Comments on: Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of the Late Silurian (Pridoli) Äigu Beds of Saaremaa Island, Estonia (Senior Independent Study Thesis by Palmer Shonk) http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2010/02/15/paleoenvironmental-reconstruction-of-the-late-silurian-pridoli-aigu-beds-of-saaremaa-island-estonia-senior-independent-study-thesis-by-palmer-shonk/ A World to Explore Sun, 19 May 2013 02:50:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Wooster Geologists » Blog Archive » Silurian limestone under our feet http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2010/02/15/paleoenvironmental-reconstruction-of-the-late-silurian-pridoli-aigu-beds-of-saaremaa-island-estonia-senior-independent-study-thesis-by-palmer-shonk/comment-page-1/#comment-9253 Wooster Geologists » Blog Archive » Silurian limestone under our feet Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:29:07 +0000 http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/?p=1383#comment-9253 [...] northwest coast. I know this place well from several visits, and it was the site of Palmer Shonk’s Independent Study project. The limestone here is mostly a high-energy encrinite (a rock made almost entirely of [...]

]]> By: Wooster Geologists » Blog Archive » Return to a Silurian crinoid forest http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2010/02/15/paleoenvironmental-reconstruction-of-the-late-silurian-pridoli-aigu-beds-of-saaremaa-island-estonia-senior-independent-study-thesis-by-palmer-shonk/comment-page-1/#comment-5395 Wooster Geologists » Blog Archive » Return to a Silurian crinoid forest Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:51:11 +0000 http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/?p=1383#comment-5395 [...] a crinoid stem and isolated ring-like columnals). Palmer Shonk (’10) studied this outcrop for his Independent Study thesis. We returned here today to collect more field data so that Palmer, Olev Vinn, Bill Ausich and I can [...]

]]> By: Dad http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2010/02/15/paleoenvironmental-reconstruction-of-the-late-silurian-pridoli-aigu-beds-of-saaremaa-island-estonia-senior-independent-study-thesis-by-palmer-shonk/comment-page-1/#comment-3304 Dad Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:53:43 +0000 http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/?p=1383#comment-3304 Love the pics of the rocks. Query: what would it be like for a time traveler, who landed on that spot, however many million years ago? Is he going to be dodging great awful creatures?

]]> By: Palmer Shonk http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2010/02/15/paleoenvironmental-reconstruction-of-the-late-silurian-pridoli-aigu-beds-of-saaremaa-island-estonia-senior-independent-study-thesis-by-palmer-shonk/comment-page-1/#comment-3301 Palmer Shonk Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:31:29 +0000 http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/?p=1383#comment-3301 Dr. Pollock,

The holdfast you are seeing is only one of many at my field site. There were dozens of holdfasts still in place, in living position. According to Dr. Wilson and Dr. Ausich, something like that is very rare.

]]> By: Meagen Pollock http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2010/02/15/paleoenvironmental-reconstruction-of-the-late-silurian-pridoli-aigu-beds-of-saaremaa-island-estonia-senior-independent-study-thesis-by-palmer-shonk/comment-page-1/#comment-3300 Meagen Pollock Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:29:07 +0000 http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/?p=1383#comment-3300 Wow! The picture of the crinoid holdfast is amazing! How common are crinoid holdfasts?

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