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On Being A Female Geologist

mpollock March 9, 2012 12:21 am

Happy International Women’s Day! I’ve been reflecting on what it means to be a female geology professor ever since the Wooster Alumni Magazine featured an article on Annie Irish, the first woman on Wooster’s faculty. Her portrait graces the foyer of … Continue reading →

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Accretionary Wedge #43: Fun with Chemographic Projections

mpollock February 29, 2012 3:38 pm

This month’s Accretionary Wedge calls for posts on our favorite geological illustrations. Some of my personal favorites are drawn by Dr. Kurt Hollocher from Union College. His collection of hand-drawn thin sections is enough to make any petrologist drool. One of Dr. … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Most Beautiful Building Stones

mpollock January 31, 2012 11:21 pm

Wooster, OH – Volcanoclast is hosting the latest Accretionary Wedge, and since I have exactly 2 hours left until the end of January, I thought I’d post a last-minute entry. The theme is countertop geology, or more broadly, stones that … Continue reading →

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Field-based Teaching in Northeastern Minnesota

mpollock August 16, 2011 4:28 pm

NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA – As part of the Cutting Edge workshop on Teaching Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry, I had the opportunity to participate in a field trip to the Midcontinent Rift System in northeastern Minnesota. You can imagine how exciting this … Continue reading →

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Teaching Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry

mpollock August 10, 2011 5:35 pm

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – If you haven’t been following my twitter feed (http://twitter.com/meagenpollock), you may not know that I’ve been at the 2011 Cutting Edge Workshop on Teaching Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry (twitter hashtag #sercMPG). Expert educators have gathered to discuss … Continue reading →

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Keck Mission Accomplished

mpollock August 7, 2011 11:02 pm

WOOSTER, OH – After a month of hard work, the Iceland Keck group parted ways on Saturday. We arrived in Wooster immediately after returning from Iceland and put in a solid week of work in the lab, preparing our samples … Continue reading →

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A Keck Adventure at 66 North

mpollock July 28, 2011 3:28 pm

West Fjords, Iceland – We’re happy to report that the 2011 Iceland Keck crew has safely completed a productive field season. Nearly two weeks ago, a boat dropped us off in Hornstrandir, a nature preserve that encompasses most of the … Continue reading →

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2011 Keck Iceland is Official

mpollock July 15, 2011 5:35 pm

ICELAND – As Lindsey and Travis were leaving Iceland, the Keck students were arriving. The Keck Geology Consortium consists of 18 schools whose geology departments are dedicated to providing undergraduates with high-quality research experiences. Funded through NSF and contributions from … Continue reading →

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A Day in Akureyri

mpollock July 9, 2011 1:37 pm

AKUREYRI, ICELAND – Since we finished Travis’ field work a day early, we were able to spend Friday in Akureyri, Iceland’s second-largest city. Akureyri has an idyllic location, nestled between a fjord and snow-capped mountains in north-central Iceland.   Snow-capped … Continue reading →

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Return to Vatnsdalfjall

mpollock July 9, 2011 12:46 pm

BLONDUOS, ICELAND – Meagen and guest blogger, Travis We returned to Vatnsdalfjall for the second day of field work on the Monocline. The weather was the best we’ve experienced in Iceland yet. After a long hike through fields of sadness … Continue reading →

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