CEN 514 - Fall, 2003

CEN 514 - Geology of Long Island - Fall, 2003

Modified November 7, 2003

Instructors:

Glenn Richard
Steve Englebright
Mirza Beg

Grading

Midterm Exam - 30%
Final Exam - 35%
Project - 35%

Class Schedule

Time: Thursdays, 5:20 to 8:20 pm
Room: Earth and Space Sciences, room 131
Saturday field trips: October 18, 2003 and November 8, 2003

Date	Topics and Events	Web Sites
September 4	Introduction to Course Discussion of Semester Projects
September 11	Geologic History of Long Island and the Surrounding Region Tour of High Pressure laboratory Tour of Museum Grenvillian Orogeny Rifting of Rodinia The Taconian Orogeny The Acadian Orogeny The Alleghenian Orogeny Rifting of a Continent Fault Basins of the East Coast Cretaceous Delta	Geologic Terminology Bedrock Geology of NYC New York State Museum Adirondack Mountain Club Bedrock Geology of NYC Adirondack Journal Paul Smiths College Taconic and Acadian Orogeny Appalachian Highlands Seismic Event: Au Sable Forks, New York Earthquake, April 20, 2002 NEIC Earthquake Bulletin for AuSable Forks Event Earthquake History of New York New York Seismicity Amityville Quake 1884 Massena Quake 1944
September 18	Glacial Geology	Boulders on Stony Brook Campus May Reveal Geology of Long Island Sound Basement Grain-Size Analysis and Provenance of Long Island Loess
September 25	Glacial Geology
October 2	Glacial Geology
October 9	Coastal Processes and Geomorphology Beaches Spits Barrier Islands Effects of Sea Level Change Long Island Sound GIS	Long Island Sound Study Connecticut Office of Long Island Sound Programs The Long Island Sound Foundation Environmental Protection Agency: Beaches New York State Museum GIS Datasets GIS Information
October 16	Tidal Wetlands Salt Marshes (Flax Pond)	Tidal Wetland Ecology of Long Island Sound Flax Pond, a Long Island Salt Marsh Flax Pond Digital Library Flax Pond Links Loss of Intertidal Marsh Flax Pond: A Historical Perspective of Geomorphic Development
Saturday, October 18	Flax Pond and Smith Point Field Trip Schedule: 9:00 AM - Meet at loading dock of Earth and Space Sciences Building and go to Flax Pond 12:15 PM - Lunch 1:45 PM - Meet at western underpass in Smith Point County park parking lot 5:00 PM - Leave Smith Point	Flax Pond, a Long Island Salt Marsh
October 23	Midterm Examination
October 30	Vegetation and Geology North Shore Woodlands Pine Barrens Bogs	The Long Island Pine Barrens Society New York Flora Association New York Metropolitan Flora Project USGS - Northeast Wetland Flora The Nature Conservancy - Long Island Chapter Long Island Grasslands Long Island Pine Barrens
November 6	Surface Water River systems Pollution studies	Nissequogue River Carmans River Connetquot River Calverton Ponds
Saturday, November 8	Montauk Field Trip - Finalized Plan Meeting time: 9:00 AM - Please be on time or risk missing this mandatory field trip. Meeting place: Earth and Space Sciences loading dock. All participants must meet there, since the first stop of the trip will be on the Stony Brook campus. Carpooling: Please arrange to carpool, since a large caravan would likely become fragmented during the trip.
November 13	Groundwater Hydrogeology Long Island aquifer system	Long Island Groundwater Research Institute
November 20	Environmental History of Jamaica Bay Grandifolia Sandhills	Geology Notes: Gateway National Recreation Area Grandifolia Sandhills
December 4	Environmental Molecular Science Methodologies	CEMS
December 11	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