Geology: Field Guides
New York State Geological Association Guidebooks
Published annually by the NYS Geological Association, the Field Trip Guidebooks are produced from annual meetings held at host institutions around New York State. The field trips highlight areas of geologic interest typically in the regions of the host institutions, as well as surrounding vicinities and adjacent states. The NYSAG makes the 1960-2012 guidebooks available for free from its website in PDF format. Access is organized by decade:
- 1960s NYSGA Guidebooks (Full Text)
- 1970s NYSGA Guidebooks (Full Text)
- 1980s NYSGA Guidebooks (Full Text)
- 1990s NYSGA Guidebooks (Full Text)
- 2000s NYSGA Guidebooks (Full Text)
- 2010s NYSGA Guidebooks (Full Text)
In addition, the guidebooks are available going back to 1956 in print in Lockwood Library Book Collection and can be checked out. They are shelved under the call number: QE145 .N56
Below is a "place" index to the field trip guidebooks:
1956, 28th, Rochester |
1957, 29th, Wellsville |
1958, 30th, Peekskill |
1959, 31st, Ithaca |
1960, 32nd, Clinton |
1961, 33rd, Troy |
1962, 34th, Port Jervis |
1963, 35th, Binghamton |
1964, 36th, Syracuse |
1965, 37th, Schenectady |
1966, 38th, Niagara Falls |
1967, 39th, Newburgh |
1968,, 40th, Flushing |
1969, 41st, Plattsburgh |
1970, 42nd, Cortland |
1971, 43rd, Potsdam |
1972, 44th, Utica |
1973, 45th, Rochester |
1974, 46th, Fredonia |
1975, 47th, Hempstead |
1976, 48th, Poughkeepsie |
1977, 49th, Oneonta |
1978, 50th, Syracuse |
1979, 51st, Troy |
1980, 52nd, Newark, NJ |
1981, 53rd, Binghamton |
1982, 54th, Amherst |
1983, 55th, Potsdam |
1984, 56th, Clinton |
1985, 57th, Saratoga Springs |
1986, 58th, Ithaca |
1987, 59th, Kingston |
1988, 60th, Plattsburgh |
1989, 61st, Middletown |
1990, 62nd, Fredonia |
1991, 63rd, Oneonta |
1992, 64th, Hamilton/Saranac Lake |
1993, 65th, Canton |
1994, 66th, Rochester |
1995, 67th, Schenectady |
1996, 68th, Staten Island |
1997, 69th, Clinton |
1998, 70th, Binghamton |
1999, 71st, Fredonia |
2000, 72nd, Geneva |
2001, 73rd, Hudson Valley |
2002, 74th, Lake George |
2003, 75th, Oneonta |
2004, 76th, Potsdam |
2005, 77th, Oswego |
2006, 78th, Amherst |
2007, 79th, Cortland |
2008, 80th, Lake George |
2009, 81st, New Paltz |
2010, 82nd, Staten Island |
2011, 83rd, Syracuse |
2012, 84th, Clinton
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Geologic Guide Books of North America
Geologic Guidebooks of North America
Hosted by the American Geosciences Institute, this database consists of references to geologic field trip guidebooks of North America. Most of the guidebooks cited are from the period 1940-1988. A few are from earlier years.
International Field Guides
This database, maintained by the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, can be used to identify field guides. The field guides in this database are classified by type of organism and region covered. You can search the database by title, contributor, or subject term.