Tag Archives: Iceland

Last day at Undirhlíðar

mpollock July 4, 2011 5:30 pm

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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Tubes, Trolls, and the West Wall

mpollock July 4, 2011 7:24 am

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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Using the iPad in geologic field work-Part 2

mpollock July 2, 2011 4:29 pm

HAFNARFJORDUR, ICELAND- Guest Blogger: Lindsey Bowman Our Estonia-based colleagues certainly have an advantage when it comes to timely blog posts; lagging three hours behind we are now appearing redundant in our post topic! We too have been using the iPad … Continue reading →

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First day of field work in Undirhlíðar Quarry

mpollock July 1, 2011 6:33 pm

HAFNARFJORDUR, ICELAND: Guest Blogger: Lindsey Bowman Today Travis, Dr. Pollock and I started our field work in Undirhlíðar Quarry. It was cold, windy and rainy- perfect for our new rain gear! We started mapping the quarry walls in detail where Becky Alcorn … Continue reading →

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Cafe Hopping in Reykjavik

mpollock June 30, 2011 12:58 pm

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND – [Guest bloggers Travis and Lindsey] So we made it to Reykjavik at around 0930 GST. Myself and Lindsey had about maybe 30 minutes of sleep on the plane and were subsequently exhausted. After checking into our guesthouse … Continue reading →

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“A Creative Adventure”: Wooster Geologist Featured in a Higher Education Article

Mark Wilson October 5, 2010 7:47 pm

WOOSTER, OHIO–“When College of Wooster Assistant Professor Meagen Pollock stands in front of one of her geology courses, she’s thinking beyond what her students need to accomplish during that class period, or even during that semester. Pollock is constantly thinking … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Iceland

mpollock July 20, 2010 6:31 pm

Guest blogger: Becky Alcorn Unfortunately this is our last night in Iceland so I will not be posting again anytime soon. We did have a great last day though. We spent the morning working on my abstract and packing things … Continue reading →

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Wooster Takes on the Volcano

mpollock July 19, 2010 6:06 pm

Guest Blogger: Becky Alcorn We just returned from our trip to the volcano and are too tired to give the full details right now, but here are a few pictures from our trip. Meagen promises to write a future blog … Continue reading →

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I’m so tired I don’t even want to title this.

mpollock July 17, 2010 5:52 pm

Guest Blogger: Becky Alcorn Yesterday we spent the day in Undirhlithar mapping the quarry wall that will be the focus of my IS. We climbed the majority of the wall with the exception of a few unstable places and collected … Continue reading →

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Let the Work Begin

mpollock July 15, 2010 1:30 pm

Guest blogger: Becky Alcorn Today was our first day of field work in Undirlithar quarry. Although a lot of the quarry has been filled in in the last year, we had a very successful day and found three dikes that … Continue reading →

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