Monthly Archives: June 2010

B-WISER

mpollock June 26, 2010 1:20 pm

Campers from the Buckeye Women in Science, Engineering, and Research (B-WISER) science camp visited the Geology Department last Thursday to study the role of lava viscosity in volcanic eruptions. We used corn syrup as our ‘lava’ and experimented with ways … Continue reading →

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The Future of Undergraduate Geoscience Research

mpollock June 21, 2010 1:56 am

To celebrate the upcoming 25th anniversary of the CUR Geosciences Division, our session today started with a lively discussion of what undergraduate research was like 25 years ago. It seems that Princeton had a robust undergraduate research program, but at … Continue reading →

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CUR 2010

mpollock June 19, 2010 11:17 pm

I’m at the 2010 National Conference of the Council on Undergraduate Research at Weber State in Ogden, Utah. Tonight, the conference kicked off with a talk by Dr. Robert Full (University of California, Berkeley) on “The Value of Interdisciplinary Research-based … Continue reading →

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Safely in the Tel Aviv airport and all’s well

Mark Wilson June 16, 2010 4:03 am

BEN GURION AIRPORT, ISRAEL — It is always a special moment when the rental car is successfully returned (surprisingly undamaged), the luggage with its curious bags of rocks is checked through (“Why do you need to have numbers on all … Continue reading →

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A splash into the Jurassic on our last Negev field day

Mark Wilson June 15, 2010 8:04 am

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL — Today we traveled northeast of Mitzpe Ramon to Makhtesh Gadol (“The Large Crater”) to look at some Jurassic fossils in the Matmor Formation.  I had to take a few photographs and collect some cool crinoids there, … Continue reading →

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Thraspberry Thrashing

gwiles June 14, 2010 1:01 pm

guest blogger: Stephanie It’s been a full week! On Monday, Justin (the captain) and Tom (captain of another boat who Justin was training for the Capelin) took all of us around to climate stations Dan maintains throughout the park to … Continue reading →

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Last Field Day in the Cretaceous of the Negev

Mark Wilson June 14, 2010 9:37 am

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL — We spent our last Cretaceous field day in our section of the Zihor and Menuha Formations just south of Makhtesh Ramon.  It is a complicated place because of tectonic activity from the Late Cretaceous on, so … Continue reading →

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An igneous rock for Dr. Pollock

Mark Wilson June 13, 2010 8:56 am
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A dip into Triassic seas

Mark Wilson June 13, 2010 8:54 am

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL — We wish there was still some water in those seas because it was 41°C (106°F) this afternoon, but alas the only water we saw was that which was warmly sloshing in our plastic bottles.  Today we … Continue reading →

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Holiday travel in southern Israel

Mark Wilson June 12, 2010 12:29 pm

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL — Today we took the usual weekly shabbat break from fieldwork and spent the day as tourists.

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