Long Island Geology 
Research Papers on the Web

A number of  undergraduate and  graduate research reports, miscellaneous research projects as well as theses at SUNY Stony Brook have been placed on the web. Links to these sites are given below.

Conference on the Geology of Long Island and Metropolitan New York

Each year since 1994 the conference has accepted extended abstract of up to 10 pages single space for publication. The programs are on the web at www.geo.sunysb.edu/lig/. Limited numbers of printed abstract volumes are available for  1994 - 1999, 2001 and 2002. The cost for each volume is $10. If you wish to purchase a printed volume, send a check for $10 for each volume to:
Long Island Geologists
Department of Geosciences
SUNY
Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100

Some of the abstracts for 1996, 1997 and 1998 are on the Long Island Geologists web site. All of the abstracts since 1999 are on the web site.

MS Theses

Organic Sorption and Cation Exchange Capacity  of  Glacial Sand, Long Island   
by Sonya Boguslavsky, 2000

Evaluation of Ar-Ar ages of Individual Mica Grains for Provenance Studies of Loess,
Long Island, NY

by Jian Zhong, 2001

Glaciotectonic Shear Zones: Surface Sample Bias and Clast Fabric Interpretation
by Elliot Klein, 2002

Analysis of Boulder Distribution: Implications for Glacial Processes in the Vicinity of Wildwood State Park, Wading River, New York by Jessica L. McEachern, 2003

Evaluating Nitrate Sources in Suffolk County Groundwater, Long Island, New York
by Jennie Munster, 2004

·  Introduction

·  Chapter 1 Using major elements to determine source of nitrate in groundwater

·  Chapter 2 Nitrate leaching of turfgrass sites with different types of fertilizer and variable site properties.

Age and Provenance of Long Island Loess by Vesna Kundic, 2005

Modeling Cations in a Contaminant Plume in Saturated Zone by Qi (Linda) Liu, 2005
Matlab Program for Cation Transport in a Contaminant Plume by Qi (Linda) Liu 2005

Chemical signature of a sewage plume from a cesspool, Long Island, New York
by Xuan (Sunny) Xu, 2007

Graduate Research Projects

Earth Science Research Project -- GEO 589 Research for Earth Science Teacher  Reports

The Fate of Nitrogenous Fertilizer Applied to Differing Turfgrass Systems by Peter F. Schuchman

Nitrogen Cycling in Pore Water and Sediment at the Base of a Standing Recharge Basin 
by Ashki Rouff, Dep't. of Geosciences, SUNY Stony Brook, December, 1999

Undergraduate Research Projects

Interpreting Geology of Ashley Schiff Park Preserve with New High-Resolution
Digital Elevation Model (DEM) (5 Mb)
Includes a description of how to make a DEM from a digital contour map
by Tenzin Lhundup for MPI Summer Scholars Program 2005

A GPR and mapping study of the evolution of an active parabolic dune system, Napeague, NY
B.S. Honors Thesis by James D. Girardi 2005

Miscellaneous 

Strontium Isotope Study of the Peconic River Watershed, Long Island, New York
by Geng Xin and Gilbert N. Hanson (1994)

Evaluation of Geomorphology of the Stony Brook-Setauket-Port Jefferson Area Based on Digital Elevation Models  
by Gilbert N. Hanson (2000)

On the Origin of Parabolic Dunes Near Friar's Head, Long Island, New York
by Steven C. Englebright, Gilbert N. Hanson, Troy Rasbury, and Eric E. Lamont (2000)

Tracing Sources of Nitrate in the Long Island Aquifer System
P.S. Bleifuss, G.N. Hanson, and M.A.A. Schoonen 

A Geochemical Study of the Effects of Land Use on Nitrate Contamination in the Long Island Aquifer System 
Final Report to Suffolk County Water Authority by  G.N. Hanson, and M.A.A. Schoonen (2001)

Bedrock Geology of New York City: More than 600 m.y. of geologic history
by Pamela Chase Brock & Patrick W. G. Brock