2014 Program | Department of Geosciences

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	.
Time 9:00 AM	Title Introduction	Authors G.N. Hanson	. Stony Brook University
Time 9:15 AM	Title Ice flow in the Vicinity of the Manetto Hills, Dix Hills and Half Hollow Hills in Central Long Island, NY	Authors H.C. Mills	.
Time 9:30 AM	Title Direction of the ice flow through Long Island during maximum extension of Laurentide Ice Sheet	Authors W. Pacholik	. Central Islip HS
Time 9:45 AM	Title Abstract Long Island's Kettle Chains and their Correlation to Ancient Meltwater Channels	Authors S. Tvelia	. Suffolk Community College
Time 10:00 AM	Title Possible Glaciotectonic Source for Coarse Outwash, Cold Spring Harbor, NY	Authors H.C. Mills	.
Time 10:15 AM	Title Aspects of LGM Deglaciation in Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York City, NY	Authors C. Moss	. Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers
Time 10:30 AM	Title Grain-size Modes in Long Island Sands and Silts may be Inherited from Grain-size Modes in Bedrock	Authors C. Melrose G.N. Hanson	. Stony Brook University
Time 10:45 AM	Title Grain Size as a Proxy of Depositional Environment through Assessment of Sediment Cores from Kismet, Fire Island, New York	Authors K.Dias M. Sperazza	. Stony Brook University
Time 11:00 AM	Title Break with light lunch provided	Authors	.
Time 11:30 AM	Title The Change in Soil Acidity on the North Shore of Long Island, New York: Using Depth as a Window into the Past	Authors E. Durcan M. Condzal	. Smithtown West HS
Time 11:45 AM	Title The variable water table, Suffolk County, New York	Authors D.J. Tonjes O. Aphale	. Stony Brook University
Time 12: 00 PM	Title Hydrogeology of Staten Island, New York	Authors S. Rosenberg	. Stony Brook University
Time 12:15 PM	Title Trends in Nitrate Concentrations in Public Water-Supply Wells, Suffolk County, New York, 1982-2008	Authors I. Fisher P.J. Phillips	. USGS Coram
Time 12:30 PM	Title Seasonal Variability of Submarine Groundwater Discharge along the North Shore of Long Island resolved using RN-222	Authors J. Tamborski	. Stony Brook University
Time 12:45 PM	Title The Geochemistry of Vanadium within the Subterranean Estuary of Stony Brook Harbor, NY	Authors M.T. Thorpe C. Young	. Stony Brook University
Time 1:00 PM	Title Freshwater/Seawater Interface Dynamics in the Intertidal Zone at West Neck Bay, Shelter Island, NY	Authors J. Durand T-F Wong	. Stony Brook University
Time 1:15 PM	Title Did Superstorm Sandy Accelerate the Inevitable Needed Modification and Upgrades of the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant?	Authors R.L. Swanson K. Willig R.E. Wilson C. Gobler B. Brownawell	. Stony Brook University
Time 1:30 PM	Title End of Conference	Authors	.
Time 1:30 PM	Title Tour of new Isotope Lab in room ESS 317	Authors N.G. Hemming	.
Time 1:30 PM	Title Demonstration of MasterSizer grain-size analyzer in room ESS 323	Authors C.A. Melrose	.