Gregory Walsh
I am a Project Leader and a Supervisory Research Geologist with the Florence Bascom Geoscience Center. I manage bedrock geologic mapping activities for the USGS in the northeastern United States. I managed two international mapping projects in Morocco, the completion of the new bedrock geologic map of Vermont, and I conducted mapping Madagascar.
I have expertise in geologic mapping, structural geology, geochronology, tectonics, digital cartography, and GIS. I specialize in the mapping, structure, and tectonics of complexly deformed rocks, the integration of geologic data with hydrogeologic and mineral resource assessment studies, and the use of GIS as a mapping and analysis tool. I have trained students and geologists in geologic mapping, GIS, GPS, digital mapping, and U-Pb geochronology by SHRIMP. The Publications listed on the tab below is automatically generated and incomplete. Please contact me if you would like a copy of my current CV.
Professional Experience
1992-Present, Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia and Montpelier, Vermont
1990-1992, Consulting Geologist, Heindel and Noyes, Inc., Burlington, Vermont
1988-1990, Contractor, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Waterbury, Vermont
1986-1988, Teaching Assistant, University of Vermont, Department of Geology, Burlington, Vermont
1986, NAGT Intern Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
Education and Certifications
M.S. in Geology / University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont USA, 1989
B.S. in Geology / University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1986
Affiliations and Memberships*
2013-Present, Fellow, Geological Society of America
1988-2013, Member, Geological Society of America
2013-2014, Elected Vice-Chair, Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section Management Board
2014-2015, Chair, Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section Management Board
2015-2016, Past-Chair, Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section Management Board
2012-Present, Member, Connecticut Geological Society
1998-Present, Member, New Hampshire Geological Society
1992-Present, Member, Vermont Geological Society
Honors and Awards
Dean’s List five semesters (1982-1986)
Amoco Geophysics Award (1985)
NAGT – USGS Student Internship (1985)
L.R. Wilson Award, UMASS Amherst (1986)
Charles G. Doll Award, Vermont Geological Society (1988)
Twenty-one USGS performance awards (1997-2021)
Elected GSA Fellow (2013)
Science and Products
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Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the Jebel Saghro and Bou Azzer - El Graara inliers, eastern and central Anti-Atlas, Morocco
New mapping, geochemistry, and 17 U–Pb SHRIMP zircon ages from rocks of the Sirwa, Bou Azzer–El Graara, and Jebel Saghro inliers constrain the Neoproterozoic evolution of the eastern Anti-Atlas during Pan-African orogenesis. In the Sirwa inlier, Tonian quartzite from the pre Pan-African passive margin deposits of the Mimount Formation contains detrital zircon derived entirely from the...
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Gregory J. Walsh, John N. Aleinikoff, Richard W. Harrison, William C. Burton, James E. Quick, Foudad Benziane, Abdelaziz Yazidi, Abderrahim Saadane
A transect across the basement massifs of the central Green Mountains, Vermont
No abstract available.
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Gregory J. Walsh, Nicholas M. Ratcliffe, Michael J. Kunk
Traverse of the major fault systems of the Taconian deformational front, the Vermont Valley and core of the Green Mountain massif, southern Vermont
No abstract available.
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Nicholas M. Ratcliffe, Michael J. Kunk, William C. Burton, Gregory J. Walsh
Polyphase Neoproterozoic orogenesis within the east Africa- Antarctica orogenic belt in central and northern Madagascar
Our recent geological survey of the basement of central and northern Madagascar allowed us to re-evaluate the evolution of this part of the East Africa-Antarctica Orogen (EAAO). Five crustal domains are recognized, characterized by distinctive lithologies and histories of sedimentation, magmatism, deformation and metamorphism, and separated by tectonic and/or unconformable contacts. Four...
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R. M. Key, Peter E. J Pitfield, Ronald J. Thomas, K. M. Goodenough, D. Waele, D. I. Schofield, W. Bauer, M. S. A. Horstwood, M.T. Styles, James Conrad, J. Encarnacion, David J. Lidke, E. A. O'connor, C. Potter, R. S. U. Smith, Gregory J. Walsh, A.V. Ralison, T. Randriamananjara, J. M. Rafahatelo, M.H. Rabarimanana
Cover sequences at the northern margin of the Antongil Craton, NE Madagascar
The island of Madagascar is a collage of Precambrian, generally high-grade metamorphic basement domains, that are locally overlain by unmetamorphosed sedimentary rocks and poorly understood low-grade metasediments. In the Antalaha area of NE Madagascar, two distinct cover sequences rest on high-grade metamorphic and igneous basement rocks of the Archaean Antongil craton and the...
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W. Bauer, Gregory J. Walsh, B. De Waele, Ronald J. Thomas, M. S. A. Horstwood, L. Bracciali, D. I. Schofield, U. Wollenberg, David J. Lidke, I.T. Rasaona, M.H. Rabarimanana
Provisional zircon and monazite uranium-lead geochronology for selected rocks from Vermont
This report presents the results of zircon and monazite uranium-lead (U-Pb) geochronologic analyses of 24 rock samples. The samples in this study were collected from mapped exposures identified while conducting either new, detailed (1:24,000-scale) geologic quadrangle mapping or reconnaissance mapping, both of which were used for compilation of the bedrock geologic map of Vermont. All of...
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John N. Aleinikoff, Nicholas M. Ratcliffe, Gregory J. Walsh
Silurian-Devonian age and tectonic setting of the Connecticut Valley-Gaspé trough of Vermont using U-Pb SHRIMP analyses of detrital zircons
U-Pb SHRIMP ages of detrital zircons from metasedimentary rocks of the Connecticut Valley-Gaspe' trough in Vermont corroborate a Silurian-Devonian age of deposition for these strata and constrain their provenances. Ages of randomly selected detrital zircons obtained from quartzites within the Waits River and Gile Mountain Formations range from Archean to Devonian with Mesoproterozoic...
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C. K. McWilliams, Gregory J. Walsh, Robert P. Wintsch
Geological evolution of the Antongil Craton, NE Madagascar
The Antongil Craton, along with the Masora and Antananarivo cratons, make up the fundamental Archaean building blocks of the island of Madagascar. They were juxtaposed during the late-Neoproterozoic to early Palaeozoic assembly of Gondwana. In this paper we give a synthesis of the geology of the Antongil Craton and present previously published and new geochemical and U-Pb zircon analyses...
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D. I. Schofield, Ronald J. Thomas, K. M. Goodenough, B. De Waele, Peter E. J Pitfield, R. M. Key, W. Bauer, Gregory J. Walsh, David J. Lidke, A.V. Ralison, M.H. Rabarimanana, J. M. Rafahatelo, T. Randriamananjara
Road to the kingdom: A bedrock transect across the Pre-Silurian Rowe-Hawley Belt in central Vermont
No abstract available.
Authors
Jonathan Kim, Marjorie Hollis Gale, R. Coish, Jo Laird, Gregory J. Walsh
A method for creating a three dimensional model from published geologic maps and cross sections
This brief report presents a relatively inexpensive and rapid method for creating a 3D model of geology from published quadrangle-scale maps and cross sections using Google Earth and Google SketchUp software. An example from the Green Mountains of Vermont, USA, is used to illustrate the step by step methods used to create such a model. A second example is provided from the Jebel Saghro...
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Gregory J. Walsh
Geological evolution of the Neoproterozoic Bemarivo Belt, northern Madagascar
The broadly east-west trending, Late Neoproterozoic Bemarivo Belt in northern Madagascar has been re-surveyed at 1:100 000 scale as part of a large multi-disciplinary World Bank-sponsored project. The work included acquisition of 14 U-Pb zircon dates and whole-rock major and trace element geochemical data of representative rocks. The belt has previously been modelled as a juvenile...
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Ronald J. Thomas, B. De Waele, D. I. Schofield, K. M. Goodenough, M. S. A. Horstwood, R. K. Tucker, W. Bauer, R. Annells, K. J. Howard, Gregory J. Walsh, M.H. Rabarimanana, J. M. Rafahatelo, A.V. Ralison, T. Randriamananjara
Bedrock geology of the Montpelier area, central Vermont
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Gregory J. Walsh, Jonathan Kim, Marjorie Hollis Gale
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Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the Jebel Saghro and Bou Azzer - El Graara inliers, eastern and central Anti-Atlas, Morocco
New mapping, geochemistry, and 17 U–Pb SHRIMP zircon ages from rocks of the Sirwa, Bou Azzer–El Graara, and Jebel Saghro inliers constrain the Neoproterozoic evolution of the eastern Anti-Atlas during Pan-African orogenesis. In the Sirwa inlier, Tonian quartzite from the pre Pan-African passive margin deposits of the Mimount Formation contains detrital zircon derived entirely from the...
Authors
Gregory J. Walsh, John N. Aleinikoff, Richard W. Harrison, William C. Burton, James E. Quick, Foudad Benziane, Abdelaziz Yazidi, Abderrahim Saadane
A transect across the basement massifs of the central Green Mountains, Vermont
No abstract available.
Authors
Gregory J. Walsh, Nicholas M. Ratcliffe, Michael J. Kunk
Traverse of the major fault systems of the Taconian deformational front, the Vermont Valley and core of the Green Mountain massif, southern Vermont
No abstract available.
Authors
Nicholas M. Ratcliffe, Michael J. Kunk, William C. Burton, Gregory J. Walsh
Polyphase Neoproterozoic orogenesis within the east Africa- Antarctica orogenic belt in central and northern Madagascar
Our recent geological survey of the basement of central and northern Madagascar allowed us to re-evaluate the evolution of this part of the East Africa-Antarctica Orogen (EAAO). Five crustal domains are recognized, characterized by distinctive lithologies and histories of sedimentation, magmatism, deformation and metamorphism, and separated by tectonic and/or unconformable contacts. Four...
Authors
R. M. Key, Peter E. J Pitfield, Ronald J. Thomas, K. M. Goodenough, D. Waele, D. I. Schofield, W. Bauer, M. S. A. Horstwood, M.T. Styles, James Conrad, J. Encarnacion, David J. Lidke, E. A. O'connor, C. Potter, R. S. U. Smith, Gregory J. Walsh, A.V. Ralison, T. Randriamananjara, J. M. Rafahatelo, M.H. Rabarimanana
Cover sequences at the northern margin of the Antongil Craton, NE Madagascar
The island of Madagascar is a collage of Precambrian, generally high-grade metamorphic basement domains, that are locally overlain by unmetamorphosed sedimentary rocks and poorly understood low-grade metasediments. In the Antalaha area of NE Madagascar, two distinct cover sequences rest on high-grade metamorphic and igneous basement rocks of the Archaean Antongil craton and the...
Authors
W. Bauer, Gregory J. Walsh, B. De Waele, Ronald J. Thomas, M. S. A. Horstwood, L. Bracciali, D. I. Schofield, U. Wollenberg, David J. Lidke, I.T. Rasaona, M.H. Rabarimanana
Provisional zircon and monazite uranium-lead geochronology for selected rocks from Vermont
This report presents the results of zircon and monazite uranium-lead (U-Pb) geochronologic analyses of 24 rock samples. The samples in this study were collected from mapped exposures identified while conducting either new, detailed (1:24,000-scale) geologic quadrangle mapping or reconnaissance mapping, both of which were used for compilation of the bedrock geologic map of Vermont. All of...
Authors
John N. Aleinikoff, Nicholas M. Ratcliffe, Gregory J. Walsh
Silurian-Devonian age and tectonic setting of the Connecticut Valley-Gaspé trough of Vermont using U-Pb SHRIMP analyses of detrital zircons
U-Pb SHRIMP ages of detrital zircons from metasedimentary rocks of the Connecticut Valley-Gaspe' trough in Vermont corroborate a Silurian-Devonian age of deposition for these strata and constrain their provenances. Ages of randomly selected detrital zircons obtained from quartzites within the Waits River and Gile Mountain Formations range from Archean to Devonian with Mesoproterozoic...
Authors
C. K. McWilliams, Gregory J. Walsh, Robert P. Wintsch
Geological evolution of the Antongil Craton, NE Madagascar
The Antongil Craton, along with the Masora and Antananarivo cratons, make up the fundamental Archaean building blocks of the island of Madagascar. They were juxtaposed during the late-Neoproterozoic to early Palaeozoic assembly of Gondwana. In this paper we give a synthesis of the geology of the Antongil Craton and present previously published and new geochemical and U-Pb zircon analyses...
Authors
D. I. Schofield, Ronald J. Thomas, K. M. Goodenough, B. De Waele, Peter E. J Pitfield, R. M. Key, W. Bauer, Gregory J. Walsh, David J. Lidke, A.V. Ralison, M.H. Rabarimanana, J. M. Rafahatelo, T. Randriamananjara
Road to the kingdom: A bedrock transect across the Pre-Silurian Rowe-Hawley Belt in central Vermont
No abstract available.
Authors
Jonathan Kim, Marjorie Hollis Gale, R. Coish, Jo Laird, Gregory J. Walsh
A method for creating a three dimensional model from published geologic maps and cross sections
This brief report presents a relatively inexpensive and rapid method for creating a 3D model of geology from published quadrangle-scale maps and cross sections using Google Earth and Google SketchUp software. An example from the Green Mountains of Vermont, USA, is used to illustrate the step by step methods used to create such a model. A second example is provided from the Jebel Saghro...
Authors
Gregory J. Walsh
Geological evolution of the Neoproterozoic Bemarivo Belt, northern Madagascar
The broadly east-west trending, Late Neoproterozoic Bemarivo Belt in northern Madagascar has been re-surveyed at 1:100 000 scale as part of a large multi-disciplinary World Bank-sponsored project. The work included acquisition of 14 U-Pb zircon dates and whole-rock major and trace element geochemical data of representative rocks. The belt has previously been modelled as a juvenile...
Authors
Ronald J. Thomas, B. De Waele, D. I. Schofield, K. M. Goodenough, M. S. A. Horstwood, R. K. Tucker, W. Bauer, R. Annells, K. J. Howard, Gregory J. Walsh, M.H. Rabarimanana, J. M. Rafahatelo, A.V. Ralison, T. Randriamananjara
Bedrock geology of the Montpelier area, central Vermont
No abstract available.
Authors
Gregory J. Walsh, Jonathan Kim, Marjorie Hollis Gale
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