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Program for the Twentieth Conference on

"Geology of Long Island and Metropolitan New York"

Saturday April 13, 2013 

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 05/29/2014

Each presentation will be 15 minutes.


There is an e-mail link to the author(s). The link on the title goes to the abstract on the web.

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

Affiliation

Time9:00 AM

Title

Introduction

Authors

G.N. Hanson

Affiliation

Stony Brook University
Time9:05 AM

Title

Impacts of sea-level rise on on Long Island Water Tables: One search for evidence
 

Authors

D. Tonjes

Affiliation

Stony Brook University
Time9:20 AM

Title

An Extraordinary Deposit of very coarse Stratified Drift, Cold Spring Harbor

Authors

H.C. Mills
 

Affiliation

Nassau Community College
Time9:35 AM

Title

Glacial Cobbles from Long Island’s North Shore as Lithic Material: Exotic Points? Bartered Lithics? Or was Quartz the Favored Choice for Stone Points?
 

Authors

B. Keegan

Affiliation

Experimental Flintknapper
Time9:50 AM

Title

Petrography and Bedrock Origin of Shelter Rock, a Large Glacial Erratic in Western Long Island, New York

Authors

C. Ciano1
 J.C. Cheong1
 S. Leone2
 C. Merguerian2
 J B. Bennington2

Affiliation

1Macarthur High School
2Hofstra University
Time10:05 AM

Title

Geophysical Insights Into the Origin of ‘The Wall’, a Glaciotectonic Feature on the Stony Brook Campus
 

Authors

D.M. Davis
J. Farrell
J. Inoa
H. Last

G. Swirson
Y. Tang
G. Zagorsky

Affiliation

Stony Brook University
Time10:20 AM

Title

Formation of Long Island's North Shore Coastline
 

Authors

W. Pacholik

Affiliation

Central Islip HS
Time10:35 AM

Title

Evidence of Glacial Readvances During Recession from the Last Glacial Maximum from the Citifield Stadium Site, Queens, New York City, NY
 

Authors

C. Moss

Affiliation

Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers
Time10:50 AM

Title

Documenting the occurrence of Carolina Bays on Long Island
 

Authors

G.E. Gill

Affiliation

Stony Brook University
Time11:05 AM

Title

Break with light lunch provided

Authors

 

Affiliation

 
Time11:45 AM

Title

Submarine Groundwater Discharge: Understanding Flux Signatures in Thermal Infrared Data in Port Jefferson and Stony Brook Harbors, Long Island, New York 
 

Authors

J. Tamborski

Affiliation

Stony Brook University
Time12:00 PM

Title

Effect of the Shoreline Topography on Seepage Properties in Port Jefferson Harbor , NY

Authors

J.M. Durand
C. Young
G. Hanson
T-f. Wong

Affiliation

Stony Brook University
Time12: 15 PM

Title

Submarine discharge of nitrate rich groundwater into Port Jefferson Harbor, Long Island, NY
 

Authors

C. Young1
 J. Durand1
J. Rapaglia2
H. Bokuniewicz1

Affiliation

1Stony Brook University
2Sacred Heart University
Time12:30 PM

Title

Controls on Megaconstruction - Geotechnical Advances in NYC Capital Projects

Authors

V. Fernandes
C. Merguerian

Affiliation

Hofstra University
Time12:45 PM

Title

Delineation of Fractures, Foliation, and Groundwater of the Bedrock at the Harlem River Tunnel in Northern New York County, New York

Authors

F. Stumm
A. Chu
P.K. Joesten 
M. L. Noll
M. Como

Affiliation

USGS Coram
Time1:00 PM

Title

From Montauk To Manhattan:  Measuring Storm Tide And High-Water Marks Caused By Hurricane Sandy In New York  

Authors

A. Simonson

Affiliation

USGS Coram
Time1:15 PM

Title

Sedimentology and Structure of Storm Overwash Lobes Deposited by Hurricane Sandy Near Tiana Beach, New York

Authors

J.B. Bennington

Affiliation

Hofstra University
Time1:30 PM

Title

Hurricane Sandy Cleanup in NYC
 

Authors

T. Masters

Affiliation

Envirotrac
Time1:45 PM

Title

End of Conference

Authors

 

Affiliation