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Northeastern Section - 48th Annual Meeting (18–20 March 2013)

Session No. 31
Tuesday, 19 March 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Monroe Room (Omni Mount Washington Resort)

S2. History of Geology in the Northeast: A Symposium to Mark the 125th Anniversary of The Geological Society of America

 

Noel Potter Jr. and Woodrow B. Thompson, Conveners
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:10 AM
THE START OF APPALACHIAN GEOLOGY: 1836, FIRST SEASON OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
SEVON, W.D., East Lawn Research Center, 30 Meadow Run Place, Harrisburg, PA 17112-3364, wsevon30@comcast.net, wsevon30@comcast.net
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8:25 AM
WILLEY HOUSE LANDSLIDE, CRAWFORD NOTCH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND ITS CULTURAL IMPACT
POTTER Jr., Noel, Department of Earth Sciences (retired), Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA 17013 and DELANO, Helen L., DCNR-Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 3240 Schoolhouse Road, Middletown, PA 17057, pottern@dickinson.edu, pottern@dickinson.edu
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8:40 AM
ART AND GEOLOGY IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY NEW ENGLAND
BEDELL, Rebecca, Art Department, Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481, rbedell@wellesley.edu, rbedell@wellesley.edu
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8:55 AM
EARLY BEDROCK INVESTIGATIONS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE BY C. T. JACKSON AND C. H. HITCHCOCK
BOTHNER, Wallace A., Earth Sciences, UNH, Durham, NH 03824 and THOMPSON, Thelma B., Dimond Library, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, wally.bothner@unh.edu, wally.bothner@unh.edu
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9:10 AM
THE FIRST CENTURY OF GLACIAL GEOLOGY INVESTIGATIONS IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS, NEW HAMPSHIRE: 1840-1940
THOMPSON, Woodrow B., Maine Geological Survey, 93 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0093, woodrow.b.thompson@maine.gov, woodrow.b.thompson@maine.gov
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9:25 AM
"FOR THE BENEFIT OF COMMERCE": HITCHCOCK AND HUNTINGTON ON MOUNT WASHINGTON IN WINTER
CRANE, Peter J., Gladys Brooks Memorial Library, Mount Washington Observatory, P.O. Box 2310, North Conway, NH 03860, pcrane@mountwashington.org, pcrane@mountwashington.org
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9:40 AM
JOHN K. DELASKI M.D. (1814–1874 ): PIONEER GLACIAL GEOLOGIST AND EARLY ADVOCATE FOR A CONTINENTAL ICE SHEET OVER NEW ENGLAND AND NEW BRUNSWICK
BORNS Jr, Harold W., Orono, ME 04473, Borns@me.edu, Borns@me.edu
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9:55 AM
THE EARLY YEARS OF GEOLOGY ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, MAINE, 1800 TO 1920
SCHMITT, Catherine, Maine Sea Grant, University of Maine, 5784 York Complex, Orono, ME 04401, catherine.schmitt@umit.maine.edu, catherine.schmitt@umit.maine.edu
 
10:10 AM
Break
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10:40 AM
A SYNOPSIS OF GEOLOGIC RESEARCH ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND AND ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, MAINE, 1920 TO 2010
BRAUN, Duane D., Bloomsburg University (Professor Emeritus), 240 Beech Hill Rd, Mount Desert, ME 04660, DBraun9@roadrunner.com, DBraun9@roadrunner.com
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10:55 AM
THE HERITAGE OF GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY: STOMPING GROUND FOR SOME OF GEOLOGY’S PREEMINENT SCIENTISTS
MEHRTENS, Charlotte, Geology, University of Vermont, 180 Colchester Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401 and FRANZI, David A., Center for Earth and Environmental Science, State University of New York, 101 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901, Charlotte.Mehrtens@uvm.edu, Charlotte.Mehrtens@uvm.edu
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11:10 AM
CHANGES IN ATTITUDES #1 THE SLOPE OF THE WATER PLANES OF GLACIAL LAKE ALBANY, HUDSON LOWLANDS, NY
DINEEN, Robert J., N/a, P. O. Box 197, 42 Mill Road, Geigertown, PA 19523 and HANSON, Eric, Hanson Van Vleet,, LLC, 902 Route 146, Clifton Park, NY 12065, eskers@aol.com, eskers@aol.com
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11:25 AM
SHOW US YOUR ROCKS: THE HISTORY OF GEOLOGICAL FIELD CONFERENCES IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
FLEEGER, Gary M., Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 3240 Schoolhouse Rd, Middletown, PA 17057 and INNERS, Jon D., Pennsylvania Geological Survey (retired), 1915 Columbia Avenue, Camp Hill, PA 17011, gfleeger@pa.gov, gfleeger@pa.gov
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11:40 AM
THE LANDSCAPE CHANGE PROGRAM—A DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF HISTORIC VERMONT PHOTOGRAPHS
MASSEY, Christine A., Geology Department, University of Vermont, 180 Colchester Avenue, UVM Geology, Burlington, VT 05405-1758 and BIERMAN, Paul, Department of Geology and Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, christine.massey@uvm.edu, christine.massey@uvm.edu
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