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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

.