Geology of the Northeastern Adirondack Mountains
and Champlain–St. Lawrence Lowlands of
New York, Vermont and Québec
New York State Geological Association, 87th Annual Meeting
State University of New York at Plattsburgh,
Plattsburgh, NY
12–13 September 2015
Overview of Events
Friday, September 11th:
On-site Registration
4:00 to 8:00 PM
NYSGA Opening Reception
5:00 to 7:00 PM
Saturday, September 12th:
On-site Registration
7:00 AM to 8:00 AM
Saturday Field Trips (Check for assembly time and place)
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Informal Cocktail Hour (Comfort Inn, Brew Pub)
6:00 to 7:00 PM
NYSGA Banquet (Comfort Inn, Brew Pub)
7:00 to 8:00 PM
Keynote Address and Discussion: Dr. Michael Rygel (SUNY Potsdam)
“Impact of Geological Licensure in New York State”
8:30 to 10:00 PM
Sunday, September 13th:
On-site Registration
7:00 AM to 8:00 AM
Sunday Field Trips (Check for assembly time and place)
8:00 AM to 3:00 PM
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Field Trips and Departure Points
Saturday, 12 September 2015
The Bennie’s Brook Slide: A Window into the Igneous Core of the Marcy Anorthosite –
Jeff Chiarenzelli, Marian Lupulescu, and Sean Reagan
Departure Point: Garden of the Gods Parking Lot Keene Valley, New York. The parking lot is at the
end of Johns Brook Lane.
Meeting Point: Attendees will meet at the cairn where Bennies Brook meets the Southside Trail.
Meeting Time: 10:00 AM
Precambrian Geology of the Eagle Lake Quadrangle, Essex County, New York – Regan, S.P.,
Geer, P., Walsh, G.J, Aleinikoff, J.N., Baird, G.B., Williams, M.L., Valley, P.M., and
Jercinovic, M.J.
Meeting Point: McDonalds Parking Lot, Ticonderoga, NY
Meeting Time: 08:30 AM
Current Research in Structure, Stratigraphy, and Hydrogeology in the Champlain Valley
Belt of West-Central Vermont – Jon Kim, Keith Klepeis, Peter Ryan and Ed
Romanowicz
Meeting Point: Park and Ride Lot, Colchester, VT
Meeting Time: 08:30 AM
Anatomy of Ordovician Volcanic arc and forearc basin in the Sherbrooke area, Southern
Québec Appalachians – Alain Tremblay
Meeting Point: The meeting point for departure is the parking lot of the Bureau en Gros store, at the
intersection between Jean-Paul-Perrault Street and Portland Blvd (in front of the Portland Mall).
Meeting Time: TBA
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Cambrian Potsdam Group (Altona, Ausable and
Keeseville Formations), Northeastern New York – David Lowe, Charlotte Mehrtens
and Ryan Brink
Meeting Point: Southeastern parking lot of Hudson Hall on the SUNY Plattsburgh campus. The lot is
located at the corner of Beekman and Broad streets.
Meeting Time: 8:30 AM
Quaternary Deglaciation of the Champlain Valley with Specific Examples from the
Ausable River Valley – David Franzi, David Barclay, Rebecca Kranitz and Kelly Gilson
Meeting Point: Comfort Inn and Suites, 411 West Cornelia St. (NY 3), Plattsburgh, NY.
Alternate Meeting Point: Intersection of US Route 9 and NY Route 73 in New Russia, NY (west of Exit
30 on Interstate 87). Please inform the field trip leaders if you plan to meet the group at this
location.
Meeting Time: 8:00 AM
ROMANOWICZ
Non-point Source Pollution in the Little Chazy River of New York – Robert Fuller, David
Franzi, Stephen Kramer and Eric Young
Meeting Point: Southeastern parking lot of Hudson Hall on the SUNY Plattsburgh campus. The lot is
located at the corner of Beekman and Broad streets.
Meeting Time: 9:00 AM
Geobotany of Globally Rare Sandstone Pavement Barrens, Clinton County, New York –
Jacob N. Straub and Rachel Schultz
Meeting Point: Southeastern parking lot of Hudson Hall on the SUNY Plattsburgh campus. The lot is
located at the corner of Beekman and Broad streets.
Meeting Time: 8:30 AM
Sunday, 13 September 2015
An Igneous Origin for the Magnetite-Fluorapatite Ores from the Eastern Adirondacks,
New York – Marian V. Lupulescu, Jeffrey R. Chiarenzelli, Sean Regan and David G. Bailey
Meeting Point: The field trip starts at the Port Henry Boat Launch Site. The site is at the intersection
of Dock and Velez lanes in Port Henry, Essex County.
Meeting Time: 8:30 AM
Deciphering the Geological Evolution of the Eastern Adirondacks: New Field Petrologic
and Geochronological Data – Grover, T.W., Williams, M.L., Regan, S.P., Baird, G.B.,
French, K.A., and Pless, C.R.
Meeting Point: Hwy 22 south of Ticonderoga in a parking area on the west side of the road
immediately after entering the town of Putnam. If you are driving south from Ticonderoga there
is a “Welcome to Putnam” sign just before the entrance to the parking area. The meeting point is
about a 90 minute drive from Plattsburgh.
Meeting Time: 9:00 AM
Geology and Petrology of the Mont Royal Pluton – Nelson Eby
Meeting Point: Southeastern parking lot of Hudson Hall on the SUNY Plattsburgh campus. The lot is
located at the corner of Beekman and Broad streets.
Meeting Time: 7:30 AM
The Middle Ordovician Section at Crown Point Peninsula, NY –Bruce Selleck and Charlotte
Mehrtens
Meeting Point: Crown Point Reservation Historical Site
Meeting Time: 8:30 AM
An Overview of the Early Paleozoic Stratigraphy of the Champlain Valley of New York
State – James Dawson
Meeting Point: The trip begins in the parking lot of the Comfort Inn and Suites/Perkins Restaurant,
411 Route 3, Plattsburgh, NY.
Meeting Time: 8:30 AM
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Ice Retreat and Readvance across the Green Mountain Foothills: Bolton and Jericho,
Vermont – Stephen Wright, George Springston, John Van Hoesen
Meeting Point: Southeastern parking lot of Hudson Hall on the SUNY Plattsburgh campus. The lot is
located at the corner of Beekman and Broad streets.
Meeting Time: 8:00 AM
Borehole Geophysical Demonstration at Altona Flat Rock – Edwin A. Romanowicz
Meeting Point: Southeastern parking lot of Hudson Hall on the SUNY Plattsburgh campus. The lot is
located at the corner of Beekman and Broad streets.
Meeting Time: 8:30 AM