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Coring Odell Lake

The dedicated team of Wooster Geologists, Sarah Appleton, Stephanie Jarvis, and Dr. Greg Wiles met up with the sleep deprived team of Geologists from The University of Cincinnati, Bill Honsaker, Gianna Evans, and Dr. Tom Lowell. The goal of day … Continue reading

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Thraspberry Thrashing

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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Beartrack Mountain

guest blogger: Stephanie On Friday Justin, Capt. of the Capelin, dropped Greg and I off at Beartrack Cove. We hiked up (straight up!) to the Repeater Station (used for the park radio station), where we set up camp and then … Continue reading

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Up to Alaska

guest blogger: Stephanie We arrived in Juno last night a little past 10 PM local time (that’s 2 AM for us…) after a long day of traveling, to be greeted by stuffed bears in the airport (awesome!). After spending a … Continue reading

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Wooster Students Close the GSA Meeting with Poster Presentations in Two Interdisciplinary Sessions

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Wooster Students Present Research at Portland GSA in “Recent Developments in Paleoclimate” session

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Minerals Outreach – Cornerstone Elementary

Geology Club members Lashawna, Kelly, Bridget and Phil worked with two third grade classes at Cornerstone Elementary School to sharpen up the students mineral and rock identification skills. Mrs. Gaut goes over the ground rules for the mineral and rock … Continue reading

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Environmental Geology Fieldtrip – Soils/Geologic History and Groundwater

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Processing the Lake Core (and Tree Cores)

Earlier posts from the Climate Change class showed the students coring trees and a lake for the various analysis described below. The goals are to examine climate in Ohio since the last Ice Age as recorded in lake sediments and … Continue reading

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Coring Round Lake – A Record of Post Glacial Change

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