CEN 514: Geology of Long Island

Fall, 1999

• Catalog Description: This introduction to the geologic process will explore timeliness, continental drift, volcanism, erosion, weathering, and more, all related to the geologic development of Long Island.  There will be two mandatory full-day field trips to observe the region's geologic features.
• Prerequisite: Introductory geology course
• Credits: 3
• Instructors: Steve Engelbright and Glenn Richard
  Email Glenn.Richard@sunysb.edu
  Telephone: 516-632-8336
  FAX: 516-632-8140

• Classes are held on Thursdays from 5:30 to 8:30 PM in ESS room 131
• The two mandatory Saturday field trips will be held on October 2 and November 6

September

• 2 - Introduction to Course; Tour of Museum
• 9 - Field Trip to Ashley Schiff Preserve; Discussion of Projects
• 16 - Field Trip to Groundwater Sampling Wells; Water Chemistry Analysis; Darcy’s Law
• 23 - Hydrogeology; Groundwater Flow Model; Peconic System: A Case Study
• 30 - Coastal Processes; Beaches; Spits; Barrier Islands; Sea-level Rise; Salt Marshes

October

• 2 - Saturday field trip to the Flax Pond and the David Weld Preserve
• 7 - Precambrian and Paleozoic Events; Bedrock Geology
• 14 - Mesozoic Events; Triassic Rifting; Cretaceous Delta
• 21 - Midterm Exam; Pleistocene Climate Changes
• 28 - Glacial Processes and Landforms

November

• 4 - Glacial Processes and Landforms
• 6 - Saturday field trip to the Pine Barrens and the South Fork
• 11 - Glaciotectonics; Faulting; Folding
• 18 - Vegetation and Geology; Long Island Pine Barrens
• 25 - No Class: Happy Thanksgiving

December

• 2 - Jamaica Bay: Effects of Human Activities; Projects Due
• 9 - Final Exam

Grading

• Project 30%
• Midterm Exam 30%
• Final Exam 40%

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Last updated September 30, 1999