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Keck 2016 Arrives in Iceland

mpollock June 21, 2016 5:25 pm

Hafnafjörður, Iceland – What a fantastic day! Dr. Ben Edwards and I are leading a 6-student Keck trip to Iceland to study a glaciovolcanic ridge. It was a long travel day, but everyone (and their luggage) arrived safe and sound. … Continue reading →

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How we measure the chemical composition of Earth materials

mpollock May 25, 2016 12:24 pm

San Diego, CA – If you’ve been following our adventures, you know that we’ve started a project on Black Mountain with our collaborators at the University of San Diego. We’ve dedicated a significant portion of our time in California to … Continue reading →

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Thinking like a scientist

mpollock May 24, 2016 9:00 am

San Diego, CA – Thinking like a scientist is a challenging and important learning goal for the Wooster Geologists, and one of the primary reasons that we engage our students in undergraduate research. Although science is often portrayed as a collection of facts … Continue reading →

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Geochemists know preparation is key

mpollock May 22, 2016 8:30 pm

San Diego, CA – While the University of San Diego celebrated their commencement, we commenced lab work on the Black Mountain Project. We began by drying and sieving the soil samples that we collected earlier in the week. While her samples dry, … Continue reading →

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Field Work on Black Mountain

mpollock May 21, 2016 6:00 am

San Diego, CA – Amineh AlBashaireh (’18) and I are working with USD scientists, Dr. Bethany O’Shea, Elizabeth Johnston, and Eric Cathcart on the geology of Black Mountain in San Diego, CA. The Santiago Peak Volcanics are exposed in the park. … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologists in San Diego, CA

mpollock May 20, 2016 5:10 pm

San Diego, CA – Wooster Geologists don’t waste any time getting to work on their summer research. Amineh AlBashaireh (’18) and I have made our way to the University of San Diego to start on a new research project with our … Continue reading →

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Science Highlights from VMSG 2016

mpollock January 8, 2016 5:46 pm

Dublin, Ireland – The technical program of VMSG 2016 concluded today and I am saturated with new ideas about igneous systems. Abstracts for all of the talks and posters can be found on the VMSG 2016 website.  There were so … Continue reading →

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Good things happen at VMSG

mpollock January 7, 2016 10:34 am

Dublin, Ireland – Congratulations to Mary Reinthal (’16) for a successful poster presentation at VMSG 2016! Mary did a fantastic job giving her ‘lightning talk,’ a two-minute round-robin-style presentation of her poster. The poster session was everything that it should … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologists in Ireland

mpollock January 6, 2016 5:08 pm

Greetings from Dublin! Mary Reinthal (’16) and I are attending the annual conference of the Volcano and Magmatic Studies Group (#VMSG2016) at Trinity College. Volcanologists, petrologists, geochemists, and geophysicists have gathered to share their research on igneous topics ranging from … Continue reading →

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A True Liberal Arts Experience

mpollock December 9, 2015 8:21 pm

Guest Blogger: Mary Reinthal If you were to poll the campus about their fall break, not many would say that they spent 20 hours over 2 days in an FTIR lab analyzing glass chips for volatile content. But if you … Continue reading →

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