PROGRAM
"Geology of Long Island and Metropolitan New York"
Saturday April 18, 1998
Earth and Space Sciences Building - SUNY Stony Brook
Companies, agencies, schools, universities and colleges are encouraged to display promotional or informational material at the conference at no cost. Inform us by April 14, if you would like to have a display.
If you have photographs relating to the geology of Long Island or Metropolitan New
York, we will be happy to display them. Please bring them to the conference. Minimum size 8" x 10".
There will be a $50 prize for the best photo! John Sanders won last year.
Time |
Title |
Authors |
Affiliation |
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8:30 a.m. |
Pick up registration materials and View Posters |
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9:00 a.m. |
Introductory remarks |
G.N. Hanson |
SUSB |
9:10 a.m. |
Research Projects as a teaching tool for earth science classes |
J.L. Niebling |
SUSB |
9:30 a.m. |
C. Merguerian |
Hofstra |
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9:50 a.m. |
Taconian-aged granulite facies regional metamorphism in the Manhattan Prong, NY and NJ |
P.C. Brock, |
Queens College |
10:10 a.m. |
L. Sirkin |
Adelphi |
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10:30 a.m. |
Coffee Break and View Posters |
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11:00 a.m. |
Mattituck Cliffs and Ranco Quarry: Models for origin of Roanoke Point and Ronkonkoma Moraines? |
W.J. Meyers |
SUSB |
11:20 a.m. |
Classification of Pleistocene deposits, New York City and vicinity -Fuller (1914) revived and revised |
J.E. Sanders |
Hofstra |
11:40 a.m. |
Deciphering the Origin of Diamict Deposits at Ditch Plains, Long Island |
E. Klein |
SUSB |
12:00 noon |
Lunch and View Posters |
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1:00 p.m. |
R.L. Swanson |
SUSB |
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1:20 p.m. |
An experimental investigation of the solubility of gibbsite, kaolinite and chlorite at 25 C. |
R., Socoloff |
Brooklyn College |
1:40 p.m. |
Surface charge characteristics of pyrophyllite and smectite |
N. Amaach |
Brooklyn College |
2:00 p.m. |
Cooperative Development and Application of a Groundwater Model in Suffolk County, New York |
M.A. Taylor |
CDM |
2:20 p.m. |
Coffee Break and View Posters |
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2:50 p.m. |
A. Soo, |
SUSB, |
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3:10 p.m. |
R. Paulson, |
Suffolk Co. Health Cornell Coop. Ext. SUSB |
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3:30 p.m. |
P.S. Bleifuss, |
SUSB |
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3:50 p.m. |
The lunar perigee Syzgy cycle for 1998: Implications for astronomic tidal heights |
J.E. Sanders |
Hofstra |
4:10 p.m.. |
Lab Tours and View Posters |
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4:10 p.m. |
Update on Licensing of Geologists |
R. Baldwin |
H2M Group |
5:00 p.m. |
End of conference |
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Poster |
JB. Bennington. |
Hofstra |
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Poster |
Chemical and physical characteristics of the sediments in the central Suffolk County Pine Barrens |
C. Champey |
Smithtown H.S. |
Poster |
G. Fitzpatrick |
Suffolk Co. Health |
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Poster |
Groundwater modeling of recharge and seepage in coastal area of Shelter Island west of Coecles Inlet |
A. Caniano |
SUSB Suffolk Co. Health |
Poster |
Shallow seismic reflection in glaciotectonic Hither Hills, Long Island |
M. Bernard |
SUSB |
Poster |
Glacial/Holocene geomorphic features Stony Brook, Setauket and Port Jefferson, NY |
P.E. McDonald |
SUSB |
Poster |
P. Boyce |
P.W. Grosser |
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Poster |
S.A. Lawrence |
SUSB |
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Poster |
Analysis of Sesimic Profiles and Side-Scan Sonar Records from Lower NY Harbor |
R. Flood V. Ferrini |
SUSB |
Poster |
J.A. Black2, |
1SUSB |