Author Archives: Mark Wilson

About Mark Wilson

Mark Wilson is an emeritus Professor of Geology at The College of Wooster. He specializes in invertebrate paleontology, carbonate sedimentology, and stratigraphy. He also is an expert on pseudoscience, especially creationism.

Post-Cretaceous Weirdness

Mark Wilson May 22, 2010 4:16 pm

GREENVILLE, ALABAMA — The Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary at Mussel Creek, Lowndes County, Alabama, has some unusual complexity.   At the southern end of the section it is simple enough, as shown in a previous blog post.  Just a few meters north, though, … Continue reading →

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Another beautiful fossil hard substrate

Mark Wilson May 21, 2010 8:03 pm

GREENVILLE, ALABAMA — I have a soft spot for hard places.  (Always wanted to say that!)  Much of my career has been spent studying marine hard substrates and the communities that have evolved on and in them.  These include rocks, … Continue reading →

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Geological fieldwork in the Deep South

Mark Wilson May 21, 2010 7:40 pm

GREENVILLE, ALABAMA — This is the first time I’ve done fieldwork in the southern USA.  The outcrops are of course very different from my favorite desert locations and oddly similar to those I visited in western Russia last summer.  I’m … Continue reading →

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An intimate visit to the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary

Mark Wilson May 21, 2010 4:08 pm

GREENVILLE, ALABAMA — It is one of the most famous geological horizons.  It marks the end of the Mesozoic Era and the beginning of the Cenozoic.  The “K/T boundary” is dated at 65.5 million years ago (±0.3 my) and is … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologists in Alabama!

Mark Wilson May 20, 2010 8:49 pm

GREENVILLE, ALABAMA–We were told many times before this trip that we will find the people in the Deep South to be friendly.  This has been very much the case from the employees at the Atlanta airport to the young man … Continue reading →

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Knowing how to pick your field day

Mark Wilson April 27, 2010 2:47 pm
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Wooster Geologists Participate in the Senior Research Symposium: A Celebration of Independent Study

Mark Wilson April 23, 2010 3:33 pm

WOOSTER, OHIO–Several of our senior geology majors gave poster and oral presentations in the 2010 Senior Research Symposium today.  We are very proud of their accomplishments and the skills they have in articulating their projects to a very diverse audience.  … Continue reading →

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A pleasant spring afternoon of geology in Ohio

Mark Wilson April 22, 2010 4:51 pm

WOOSTER, OHIO–I let my Sedimentology & Stratigraphy class talk me into an afternoon field trip to Spangler (or Wooster Memorial) Park just west of town. It was a perfect day of sunshine and cool breezes. While I made plans to … Continue reading →

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Lava pour!

Mark Wilson April 16, 2010 9:02 am

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK–Today I gave a presentation at Syracuse University as part of the fifth annual Central New York Earth Sciences Student Symposium.  My topic was the rise of modern marine ecosystems in the Jurassic.  Exciting enough, of course, but … Continue reading →

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Dr. Whitey Hagadorn presents “The First Animals on Land” for the 29th Annual Osgood Memorial Lecture at Wooster

Mark Wilson March 24, 2010 7:51 pm

WOOSTER, OHIO–This evening Dr. Whitey Hagadorn, an assistant professor of geology at Amherst College, gave the 29th Annual Richard G. Osgood Memorial Lecture to a large crowd of students, faculty and community members in Wishart Hall at The College of … Continue reading →

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