Monthly Archives: June 2015

Shore defenses

SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND (June 8, 2015) — We see many of these World War II concrete defenses along the Yorkshire coastline. This is a pillbox that was likely constructed in 1940 to defend the realm from the Germans. Of course, it … Continue reading

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Speeton Cliffs and Filey Brigg on a fine English summer day

SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND (June 7, 2015) — This steep and muddy slope may not look like much, but it is the man exposure of the famous Speeton Clay, a Lower Cretaceous unit rich with fossils. Team Yorkshire started here (N 54.16654°, … Continue reading

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Exploring the coast north of Scarborough

SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND (June 6, 2015) — Today Team Yorkshire got an early start this morning examining the Jurassic sections along the coast north of Scarborough. With Paul Taylor as our skilled English driver, we took the rental vehicle first to … Continue reading

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Team Yorkshire explores Scarborough

SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND (June 5) — It was a spectacular day on the coast of northeastern England. When Paul Taylor arrived by train at 10:30 this morning, the clouds broke and the sunlight streamed through. Mae and Meredith explored Scarborough in … Continue reading

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A chaetetid demosponge from the Upper Carboniferous of southern Nevada

I collected this lump of a specimen during my dissertation research in the Bird Spring Formation (Carboniferous-Permian) of southern Nevada. It was found in a richly-fossiliferous Upper Carboniferous (Moscovian) portion near Mountain Springs Pass, which is about 40 km southwest … Continue reading

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Team Yorkshire arrives for fieldwork

SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND (June 4) — Wooster Geology’s Team Yorkshire has now arrived for ten days of fieldwork in the Jurassic of the Cleveland Basin exposed in and around this delightful English seaside town. It was a tedious journey for Geology … Continue reading

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