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Jesse Davenport (’11) Returns to GeoClub

mpollock August 31, 2017 3:00 pm

Wooster, OH – GeoClub met for the first time in the 2017-2018 academic year, allowing us to catch up with old friends and meet new ones. It was our good fortune to host a special guest, Jesse Davenport, a 2011 … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geology Department 2017 Annual Report

Mark Wilson August 28, 2017 9:01 pm

The Thirty-First Annual Report of the Geology Department is now available online with this link. Our Administrative Coordinator Patrice Reeder has once again done a magnificent job putting this document together, with amazing attention to detail and an artistic eye … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: Oysters from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) of southwestern France

Mark Wilson August 22, 2017 12:01 am

Wooster’s Fossil of the Week returns from its summer hiatus. It is appropriate, then, to feature as our first fossil of the new season an oyster species prominent in our summer research. This is Pycnodonte vesicularis (Lamarck, 1806), a very … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geology Professor Frederick W. Cropp III (1932-2017)

Mark Wilson August 11, 2017 8:40 pm

Professor Fred Cropp taught geology at Wooster from 1964 to 1997. He was an extraordinary teacher and, in his own words, “a cheerleader for geology”. Many, many Wooster students became geologists in response to his enthusiasm, energy and spirit. I … Continue reading →

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The Cooper Plots – Ecological Succession in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

gwiles August 9, 2017 11:28 am

I recently had the pleasure to work with a team of ecologists for eight days in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. The point of the trip was to reoccupy and expand investigations of the Cooper Plots established over 100 … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologist in Idaho: Adventures in granite

Mark Wilson July 26, 2017 9:44 am

Gloria and I traveled out west this summer to see family and a bit of scenery. Of course, geologists are always looking for geological attractions, and we found a delightful one at City of Rocks National Reserve in southern Idaho. … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile, what are the Wooster Paleontologists up to?

Mark Wilson July 19, 2017 10:57 am

Wooster, Ohio — The igneous petrology team has a thorough and entertaining report about their activities in the Wooster geology labs this summer. It has encouraged the summer paleontologists (that would be me and Macy Conrad ’18) to give a … Continue reading →

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High-Temperature Geochemistry in Action

mpollock July 18, 2017 3:26 pm

WOOSTER, OH – Over the last couple of weeks, our Keck Geology Team Utah has been hard at work in the College of Wooster Geology labs. We collected a dozen samples from Ice Springs Volcanic Field in the Black Rock … Continue reading →

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Exploring the Geosciences at Zion National Park

mpollock July 10, 2017 4:43 pm

Zion National Park – Dr. Wiles and I are directing a 5-week undergraduate research project through the Keck Geology Consortium‘s Gateway Program. The Gateway Program has two goals: engage the students in an authentic research experience while exploring the intersections between … Continue reading →

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The Northern Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest (PCTR)

gwiles July 4, 2017 10:59 pm

The high rainfall and high coastal ranges nourish the icefields of southern Alaska along and with the extensive carbon-rich forests and ecosystems of the Northern Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest (PCTR). Chris surveys the North Pacific noting the extensive moisture source and … Continue reading →

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