Relevant Publications

Maria, A. and Hermes, O.D., 2001, Volcanic rocks in the Narragansett basin, southeastern New England: Petrology and significant to early basin formation: American Journal of Science, V.301, p.286-312.

Hermes, O.D., Murray, D.P., Hamidzada, N.A., Bettez, E., and Thompson, M., 1998, The role of volcanic, granitic and sedimentary rocks in understanding the pre-Pennsylvanian tectonics of central Rhode Island, p. C1-1 to C1-25: in Murray, D.P., editor, Guidebook to field trips in Rhode Island and adjacent regions of Connecticut and Massachusetts, 1998 New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, University of Rhode Island, Kingston.

Murray, D.P., Hermes, O.D., and Hamidzada, N.A., 1998, Understanding issues of magma mixing and Avalonian to Alleghanian tectonism along the eastern fringe of the southeastern New England Appalachians: The New Bedford region, p. A2-1 to A2-22: in Murray, D.P., editor, Guidebook to field trips in Rhode Island and adjacent regions of Connecticut and Massachusetts, 1998 New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, University of Rhode Island, Kingston.

Thompson, M.D., Hermes, O.D., Bowring, S.A., Isachsen, C.E., Besancon, J.R., Kelly, K.L., 1996, Tectonostratigraphic implications of Late Proterozoic U-Pb zircon ages in the Avalon zone of southeastern New England: Geological Society of America Special Paper 304, p. 179-191.

Hermes, O. D., Gromet, L.P., and Murray, D. P., 1994, Bedrock geologic map of Rhode Island: Rhode Island Map Series No. 1, University of Rhode Island, Kingston. Scale = 1;100,000.

Reid, J. B., Jr., Murray, D. P., and Hermes, O. D., 1993, Fractional crystallization in granites of the Sierra Nevada: How important is it?: Geology, v. 21, p. 587-590.

Hermes, O.D., and Zartman, R.E., 1992, Late Proterozoic and Silurian alkaline plutons within the southeastern New England Avalon Zone: Journal of Geology v. 100, p. 477-486.

Hermes, O.D., and Murray, D.P. 1990, Geochemical distinctions of late Proterozoic and Paleozoic volcanism in the Avalon zone of New England, p. 97-112: in Socci, A.D., Skehan, J.W. and Smith, G.W. eds., Geology of the composite Avalon Terrane of southern New England: Geological Society of America Special Paper 245, 254p.

Murray, D.P., Hermes, O.D., and Dunham, T.S., 1990, The New Bedford area: A preliminary assessment, p. 155-170, : in Socci, A.D., Skehan, J.W. and Smith, G.W. eds ., Geology of the composite Avalon Terrane of southern New England: Geological Society of America Special Paper 245, 254p.

Thompson, M.D., and Hermes, O.D., 1990, Ash-flow stratigraphy in the Mattapan Volcanic Complex, greater Boston, Massachusetts, p. 85-96, : in Socci, A.D., Skehan, J.W. and Smith, G.W. eds., Geology of the composite Avalon Terrane of southern New England: Geological Society of America Special Paper 245, 254p.

Hermes, O.D. and Murray, D.P., 1988, Middle Devonian to Permian plutonism and volcanism in the N. American Appalachians: in Harris, A.L. and Fettes, D.J. [eds.], The Caledonian-Appalachian Orogen: Geological Society Special Publication No. 38, p. 559-571.

Zartman, R. E., Hermes, O. D., and Pease, M. H., Jr., (1988), Zircon crystallization ages, and subsequent disturbance events, in gneissic rocks of eastern Connecticut and western Rhode Island: American Journal Science, v. 288, p. 376-402.

Zartman, R. E. and Hermes, 1987, Archean inheritance in zircons from Late Paleozoic granites from the Avalon zone of southeastern New England: An African connection: Earth Planetary Science Letters, v. 82, p. 303-315.

Hermes, O.D., and Zartman, R.E., 1985, Late Precambrian and Devonian Plutonic terrane within the Avalon Zone of Rhode Island: Geological Society America Bulletin, v. 96, p. 272-282.