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.

My Research Project (new)

Publications

2018

Feranec, R., Kozlowski, A., 2018. Onset Age of Deglaciation Following the Last Glacial Maximum in New York State Based on Radiocarbon Ages of Mammalian Megafauna, in: Kehew, A., Curry, B. (Eds.), Quaternary Glaciation of the Great Lakes Region: Process, Landforms, Sediments, and Chronology. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, pp. .
Kozlowski, A., Bird, B., Lowell, T., Smith, C., Feranec, R., Graham, B., 2018. Minimum Age of the Mapleton, Tully, and Labrador Hollow Moraines Indicates Correlation with the Port Huron Phase in Central New York State, in: , Quaternary Glaciation of the Great Lakes Region: Process, Landforms, Sediments, and Chronology. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, pp. 191–216.

2017

J. Leone, A. Kozlowski, B. Bird, C. Porreca 2017, Surficial Geology of the Sheldrake Quadrangle, Cayuga and Seneca Counties, New York. Map and Chart Series
A. Kozlowski 2017, Subsurface Exploration for Aggregates Part 1 — Introduction to Drilling and Sampling Methods. Material Matters Fall, 16-19
A. Kozlowski, R. Feranec 2017, Ice Age Mammals Colonize New York: A STEM Lab Derived from Collections-Based Research at the New York State Museum, New York State Museum Education Leaflet New York State Education Department, Albany, New York
D. Pair, A. Kozlowski, B. Bird 2017, Surficial Geology of the Owasco Quadrangle, Cayuga and Onondaga Counties, New York. Map and Chart Series
A. Kozlowski, R. Feranec 2017, Ice Age Mammals Colonize New York: A STEM Lab Derived from Collections-Based Research at the New York State Museum, New York State Museum Education Leaflet New York State Education Department, Albany, New York

2016

C. Ver Straeten, A. Kozlowski 2016, Geology of the Altamont 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, Albany County, New York. Map and Chart Series 98
A. Kozlowski, B. Bird 2016, Late Quaternary Reconstruction of Lake Iroquois in the Ontario Basin of New York. Map & Chart Series 80
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