25th Conference on
"Geology of Long Island and Metropolitan New York"
Saturday April 14, 2018
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.
Each presentation will be 15 minutes.
Authors, Abstracts and Titles to date (04/13/2018)
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Title |
Authors |
Affiliation |
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9:00 AM |
Introduction and The Geoscience Workforce Gap |
G.N. Hanson | Stony Brook University |
| 9:15 AM | Fluoridation and county-level secondary bone cancer among cancer patients in New York State | N. Crnosija J. R. Meliker |
Stony Brook University |
| 9:30 AM | Nitrogen transformation and microbial characterization in Removing Biofilters (NRBs) for onsite wastewater treatment on Long Island | X. Mao S. Waugh R. Price F. Russo C. Gobler H. Walker |
Stony Brook University |
| 9:45 AM | Emerging Contaminants in Groundwater on Long Island; | C. Berardi Tuohy | Arcadis |
| 10:00 AM | Analysis of Emerging Contaminants in groundwater | D. Corbett | Arcadis |
| 10:15 AM | D. Tonjes P. Nguyen |
Stony Brook University | |
| 10:30 AM | Groundwater cleanup progress at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton NY | D. Paquette Wm. Dorsch R. Howe, V Racaniello J. Burke |
Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| 10:45 AM | Short oral presentations by Poster Presenters | ||
| 11:00 AM | Coffee and Snack view posters | ||
| 11:30 AM | Update on the status of the NYS Professional Geologist License | R. Alvey | EPA |
| 11:45 AM | Shallow Water Quality of Shelter Island, NY.
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B. McCarthy I. Fisher K. Colella |
USGS Coram |
| 12:00 PM | Why are plants thriving in woodlands on Stony Brook Campus despite acid rain and acid soil? | J. Hudson G.N. Hanson |
Stony Brook University |
| 12:15 PM | Occurrence of Pebbly Loess on the North and South Forks Research reports that describe pebbly loess on Long Island and elsewhere |
K. Guercio C. Morrill |
Stony Brook University |
| 12:30 PM | Late Glacial to modern evolution of the inner continental shelf south of Long Island | R.D Flood J. Lashley I. Dwyer H. Bokuniewicz |
Stony Brook University |
| 12:45 PM | Interpreting the Stratigraphic Record of Glacial Readvances Along the Hudson River
at Manhattanville, New York City, NY |
C. Moss | MRCE |
| 1:00 PM | Long Island Subglacial Drainage Patterns Reveal the Direction of Glacial Flow
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W. Pacholik | Central Islip HS |
| 1:15 PM | Challenges of imaging burial sites in glacially-derived sediments using GPR a comparison of GPR results in Montauk and on Shelter Island, showing the challenges of identifying older burial sites in the absence of well-stratified sediments |
N. Crnosija D. M. Davis A. McGovern S. Lotz V. Kundic |
Stony Brook University |
| 1:30 PM | Application of GPR and OSL in interpretation of depositional history of western part of Fire Island, NY | V. Kundic D. M. Davis |
Stony Brook University |
| 1:45 PM | GPR studies in chaotic glacial terrain: the Ashley Schiff Preserve, Stony Brook a description of the stark contrast between the well-defined glacial tectonics at other sites and the chaotic signal of hummocky terrain in the Ashley Schiff Preserve, with an interpretation of what the GPR signal can tell us even in such a complex setting |
S. Lotz D. M. Davis N. Crnosija V. Kundic |
Stony Brook University |
| Poster |
Mineralogical Analysis of Indian Rock, a Large Glacial Erratic in Rocky Point, NY |
A. Zovich J.B. Bennington |
S.H. Calhoun HS Hofstra University |
| Poster |
Preliminary Survey of Glacial Deposits Exposed at Hallock State Park Preserve, Mattituck, NY |
A.J. LaBarca J.B. Bennington |
Syosset HS Hofstra University
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| Poster | Trace Metal Concentration in Soil at Crossroads Farm in Malverne, New York |
A. Lewis A. Hampton D. Hsu M. Jason M. Maliszka E.C. Farmer |
Hofstra University |
| Poster | Sedimentological Characterization of a Core from the Douglas Manor Marsh Using Laser Diffractometry | L.Munn J.B. Bennington |
Elmont Memorial HS Hofstra University |
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Immediately after the conference there will be tours through the following labs:
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