2022 Program | Department of Geosciences

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29th Conference on

"Geology of Long Island and Metropolitan New York"

Saturday April 9, 2022

Earth and Space Sciences Building - Stony Brook University

The online conference will begin at 9:00 AM

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9:00 am	Introduction	GN Hanson	Stony Brook University
9:15 am	Creating and Developing Engaging Rocks and Minerals Project Based Curriculum through Field Trips for Earth Science Students	L Melzer	Manhattan International HS
9:30 am	Setauket Pond: An Anthropogenically Influenced Natural Laboratory to Study Boron Isotopes	B Peritore E Spreen D Downs C Wright J Hudson K Wooton ET Rasbury	Stony Brook University
9:45 am	Boron isotopes reveal differences in boron uptake in tomato plants from different sources	T Rasbury K Wooton B Peritore C Wright M Passik R Wooton S Letscher C Wong A Clarke M Doall	Stony Brook University
10:00 am	Employing Compound Discovery Techniques to Determine Occurrence and Fate of Trace Organic Contaminants in Long Island Residential Wastewater and Nitrogen Removing Biofilters	R Smolinski CA McDonough	Stony Brook University
10:15 am	Decadal trends in groundwater and surface water nitrate concentrations in south-central Town of Brookhaven.	D Tonjes	Stony Brook University
10:30 am	Break
10:45 am	Sunspots Number Effect on Earth's Climate Change and How Water Sustainability is Influenced in Long Island, NY	G Tentomas AE Marsellos	Hofstra University
11:00 am	A Geospatial Analysis of the Sunspots Effect on Groundwater Levels in Long Island NY during 2002-2021	AE Marsellos KG Tsakiri G Tentomas	Hofstra University
11:15 am	A Study of the flooding from Hurricane Ida on Staten Island, NY	AI Benimoff	College of Staten Island
11:30 am	Long-term behavior of Long Island Ocean Beaches, East Hampton, NY	H Bokuniewicz M Wrobel S Daly J Pizaro	Stony Brook University North Carolina State Stony Brook University Stony Brook University
11:45 am	Sediment mobility on the Long Island Continental Shelf	Y Huang S G Jang H Bokuniewicz	Stony Brook University
12 noon	Break
12:30 pm	Geological Solutions for Providing a Scientific Basis for Differing Site Condition Claims	C Merguerian JM Merguerian	Duke Geological Lab.
12:45 pm	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Logging of a Deep Test Well for Estimation of Aquifer and Confining-Unit Hydraulic Properties, Long Island, New York	F Stumm JH Williams	USGS Coram
1:00 pm	The Making Groundwater Maps in Planning, Design, and Construction for Architectural and Engineering Projects on Long Island, NY	D Askins	M & J Engineering
1:15 pm	Luminescence Dating of Glacial Sediments at Hither Hills State Park, NY	T Grandfield M Frouin D Davis R Korman	Stony Brook University
1:30 pm	The Provenance and Ages of Glacial Sediments on Long Island	T Plummer M Potter R Davies SJ Jaret	AMNH AMNH AMNH & Queensboro CC AMNH
1:45 pm	The Bear’s Den Granite, Bronx Zoo, NY	SJ Jaret N Tailby, E DiPadova ET Rasbury K Wooton	AMNH and SBU AMNH AMNH Stony Brook University Stony Brook University
2:00	End of presentations