CEN 514 - Geology of Long Island - Fall, 2006

Modified October 17, 2006

Instructors

Grading

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

Class Schedule

Time: Thursdays, 5:20 to 8:10 pm
Room: Earth and Space Sciences, room 131
Saturday field trips: October 14, 2006 (Flax Pond and Smith Point) and November 18, 2006 (Montauk)
Participation in the field trips is required, and attendance will be taken. Although attendance is not taken for the lectures, you are responsible for all subject matter that is presented during class, and any details related to the logistics of the course that are discussed.
Note that grading involves two exams and a project. The project may consist of either 1) original research, 2) a new educational tool, or 3) a lesson plan in standard format.
Check this web site periodically, as some details of the schedule may change during the course of the semester.

Date	Topics and Events	Web Sites
September 7	Introduction to Course Campus geology
September 14	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 Pangaea 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 21	Semester project proposal due (1 paragraph). Coastal Processes and Geomorphology Beaches Spits Barrier Islands Effects of Sea Level Change Long Island Sound Sustainability	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 Flax Pond Digital Library
September 28	Surface Water River systems Pollution studies	Nissequogue River Carmans River Connetquot River Calverton Ponds
October 5	Groundwater Hydrogeology Long Island aquifer system	Long Island Groundwater Research Institute
October 12	Tidal Wetlands Salt Marshes (Flax Pond)	Flax Pond Digital Library Wellfleet on Cape Cod Helicopter Flight over Long Island Tidal Wetlands Losses in Nassau and Suffolk Counties Tidal Wetland Losses in Jamaica Bay, Queens County, NY Louisiana Coastal Wetlands Restoration Plan
Saturday, October 14	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 Digital Library Map of our Track and Waypoints at Flax Pond, with Photographs Map of our Track and Waypoints at Fire Island
October 19	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
October 26	Midterm Examination
November 2	Environmental Molecular Science Methodologies	CEMS
November 9	Environmental Molecular Science Lab Visits
November 16	Glacial Geology
Saturday, November 18	Pine Barrens and South Fork Field Trip 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 30	Glacial Geology	Boulders on Stony Brook Campus May Reveal Geology of Long Island Sound Basement Grain-Size Analysis and Provenance of Long Island Loess
December 7	Environmental History of Jamaica Bay Grandifolia Sandhills	Geology Notes: Gateway National Recreation Area Grandifolia Sandhills
Tuesday, December 14	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

CEN 514 - Geology of Long Island - Fall, 2006

Class Schedule

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