PROGRAM
Long Island
Geologists Conference on
"Geology
of Long Island
and
Metropolitan New York"
Saturday
April 19, 1997
Earth and
Space Sciences Building SUNY Stony Brook
Major
goals of the conference are to inform participants of ongoing research, to
promote further research and collaboration among researchers, to define
important areas where research is needed, and to encourage further research on
Long Island and in Metropolitan New York.
Companies,
agencies, schools, universities and colleges are encouraged to display
promotional or informational material at the conference.
If you have any photographs relating to the geology of Long Island or Metropolitan New York that are particularly attractive, we will be happy to display them also.
There will be a $50 prize for the best photo.
Time |
Title |
Authors |
Affiliation |
8:30 a.m. |
Pick up registration
materials |
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9:00 a.m. |
Introductory remarks |
G.N. Hanson |
SUNY Stony Brook |
9:10 a.m. |
The potential for U-Pb dating of
coprolites, Hartford Basin, Connecticut |
M.L. Becker, |
SUNY Stony Brook |
9:30 a.m. |
L. Sirkin |
Adelphi |
|
9:50 a.m. |
J.E. Sanders |
Hofstra |
|
10:10 a.m. |
In-situ classification of Port Jefferson Harbor sediments using dynamic probe penetrometer |
H. Bittner |
SUNY Stony Brook Lamont-Doherty |
10:30 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
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11:00 a.m. |
F. Buonaiuto, Jr |
SUNY Stony Brook |
|
11:20 a.m. |
Some considerations regarding the possible geologic
origins of the Peconic River
Headwaters |
S.E. Englebright |
SUNY Stony Brook |
11:40 a.m. |
Dendrochronology and geochemistry of trees on Long Island, NY |
S.A. Lawrence |
SUNY Stony Brook |
12:00 noon |
Lunch |
||
1:00 p.m. |
P. Bleifuss |
SUNY Stony Brook |
|
1:20 p.m. |
Effects of anisotropy on a US3D finite element groundwater
model |
A.C. Bennett |
SUNY Stony Brook |
1:40 p.m. |
Development and evaluation of an ultrasonic groundwater
seepage meter |
R.J. Paulsen |
Suffolk Dept. Health |
2:00 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
||
2:20 p.m. |
Side-scan sonar studies of clam distribution patterns in
Great South Bay |
R. Flood |
SUNY Stony Brook |
2:50 p.m. |
Ventifacts as
indicators of localized long-term wind currents |
T.A. Stock |
Nassau Boces |
3:10 p.m. |
Horizontal and vertical transport of solutes in the bioturbated zone of Long Island Sound |
S.M. Dunn |
SUNY Stony Brook |
3:30 p.m. |
Sources of lead and selected other
heavy metals in Williamsburg soils, Brooklyn, New York |
N.H. Amaach |
Brooklyn College |
4:00 p.m. |
Lab Tours |
||
4:00 p.m. |
Discussion on status of licensing geologists in New York
State |
Wm. Kelly |
NY State Council of Professional
Geologists |
5:00 p.m. |
End of Conference |
||
Poster |
The World Wide Web as a resource for Earth science education |
G.A. Richard |
SUNY Stony Brook |
Poster |
Glaciofluvial and glaciotectonic structures in Manorville, Long
Island |
J.A. Keller |
SUNY Stony Brook |
Poster |
J.B.
Bennington |
Hofstra |
|
Poster |
Flow-through analog groundwater models: Lesson plans and
activities for teachers |
J.A. Keller |
SUNY Stony Brook |
Poster |
Groundwater investigations in Pleasant Plains, Staten Island, New York |
A.I. Benimoff |
College of Staten Island |
Poster |
A. Adler |
Ward Melville H.S. SUNY StonyBrook |
|
Poster |
Acoustic identification of ship-derived debris beneath
shipping lanes: examples from Lake Ontario |
V.L. Ferrini |
SUNY Stony Brook |
Poster |
Glaciotectonic origin of
terrain, Hither Hills, Long Island: A preliminary
study |
M. Bernard |
SUNY Stony Brook |
Poster |
F.P. Castellano |
P.W. Grosser Consulting |
|
Abstract Only |
The Montauk Peninsula: Data and preliminary
interpretations of the Ditch Plains area |
J.A. Black |
GSI |
Abstract only |
Expediting site closure with the fate and transport models
BioTrans and SpillCAD |
D.T. Jacobs |
Miller Environmental |
If you are not familiar with the Stony Brook Campus, enter
via the north entrance to the campus on Nicolls Road
(county highway 97) immediately south of state highway 25A. After entering the
campus, at the top of the small hill, turn right on North Loop Road. Proceed
about 1 mile. Turn left on to Center Drive. Proceed about 50 yards then turn
right into the large paved parking lot. The Earth and Space Sciences building
is the large, gray concrete building at the northeast end of the parking lot.
Registration is $20.00 including lunch and abstracts. Registration required by Tuesday, April 15, 1997. Register by sending a check made out to Long Island Geologists.
Registrations received after April 15 and on
the day of the conference will be charged $25.00.
We cannot guarantee that a lunch will be
available for those who do not pre-register.
Long Island
Geologists
Department
of Earth and Space Sciences
S.U.N.Y.
Stony Brook,
NY 11794-2100
Phone: 516
632 8535; Fax: 516 632 8240, e-mail: gil@pbisotopes.ess.sunysb.edu
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