pin Hill
Intensely folded volcanogenic amphibolite in the Marlborough Formation Intensely folded volcanogenic amphibolite in the Marlborough Formation
Milford Granite Milford Granite