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Two West Texas outcrops: which looks more inviting?

mwilson November 15, 2009 11:27 am

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS–The upper one is the base of the Valera Formation on US Highway 84 (N31.88196°, W99.47115°) and the lower one is the lower Bead Mountain Formation on Route 6 near Albany; both are Permian and both have delicious … Continue reading →

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The puzzle of gypsum

mwilson November 15, 2009 11:25 am

Our Permian sections on this Texas trip have had thick beds of gypsum only a meter or three beneath our fossiliferous limestones and shales. Gypsum (calcium sulfate) is an evaporite mineral, indicating when the Permian shallow sea in this case … Continue reading →

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A new family of fossil clams from the Triassic of Israel

mwilson November 15, 2009 8:46 am

The latest issue of the journal Palaeontology has an article describing a new family of large clams from the Triassic of southern Israel. The authors include Allison Mione (’05), who pursued this project as part of her geology Independent Study. … Continue reading →

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You’re never alone on an outcrop

mwilson November 13, 2009 10:28 pm
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A West Texas outcrop

mwilson November 13, 2009 10:18 pm

BROWNWOOD, TEXAS–It was nearly a five hour drive from College Station, Texas, through the Hill Country to our first Permian exposure in West Texas. (We passed, by the way, through Killeen and Fort Hood.) It was worth the trip for … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologist in Texas

mwilson November 12, 2009 9:46 pm

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS–I arrived this afternoon in beautiful central Texas to give a talk at Texas A&M University on bioerosion.  If you click the link you can see my PowerPoint slides.  The talk went well enough and there were many … Continue reading →

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Mineralogy of Hydrothermal Vents…in HD

mpollock November 6, 2009 3:02 pm

Our mineralogy students have been researching some fascinating topics and have recently created a suite of impressive digital presentations. Stay tuned over the next few weeks as we unveil their projects on the blog. The first presentation is by Megan … Continue reading →

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It was a dark and stormy night…Halloween in Mineralogy

mpollock October 30, 2009 7:30 pm

Tomorrow is Halloween, but Mineralogy students celebrated the holiday today by dressing as their favorite optical property. Guess what the people in the picture below are dressed as (hint: they are all under crossed polars!). The people below appear every … Continue reading →

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Wooster Students Close the GSA Meeting with Poster Presentations in Two Interdisciplinary Sessions

gwiles October 25, 2009 10:00 am
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Wooster Students Present Research at Portland GSA in “Recent Developments in Paleoclimate” session

gwiles October 21, 2009 1:14 pm
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