Fall, 2000
Long Island Geologists Field Trip - October 28, 2000 - "The Origin of Long Island's Boulders?"
Leaders: Waldemar Pacholik, Gilbert N. Hanson and Janet Kaczmarek
Meet at 9 am in room 123 of the Earth and Space Sciences Building
After an initial discussion about rock types in the bedrock of Connecticut, participants will visit a Long Island North Shore beach.
The trip will finish by 5 pm.
Cost: $10.00 per participant
Registration forms will be given out in class on Thursday, October 19. You will need to get them in the mail ASAP. Sorry for the rush.
Schedule of Classes
| September | |
7 |
Introduction to course Campus field trip – Ashley Schiff Discussion of projects |
14 |
Coastal processes and features Salt marshes Sea level change |
Sat., 16 |
Flax Pond/Smith Point Field Trip |
21 |
Campus field trip - Groundwater sampling wells for water chemistry Darcy’s Law |
28 |
Tour of Museum Hydrogeology |
| October | |
5 |
The Peconic system – watershed and estuary Groundwater flow model |
12 |
Precambrian and Paleozoic events Bedrock geology |
19 |
Mesozoic events including continental rifting and Cretaceous delta |
26 |
Midterm exam Pleistocene climate changes |
| November | |
2 |
Vegetation and geology: Long Island Pine Barrens |
9 |
Glacial processes and landforms |
16 |
Glacial processes and landforms, continued |
Sat., 18 |
Montauk field trip |
23 |
Thanksgiving – no school |
30 |
Glaciotectonics – folding and faulting |
| December | |
7 |
Jamaica Bay: effects of human activities |
14 |
Final Exam |