St. Lawrence Geology Alumni

St. Lawrence Geology Alumni

Talks and posters by SLU Geology students, faculty, and some alumni for the
2011 Northeastern and North Central Joint Section Meeting of the Geological Society
March 20-22, 2011
If you are an alum and your presentation is missing from the list, please send an email ~ name in bold designates author with SLU connection

Session No. 4 Sunday, March 8 20 :00 AM-12:00 PM
Extending Geological Education beyond the Academy
Omni William Penn Hotel: Monongahela

FOSSIL COLLECTING AT THE GREAT NEW YORK STATE FAIR: OUTREACH FROM THE PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION: ROSS, Robert M.¹, AUER, Sara L.¹, SMRECAK, Trisha A.¹, and SANDS, Samantha L.², (1) Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, rmr16@cornell.edu, (2) Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205
A THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE: MEETING PUBLIC EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE OUTREACH NEEDS IN A RAPIDLY EMERGING SHALE GAS PLAY: SMRECAK, Trisha A., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, tas233@cornell.edu, ROSS, Robert, The Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, CRONIN, Kelly, Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850, AUER, Sara L., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, and HOWE, Rod, Cornell University, 43 Warren Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853

Session No. 7 Sunday, March 20 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Geochemistry (Posters)
Omni William Penn Hotel: Grand Ballroom/Urban Room

TRACE ELEMENT CONTENT OF THE MARCELLUS SHALE: CAESAR, Wendell, Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University, 149 Brown Hall, Canton, NY 13617, wscaes07@stlawu.edu, MOSHER, David, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180, and CHIARENZELLI, Jeff, Geology, St. Lawrence University, 149 Brown Hall, St. Lawrence University 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, NY 13617

Session No. 18 Sunday, March 20 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Syncrystallization Evolution of Granitic Magma in Orogenic Belts
Omni William Penn Hotel: Lawrence Welk

NEW GEOCHEMICAL AND GEOCHRONOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE ORIGIN AND TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE POPPLE HILL GNEISS IN THE ADIRONDACK LOWLANDS, NEW YORK: HUDSON, Michael R., Department of Chemistry/Geology/Physics, Ashland University, Ashland, OH 44805, mhudson@ashland.edu, CHIARENZELLI, Jeff, Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, and DAHL, Peter S., Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242

Session No. 20 Sunday, March 20 3:15 PM-5:30 PM,
Life’s Footprint: New Frontiers in Field and Experimental Trace Fossil Research (Eastern Section, SEPM)
Omni William Penn Hotel: Frick

NEOICHNOLOGY WITH ROVs: DEEP-SEA FISH TRACES AND SEDIMENT RE-SUSPENSION IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN: BUYNEVICH, Ilya V.¹, TSADOK, Rami², RUBIN, Maxim², BENNER, Jacob S.³, AUSTIN, James A. Jr⁴, COLEMAN, Dwight⁵, BEN-AVRAHAM, Zvi², BALLARD, Robert⁵, FULLER, Sarah⁶, and TIBOR, Gideon⁷, (1) Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, coast@temple.edu, (2) Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Mt. Carmel, Haifa, 31905, Israel, (3) Tufts University, Department of Geology, Lane Hall, Medford, MA 02155, (4) Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin, J.J. Pickle Research Campus (ROC), 10100 Burnet Rd. (R2200), Austin, TX 78758-4445, (5) Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, South Ferry Rd, Narragansett, RI 02882, (6) Institute for Exploration, Mystic, CT 06355, (7) Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Haifa, 31080, Israel

Session No. 22 Sunday, March 20 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology (Posters)
Omni William Penn Hotel: Grand Ballroom/Urban Room

INTEGRATED MAGNETIC AND STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION OF CONCEALED BRITTLE FAULTS, ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS, NEW YORK: VALENTINO, David W.¹, CHIARENZELLI, Jeffrey R.², HEWITT, Elise M.¹, and VALENTINO, Joshua D.¹, (1) Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY 13126, dvalenti@oswego.edu, (2) Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617

Session No. 37 Monday, March 21 8:00 AM-12:00 PM,
Lakes and Environmental Change (Posters) (GSA Limnogeology Division)
Omni William Penn Hotel: Grand Ballroom/Urban Room

A RECORD OF POST-GLACIAL RELATIVE LAKE LEVEL FLUCTUATION IN THE SENECA LAKE BASIN, NY:SPENCER, Benjamin, Geoscience Department, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, 300 Pulteney St, Geneva, NY 14456, benjamin.spencer@hws.edu, PLATSKY, Allison Lee-Ann, Geology Department, SUNY New Paltz, Wooster Science Building 202, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY 12561-2443, CURTIN, Tara M., Geoscience Department, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 14456, and RAYBURN, John A., Geological Sciences, SUNY New Paltz, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY 12561
SURFICIAL GEOLOGY OF A CRITICAL REACH IN WARNER CREEK, PHONECIA, NY, AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT ON NEW YORK CITY'S DRINKING WATER SUPPLY: CAREY, Colin J.B., Geology, SUNY New Paltz, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY 12561, colin.carey1@gmail.com, ARNOLD, Emily G., Geology, Mount Holyoke College, 50 College St, South Hadley, MA 01075, DE SIMONE, David J., VT Geological Survey & De Simone Geoscience Investigations, 957 Babcock Lake Rd, Petersburg, NY 12138, KOZLOWSKI, Andrew L., Geologic Survey, New York State Museum, 3140 Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230, and RAYBURN, John A., Geological Sciences, SUNY New Paltz, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY 12561
CHARACTERIZING THE FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY OF A MOUNTAIN RIVER WATERSHED USING MULTI-SCALE METHODS: ALLEN, Wai K.¹, DAVIS, Emily A.², MORELLI, Katrina L.³, VOELKER, Alyssa M.⁴, and RAYBURN, John A.², (1) Geosciences, Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive, Durango, CO 81301, wai_allen07@yahoo.com, (2) Geological Sciences, SUNY New Paltz, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY 12561, (3) Science and Environmental Policy, California State University, Monterey Bay, 100 Campus Center, Seaside, CA 93955, kmorelli@csumb.edu, (4) Geology, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 2200 East Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53211
SEDIMENTARY PROVENANCE AND PALEOFLOOD HISTORY OF THE MOHAWK RIVER AS RECORDED IN COLLINS POND, SCOTIA, NY: CLARK, Kaitlin L, Geology Department, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308, clarkk@garnet.union.edu and RODBELL, Donald T., Geology, Union College, F. W. Olin Center, Schenectady, NY 12308-3107
A PALEOLIMNOLOGICAL STUDY OF HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS IN ST. ALBANS BAY, LAKE CHAMPLAIN (USA-CANADA): PALMER, Johanna¹, LINI, Andrea¹, KOFF, Andrew¹, and LEVINE, Suzanne², (1) Department of Geology, University of Vermont, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, johanna.palmer@uvm.edu, (2) Rsenr, Univ of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05401
A PALEOLIMNOLOGICAL STUDY OF HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS IN MISSISQUOI BAY, LAKE CHAMPLAIN (USA-CANADA): KOFF, Andrew¹, LINI, Andrea¹, PALMER, Johanna¹, and LEVINE, Suzanne², (1) Geology, University of Vermont, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, akoff@uvm.edu, (2) Rsenr, Univ of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05401

Session No. 46 Monday, March 21 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Geomorphology (Posters)
Omni William Penn Hotel: Grand Ballroom

BATTLE OF SACKETT'S HARBOUR, LAKE ONTARIO, NY (29 MAY 1813): A US TACTICAL VICTORY MILITATED BY GEOLOGY: KLEPETKO, Ross W., Geology, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, rwklep07@stlawu.edu and STEWART, Alexander K., Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617

Session No. 47 Monday, March 21 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Quaternary Geology (Posters)
Omni William Penn Hotel: Grand Ballroom

GLACIOTECTONIC DEFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORIENT POINT – FISHERS ISLAND MORAINE, WESTERNMOST BLOCK ISLAND SOUND: POPPE, L.J.¹, OLDALE, R.N.¹, FOSTER, D.S.¹, and SMITH, S.M.², (1) USGS, Woods Hole, MA 02543, lpoppe@usgs.gov, (2) NOAA, Norfolk, VA 23510

Session No. 49 Monday, March 21 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Sedimentology (Posters)
Omni William Penn Hotel: Grand Ballroom

CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY OF UPPER ALBIAN TROPICAL PLATFORM-INTERIOR CARBONATE FACIES, KORCULA ISLAND, SOUTHERN CROATIA: OATES, Amelia C., Geology Department, St. Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, NY 13617, acoate08@stlawu.edu, HUSINEC, Antun, Geology Department, St. Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, NY 13617, and READ, J.F., Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061

Session No. 61 Tuesday, March 22 8:00 AM-12:00 PM,
Structural Geology (Posters)
Omni William Penn Hotel: Grand Ballroom

FAULT RELATED FRACTURES IN THE POTSDAM FORMATION, ALTONA FLAT ROCK, NORTHEAST NEW YORK: THORPE, Margaret¹, VALENTINO, Joshua¹, WILCOX, Ellen¹, STOELZEL, David¹, LINGUANTI, Christine¹, GLESSING, Daniel J.¹, HALSEY, Jessica², VALENTINO, David¹, CHIARENZELLI, Jeffrey R.³, and FRANZI, David⁴, (1) Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY 13126, thorpe@oswego.edu, (2) Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07102, (3) Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, (4) Center for Earth and Environmental Science, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY 12901

Session No. 62 Tuesday, March 22 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Tectonics (Posters)
Omni William Penn Hotel: Grand Ballroom

GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PROTEROZOIC ROCKS IN THE PUTNAM QUADRANGLE, EASTERN ADIRONDACKS, NEW YORK: AN EDMAP PROJECT: GROVER, Timothy, DUGUAY, Kurt, HANSEN, Nathaniel, and WILLIAMS, Rosemary, Natural Sciences, Castleton State College, Castleton, VT 05735, tim.grover@castleton.edu
THE CORA LAKE SHEAR ZONE, ATHABASCA GRANULITE TERRAIN: AN EXHUMED DEEP CRUSTAL TERRANE BOUNDARY: REGAN, Sean¹, WILLIAMS, M.L.¹, LESLIE, Shannon², MAHAN, K.H.², and JERCINOVIC, M.J.¹, (1) Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 611 N Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003, sregan@geo.umass.edu, (2) Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309-0399

Session No. 71 Tuesday, March 22 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Paleontology (Posters)
Omni William Penn Hotel: Grand Ballroom

THE USE OF CUTICULAR CHARACTERS IN DECAPOD PHYLOGENY: WAUGH, David A.¹, FELDMANN, Rodney M.¹, and SCHWEITZER, Carrie E.², (1) Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, dwaugh@kent.edu, (2) Department of Geology, Kent State Univ at Stark, 6000 Frank Avenue, Canton, OH 44720

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