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Northeastern Section - 36th Annual Meeting (March 12-14, 2001)

Session No. 41
Wednesday, 14 March 2001: 8:15 AM-12:30 PM

S6. Environmental Records from Large Estuaries Along the Northeastern US Seaboard (Sponsored by Northeast Section SEPM)

 

Johan C. Varekamp and Ellen Thomas, Conveners
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Start Time
 
8:15 AM
Introductory Remarks
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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, (2)U.S. Geol Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA 20192, mtenbrink@usgs.gov, mtenbrink@usgs.gov
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8:50 AM
HISTORICAL RECORDS OF MERCURY CONTAMINATION IN SEDIMENT CORES IN CONNECTICUT AND LONG ISLAND SOUND
VAREKAMP, Johan C.1, LAURIAT, Kate2, BUCHHOLTZ TEN BRINK, M. L.3 and MECRAY, E. L.3, (1)Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, 265 Church Street, Middletown, CT 06459-0139, (2)Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, 265 Church Street, Middletown, CT 06459, (3)Coastal and Marine Geology, U.S. Geol Survey, 384 Woods Hole road, Woods Hole, MA 02543, jvarekamp@wesleyan.edu, jvarekamp@wesleyan.edu
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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, Tabitha3, (1)Dept. of Geology, Southern Illinois Univ, MC 4324, Carbondale, IL 62901, (2)Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, 265 Church Street, Middletown, CT 06459-0139, (3)Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, 265 Church Street, Middletown, CT 06459, kruge@geo.siu.edu, kruge@geo.siu.edu
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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, rchaudhri@wesleyan.edu
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9:50 AM
FORAMINIFERAL RECORDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN LONG ISLAND SOUND
THOMAS, Ellen1, SHACKEROFF, Janna2, VAREKAMP, Johan C.2, BUCHHOLTZ TEN BRINK, Marilyn R.3 and MECRAY, Ellen L.3, (1)Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, 265 Church Street, Middletown, CT 06459-0139, (2)Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, 265 Church Street, Middletown, CT 06459, (3)Center for Coastal & Marine Geology, U. S. Geol Survey, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543, ethomas@wesleyan.edu, ethomas@wesleyan.edu
 
10:10 AM
Break
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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, (2)Geology and Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #22, Woods Hole, MA 02543, Robert_Ettinger@brown.edu, Robert_Ettinger@brown.edu
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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, (2)Geology and Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #22, Woods Hole, MA 02543, Peter_Cleary@brown.edu, Peter_Cleary@brown.edu
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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, (2)Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, 265 Church Street, Middletown, CT 06459-0139, prabinovich@wesleyan.edu, prabinovich@wesleyan.edu
 
11:30 AM
Concluding Remarks
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