CEN 514 - Geology of Long Island - Fall, 2002


Modified December 9, 2002

Instructors:

Grading

Class Schedule

On Thursday, December 5, class was cancelled due to snow. The material that was not covered will not be included on the final exam.

As was announced at the beginning of the semester, the final exam will be given on Thursday, December 12 at 5:30 PM. The format will be similar to that of the midterm exam, with mutiple choice, short answers and essays. Any material covered this semester may be included on the final exam, but emphasis will be on what was covered after the midterm.

Date

Topics and Events Web Sites
September 5 Introduction to Course
Discussion of Semester Projects
Tour of Museum
September 12 Jamaica Bay
September 19 Semester Project Proposals Due
New York State Geologic Map
Plate Tectonics - A Long Island Perspective
High Pressure Laboratory Tour
Diamond Anvil Cell
Wave Animations

Seismic Waves Software
Seismic Eruptions Software
Seismicity in New York State

September 26 Coastal Processes
Salt Marshes
Estuaries
October 3 Beach Processes
Pine Barrens
Saturday,
October 5
Smith Point and Flax Pond Field Trip
Meet at Smith Point Beach - 9:30 AM
at the western underpass in the big parking lot

Schedule:

  • 9:30 AM - Meet at Smith Point Beach,
    Fire Island
  • 12:00 Noon - lunch
  • 1:30 PM - Meet at loading dock of Earth and Space Sciences Building and go to Flax Pond
  • 5:00 PM - leave Flax Pond
October 10 Grenville Orogeny
Adirondack Geology
Hudson Highlands
Rifting of the Grenville Supercontinent (Rodinia)
GIS Exercise in Computer Lab
October 17 Midterm Exam  
October 24 Geologic History of the New York Area
  • Grenvillian Orogeny
  • Rifting of Rodinia
  • The Taconian Orogeny
  • The Acadian Orogeny
  • The Alleghenian Orogeny
  • Rifting of a Continent
October 31 Geologic History of the New York Area (continued)
  • Fault Basins of the East Coast
  • Cretaceous Delta
  • Glaciotectonics at David Weld Sanctuary

Long Island Hydrogeology
Surface Freshwater
Nissequogue River
Long Island's Water Supply
History of New York City's Water Supply

November 7 Glaciation  
Saturday,
November 9
Montauk Field Trip
November 14 Glaciation  
November 21 Glaciation
December 5 Land Preservation (This session was cancelled due to snow. The material that was not covered will not be included on the final exam.)
December 12
  • Final Exam - Similar in format to the midterm and cumulative, but emphasis is on material covered since midterm
  • Project Reports Due
 

Web Sites of General Interest Regarding Long Island Geology