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About mwilson

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.

It is not just fossils in a paleontology lab

mwilson November 4, 2010 2:50 pm

WOOSTER, OHIO — To understand ancient life a paleontology student must also know a considerable amount about modern life. In our Invertebrate Paleontology course this means that students study, for example, modern clams to provide a context for the fossil … Continue reading →

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Another GSA presentation from a Wooster Geologist: Long-term tree ring records from Glacier Bay National Park

mwilson November 3, 2010 6:25 pm

(by Stephanie Jarvis, ’11) Professor Greg Wiles, the Ross K. Shoolroy Chair of Natural Resources at Wooster, finished off the series of Wooster presentations at this year’s Geological Society of America Annual Meeting with his talk: “Multi-millenial-scale tree ring records … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geology Alumni Gather at the 2010 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting

mwilson November 1, 2010 11:09 pm

DENVER, COLORADO — It has been a tradition for decades that Wooster Geology alumni, faculty and students meet one evening during the annual GSA conference. This year we had forty people come by; a good number of them are pictured … Continue reading →

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Anomalocaris now not so scary

mwilson November 1, 2010 4:18 pm

DENVER, COLORADO — I very much enjoyed a talk this afternoon by Whitey Hagadorn (a Wooster favorite since his Osgood lecture last year) entitled: “Putting Anomalocaris on a soft-food diet?” Even though Whitey says Anomalocaris “may still have been a … Continue reading →

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Stromatolites, Basalt and Sharks: Wooster Geology Student Posters at GSA (Part 1)

mwilson November 1, 2010 12:57 pm

DENVER, COLORADO — The first set of Wooster geology student posters have been successfully delivered at the Geological Society of America annual meeting. Three of our students did very well with their clear graphics, intelligent explanations, and winning smiles.  Elizabeth … Continue reading →

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George Davis (Wooster ’64) receives a prestigious award from the Geological Society of America

mwilson October 31, 2010 6:06 pm

DENVER, COLORADO — George H. Davis, structural geologist extraordinaire and a 1964 geology graduate from Wooster, will receive the Structural Geology and Tectonics Career Contribution Award from the Geological Society of America at this annual meeting. This honor is given … Continue reading →

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Thoroughly bored at GSA: A Wooster Geologist Faculty Talk

mwilson October 31, 2010 5:12 pm

DENVER, COLORADO — How I very much enjoy those few minutes AFTER giving a presentation, especially a Geological Society of America talk. That sense of renewed life, the rush of completing a task which was months in preparation, and the … Continue reading →

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Tree Rings and the Huna Tlingit People: A Wooster Student Geologist Talk

mwilson October 31, 2010 2:19 pm

DENVER, COLORADO — The Wooster Geologists are very proud today of our own Sarah Appleton, who just gave a professional talk at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting this morning.  Her topic was sorting out a historical mystery about … Continue reading →

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Teaching Paleontology in the 21st Century

mwilson October 31, 2010 12:28 pm

DENVER, COLORADO — The teaching of paleontology has changed dramatically over the course of my teaching career, and this excellent topical session at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting was designed for direct conversations about paleontological pedagogy. It was … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologists in Denver! (Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America)

mwilson October 30, 2010 2:58 pm

DENVER, COLORADO — The above image is the view from my hotel room looking west on an exquisitely beautiful day. You can’t beat this setting for a geological conference! All four Wooster Geology faculty and a record number of 11 … Continue reading →

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