Program for the 21st Conference on
"Geology of Long Island and Metropolitan New York"
Saturday April 12, 2014
Earth and Space Sciences Building - Stony Brook University
The conference will begin at 9:00 AM and is FREE.
Speakers please note: All presentations will be in Power Point. Please bring your presentation on a flash drive or a CD. You may not use your laptop.
No need to register. Just show up.
Teachers and professionals may receive contact hours towards professional development.
You can attend for any number of hours.
Everyone is welcome. Especially students.
Titles and Abstracts as of 05/20/2014
Each presentation will be 15 minutes.
Companies, agencies, schools, universities and colleges are encouraged to display
promotional or informational material at the conference at no cost.
There is an e-mail link to the author(s). The link on the title goes to the abstract
on the web.
Time |
Title |
Authors |
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9:00 AM |
Introduction |
Stony Brook University |
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9:15 AM |
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9:30 AM |
Direction of the ice flow through Long Island during maximum extension of Laurentide Ice Sheet |
Central Islip HS |
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9:45 AM |
Abstract Long Island's Kettle Chains and their Correlation to Ancient Meltwater Channels |
Suffolk Community College |
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10:00 AM |
Possible Glaciotectonic Source for Coarse Outwash, Cold Spring Harbor, NY |
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10:15 AM |
Aspects of LGM Deglaciation in Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York City, NY |
Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers |
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10:30 AM |
Grain-size Modes in Long Island Sands and Silts may be Inherited from Grain-size Modes in Bedrock |
Stony Brook University |
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10:45 AM |
Stony Brook University |
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11:00 AM |
Break with light lunch provided |
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11:30 AM |
Smithtown West HS |
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11:45 AM |
The variable water table, Suffolk County, New York |
Stony Brook University |
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12: 00 PM |
Hydrogeology of Staten Island, New York |
Stony Brook University |
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12:15 PM |
Trends in Nitrate Concentrations in Public Water-Supply Wells, Suffolk County, New York, 1982-2008 |
I. Fisher |
USGS Coram |
12:30 PM |
Stony Brook University |
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12:45 PM |
The Geochemistry of Vanadium within the Subterranean Estuary of Stony Brook Harbor, NY |
Stony Brook University |
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1:00 PM |
Freshwater/Seawater Interface Dynamics in the Intertidal Zone at West Neck Bay, Shelter Island, NY |
J. Durand |
Stony Brook University |
1:15 PM |
R.L. Swanson |
Stony Brook University |
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1:30 PM |
End of Conference |
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1:30 PM |
Tour of new Isotope Lab in room ESS 317 |
N.G. Hemming |
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1:30 PM |
Demonstration of MasterSizer grain-size analyzer in room ESS 323 |
C.A. Melrose |