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Current & Recent Events:
ANNOUNCEMENT: Late Summer Picnic at Rocky Neck State Park
Rocky Neck State Park - Glacial Smoothing with Striations - Folding in Background
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WHEN: Saturday, September 11, 2021 at 12pm
WHERE: Rocky Neck State Park, Old Lyme, CT
COST: $10
WHERE: Rocky Neck State Park, Old Lyme, CT
COST: $10
The Geological Society of Connecticut is pleased to announce a summer picnic on September 11 at Rocky Neck State Park in Old Lyme. We will meet at noon at a cluster of picnic tables in a wooded area next to the bird observation platform near the beach parking lots where we can also grill. Entry to the park is free with Connecticut-licensed cars but an event registration fee of $10/attendee will cover the food/supplies GSC will provide (hamburgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs, corn, watermelon, chips, desserts, and soft drinks). Feel free to bring additional food and beverages. The event is BYOB (alcoholic beverages are allowed in the picnic areas). Please register by September 9 to reserve your meal.
During the afternoon we will hold an informal field trip discussing both glacial geologic and shoreline dynamic features and bedrock geologic and quarrying features. These areas are covered in depth in field trip guides from previous trips (NEGSA 2012: DEEP guidebook #9 and GSC 2015: GSC guidebook #6), which we will have on hand to share.
During the afternoon we will hold an informal field trip discussing both glacial geologic and shoreline dynamic features and bedrock geologic and quarrying features. These areas are covered in depth in field trip guides from previous trips (NEGSA 2012: DEEP guidebook #9 and GSC 2015: GSC guidebook #6), which we will have on hand to share.
2020 Geological Society of Connecticut Virtual Annual Meeting
Maureen D. Long, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Yale University. (Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut Media)
Date: November 13, 2020
Keynote Speaker: Maureen D. Long, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Yale University
Last annual meeting was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This included informal conversations about the state of the geosciences, a lecture by Dr. Marueen Long, Yale University, entitled “What lies beneath Connecticut’s geology? New images of the crust and mantle lithosphere from the SEISConn experiment” and our annual business meeting.
Keynote Speaker: Maureen D. Long, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Yale University
Last annual meeting was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This included informal conversations about the state of the geosciences, a lecture by Dr. Marueen Long, Yale University, entitled “What lies beneath Connecticut’s geology? New images of the crust and mantle lithosphere from the SEISConn experiment” and our annual business meeting.
2019 Geological Society of Connecticut Annual Meeting
The 11th annual meeting of the Geological Society of Connecticut was held Friday, November 15, at Heritage Hotel (https://www.heritagesouthbury.com) in Southbury, CT.
Along with a cocktail hour (cash bar), catered dinner, and lecture by William C. Burton, USGS Research Geologist, entitled Tempest in a teapot: how a small area in the western highlands reflects the wondrous complexity of Connecticut geology, an annual business meeting, and announce election results for the GSC Board of Directors.
Along with a cocktail hour (cash bar), catered dinner, and lecture by William C. Burton, USGS Research Geologist, entitled Tempest in a teapot: how a small area in the western highlands reflects the wondrous complexity of Connecticut geology, an annual business meeting, and announce election results for the GSC Board of Directors.
Meetings and Field Trips Archive
Thanks to our great members, all GSC events were enormously successful! Click the Archive to see past events.
Thanks to our great members, all GSC events were enormously successful! Click the Archive to see past events.