The New England Geologic Database (NED) is a compilation of published geochronologic, geochemical, and geothermobarometric data for the northern Appalachian Mountains. To access the over 25,000 digitized data points select one of the links below or in the sidebar. See the references below for more information on the compilation and use of this database!
Check out these new papers using NED data!
Hillenbrand, I.W., Williams, M.L., Li, C., and Gao, H., 2021, Rise and fall of the Acadian altiplano : Evidence for a Paleozoic orogenic plateau in New England: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 560, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116797.
Hillenbrand, I.W., and Williams, M.L., 2021, Paleozoic evolution of crustal thickness and elevation in the New England Appalachians, USA: Geology, doi:10.11.130/G48705.1, (in press).
When using this data in your publications please cite
Hillenbrand, I.W., 2020, Crustal evolution of the New England Appalachians: The rise and fall of a long-lived orogenic plateau [MS thesis]: University of Massachusetts Amherst, 168 p.
and: Hillenbrand, I.W., and Williams, M.L., 2019, A geologic database for New England: A new tool for accessing, analyzing, and visualizing geologic data: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 51, doi:10.1130/abs/2019NE-328385.