Daily Archives: July 4, 2011

Last day at Undirhlíðar

HAFNARFJORDUR, ICELAND: Guest blogger: Lindsey Today we wrapped up my field work in Undirhlíðar by double-checking our annotated photos and a brief tour of the West wall to confirm our hypothesis that the olivine rich pillow unit continued consistently along this … Continue reading

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Back to the Big Island for the Fourth of July

KURESSAARE, SAAREMAA, ESTONIA–The Wooster Geologists Estonia Team today braved the Baltic Sea again and took a ferry from the island of Hiiumaa to return to their previous field sites on the island of Saaremaa. We worked at Soeginina Cliff on … Continue reading

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Tubes, Trolls, and the West Wall

HAFNARFJORDUR, ICELAND- [guest bloggers Travis and Lindsey] We only spent about 2 hours in Undirhlíðar yesterday due to the gale force winds that sent basalt shrapnel flying into our faces, in particular our eyeballs. It wasn’t raining luckily, as raindrops … Continue reading

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