Thank you to everyone who attended our first meeting for 2024!
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Thank you to everyone who came out to our collab with the Polisci club. We discussed climate justice and explored ways we could help alleviate certain issues.

"On October 28th, the geology class was able to turn back the clock. First we went to New Jersey to go back 180 million years. It was a great experience to see a fossil in the wild, and we had the ability to use our knowledge in the field. The second stop was at Orchard Beach in the Bronx where the present met the past. Over 400 million years of rock was exposed in which we could see Long Island’s mark from when it first formed. To observe these geological structures was extraordinary."

 - Thomas DiDonato

"On the 101 Geology Field trip students had the chance to engage outdoors with all the geological concepts discussed in class. We walked on the footsteps of some the early dinosaurs and observed rocks that were once several kilometers below the earth's surface in the roots of huge mountain ranges. There we had the chance to take pictures of a two legged animal that was printed in a read shale rock. Moreover, we observed the different agents of erosion like water stream and glacier. The order of rock layering for instance was igneous intrusion basalt ot the uppermost layer following down to sandstone-shale. In addition, we later moved to the Orchard Beach to observe the modern opening of the Atlantic Ocean around 180 million years ago and another are recording the closing of the ocean and collision of two plates around 450 million years ago. There we observed perfect folded igneous and metamorphic rocks containing beautiful samples of garnet. Also some cross-cutting relationship of pegmatite and schist. Lastly and unfortunately, we did not have the chance to cross over to the North Island to observe marble in its natural environment due to high tide. "

- Aida Gonzalez

On the 28th of October the Geology 102 class dove into the mid Paleozoic by exploring the geologic history of New York’s surrounding area. The trip began at the Delaware Water Gap. Here we observed the ridges and valleys that so greatly exemplified the varying resistance of rocks native to the area. After the Delaware Water Gap, the class took a brief respite at a local bake shop. The bakery was quaint and filled with the smell of freshly baked pies and hot apple cider brewed from scratch. Next stop on the trip was Mount Tammany—a beautiful landscape with a variety of metaconglomerates, sandstones and shales; all of which were the result of an ancient braided stream system. After Mount Tammany the class continued on to the Portland Water Park; another fluvially shaped landscape exhibiting features such as rip-up clasts. Our journey continued to East Stroudsburg where we observed the remains of an ancient Devonian coral reef with fossils as far as the eye could see. The last stop on the trip was Patterson Falls in New Jersey—a powerful waterfall that was once the site of a continental rifting event that also created the Palisades sill. 

- Chelsea Meier