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Wooster Geologists Visit the Miller Oil and Gas Museum in Shreve, Ohio

gwiles February 21, 2012 2:55 pm

Drs. Judge and Wiles are teaching a half credit course in The Geology of Oil and Gas. After weeks of well log interpretation, rock core description and interpretive contour mapping exercises the class caught a break and traveled to the … Continue reading →

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Posters Round Two at GSA – Minneapolis

gwiles October 11, 2011 10:00 am

  Sarah Appleton presents her research in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Her IS topic Tree-Ring Dating of the Glacial History of Wachusett Inlet, Glacier Bay was part of a special session honoring Dr. David Michaelson (U. Wisconsin – Madison) a … Continue reading →

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Alaska 2011

gwiles July 6, 2011 11:43 am

Guest Blogger: Sarah Appleton Wooster Geology takes its students all across the globe and this time they have traveled to the distant land of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (http://www.nps.gov/glba/index.htm), Alaska, for a better look at the sedimentation, ancient … Continue reading →

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Wooster Tree Ring Lab Ready for Business

gwiles June 10, 2011 2:25 pm

Guest blogger Jon Theisen Beginning May 17th and running until June 10th, the College of Wooster Tree Ring Lab has been partnering with and funded by The Center for Entrepreneurship in an effort to demonstrate the viability of dendrochronological dating … Continue reading →

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Non-stationarity in climatic response of coastal tree species along the Gulf of Alaska (Senior Independent Study Thesis by Stephanie Jarvis)

gwiles April 15, 2011 11:01 am

Editor’s note: Senior Independent Study (I.S.) is a year-long program at The College of Wooster in which each student completes a research project and thesis with a faculty mentor.  We particularly enjoy I.S. in the Geology Department because there are … Continue reading →

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Theory to Practice on Ice

gwiles February 1, 2011 8:34 pm

A group from the Wooster community, the University of Cincinnati, The College of Wooster and St. Lawrence University assembled in Wooster for the weekend to mount an expedition to recover many meters of lake mud from the bottom of Round … Continue reading →

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An Afternoon of Rocks and Minerals at Cornerstone Elementary

gwiles November 16, 2010 9:20 pm

Tuesday we had the pleasure to work with Mrs. Gaut’s and Ms Long’s (standing) third grade classes. Wooster Geology seniors Stephanie Jarvis and LaShawna Weeks taught 32 well-prepared students mineral and rock identification. LaShawna shows the group the fine art … Continue reading →

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International Research Experiences for Undergraduates (Posters Part II)

gwiles November 2, 2010 6:46 pm

Dr. Meagen Pollock discusses the challenges and rewards of leading international expeditions for undergraduates. She contributed her insights during a special poster session on International Research Experiences for Undergraduates sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) and the National … Continue reading →

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A Contribution to Understanding Tree Growth and North Pacific Climate

gwiles November 2, 2010 6:22 pm

Stephanie Jarvis contributes to a special session on Pacific Climate. Her talk was title Non-Stationarity in Mountain Hemlock Growth Along the Gulf of Alaska . She summarized a portion of her undergraduate thesis work and its relevance to understanding tree-ring … Continue reading →

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Sunday Morning in the Killbuck Valley

gwiles September 23, 2010 2:31 pm

The discussion and investigation was intense at the North Wellfield where cornfield soils were examined.

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