
Dr. Charles Ver Straeten
Curator of Sedimentary Rocks
charles.verstraeten@nysed.gov
518-486-2004
My focus is on Devonian Period Sedimentation and Stratigraphy, including sea level history, mountain building and sedimentation, paleoecology, and Devonian volcanic ash layers. In addition, I also study the deposition and preservation of volcanic ash layers in shallow seas and lakes through time.