Monthly Archives: June 2014

Going off the Grid for Pillow Lavas

mpollock June 29, 2014 2:23 am

Tatogga Lake, British Columbia – We’ve been traveling for four days and have finally arrived at our destination: Tatogga Lake. Tomorrow, we’ll be traveling by helicopter to our field site. It’s the first helicopter ride for most of us and … Continue reading →

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Pillows, and Dikes, and Bears. Oh My!

mpollock June 28, 2014 3:04 am

Guest Bloggers: Mary Reinthal, Julia Franceschi, and Liz Plascencia Greetings from Smithers, British Columbia! It is day three on the road and we are less then 2 days away from arriving at our field site – Pillow Ridge here we … Continue reading →

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Last day of work at the Natural History Museum, and some special visitors

Mark Wilson June 25, 2014 4:14 pm

LONDON, ENGLAND — I know it is an acquired taste, and way too esoteric, but I think the above scanning electron micrograph is beautiful. This is an undescribed species of the cyclostome bryozoan Corynotrypa from the Upper Ordovician Bromide Formation … Continue reading →

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B.C. Bound Part II: Here’s to Not Getting Eaten by Bears

mpollock June 25, 2014 7:44 am

Guest Bloggers: Julia Franceschi and Mary Reinthal A little over a week ago at Spoon market in downtown Wooster, we met our research collaborators from Dickinson College. Although it was the first time we met rising junior Liz Plascencia and … Continue reading →

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Almost ready for British Columbia

mpollock June 24, 2014 7:33 pm

Guest Blogger: Liz Plascencia   It’s safe to say that time truly does fly. Seemingly having know Mary and Julia for years, I am reminded that my arrival to The College of Wooster was a little over a week ago. … Continue reading →

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Scanning at the Natural History Museum

Mark Wilson June 24, 2014 4:56 pm

LONDON, ENGLAND — I know of no one better at the art of Scanning Electron Microscopy than Paul Taylor of the Department of Earth Sciences at the Natural History Museum in London. He is a master at producing superb images, … Continue reading →

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A day’s work in the Natural History Museum, London

Mark Wilson June 23, 2014 3:32 pm

LONDON, ENGLAND — This is one of my favorite places in the world. It is a Victorian cathedral of science: The Natural History Museum in London. Today I began three intense days of research with Paul Taylor in his paleontology … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologist in London at the British Museum

Mark Wilson June 22, 2014 1:42 pm

LONDON, ENGLAND — I arrived late last night in London after a series of delays in my departure from Poland, so I was pleased that today was a Sunday so I could chill a bit before work with Paul Taylor … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A silicified rhynchonellid brachiopod from the Permian of West Texas

Mark Wilson June 22, 2014 1:01 am

Sometimes fossils can be more useful when broken than whole. Above is a much-abused rhynchonellid brachiopod from the Road Canyon Formation (Middle Permian, Roadian, about 270 million years old) found in the Glass Mountains of southwestern Texas. It is part … Continue reading →

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A Nazi hiding hole in Middle Triassic rocks (Będzin, Poland)

Mark Wilson June 20, 2014 4:27 pm

SOSNOWIEC, POLAND — On my last full day in Poland, Michał Zatoń and his family took me on a tour of the city they live in and where my hotel is located: Będzin. The history of this place is very long, … Continue reading →

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