CEN 514 - Geology of Long Island - Fall, 2007

Modified November 30, 2007

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 20, 2007 (Smith Point and Flax Pond) and November 17, 2007 (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 6	Introduction to Course Campus geology
September 20	Google Earth Demonstration Examples: Virtual Field Trips for Google Earth Ithaca Gorges (kmz file) Ward Pond Ridge Reservation (kmz file) Rome Sand Plains (kmz file) Letchworth State Park (kmz file) Surface Water River systems Pollution studies	Nissequogue River Carmans River Connetquot River Calverton Ponds
September 27	Semester project proposal due (1 paragraph). Groundwater Hydrogeology Long Island aquifer system	Long Island Groundwater Research Institute
October 4	Glacial Geology	Boulders on Stony Brook Campus May Reveal Geology of Long Island Sound Basement Grain-Size Analysis and Provenance of Long Island Loess
October 11	Coastal Processes: Waves, South Shore Beaches Beaches Spits Barrier Islands Intro to Google Earth and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)	Environmental Protection Agency: Beaches Flax Pond Digital Library Coastal Processes PowerPoint Presentation Coastal Landforms - Long Island (Google Earth kmz file)
October 18	Coastal Processes: North Shore, Peconic Bay, and Tidal Wetlands Beaches Spits Barrier Islands Effects of Sea Level Change Long Island Sound Sustainability Flax Pond on Google Earth	Long Island Sound Study Connecticut Office of Long Island Sound Programs The Long Island Sound Foundation New York State Museum GIS Datasets Coastal Processes PowerPoint Presentation Flax Pond (Google Earth kmz file) Field Trip Locations (Google Earth kmz file)
Saturday, October 20	Smith Point and Flax Pond Field Trip Schedule: 9:00 AM - Meet at Smith Point 11:45 PM - Lunch 1:00 PM - Meet at loading dock to carpool for Flax Pond 4:00 PM - Leave Flax Pond	Field Trip Locations (Google Earth kmz file) FlaxPond.org Flax Pond (Google Earth kmz file) Photos from the Flax Pond trip - October 20, 2007 Photos from the Smith Point trip - October 20, 2007 GPSTagr: geotag Flickr photos with GPS data
October 25	Coastal Processes: Tidal Wetlands and Flax Pond Salt Marshes (Flax Pond) GIS Analysis of Tidal Wetlands Flax Pond on Google Earth	FlaxPond.org 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 Flax Pond PowerPoint Presentation Flax Pond (Google Earth kmz file)
November 1	Midterm Examination
November 8	Introduction to GIS, Using Long Island Estuaries Data Tidal Energy on Long Island Geologic History of Long Island and the Surrounding Region Google Earth: New York Landscape Regions 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 New York State Geology on Google Earth	Long Island Estuaries GIS Data Geologic Terminology New York State Museum Adirondack Mountain Club Bedrock Geology of NYC Paul Smiths College Taconic and Acadian Orogeny Appalachian Highlands Earthquake History of New York DLESE NY Landscape Regions in Google Earth Tectonic History of Long Island PowerPoint Presentation Adirondack Geology PowerPoint Presentation High Pressure Laboratory Fact Sheets (.pdf)
November 15	Glacial Geology
Saturday, November 17	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.
Tuesday, November 20	Glacial Geology
November 29	Vegetation and Geology North Shore Woodlands Long Island Pine Barrens Coastal Plain Ponds Bogs	The Long Island Pine Barrens Society Calverton Ponds 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 Long Island Pine Barrens PowerPoint Presentation
* December 6	Environmental History of Jamaica Bay Grandifolia Sandhills	Geology Notes: Gateway National Recreation Area On the Origin of Parabolic Dunes Near Friar's Head, Long Island, New York
* December 13	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, 2007

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