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.

Wooster Geology Alumni at GSA

Mark Wilson October 20, 2009 1:49 am
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“Overcoming Resistance to the Reality of Evolutionary Change in Nature”

Mark Wilson October 19, 2009 6:12 pm

PORTLAND, OREGON–This was the very direct title of an inspiring panel discussion today at the Geological Society of America meeting. It was sponsored by the Paleontological Society and included some of the strongest voices in the endless Evolution Wars: The … Continue reading →

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First Wooster talk at the 2009 GSA meeting

Mark Wilson October 19, 2009 12:27 am

PORTLAND, OREGON–By now I’ve given over 35 talks at annual Geological Society of America meetings, but I still get as nervous as I did as a graduate student. The cavernous room, the high quality of the previous presentations, the people … Continue reading →

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First Wooster poster presentation of the 2009 GSA annual meeting

Mark Wilson October 18, 2009 11:20 pm

Elyssa Belding Krivicich (’09) and Sophie Lehman (’08) cheerfully presenting their poster on Jurassic marine paleoecology in Israel at the Geological Society of America meeting in Portland.

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Conservation Paleobiology Short Course

Mark Wilson October 18, 2009 12:43 pm

PORTLAND, OREGON–The Paleontological Society has a free short course program it runs on the day before the GSA meeting officially begins. When I began my career the topics were always about some taxonomic group such as “Brachiopods”, “Mollusks”, “Plants” and … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologists at the Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America

Mark Wilson October 16, 2009 11:50 pm

PORTLAND, OREGON–Every year the Wooster geology faculty and many of our students travel to the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America to share our research and learn from our colleagues.  As with most professions, these conventions are times … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologists Start a New School Year

Mark Wilson September 30, 2009 10:04 am

WOOSTER, OHIO–We started this blog with an image of the 2008-2009 Geology Club members, and it is already time to introduce the 2009-2010 Wooster Geology Club — A happy, enthusiastic and eager crew they are! We are looking forward to … Continue reading →

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End of Wooster Israeli Fieldwork — For Now

Mark Wilson September 9, 2009 8:21 am

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–After today’s work near Makhtesh Ramon, our fieldwork is over for this season.  This evening I pack up our collections in my luggage, have a last dinner with Yoav and his family in their desert home, and then … Continue reading →

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A Bit of Vertebrate Paleontology

Mark Wilson September 9, 2009 8:13 am

MAKHTESH RAMON, ISRAEL–On my last day of fieldwork Yoav took me to some wonderfully complex exposures of Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks just north of Makhtesh Ramon. They tell a story of the origins of the Makhtesh anticlinal structure, especially the … Continue reading →

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Wading in the Jurassic Sea

Mark Wilson September 9, 2009 8:07 am
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