Monthly Archives: June 2015

John Muir, Alaska, and A Tree Mountain Chronology

gwiles June 12, 2015 4:02 pm

Guest Blogger: Audrey Steiner-Malumphy In 2011, Dr. Wiles and his advisees Lauren Vargo and Jennifer Horton cored dozens of trees from Tree Mountain in Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Muir Glacier is located northwest of this mountain, named … Continue reading →

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Russian Birch Climate Reconstruction- Part 2

gwiles June 12, 2015 3:59 pm

Guest blogger- Clara Deck This summer, I am working with Dan Misinay to continue a dendrochronology project focused on Kamchatka, Russia. We have been working with birch tree cores (Bertula ermanii) collected from the region by Dr. Wiles and I.S. … Continue reading →

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Goodygoody Girdwood Chronology Construction

gwiles June 12, 2015 11:08 am

 Guest bloggers: Kaitlin Starr and Maddie Happ     During the summer of 2014, the Columbia Bay team (Dr.Wiles, Nick Wiesenberg, Kaitlin Starr and Jesse Wiles) cored numerous trees near the town of Girdwood, Alaska. The collection is primarily made … Continue reading →

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Taking a break to see York

Mark Wilson June 12, 2015 6:12 am

SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND (June 12, 2015) — Team Yorkshire went on a holiday today with a visit to York, only a short train ride inland from Scarborough. We needed a break, and in any case the tides were not in our … Continue reading →

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Museum work and a castle visit in Scarborough

Mark Wilson June 11, 2015 6:11 am

SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND (June 11, 2015) — It is always useful when doing paleontological fieldwork to visit the local museum to see what specimens they’ve curated over the years. Today Team Yorkshire explored the collections at the Scarborough Museums Trust Woodend … Continue reading →

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Another gorgeous day on the Yorkshire coast

Mark Wilson June 10, 2015 6:10 am

SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND (June 10, 2015) — We certainly can’t complain about the weather for our fieldwork in Yorkshire this year. Today was spectacular with blue skies and cool sea breezes. It made the long beach hikes very pleasant. This was … Continue reading →

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Russian Birch Climate Reconstruction

gwiles June 9, 2015 9:10 am

Guest blogger – Dan Misinay During the summer of 2014 Dr. Wiles and I.S. student Sarah Fredrick traveled to Kamchatka, Russia. While there, they cored hundreds of birch (Bertula ermanii) and larch (Larix gmelinii) trees to bring back to the … Continue reading →

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A coincidence?

Mark Wilson June 9, 2015 6:09 am

SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND (June 9, 2015) — Why do these geologists look so pleased to be standing in front of a nondescript shoe store? The answer is on the blue plaque above their heads. Turns out we’ve been eating breakfast every … Continue reading →

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Return to the Speeton Clay

Mark Wilson June 9, 2015 6:09 am

SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND (June 9, 2015) — Team Yorkshire returned to the Speeton Clay today to begin the fieldwork for Mae Kemsley’s Senior Independent Study project. Mae chose to work on the incredible diversity of belemnites found in this Lower Cretaceous … Continue reading →

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Team Yorkshire chooses projects

Mark Wilson June 8, 2015 6:08 am

SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND (June 8, 2015) — When we do field Independent Study projects in the Wooster Geology Department, we never know the exact topic until we’ve tested ideas on the actual outcrops. Today we did the last of our general … Continue reading →

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