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1956 Rochester

1957 Wellsville

1958 Peekskill

1959 Ithaca Cornell

1960 Clinton    Hamilton College

1961 Troy   R. P. I.

1962 Port Jervis    Brooklyn College

1963 Binghamton

1964 Syracuse

1965 Schectady    Union College

1966 Buffalo

1967 Newburgh   SUNY New Paltz

1968 Flushing

1969 Plattsburgh

1970 Cortland

1971 Potsdam

1972 Colgate

1973 Brockport

1974 Fredonia

1975 Hempstead

1976 Poughkeepsie    Vassar College

1977 Oneonta

1978 Syracuse

1978

Syracuse

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Table of Contents  
Table of Field Trips  
Laudable Legacy - a synopsis of the titans of geology and paleontology in New York State  
Looking Back Over Half A Century - A Brief History of the New York State Geological Association  
A Brief History of the Department of Geology At Syracuse University  
A1 - Deformation Structures in lower Paleozoic Rocks, Northwestern New York A1
A2 - The Structural Framework and Petrology of the Southern Adirondacks A2
A3 - Faunal Assemblages in the lower Hamilton Group in Onondaga County, New York A3
A4 - Geomorphology of the Southeastern Tug Hill Plateau A4
A5 - Benthic Communities of the Ludlowville and Moscow Formations (Upper Hamilton Group). in the Tully Valley, Onondaga County A5
A6 - Paleoenvironments of the Potsdam Sandstone and the resa Formation of the Southwestern St. Lawrence Lowlands A6
A7 - Benthic Marine Communities in the Upper Ordovician Clastics of the Tug Hill Region, New York A7
A8 and B4 - Punctuated Aggradational Cycles (PACS) in Middle Ordovician and Lower Devonian Sequences A8 B4
A9 - Eurypterid Horizons and the Stratigraphy of Upper Silurian and Lower Devonian Rocks of Central-Eastern New York State A9
A10 - Surface and Near-Surface Sediments in the Northern Part of Seneca Lake, NY A10
A11 - Engineering Geology at Nine Mile Point, New York A11
A12 - The Tully Limestone of Central New York A12
B2 - Syracuse Meltwater Channels B2
B3 - Late Pleistocene History of South-Central Onondaga County B3
B6 - Moss Island, Little Falls , New York B6
B7 - Biostratigraphy and Paleoecology of the Upper Devonian Ithaca Formation near Cortland, New York B7

1979 R. P. I.

1979

RPI

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Geology At Rensselaer - A Historical Perspective  
A1 - Devonian Stratigraphy and Paleoecology in the Cherry Valley, New York Region A1
A2 - Sedimentary Environments and their Products - Shelf, Slope, and Rise of Proto-Atlantic (Iapetus) Ocean, Cambrian and Ordovician Periods, Eastern NY State A2
A3 - Sedimentary Environments in Glacial Lake Albany in the Albany Section of the Hudson - Champlain Lowlands A3
A4-B8 - The Structural Framework of the Southern Adirondacks A4
A5-B9 - Microstructure of A Vermont Slate, An Adirondack Gneiss, and Some Laboratory Specimens A5
A6 - Cleavage in the Cossayuna Area, as Seen at the Outcrop A6
A7-B10 - Thrust Sheets of the Central Taconic Region A7
A8 - Detailed Stratigraphic and Structural Features of the Giddings Brook Slice of the Taconic Allochthon in the Granville Area A8
A9 - Marine and Fluvial Delta Platform Environments of the Transgressive Clastic Correlatives of the Middle Devonian (Erian) Mottville Limestone Member of the Skaneateles Formation in Eastern New York State A9
A10-B14 - Stratigraphy, Structure, and the Mineral Waters of Saratoga Springs - Implications For Neogene Rifting A10
B1 - Economic Geology of the Hudson River Valley B1
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B6 - Deglacial Events in the Eastern Mohawk - Northern Hudson Lowland B6
B7 - Stratigraphy and Depositional History of the Onondaga Limestone in Eastern New York B7
B11 - Field Guide To the Chatham and Greylock Slices of the Taconic Allochthon in Western Massachusetts and their Relationship To the Hoosac-Rowe Sequence B11
B12 - Precambrian Structure and Stratigraphy of the Southeastern Adirondack Uplands B12
B13 - Late Wisconsinan - Recent Geology of the Lower Rondout Valley, Ulster County, Southeastern New York B13

1980 Rutgers

1980

Rutgers

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1 - Triassic and Jurassic Formations of the Newark Basin 1
2 - Precambrian Rocks of the New Jersey Highlands 2
3 - Lower Paleozoic Carbonates - Great Valley 3
4 - Geology of the Ridge and Valley Province, Northwestern New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania 4
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5 - Alleghanian Thrust Faults in the Kittatinny Valley, New Jersey 5
6 - The New Jersey Coastal Plain and Its Relationship With the Baltimore Canyon Trough 6
7 - Coastal Dynamics and Environments On Sandy Hook, New Jersey 7
8 - Landscape Features and Bog Iron Ore Deposits of the New Jersey Pine Barrens 8
9 - Late Wisconsin-Holocene History of the Lower Hudson Region - New Evidence From the Hackensack and Hudson River Valleys 9
10 - Economic Geology - New Jersey Highlands 10
Uranium and Rare Earth Mineralization at the Demeo Mine Near Cranberry Lake, New Jersey  
Iron Ore Deposits of the New Jersey Highlands  
The Geologic Setting of the Sterling Hill Zinc-Iron-Manganese Deposit  
11 - Environmental Geology of the Hackensack Meadowlands 11
12 - Environmental Geologic Traverse 12
13 - The Passaic River Flood Plain and Basin in New Jersey Problems of Encroachment 13
14 - Late Triassic Part of Newark Supergroup, Delaware River Section, West-Central New Jersey 14
15 - Brittle Faults (Ramapo Fault) and Phyllonitic Ductile Shear Zones in the Basement Rocks of the Ramapo Seismic Zones New York and New Jersey, and their Relationship to Current Seismicity 15a
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16 - Rift Tectonics Inferred From Volcanic and Clastic Structures 16a
16b
17 - Fossil Great Lakes of the Newark Supergroup in New Jersey 17

1981 Binghamton

1982 Amherst    SUNY Buffalo

1983 Potsdam

1984 Clinton    Hamilton College

1984

Clinton

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AB2a - Cross Section of the Loon Pond Syncline, Tupper Lake Quadrangle, New York AB2a
AB2b - Bedrock Geology of the Grampus Lake Area, Long Lake Quadrangle, New York AB2b
AB2c - A Traverse Across the Southern Contact of the Marcy Anorthosite Massif, Santanoni Quadrangle, New York AB2c
BC3 - Foreland Basin Sedimentation in the Trenton Group of Central New York BC3
BC4 - Animal-Sediment Relationships in Middle Ordovician Habitats BC4
BC5 - Sedimentary Structures and Paleoenvironmental Analysis of the Bertie Formation (Upper Silurian, Cayugan Series) of Central New York State BC5
BC6 - The Sterling Mine, Antwerp, New York - A New look at an Old locality BC6
B7 - Pleistocene Geology, Groundwater, and Land Uses of the Tug Hill, and Bridgewater Flats Aquifers, Oneida County, New York - A Case Study B7
B8 - Deglaciation and Correlation of Ice Margins, Appalachian Plateau, New York B8
Two Till Sequence at Dugway Road Exposure Southwest of Clinton, New York  
BC9 - Sedimentology and Faunal Assemblages in the Hamilton Group of Central New York BC9
C10 - The Late Wisconsinan Glaciation of the West Canada Creek Valley C10
C11 - Structure and Rock Fabric Within the Central and Southern Adirondacks C11
C12 - Groundwater Contamination From A Sanitary Landfill - Investigations, Remedial Action and Energy Recovery as a Possible Solution C12
C13 - Seismicity in the Central Adirondacks with Emphasis on the Goodnow, October 7, 1984 Epicentral Zone and its Geology C13

1985 Saratoga Springs    Skidmore College

1986 Ithaca     Cornell

1987 New Paltz

1988 Plattsburgh

1989 Middletown    Orange County Community College

1990 Fredonia

1990

Fredonia

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SatA - Devonian Strata and Paleoenvironments - Chautauqua County Region - New York State SatA
SatB - Geology and Oil & Gas Exploration in Western New York SatB
SatC - Sequence Stratigraphy of the Type Niagara Series (Silurian) of Western New York and Ontario SatC
SatD - Eurypterid Biofacies of the Silurian-Devonian Evaporite Sequence - Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, Canada and New York SatD
SatE - Upper Devonian Turbidites in Western New York - Characteristics and Implications For Submarine Fan Deposition Models SatE
SatF - Beach Processes and Coastal Morphology Along a Recurved Sand Spit - Presque Isle, Pennsylvania SatF
SatG - A Few of our Favorite Places - An Environmental and Geological Excursion in Chautauqua County SatG
SunA - Submarine Erosion and Condensation in a Foreland Basin - Examples From the Devonian of Erie County, New York SunA
SunB - Stratigraphy, Structure, and Hydrogeology of the Lockport Group - Niagara Falls Area, New York SunB
SunC - Paleoecology and Sedimentology of Middle Devonian Short-Term Sea Level Fluctuations Recorded Within the Wanakah Shale Member of Western New York SunC
SunE - Shallow Water Reefs of the Middle Devonian Edgecliff Member of the Onondaga Limestone, Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada SunE
SunF - A Fresh Look At the Sediments Within the Terraces and Cliffs That Parallel the Lake Erie Shore in Erie County, Pennsylvania SunF
SunG - Paddling Up A Meltwater Channel - A Late-Wisconsinan Ice-Marginal Cruise Near Fredonia, New York SunG

1991 Oneonta

1991

Oneonta

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SP1 - Subsurface Geology of the Finger Lakes Region SP1
A1 -The Founders of American Geology - A Visit to their Tombs, Labs, and their Favorite Exposures - The Devonian Limestones of the Capital District - A Study of the Sequence Stratigraphy of these Limestones A1
A2 - Geology and Geochronology of the Southern Adirondacks A2
A3 - Patterns of Phyletic Evolution in the Trenton Group A3
A4 - PAC Stratigraphy of the Helderberg Group - Cycle Definition, Allogenic Surfaces, Hierarchy, Correlation and Relationship to "Vail" Sequences A4
A5 - Middle Devonian Near-shore Marine, Coastal and Alluvial Deposits, Schoharie Valley, Central New York State A5
A6 - Interaction Between Karst and Glaciation in the Helderberg Plateau, Schoharie and Albany Counties, New York A6
A7 - History, Economy, and Geology of the Bluestone Industry in New York State A7
A8 - Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of the Lower Part of the Marcellus Formation (Middle Devonian) in Eastern New York State A8
A9 - A Survey of Precambrian to Pleistocene General Geology in Central New York A9
B1 - Field Illustrations of Rock Types and Geologic Features in the Upper Susquehanna Valley and Adjacent Mohawk Region B1
B2 - Environmental Geology and Hydrology of the Oneonta Area B2
B3 - Freshwater Carbonate from the Upper Devonian Catskill Magnafacies, Davenport Center, Central New York B3
B4 - Active and Stagnant Ice Retreat - Deglaciation of Central New York B4
B5 - Understanding the East Central Onondaga Formation (Middle Devonian) - An Examination of the Facies and Brachiopod Communities of the Cherry Valley Section, and Mt. Tom, a Small Pinnacle Reef B5
B6 - Storm-Dominated Shelf and Tidally-Influenced Foreshore Sedimentation, Upper Devonian Sonyea Group, Bainbridge to Sidney Center, New York B6
A10 - Ground-Water Recharge and Glacial-Drift Stratigraphy in Through Valleys near Dryden and Cortland, NY A10

1992 Hamilton and Adirondacks    Colgate

1993 Canton    St. Lawrence

1993

Canton

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A1 - Precambrian Geology of the Northwest Adirondack Lowlands -A Stratigraphic Viewpoint A1
A2 - The Potsdam-Grenville Contact Revisited (I) A2
A3 (1) - Cambro-Ordovician Stratigraphy, Sedimentation, and Ichnobiology of the St. Lawrence Lowlands - Frontenac Arch to the Champlain Valley of New York A3
A3 (2) - Traces Fossils and Stratigraphy in the Potsdam and Theresa Formations of the St. Lawrence Lowland, New York  
A3 (3) - A Preliminary Evaluation of Dubiofossils From the Potsdam Sandstone  
A3 (4) - Distribution of Trace Fossils Preserved in High Energy Deposits of the Potsdam Sandstone, Champlain, New York  
A4 - The Late Glacial Origin of the Clinton County Flatrocks A4
A5 - Rethinking Grenville-Age Deformation - Ductile Shear in Granitic Gneisses of the Lowlands A5
B1 -Bedrock Erosional Forms Produced by Glacial Processes, No.2 Mine, Gouverneur Talc Co., Gouverneur, New York. B1
B2 - The Potsdam-Grenville Contact Revisited (II) B2
B3 - Sedimentology and Diagenesis of the Potsdam Sandstone and Theresa Formation, Southwestern St. Lawrence Valley B3
B4 - Some Classic Mineral Collecting Sites in St. Lawrence County B4
W1 - The Potsdam College Seismic Network  
W2 - Cathodoluminescence in Sedimentary Petrology  
W3 - Quaternary Paleoecology Using Fossil Oribatid Mites - Introduction To Oribatid Mites and their Applications To Quaternary Paleoclimatic Interpretation  
W4 - A Workshop in Exploration Geophysics of the Shallow Subsurface  

1994 Rochester

1995 Schenectady    Union College

1995

Schenectady

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History Of Geology at Union College
A1 - Seismic Risk Assessment of Columbia County, New York A1
A2 - Wollastonite Deposits of the Northeastern Adirondacks A2
A3 - Glacial Deposits in the Mohawk and Sacandaga Valleys or a Tale of Two Tongues Redux A3
A4 - Lithofacies And Structure of the Taconic Flysch, Melange, and Allochthon, in the New York Capital District A4
A5 - Geomorphology, Paleoclimatology and Land Use Considerations of a Glaciated Karst Terrain, Albany County, New York A5
A6 - Flysch and Molasse of the Classical Taconic and Acadian Orogenies - Models for Subsurface Reservoir Settings A6
A7 - Traverse Across the Taconian Orogen A7
A8 - Devonian Carbonates and Economic Resources - The Blue Circle and Callanan Quarries A8
A9 - The Paleofluvial Record of Glacial Lake Iroquois in the Eastern Mohawk Valley, New York A9
A10 - Geochronology and Petrogenesis of Adirondack Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks A10
A11 - Middle Devonian Temperate Water Bioherms of Western New York State (Edgecliff Member, Onondaga Formation) A11
B1 - The Geology of Clarksville Cave, Albany County, New York B1
B2 - Building Stones of Schenectady, New York B2
B3 - Fluvial Geomorphology of the Plotterkill Preserve B3
B4 - Sequence Stratigraphy of Platform Carbonates - Devonian Limestones of John Boyd Thacher State B4
B5 - Lower And Middle Devonian Foreland Basin Fill in the Catskill Front - Stratigraphic Synthesis, Sequence Stratigraphy, and the Acadian Orogeny B5
B6 - Ordovician Rocks in the Mohawk Valley -Geologic Sites for Education of High School and College Students B6
B7 - Treatment of Surface and Groundwater - Tour of Mohawk View Water Treatment Plant B7
B8 - Environmental Technology And Preservation: The Pine Bush, Landfills, and Groundwater Integrity B8
B9 - Geology and Mining History of Barton Mines Corporation, Gore Mountian Mine B9
B10 - Groundwater Aquifers of the Upper Mohawk Valley B10

1996 Staten Island

1997 Hamilton   Colgate