6 Applied Geological Investigations at State Geological Surveys in the Northeastern Section of GSA (Posters)

This technical session will highlight the high-level, applied work done by state geological surveys to address diverse environmental issues including geologic hazards, groundwater and surface water, and economic mineral deposits in the Northeast Section region.

Sunday, 22 March 2026
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
CCC, Ballroom C

Participants

• Chair Ben DeJong
• Chair Brian C. Yellen
• Chair Jonathan Kim

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  Identifying Karst Closed Depressions in a Glacially Mantled Terrain
  Rose-Anna Behr, PA Geological Survey, Middletown, PA and Mark Tucker, Independent Professional Geologist , New Jersey and Tadhg Pooler, Shippensburg University, Chambersburg, PA
  411133 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Four- Dimensional Characterization of the Surficial and Fractured Rock Aquifers Beneath the Wolcott Elementary School, North-Central Vermont
  Jonathan Kim, Vermont Geological Survey, Montpelier, VT and Edwin Romanowicz, Center for Earth and Environmental Sci, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY and Jeff Hoffer, Hoffer Consulting Inc., East Burke, Vermont and Amy Macrellis, Stone Environmental, Inc., Montpelier, VT and Ben DeJong, Vermont Geological Survey, Montpelier, VT and Julia Beaudoin, Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection, Montpelier, Vermont
  411209 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Hydrogeology of a Fractured Carbonate Aquifer Being Utilized for Open-Loop Geothermal Energy, Middlebury Vermont
  Evan Cooper, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT and William McDonald, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT and Peter Ryan, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT and Jonathan Kim, ANR, Montpelier, VT and Edwin Romanowicz, SUNY-Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY
  411272 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Investigating Killick Pond and its Connection to the Largest Landslide in the State of Maine
  Maegan Paul, Department of Geosciences, Wellesley, MA and Katrin Monecke, Department of Geosciences, Wellesley, Massachusetts and Lindsay Theis, Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, ME
  411342 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Building a Beach-camera Network along Bay and Ocean Coastlines of Delaware
  Christopher Mattheus, Newark, Delaware and Daniel Warner, Newark, Delaware and Karen Taylor, Lewes, Delaware and Justin Shawler and Sean McGill and Brittany Bruder and Jaime Tomlinson, Newark, Delaware
  411383 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Developing a Comprehensive Landslide Inventory for Improved Hazard Planning in Vermont
  Emma Myrick, Vermont Geological Survey, Montpelier, VT and George Springston, Norwich University, Northfield, VT and Peter Strand, Vermont Geological Survey, Montpelier, VT and Aidan Devine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT and Ben DeJong, Vermont Geological Survey, Montpelier, VT
  411388 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Unglued: New County Scale Landslide Potential Mapping in Eastern New York to address The Pleistocene Legacy and Climate Change Future of New York States Landscape.
  Andrew Kozlowski, New York State Museum - Geological Survey, Albany, NY and Karl Backhaus, New York State Museum/Geological Survey, Troy, NY and Andrew Clift, New York State Geological Survey, Albany, NY
  411437 (Technical Sessions)