SUNY Cortland - Geology Department

Student Information

Departmental News

Faculty & Staff

List of Current Course Offerings

Geology Course Descriptions
and On-Line Course Materials

Degree Programs in
Geology/ Earth Science Education

Summer Field Geology
Courses/Brauer Field Station

Geology Resources and Links of Interest

Career Assistance for Graduates

Geology Department Contact Info

Important Department Links

1. Earth and Sky Program
(A"Freshman-First" Program!)

2. Summer Field Geology Camp
and Field Courses

3. Cortland Weather
(Our Weather Station on Bowers Hall Roof!)

4. Department Field Trips (Pictures!)

5. Recent Department News

Geology field trips

The Department of Geology runs a weekend field trip every semester as GLY 400 "Supplemental Field Studies". The objective of these excursions is to visit and examine areas of geologic interest beyond the immediate vicinity of Cortland. The links below will take you to brief photo archives of trips taken in recent years.

Spring 2008	Western New York	Quaternary and Paleozoic Geology
Fall 2007	Southeastern New York and Northern New Jersey	Geology and Paleontology of Early Mesozoic Rift Basins: The Opening of the Atlantic Ocean and the Rise of Dinosaurs
Spring 2007	Cape Cod & Woods Hole, MA	Coastal Geology and Whale Watching
Fall 2006	Rhode Island	Study of Ancient Avalonia
Spring 2006	Eastern and Northern New York	Late Pleistocene meltwater floods
Fall 2005	Sudbury, Ontario	Meteorite Impact Site and Precambrian geology
Spring 2005	Key Largo, Florida	Modern and Pleistocene Carbonate Environments
Fall 2004	Eastern New York & Vermont	The Taconic Orogeny
Spring 2004	Western New York	Quaternary and Paleozoic Geology
Fall 2003	New York/New Jersey	Rise of the Atlantic and the Age of Dinosaurs
Spring 2003	Northern New York	Rocks and Wetlands of the Adirondacks
Fall 2002	Rhode Island	Tectonics and Geology of Avalonia
Spring 2002	Key Largo, Florida	Modern and Pleistocene Carbonate Environments
Fall 2001	Sudbury, Ontario	Meteorite Impact Site and Precambrian geology
Spring 2001	Central Pennsylvania	Caves and Karst Geomorphology
Fall 2000	Eastern New York & Vermont	Tectonics and Geology of the Champlain Valley
Spring 2000	Key Largo, Florida	Modern and Pleistocene Carbonate Environments
Fall 1999	Cape Cod, Massachusetts	Oceanography, Coastal and Glacial Geomorphology

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