A7. Geologic Field Trip Sites for Teachers in Northwestern Vermont
Leaders: Christine Massey (UVM Perkins Museum) and Shelley Snyder (Mt.
Abraham Union High School) Of special interest to K-12 teachers!The schedule of field trips is now finalized, but is always subject to change. Last updated September 17, 1999.
All trips will be by automobile or van, with pooling encouraged. NEIGC participants are responsible for bringing lunch each day and suitable clothing and foot wear for the weather. Field trip leaders will make the judgement on adequacy of equipment for these excursions. Read the field trip descriptions very carefully!!
Specific questions about the trips should be directed to the trip leaders.Tabular presentation of Trips (instead of this listing)
Symposium on Surficial Geologic Mapping in New England
A1. Surficial Geology of the Eastern Half of the St. Johnsbury 7.5 x 15 Minute Quadrangle, Northeastern Vermont Leaders: George Springston and George M. Haselton
A2. Slope Stability and Late Pleistocene/Holocene History, Northwestern Vermont Leaders: Paul Bierman, Stephen Wright, and Kyle Nichols
A3. Lithotectonic Packages and Tectonic Boundaries across the Lamoille River Transect in Northern Vermont (This trip will be repeated on Sunday as Trip C3.) Leaders: Peter Thompson, Thelma Thompson, and Barry Doolan Note Change in Time and Location of Departure! See trip description.
A4. Mineralogy, Petrology, and Health Issues at the Ultramafic Complex, Belvidere Mt., Vermont, USA Leaders: Mark Van Baalen and Carl A. Francis, Harvard University, and Brooke T. Mossman, University of Vermont
A5. Nature of the Albee-Ammonoosuc Contact, Moore Reservoir Area, N.H.-VT.: The Piermont-Frontenac Allochthon--Embattled But Thriving! Leader: Robert H. Moench
A6. Faults and Fluids The Vermont Foreland and Hinterland in Western Vermont Leader: Rolfe Stanley, Tracy Rushmer, Caleb Holyoke, Andrea Lini
A7. Geologic Field Trip Sites for Teachers in Northwestern Vermont
Leaders: Christine Massey (UVM Perkins Museum) and Shelley Snyder (Mt.
Abraham Union High School) Of special interest to K-12 teachers!
Welcome Party and Registration, 7:00 - 9:30 pm, Ramada Inn, 1117 Williston Road (Exit 14 off I-89, see map), South Burlington, Vermont 05043, (802) 658-0250
B1. Deglaciation History of the Steven's Branch Valley: Williamstown to Barre, Vermont Leader: Stephen Wright
B2. Fire and Ice and IceÉ And Fire? The Origin and Fate of the Sandstone Pavement Pine Barrens in Northeastern New York Leaders: David A. Franzi and Kenneth B. Adams, Plattsburgh State University
B3. Lamoille River Valley Bedrock Transect #2 Leaders: Jonathan Kim, Marjorie Gale, Jo Laird, and Rolfe Stanley
B4. Evidence for movement of the Monroe Fault during intrusion of the Victory Pluton, northeastern Vermont Leader: Kimberly Hannula
B5. A Field Discussion of the Pinnacle Formation, a Late Precambrian Rift Valley Fill, and the Development of the Iapetus Basin. Leader: Lars Cherichetti & Alexis Richardson
Reception and Annual Banquet: 7:00 to 9:30 at The Ramada Inn, 1117 Williston Road (Exit 14 off I-89, see map), South Burlington, Vermont 05043, (802) 658-0250.
C1. Glacial History of the Montpelier, Vermont, 7.5-minute quadrangle Leader: Frederick D. Larsen, Norwich University
C2. Pine Street Canal Superfund Site: Hydrogeology and its Effects Upon the Extent of Manufactured Coal Gas Contamination Leader: Don Maynard
C3. Lithotectonic Packages and Tectonic Boundaries across the Lamoille River Transect in Northern Vermont (a repeat of Trip A3) Leaders: Peter Thompson, Thelma Thompson, and Barry Doolan Note Change in Time and Location of Departure! See trip description.
C4. Petrology and Structure of Early Cretaceous Igneous Intrusions Near Shelburne, Vermont Leaders: J. Gregory McHone and Nancy W. McHone
C5. The Champlain Thrust Fault at Lone Rock Point
Leader: Rolfe Stanley Of special interest to K-12 teachers!