| Start Time |
| 8:15 AM | Introductory Remarks |
| 8:30 AM | BENEATH COASTAL WATERS: AN OVERVIEW OF CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS IN THE NORTHEAST: BUCHHOLTZ TEN BRINK, Marilyn R.1, BOTHNER, Michael H.1, MECRAY, Ellen L.1, and MANHEIM, Frank T.2, (1) Center for Coastal and Marine Geology, U.S. Geol Survey, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543, mtenbrink@usgs.gov, (2) U.S. Geol Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA 20192 |
| 8:50 AM | HISTORICAL RECORDS OF MERCURY CONTAMINATION IN SEDIMENT CORES IN CONNECTICUT AND LONG ISLAND SOUND: VAREKAMP, Johan C.1, LAURIAT, Kate1, BUCHHOLTZ TEN BRINK, M. L.2, and MECRAY, E. L.2, (1) Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, 265 Church Street, Middletown, CT 06459-0139, jvarekamp@wesleyan.edu, (2) Coastal and Marine Geology, U.S. Geol Survey, 384 Woods Hole road, Woods Hole, MA 02543 |
| 9:10 AM | AN ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMICAL STUDY OF CONNECTICUT MARSH SEDIMENTS: HELLER, Nicole A.1, KRUGE, Michael A.1, VAREKAMP, Johan C.2, and ZIERZOW, Tabitha2, (1) Dept. of Geology, Southern Illinois Univ, MC 4324, Carbondale, IL 62901, kruge@geo.siu.edu, (2) Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, 265 Church Street, Middletown, CT 06459-0139 |
| 9:30 AM | CONSTRUCTING A CHRONOLOGY OF LONG ISLAND SOUND SEDIMENTS USING PALYNOLOGICAL DATA: CHAUDHRI, Rehanna T. and BEUNING, Kristina R.M., Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, 265 Church St, Middletown, CT 06459, rchaudhri@wesleyan.edu |
| 9:50 AM | FORAMINIFERAL RECORDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN LONG ISLAND SOUND: THOMAS, Ellen1, SHACKEROFF, Janna1, VAREKAMP, Johan C.1, BUCHHOLTZ TEN BRINK, Marilyn R.2, and MECRAY, Ellen L.2, (1) Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, 265 Church Street, Middletown, CT 06459-0139, ethomas@wesleyan.edu, (2) Center for Coastal & Marine Geology, U. S. Geol Survey, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543 |
| 10:10 AM | Break |
| 10:30 AM | A 1000-YEAR RECORD OF INTENSE STORMS FROM EASTERN CONNECTICUT: ETTINGER, Robert1, DONNELLY, Jeffrey P.2, and CLEARY, Peter J.1, (1) Department of Geological Sciences, Brown Univ, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, Robert_Ettinger@brown.edu, (2) Geology and Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #22, Woods Hole, MA 02543 |
| 10:50 AM | A HIGH-RESOLUTION SEA-LEVEL CURVE FROM BARN ISLAND, CONNECTICUT: CLEARY, Peter J.1, DONNELLY, Jeffrey P.2, ETTINGER, Robert1, and NEWBY, Paige1, (1) Department of Geological Sciences, Brown Univ, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, Peter_Cleary@brown.edu, (2) Geology and Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #22, Woods Hole, MA 02543 |
| 11:10 AM | RISING SEA LEVELS AND MARSH FORAMINIFERA ALONG THE CONNECTICUT AND HOUSATONIC RIVERS, CT: RABINOVICH, Polina1, THOMAS, Ellen2, and VAREKAMP, Johan C.1, (1) Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, 265 Church Street, Middletown, CT 06459, prabinovich@wesleyan.edu, (2) Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, 265 Church Street, Middletown, CT 06459-0139 |
| 11:30 AM | Concluding Remarks |
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