2015 Program | Department of Geosciences

Program for the 22nd Conference on

"Geology of Long Island and Metropolitan New York"

Saturday April 11, 2015

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 04/13/2015

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	Affiliation
9:00 AM	Introduction	G.N. Hanson	Stony Brook University
9:15 AM	The New York State Master Teacher Program: Experiences, Goals and Future Directions in Earth Science Teaching	S. Burns O. Crnosija C. Hantz	Connetquot HS Smithtown HS West Mount Sinai HS
9:30 AM	Structural Geology and Metamorphism of the World Trade Center Site	C. Merguerian C. Moss	Duke Labs/Hofstra Univ. Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers
9:45 AM	Boulders and the 2 Till Problem on Long Island	H.C. Mills
10:00 AM	The Problem Posed by New York’s “20-Foot Clay”: Which is Wrong – Published Dates, Presumed Glacial Events, or Strata Origins?	C. Moss	Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers
10:15 AM	The Morphology and Stratigraphy of the Jericho Moraine, Nassau County, NY	H.C. Mills
10:30 AM	Long Island's Carolina Bays and the Younger Dryas Impact Event abstract Research Report	S. Tvelia	Suffolk Community College
10:45 AM	Grain size analysis and soil stratigraphy across Suffolk County: Proxy for classification of sediment as a diamict	K. Dominguez	Stony Brook University
11:00 AM	Break Coffee, Tea and Light Lunch
11:30 AM	Report on Water Level Monitoring in the Vicinity of the Brookhaven Landfill, 2014	D. Tonjes	Stony Brook University
11:45 AM	Dunes, Bluffs and Peneplains on New York's Ocean Coast	H. Huang	Stony Brook University
12: 00 PM	The Environmental History of North Cinder Island Marsh in the Town of Hempstead, New York.	V. Fernandes E.C. Farmer J. Browne D. Peteet J. Mayo	Hofstra University
12:15 PM	Trace metal trends in sediment cores and foraminifera tests from the Crab Meadow marsh, Northport, NY	D. Ferraiolo J.B. Bennington B. Senzer	Hofstra University Hofstra University Syosett HS
12:30 PM	Pore Water Radionuclide Variability in Smithtown Bay - Implications for Submarine Groundwater Discharge	J. Tamborski	Stony Brook University
12:45 PM	Multi-Model Validation Assessment of Groundwater Flow Simulation Models Using Area Metric Approach	O. Aphale D.J. Tonjes	Stony Brook University
1:00 PM	Delineation of Fractures, Foliation, and Groundwater of the Bedrock at a Geothermal Feasibility Site on Roosevelt Island, New York County, New York	F. Stumm A. Chu M. Como M.L. Noll P.K. Joesten	USGS Coram
1:15 PM	The effect of road salt on soil pH	L. Gil A. King C. Cobo S. Tang	GeoPREP program Stony Brook University
Abstract Only	Long Island Subglacial Drainage Patterns Reveal the Direction of Glacial Flow	W. Pacholik	Central Islip HS
Poster	Time Trends of Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent with Sources from Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facilities and Hospitals	K. Colella	Stony Brook University
1:45 PM	Demonstration of Ground Penetrating Radar. Meet in Lecture Hall. The demonstration is just outside the building.	G. Piccione
1:45 PM	Demonstration of MasterSizer grain-size analyzer in room ESS 323	M. Donnelly
2:15 PM	Demonstration of Ground Penetrating Radar. The demonstration is just outside the building.	G. Piccione
2:15 PM	Demonstration of MasterSizer grain-size analyzer in room ESS 323	M. Donnelly