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Dr. Andrew Kozlowski

Curator of Quaternary Landscape Materials
andrew.kozlowski@nysed.gov
518-486-2012

My research focuses on geologic mapping of sediments deposited and landforms created during the Pleistocene epoch (2.6 million - 11,700 years ago), the most recent time that episodes of global cooling, or ice ages, took place. Much of the world's temperate zones were alternately covered by glaciers during cool periods and uncovered during the warmer interglacial periods when the glaciers retreated.

I utilize field mapping, exploratory drilling and coring, geophysical methods and age dating (geochronology) to better understanding of three-dimensional geologic frameworks of glacial deposits and reconstruct former positions and locations of glaciers in New York State. It is my long term research goal to provide better understanding and resolution of glacial stratigraphy and glacial chronology in New York State and the Great Lakes Region.

My work directing the geologic mapping program in the State Museum and Quaternary research helps to address societal and land use issues for example geologic hazards such as landslides, water quality & resources, and aggregate resources, etc. most of which are the direct result of repeated glaciations.

Publications

2016

A. Kozlowski, B. Bird 2016, Surficial Geology of the West Ninemile Point 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, Cayuga County, New York. Map and Chart
B. Graham, J. Leone, A. Kozlowski, B. Bird 2016, Geology of the Union Springs Quadrangle, Cayuga County, New York. Map & Chart Series 88
J. Leone, A. Kozlowski, R. Dineen 2016, Surficial Geology of the Delmar Quadrangle, Albany County, New York. Map & Chart Series 91
A. Kozlowski, R. Feranec 2016, Implications of a Bayesian radiocarbon calibration of colonization ages for mammalian megafauna in glaciated New York State after the Last Glacial Maximum, Quaternary Research 85, 262-270. 10.1016/j.yqres.2016.01.003
A. Kozlowski, Nathan Hopkins, Edward Evenson, Kenneth Kodama 2016, An anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) investigation of the till fabric of drumlins: support for an accretionary origin, Boreas 45, 100-108. 10.1111/bor.12138
Berg, R., Brown, S., Thomason, J., Hasenmueller, N., Letsinger, S., Kincare, K., Esch, J., Kehew, A., Thorleifson, L., Kozlowski, A., Bird, B., Pavey, R., Bajc, A., Burt, A., Fleeger, G., Carson, E., 2016. A Multiagency and Multijurisdictional Approach to Mapping the Glacial Deposits of the Great Lakes Region in Three Dimensions, in: , Geological Society of America Special Papers. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, pp. 520-537.

2015

A. Kozlowski, B. Bird 2015, Surficial Geology of the Auburn Quadrangle, Cayuga County, New York. Map & Chart Series 82
A. Kozlowski, B. Bird 2015, Surficial Geology of the Fair Haven Quadrangle, Cayuga and Wayne County, New York. Map & Chart Series 83
A. Kozlowski, B. Bird 2015, Surficial Geology of the Weedsport Quadrangle, Cayuga County, New York. Map & Chart Series 84
J. Leone, A. Kozlowski, B. Bird 2015, Surficial Geology of the Genoa Quadrangle, Cayuga County, New York. Map & Chart Series 85