CNYAPG May 2016 Dr. Michael Rygel (SUNY Potsdam) 19 May

CNYAPG
May 2016
Dr. Michael Rygel
(SUNY Potsdam)
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May 2016 Meeting Announcement
President’s Message
Upcoming Events
19 May 2016 Meeting
Dr. Michael Rygel (SUNY Potsdam) will present:
“Sticks and Stones - How the Evolution of Land Plants Influenced Clastic Depositional Systems ”
The evolution of land plants in the Early Paleozoic forever changed the surface of our planet by altering the dynamics of sediment production, transport, and deposition. This presentation provides an overview of the processes by which plants have shaped our planet, tests early ideas by Stan Schumm and Ed Cotter, and provides an overview of the sedimentological response to land plant evolution as recorded in
New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Specifically, we demonstrate that the appearance of land plants corresponds to a dramatic
increase in the abundance of terrestrial mudrocks, meandering fluvial systems, and storage of sediment in overbank areas. This work represents a subset of a larger body of research undertaken with Neil Davies (Oxford University) and Martin Gibling (Dalhousie University).
Michael earned a B.S. in Geology from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown in 2000 and a Ph.D. in Earth Science from Dalhousie
University in 2005. He worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 2005-2006 before becoming a faculty member at SUNY Potsdam in 2006. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2012 and became Department Chair in
2014. He worked as a consultant for Devon Energy from 2011-2013 and has spent his summers co-teaching Indiana University’s Field
Geology in the Northern Rocky Mountains (G429) since 2011.
Michael’s research interests focus on the sedimentology and stratigraphy of shallow marine-terrestrial clastic systems. He focuses largely
on Late Paleozoic strata and has worked in the Maritimes Basin (Atlantic Canada), Appalachian Basin (eastern USA), Anadarko Basin
(Texas and Oklahoma), and numerous depocenters in eastern Australia. He has authored or co-authored 33 peer-reviewed journal articles
and 77 presentations at scientific meetings. He serves as the President of the New York State Council of Professional Geologists and as an
Associate Editor for the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences and the Journal of Sedimentary Research. In 2010 he was awarded the Geological Society of America’s Donald L. and Carolyn N. Biggs Earth Science Teaching Award.
Please RSVP by Friday, May 13th to reserve your seat and
to help us provide a reliable count to the chef at Casa Di
Copani.
Location:
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Cost:
RSVP:
Dinner costs for students who RSVP will be offset by sponsorships
by O’Brien & Gere, Gould Groundwater Investigations, and
Parratt-Wolff.
Casa Di Copani, 3414 Burnet Avenue, Syracuse, New York
5:00—6:00p.m. social hour: 6:00-6:30p.m. dinner; 6:45p.m. technical presentation
$20 members with RSVP; $25 at the door and for non-members; $15 for students; $3 presentation only
Bonnie (Parratt Wolff) bolney@pwinc.com or (315) 437-1429 by Friday 13 May 2016
Next meeting - September 2016—Have a great Summer!
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providing the Membership a forum
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President’s Message May 2016
Its election time! I’m guessing that most of you cringe when you hear those words especially given
the rancorous and sometimes shameful politicking by the US Presidential candidates that has been
going on for the past year and still has another 6 months to go.
CNYAPG elections offer a wonderful change of pace. There are no endless stump speeches, no relentless TV ads, no name calling or boasting, and no flipping coins to select which candidate to vote for.
Rather the CNYAPG elections are a peaceful opportunity for you to select members of the CNYAPG
Board of Directors and officers for the 2016-2017 year. We have four candidates for Board of Directors and a full slate of candidates for officers of the organization. All of the candidates are volunteering their time to see that CNYAPG continues to be a valuable asset to our professional community.
I encourage all members to support CNYAPG and vote in our election. Members have received an
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The newsletter is prepared by the email with the ballot attached. Ballots will also be available for members at the May 19 CNYAPG
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contributing their time and effort to help guide CNYAPG.
Officers:
Thank you
Guy Swenson, President
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Guy Swenson
President, CNYAPG
Paul Freyer, Vice President
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Todd Marsh, Treasurer
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Sean Pepling, Secretary
spepling@pwinc.com
Board of Directors:
Lynette Mokry
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Jennifer Belonsoff
jbelonsoff@geiconsultants.com
Gerry Gould
ggould@gouldgw.com
Calvin Prothro
prothroc@sunyocc.edu
Zeno Levy
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George Thomas
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Graham Bradley
graham.bradley@oswego.edu
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Upcoming Events of Interest
Date
Organization
Description
May 4
EBC of CNY
Mr. Charles Kirch, Environmental Compliance Management Corporation — New Mold
Legislation and Asbestos Refresher
EBCCNY Monthly Meeting, Double Tree, 6301 Route 298, East Syracuse, NY
http://hancocklaw.com/events/
May 18
HMAPG
HMPGA Monthly Meeting, Century House, 997 New Loudon Road, Latham, NY
www.hmpga.org
May 19
CNYAPG
Dr. Michael Rygel, SUNY Potsdam - Sticks and Stones - How the Evolution of Land Plants
Influenced Clastic Depositional Systems
CNYAPG Monthly Meeting, Casa DiCopani, Burnett Avenue, Syracuse, NY
www.cnyapg.org
June 1
EBC of CNY
Mr. Daniel Kopcow, GEI Consultants & Mr. Keith Decker, Land Remediation - DesignBuild Model: Cutting Through the Deliverables
EBCCNY Monthly Meeting, Double Tree, 6301 Route 298, East Syracuse, NY
http://hancocklaw.com/events/
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