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GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY

2005 Annual Meeting

GANJ XXII  Geology of the Central Newark Basin
- The View from the 21st Century

 

Friday, October 7 and Saturday October 8, 2005
College of New Jersey, Ewing, Mercer County, New Jersey
GANJ acknowledges Dr. Marty Becker and Dr. Gail Simmons for their efforts with arranging access to the facilities at the college.

Friday, October 7th Afternoon and Evening

Registration - 11:30 am to 5:00 pm at the Brower Student Center….parking available in Lots 3 & 4

Oral Presentations 12:30 - 3:45 p.m.

12:30-12:40 Welcoming Remarks - William Montgomery, Ph.D., Jersey City University, GANJ President

12:40 - 1:00 Joints and Veins in the Newark Basin, New Jersey - Greg Herman, Ph.D., NJ Geological Survey

1:00 - 1:20 An Interpretative Analysis of the Sedimentary Fabrics Represented in a 91-Meter Core Recovered from the Passaic Formation in Central-Eastern, New Jersey - John A. Anton, C.P.G., Hudson Environmental Services, Inc.

1:20 - 1:40 Genetic Classification of Mesozoic Copper Deposits of New Jersey on the Basis of Current USGS and CGS Criteria - John Puffer, Ph.D., Rutgers University-Newark

1:40 - 2:00 The Hydrogeologic Framework of the Lockatong Formation and Upper Stockton Formation at the Former Naval Air Warfare Center, Mercer County, NJ - Pierre Lacombe, US Geological Survey

2:00 - 2:20 Break

2:20 - 2:40 Trace Fossils from the Newark Basin of New Jersey and Southeastern Pennsylvania - Robert Metz, Ph.D., Kean University

2:40 - 3:00 Structural Mapping of the North Segment of the Hopewell Fault, Belle Mead, NJ - Stephen Laney, Hydro-Geo Corporation

3:00 - 3:20 The Newark Basin Footprint Record - Emma C. Rainforth, Ph.D., Ramapo College of New Jersey

3:20 - 3:40 Control of Fractured Bedrock Structure on the Movement of Chlorinated Volatile Organics in Bedrock and Overburden Aquifers, Newark Basin of New Jersey - Robert M. Bond, P.G. and Katherine E. Linnell, P.G., Langan Engineering and Environmental Services

4:00 - 4:45 Teacher Workshop - The Story of Wolf to Whale & Dino to Bird, George Randall, Ph.D., Rowan University

5:00 - 5:45 Keynote Speaker - Paul E. Olsen, Ph.D., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University - Chaos in the Solar System, Giant Flood Basalt Provinces, and Mass Extinctions - the View from the Newark Basin

6:30 Banquet and Business Meeting

Saturday, October 8th Morning and Afternoon

Field Trip: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.

STOP1: Small Normal Faults in Passaic Formation at Haycock Mountain, PA
Roy Schlische, Rutgers University

STOP 2: Passaic Formation Conglomeritic Border Fault Facies at Pebble Bluff, Milford, NJ
Paul Olsen, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

STOP 3: Stratigraphic and Structure of the Flemington Fault at Mine Brook Park, Flemington, NJ
Greg Herman, New Jersey Geological Survey (also our lunch stop).

STOP 4: North Segment of the Hopewell Fault, Belle Mead, NJ
Steve Laney, Hydrogeologic Corporation

STOP 5: The Hydrogeologic Framework of the Lockatong Formation and Upper Stockton Formations at the Former Naval Air Warfare Center, Ewing, NJ
Pierre Lacombe, U.S. Geological Survey

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