CEN 514 - Fall, 2001

CEN 514 - Geology of Long Island - Fall, 2001

Instructors:
Steve Englebright
Glenn Richard

Class Schedule

Date	Topics and Events	Web Sites
August 30	Introduction to Course Tour of Museum	Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences
September 6	Tour of glacial erratics and abandoned stream valleys on campus Discussion about projects	Boulders on Stony Brook Campus May Reveal Geology of Long Island Sound Basement Grain-Size Analysis and Provenance of Long Island Loess
September 13	Project proposals due Tour of Ashley Schiff Preserve on campus Plate Tectonics	Ashley Schiff Preserve Science Walk
September 20	Hydrogeology History of Long Island and NYC Water Supply	Long Island Groundwater Research Institute
October 4	Precambrian Events The Grenville Orogeny Adirondack Mountains The Hudson Highlands Rifting of the Grenville Supercontinent The Taconian Orogeny The Acadian Orogeny The Alleghenian Orogeny Rifting of a Continent Cretaceous Delta	Adirondack Mountain Club A Tapestry of Time and Terrain Adirondack Journal Paul Smiths College Taconic and Acadian Orogeny Appalachian Highlands
October 11	Coastal Processes Salt Marshes Estuaries Beaches	Long Island Sound Study The Long Island Sound Foundation Flax Pond: A Historical Perspective of Geomorphic Development
Saturday October 13	Flax Pond and Smith Point Field Trip	Flax Pond, a Long Island Salt Marsh
October 18	Pleistocene Climate Change Glaciation	Long Island's Icy Past
October 25	Midterm Exam Glaciation
Saturday October 27	Montauk Field Trip	The Factors Involved in the Formation of the Moving Dune System: Napeague
November 1	Vegetation and Geology
November 8	Pine Barrens	The Long Island Pine Barrens Society
November 15	Protection of Long Island's Environment
November 29	Jamaica Bay	Geology Notes: Gateway National Recreation Area
December 6	Friar's Head Dunes Dwarf Beech Forest	Grandifolia Sandhills
December 13	Projects due Final Exam

Web Sites of General Interest Regarding Long Island Geology