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A new paper on a tiny cryptic trace fossil from the Silurian of Sweden and Estonia

Mark Wilson January 18, 2025 1:30 am

One of my favorite trace fossils (fossils that record ancient behavior) is the ichnogenus Arachnostega. It was first formally described and named by Bertling in 1992, which is surprisingly recent for such a common fossil. This week my Estonian colleagues … Continue reading →

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New Paper on Climate Change Published By Wooster Geology Professor – Eva Lyon

gwiles January 7, 2025 2:14 pm

Dr. Eva Lyon ((photo above on June Lake, CA) Wooster Earth Sciences Professor and Wooster Alum.) has recently published her work “A high-resolution record of Late Holocene drought in the eastern Sierra Nevada (California, USA) from June Lake carbonate geochemistry” … Continue reading →

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Rittman Lake and the Overrunning Sequence

gwiles December 6, 2024 10:01 am

The group posing in front of some generations of draglines at the Zollinger Pit in Rittman. Many thanks to the operators for giving us permission to spend a spectacular afternoon at the site. Figure 1. Map showing some the the … Continue reading →

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A Delta in the Little Killbuck Valley (Wooster Memorial Park)

gwiles December 5, 2024 4:31 pm

The Geomorphology (GEOM24) class posing along the Little Killbuck River Valley. Looming in the background is the delta built into Lake Killbuck during immediate post-glacial times about 14,000 years ago. The sediments are so well exposed, in part, due to … Continue reading →

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Geomorphology (GEOM24) – Soils on the Golf Course

gwiles December 4, 2024 4:38 pm

The group gearing up to describe and map soils in the old growth stand just east of the College Golf Course. Guest bloggers: Lynnsey, Cate, Evie, Chanel, Lilly and Amanda   Figure 1. Diagram showing the formation of the glacial … Continue reading →

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Geomorphology (GEM24) Part 3 – Browns Lake for Soils

gwiles December 4, 2024 3:55 pm

Guest bloggers: Grace, Hayden, Vince and Ethan The group working with soils at Browns Lake Bog Preserve. The goal was the dig three soils pits and examine the soil catena from the top of a kame to the base controlling … Continue reading →

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Geomorphology (GEOM24) – Part 2 of What we learned

gwiles December 4, 2024 10:43 am
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Geomorphology (GEOM24) – Spangler Gorge (Part 1)

gwiles December 3, 2024 10:01 pm

Guest bloggers: Damien, Rheo, Elliot and Arron: On September 9th the 2024 Fall Geomorphology Class took a trip to Spangler Gorge in Wooster Memorial Park. Here the students studied how the valley formed around Rathburn Run as well as the … Continue reading →

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Carbonate hardgrounds at Wooster

Mark Wilson September 25, 2024 1:34 pm

On the second floor of Wooster’s Scovel Hall, in a room behind the main teaching laboratory, are six cabinets completely full of labelled rocks and fossils (see below). There is even an additional set of specimens too large for the … Continue reading →

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A Wooster Geologist visits Fort Meigs, Ohio

Mark Wilson September 20, 2024 8:54 pm

Today my wife Gloria and I visited the reconstructed Fort Meigs in the northwestern corner of Ohio in Perrysburg, just south of Toledo. It was a beautiful day and we practically had the place to ourselves. It was our first … Continue reading →

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