Daily Archives: June 9, 2010

Northern exposure

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL — Another day of learning Upper Cretaceous stratigraphy from Yoav Avni of the Geological Survey of Israel, this time in the north of our field area.  Just as last month in Mississippi and Alabama, we deployed the … Continue reading

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The good news about fieldwork in southern Israel is that we don’t worry about snakes. The bad news …

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A desert bird in the hand

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL — While driving to our outcrops today north of Makhtesh Ramon, we came across four researchers catching and tagging small birds in the early morning.  They are from the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel … Continue reading

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