Monthly Archives: October 2013

Wooster Geologists at GSA 2013: Last one standing

Mark Wilson October 30, 2013 4:05 pm

And that would be me. This morning I gave a talk about a project Paul Taylor and I have been working on for about two years. In fact, it was about a year ago that I was in the Smithsonian … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Team Utah completes its presentations at the 2013 GSA meeting in Denver

Mark Wilson October 29, 2013 8:28 am

DENVER, COLORADO–Tricia Hall (’14) stands before her 2013 Geological Society of America poster: “Petrologic and kinematic analysis of deformation bands in the Late Cretaceous Sixmile Canyon Formation, central Utah“. She worked hard this summer with Dr. Shelley Judge pounding away … Continue reading →

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The Wooster Geologists of Team Alaska present at the 2013 Geological Society of America Meeting

Mark Wilson October 29, 2013 7:39 am

DENVER, COLORADO–We last saw the dynamic tree-coring duo of Abby VanLeuven (’14) and Andy Nash (’14) in wet, muddy, glorious Alaska pursuing their Independent Study research with Dr. Greg Wiles. They cleaned up nicely and today presented two posters at … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologists Alumni Reception at the 2013 Geological Society Annual Meeting in Denver

Mark Wilson October 28, 2013 11:13 pm

DENVER, COLORADO–It is a tradition at the annual GSA meeting to have a Wooster Geologists alumni gathering. Here is this evening’s happy crew of current students, faculty and alumni — or at least a snapshot of a continuum of people … Continue reading →

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Team Utah’s first presentation at GSA 2013

Mark Wilson October 28, 2013 8:32 pm

DENVER, COLORADO–Michael Williams (who chose a particularly impressive shirt and tie today) and Dr. Shelley Judge presented a poster at the Geological Society of America meeting entitled: “Evidence for inflation and deflation in lavas flows west of Miter Crater, Ice … Continue reading →

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Geology Independent Study at Wooster highlighted at GSA meeting in Denver

Mark Wilson October 28, 2013 8:25 pm

DENVER, COLORADO–This afternoon Dr. Meagen Pollock presented a poster at the Geological Society of America entitled: “The history, current best practices, and future trajectory of the Independent Study (I.S.) program at The College of Wooster“. In this work, co-authored with … Continue reading →

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Wooster paleontologists present at the Geological Society of America meeting in Denver

Mark Wilson October 28, 2013 5:36 pm

DENVER, COLORADO–Yesterday Oscar Mmari (’14) gave the first presentation from Wooster’s Team Israel 2013 at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Denver. Today our two paleontologists on the team discussed their posters. Above is Lizzie Reinthal … Continue reading →

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First Wooster geology presentation at the 2013 annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Denver, Colorado

Mark Wilson October 27, 2013 11:12 am

DENVER, COLORADO–It’s that time of year for geologists when we collect at one of two major national meetings. Wooster geologists are always well represented at the Geological Society of America convention, this year held in downtown Denver. Meagen Pollock, Shelley … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: Bits of a bamboo coral from the Lower Pleistocene of Sicily

Mark Wilson October 27, 2013 1:09 am

Earlier this summer I participated on a pre-conference field trip of the International Bryozoology Association throughout Sicily. We had an excellent time and saw many wondrous things. At one stop on the western side of the Milazzo Peninsula in the … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A carnivorous snail from the Pliocene of Cyprus

Mark Wilson October 20, 2013 1:14 am

These drab and worn shells from the Pliocene of Cyprus are the remains of deadly little snails still around today. They are from an unknown species of the genus Euthria Gray, 1850. (Sometimes Euthria is considered a subgenus of Buccinulum.) … Continue reading →

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