Program for the 24th Conference on
"Geology of Long Island and Metropolitan New York"
Saturday April 8, 2017
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.
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.
Abstracts as of 08/08/2017
Each presentation will be 15 minutes.
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Time |
Title |
Authors |
Affiliation |
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Time 9:00 AM |
Title Introduction and the Geoscience Workforce Gap |
Authors G.N. Hanson |
Affiliation Stony Brook University |
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Time 9:15 AM |
Title pH of Soil on Stony Brook Campus: research projects by GeoPREP high school students |
Authors M. DonnellyGeoPREP high school students |
Affiliation Stony Brook University |
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Time 9:30 AM |
Title Geoscience educational opportunities & career oriented research experiences |
Authors S. TveliaM. McNamara S. Mandia D. Butkos |
Affiliation Suffolk CountyCommunity College |
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Time 9:45 AM |
Title Teaching an active learning class in geomorphology |
Authors A.D. RogersG.N. Hanson |
Affiliation Stony Brook University |
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Time 10:00 AM |
Title Pebbly Loess in the Pine Barrens of Central Suffolk County, Long IslandResearch reports that describe pebbly loess on Long Island and elsewhere
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Authors J. Rezza |
Affiliation Stony Brook University |
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Time 10:15 AM |
Title Function and performance of Nitrogen Removing Biofilters (NRBs) for onsite wastewater treatment |
Authors X. MaoS. Waugh R. Price J. Garvey C. Gobler H. Walker |
Affiliation Stony Brook University |
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Time 10:30 AM |
Title U-Pb ages for zircon from SBU campus loess |
Authors A. KlingS. Jaret E.T. Rasbury |
Affiliation Stony Brook University |
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Time 10:45 |
Title Poster Presenters give brief oral presentations |
Authors |
Affiliation |
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Time 11:00 AM |
Title Break |
Authors |
Affiliation |
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Time 11:30 AM |
Title The Recent Long Island Drought |
Authors D. Tonjes |
Affiliation Stony Brook University |
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Time 11:45 AM |
Title Distribution of Large Glacial Erratic Boulders on the North Shore of Nassau County, New York |
Authors H.C. MillsA.J. Lindberg L. A. Lindberg |
Affiliation Nassau County Division of Museums & Preserves (Ret.) |
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Time 12: 00 PM |
Title Mapping the 20-foot clay (Wantagh Formation) in Queens and Brooklyn, NY |
Authors C MossT. D. Canale |
Affiliation MRCE |
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Time 12:15 PM |
Title Seismic and Core Studies south of Long Island: New Data and New Insights. |
Authors R. Flood |
Affiliation Stony brook University |
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Time 12:30 PM |
Title New insights from sediment cores into the environmental history of a Phragmites-invaded coastal wetland in Douglas Manor, Queens, NY |
Authors J.B BenningtonE. Weaver M. LaBarca J. Finkbeiner |
Affiliation Hofstra UniversitySyracuse University Syosett High School Paul D. Schreiber High School |
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Time 12:45 PM |
Title Tracking the path of contaminants in western and central Long Island Sound |
Authors E. Lauture |
Affiliation Queens College |
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Time 1:00 PM |
Title Applying for Geologic Licensure in New York State |
Authors J. M. Nadeau |
Affiliation NYSCPG
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Time |
Title |
Authors |
Affiliation |
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Time Poster |
Title |
Authors I. GogosJ. Finneran K. Shire, A. Marsellos |
Affiliation Hofstra University |
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Time Poster |
Title GIS and statistical analysis of local business responses of flooding events along the Mohawk River valley in Amsterdam, New York
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Authors S. LakeramD.Chernoff T. Pascucci A. Marsellos |
Affiliation Hofstra University |
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Immediately after the conference there will be an opportunity to participate in one of the following:
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