Geology
Department News - 1999-2000
Below are news items, event announcements and pictures of interest
to students, alumni and friends of the Department of Geology during
the current academic year. Should you wish to contribute to this
news list, please send an e-mail with a description of the item,
including attached pictures where appropriate, to Dr. Christopher
Cirmo at cirmoc@cortland.edu,
or to Susan Stout at stouts@cortland.edu.
You may also send them via US Mail to Susan Stout, Secretary of
Geology and Physics, SUNY Cortland, PO Box 2000, Cortland, NY 13045.
We look forward to hearing from you!
If you would like to view news items
from other years, please click on the dates of interest below.
Several students participated and gave presentations in the Northeast
Geological Society of America meeting in New Brunswick New Jersey
this past March. Student attendees are pictured below. From left
to right are Jeffery Shaner (presented a paper co-authored with
Dr. McRoberts of Triassic clams from British Columbia), Jason Graves
(presented a paper co-authored with Dr. Barclay on Holocene tree
rings and glacial geology in Alaska), Flavia Wood (who co-authored
a poster with Dr. Cirmo, and undergraduate student Brian Bosley
on nitrogen in groundwater), and Kristen Kneer. Also presenting
at the conference was Dr. Darling who talked on his mineralogical
research.
The Department held a retirement party for Dr. John Fauth, Dr.
James Bugh, and Mr. Jack Ireland on November 30, 1999 . There was
an exceptional turnout to wish these three long-standing members
of the Department well. The party was attended by more than 50 friends,
former students, faculty, and many from administration. Pictured
below from left to right are Jack Ireland, Jim Bugh, and John Fauth.
A paper co-authored by Dr. David Barclay appeared in the Oct. 8th
issue of the premiere scientific journal SCIENCE. In this article
a moraine complex recording a major late Wisconsinan-early Holocene
highstand of the West Antarctic ice sheet is described. This is
the first precisely dated glacial geologic evidence for former ice
sheet thickness in interior West Antarctica, and supports glaciologic
models of past behavior of this potentially unstable ice sheet.
Figured below is Dr. David Barclay conducting fieldwork in the Executive
Committee Range, West Antarctica.
The Geology Department is pleased to announce that the geomorphology
position has been filled by Dr. David Barclay. Dr. Barclay (Ph.D.
University of Buffalo, 98) comes to us from Buffalo State College
where he was a visiting assistant professor. Dr. Barclay's research
focuses on glacial geology, having conducted field-based research
programs in Alaska and Antarctica. Welcome aboard!
We would also like to welcome the addition of an adjunct instructor
for the Fall 1999 semester: Julie Barclay will be teaching Earth
Science (GLY 171)
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