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Geomorphology – A Walk in the Park

gwiles September 6, 2019 2:48 pm

The class stands in front of one of the unconformities in Wooster Memorial Park (aka Spangler). There was some discussion if this is a disconformity (yes) or a nonconformity (maybe yes). The lodgment till at the base is overlain by … Continue reading →

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Two Records in Arctic Melt This Summer

acrawford August 11, 2019 11:08 am

There is perhaps a bit too much media hype about July 2019 being the warmest month on record. If you go to the source — the European Copernicus Climate Service article,  the official statement is that “July 2019 was on a … Continue reading →

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Last fieldwork of the summer: A local section with a mystery limestone

Mark Wilson August 7, 2019 7:22 pm

It was a delightful August day in northeastern Ohio with pleasant temperatures and thunderstorms that obligingly went around us. Nick Wiesenberg, our geology technician, and I were invited by Dr. Nigel Brush (Ashland University) and friends to examine an outcrop … Continue reading →

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Shamrock Glacier, Neacola Mountains, Alaska

acrawford August 7, 2019 12:55 pm

While in the Neacola Mountains of Alaska last month, we flew over Shamrock Glacier. This first image is from the head of the glacier, where crevasses have been filled in with snow during the accumulation season. Farther down the north-flowing … Continue reading →

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Wooster undergraduate researchers will share findings at international conference

mpollock August 2, 2019 9:00 am

Wooster, OH – Team Geochemistry finished a highly productive summer research season with two conference abstracts that we submitted to the 2019 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. AGU will be an excellent opportunity for the team to hone … Continue reading →

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Team Geochemistry’s Grand Finale

mpollock July 31, 2019 11:12 am

Wooster, OH – Team Geochemistry wrapped up their grand adventure last week. The summer research experience left us with fond memories of trips to Dickinson College and Iceland, knowledge of lots of new analytical techniques, and many new friendships, not … Continue reading →

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Wooster geologists working at site of first glacier memorial in Iceland

mpollock July 23, 2019 11:54 am

Iceland – Big news this week as researchers dedicate the first-ever monument to Okjökull glacier, memorializing the first Icelandic glacier to lose its glacier status to climate change. Ice loss in Iceland is dramatic; researchers expect all of Iceland’s glaciers … Continue reading →

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Summer undergraduate researchers travel to Iceland to explore volcanoes

mpollock July 19, 2019 1:33 pm

Iceland – In our last post, Team Geochemistry was getting ready to head to Iceland for some field work on volcanoes. Our goals were to map and sample volcanoes that erupted under glaciers, which have since retreated, exposing the pillow … Continue reading →

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A continental heat wave won’t stop Wooster Geologists …

Mark Wilson July 18, 2019 7:35 pm

… but it will slow us down! Today Nick Wiesenberg, our excellent departmental technician, and I took a short day trip to southeastern Indiana to collect fossils for my upcoming Paleoecology course. It was in the middle of what may … Continue reading →

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Tree Corps Visits the Tree Ring Lab

gwiles July 11, 2019 9:37 am

Tree Corps visits the Wooster Tree Ring Lab. Tree Corps is a program run out of the Holden Arboretum designed to provide training to the arboriculture workforce in the Cleveland Area. It is funded by the Cleveland Foundation and this is … Continue reading →

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