Date |
Topics and Events |
Web Sites |
September 3
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Introduction to Course
- Campus Geology Walk with GPS Tracking
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September 10
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Our Place
in the World
- Data on the CEN 514 Blackboard Site
- Google Earth Demonstration
- Using GPS Data from Campus Geology
- Google Earth Community Data
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September
17
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Semester project proposal
due (1 paragraph).
Geologic History of New York State and Vicinity
- Grenville Orogeny
- Rifting
- Potsdam Sandstone
- 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
- Rise of Adirondacks
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Google Earth
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September 24
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Long Island
Pine Barrens
Vegetation and Geology
The Long Island Pine Barrens
- Fire Adaptation
- Forests and Wetlands
- Pine Barrens Protection
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October 1
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Coastal Processes and Features
Long Island's Coastal Features
- Beaches
- Spits
- Barrier Islands
- Effects of Sea Level Change
- Long Island Sound
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October 8
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Creating Google Earth Data
- Folders
- Points
- Overlays: a USGS Topographic Map
- Saving Data
- Paths
- Polygons
- The consequences of not saving data properly
- Ejecting your memory stick
Tidal Wetlands
Tidal Wetlands
- Flax Pond
- Google Earth Flax Pond Data
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October 15
|
Midterm Examination |
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October 22
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Surface Water
- River systems
- Pollution studies
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Saturday,
October 24
|
Flax Pond and Smith Point Field Trip
Photographs from the trip,
by Sandy Richard
Flax
Pond
Smith
Point
Modified schedule, due to possible thunderstorms (Leave ESS at 9 am
sharp, but other times are approximate):
- 9:00 AM - Meet at loading dock to carpool to Flax Pond (low tide
will be ~11:30 am)
- 11:30 PM - Lunch on Your Own
- Directions to Smith Point
- 12:45 PM - Meet at Smith Point
- 3:00 PM - End of Trip - Leave Smith Point
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October 29
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Groundwater
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November 5
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Glacial Geology |
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Saturday,
November 7
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Pine Barrens and South
Fork Field Trip
Meeting time: 9:00 AM - You must 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.
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November 12
|
Glacial Geology |
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November 19
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Tidal Energy in Long Island's Estuaries
Activity for Today
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December 3
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Environmental History of Jamaica Bay
Grandifolia Sandhills |
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December 10
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Final Exam
- Similar in format to the midterm and cumulative, but emphasis is
on material covered since midterm
Project Reports Due |
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