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Volcanoes, Mosquitoes, and Bears, Oh My!

gwiles August 9, 2014 7:24 pm

Guest Blogger: Sarah Frederick (’15) After three weeks in Russia it sure feels great to be back on US soil! Since we didn’t have internet access during this expedition, our blog posts come a bit delayed. Here is a bit … Continue reading →

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Stuck in Girdwood

gwiles August 9, 2014 2:57 pm

GIRDWOOD, ALASKA – The College of Wooster Tree Ring team set off for Columbia Bay Glacier this past wednesday. After arriving in Anchorage with no troubles we drove down to Girdwood to hopefully catch a helicopter with a company called … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: An Early Cretaceous cobble-dwelling bryozoan

Mark Wilson August 8, 2014 1:01 am

One of my formative experiences as a young paleontologist was working in the Faringdon Sponge Gravels (Lower Cretaceous, Upper Aptian) of south-central England while on my first research leave in 1985. (I was just a kid!) These gravels are extraordinarily … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: An Ordovician hardground with a bryozoan and borings — and an unexpected twist

Mark Wilson August 1, 2014 1:50 am

The view above, one quite familiar to me, is of a carbonate hardground from the Upper Ordovician Corryville Formation exposed near Washington, Mason County, Kentucky. We are looking directly at the bedding plane of this limestone. The lumpy, spotted fossil … Continue reading →

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The Bear Post

mpollock July 25, 2014 12:35 pm

One of the wonderful benefits of working in the wilderness is the potential for interaction with wildlife. Sometimes, we’re entertained by energetic jackrabbits. Sometimes, camels eat our lunch. Always, we keep safety at the forefront. The British Columbia team was … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A faulted oyster ball from the Middle Jurassic of Utah

Mark Wilson July 25, 2014 1:23 am

I’m returning this week to one of my favorite fossil types: the ostreolith, popularly known as the “oyster ball”. These were lovingly described in a previous blog entry, so please click there to see how they were formed and some … Continue reading →

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Iron Flows and Camera Blows

sjudge July 21, 2014 12:31 am

Guest Bloggers:  Sarah McGrath (’17) and Chloe Wallace (’17), both members of Team Utah 2014   EPHRAIM, UTAH — No longer rookie bloggers Chloe and Sarah here, coming at you from the sweet comfort of our couch in Utah. Before … Continue reading →

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Oncolites and Kill Sites

sjudge July 21, 2014 12:27 am

Guest Bloggers:  Sarah McGrath (’17) and Chloe Wallace (’17), both members of Team Utah 2014   EPHRAIM, UTAH —  Rookie bloggers, Sarah and Chloe, coming at you from beautiful Ephraim, Utah! We’ll admit early on that are blogging skills are … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: Silicified productid brachiopods from the Permian of West Texas

Mark Wilson July 18, 2014 1:14 am

The three beauties above are productid brachiopods from the Road Canyon Formation (Middle Permian, Roadian, approximately 270 million years old) in the Glass Mountains of southwestern Texas. They are part of a series we’ve done on the silicified fauna of … Continue reading →

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Hot Springs and I.S. Frenzy

sjudge July 17, 2014 11:13 pm

Guest Blogger:  Kelli Baxstrom (’16), member of Team Utah 2014   EPHRAIM, UTAH —  A week into Utah, and feelings are mixed between slight hysteria for those who continue to fall off the couch in the evening due to exhaustion and … Continue reading →

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