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Geomorphology (GEOM24) – Soils on the Golf Course

gwiles December 4, 2024 4:38 pm

The group gearing up to describe and map soils in the old growth stand just east of the College Golf Course. Guest bloggers: Lynnsey, Cate, Evie, Chanel, Lilly and Amanda   Figure 1. Diagram showing the formation of the glacial … Continue reading →

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Geomorphology (GEM24) Part 3 – Browns Lake for Soils

gwiles December 4, 2024 3:55 pm

Guest bloggers: Grace, Hayden, Vince and Ethan The group working with soils at Browns Lake Bog Preserve. The goal was the dig three soils pits and examine the soil catena from the top of a kame to the base controlling … Continue reading →

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Geomorphology (GEOM24) – Part 2 of What we learned

gwiles December 4, 2024 10:43 am
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Geomorphology (GEOM24) – Spangler Gorge (Part 1)

gwiles December 3, 2024 10:01 pm

Guest bloggers: Damien, Rheo, Elliot and Arron: On September 9th the 2024 Fall Geomorphology Class took a trip to Spangler Gorge in Wooster Memorial Park. Here the students studied how the valley formed around Rathburn Run as well as the … Continue reading →

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Klawock to Ketchikan

gwiles July 17, 2024 3:48 pm

Guest bloggers: Amanda Flory and Mihalis Protopapadakis Carnivorous sundews found in Balls Lake muskegs. On our last full day at Prince of Wales Island, we explored the trail around Balls Lake, in Tongass National Forest. The AYS team helped us … Continue reading →

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Ketchikan to Klawock

gwiles July 11, 2024 2:00 am

Guest Bloggers: Mihalis Protopapadakis and Amanda Flory This year the College of Wooster Tree Ring Lab flew to Ketchikan for our 2024 Alaska trip. July 6th and 7th were spent in Ketchikan, where we collected samples from Deer Mountain after … Continue reading →

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Buggin’ Out at Apple Creek

gwiles June 27, 2024 4:18 pm

  Guest Bloggers: Evie Sanford and Peter Rothstein – On June 11, the 2024 Scovel Summer Research Team visited Apple Creek with Trout Unlimited to analyze the water quality through a macroinvertebrate survey. This study was performed because macroinvertebrates are … Continue reading →

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Alaska Collaboration, Ongoing and Future Projects

gwiles August 13, 2023 10:07 pm

In addition to the summer work described by Lilly Hinkley and Tyrell Cooper, the Wooster Tree Ring Lab is collaborating projects with (1) The Tree Ring Lab of the Johannes Gutenberg-University in Mainz, Germany. This work is part of a … Continue reading →

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Coring Trees and Flying over Seas, Hoonah, Alaska 2023

gwiles July 18, 2023 3:41 pm

Guest Bloggers: Lilly Hinkley and Tyrell Cooper Tyrell, Lilly, Nick and Dr. Wiles of Wooster’s Tree Ring Lab (WTRL) were in Juneau and Hoonah, Alaska working in collaboration with the Alaskan Youth Stewards (AYS) in order to extend our tree … Continue reading →

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Local Geomorphology and What We Learned

gwiles December 8, 2022 12:19 pm

This is a post outlining some of the work we did in Wooster’s class in Geomorphology. One of the early labs was Browns Lake Bog and the Soil Catena. The landforms in the area are spectacular – here is a … Continue reading →

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