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Days Five and Six – Mojave 2015

mpollock March 13, 2015 11:32 pm
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Days Three and Four – Mojave 2015

gwiles March 11, 2015 11:14 pm

Day three was spent examining the sedimentology, structure and paleontology, and a bit of the wildlife biology at Owl Canyon. We even stopped at the Payless Shoestore in nearby Barstow (Dr. Wilson’s hometown). The wildlife was the desert tortoise. The … Continue reading →

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The First Two Days in the Mojave

gwiles March 10, 2015 6:17 am

  Nine students and five faculty and staff are part of Desert Geology 2015, a week-long fieldtrip to the Mojave Desert. Here the nine students, joined by Cam Matesich (Wooster ’14) gathered at an overlook of Death Valley (Dante’s View). Cam … Continue reading →

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Last day in the Mojave Desert for Wooster Geologists … this year

Mark Wilson March 15, 2013 12:54 pm

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA–We left the fine people at the Desert Studies Center in Zzyzx in the morning and drove in an all-too-irregular way through Las Vegas (sorry about that, other drivers!) to the spectacular Red Rocks National Conservation Area northwest … Continue reading →

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Enjoying the geology of the Mojave National Preserve

Mark Wilson March 13, 2013 7:58 pm

ZZYZX, CALIFORNIA–Today the Wooster Geologists explored the Mojave National Preserve. It is a beautiful, spacious, diverse place well maintained and protected by the National Park Service. Our first stop of the morning is shown above. We explored a lava tube … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologists return to the Mojave Desert

Mark Wilson March 9, 2013 9:31 pm

ZZYZX, CALIFORNIA–It is officially now a Wooster Geology tradition: every other year we take a Spring Break field trip with students, faculty and staff. So far all of our trips have been to the Mojave Desert, for reasons that will … Continue reading →

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Negev and Mojave Desert ecological analogues

Mark Wilson March 14, 2012 11:48 am

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–One reason why I like working in the Negev is that it was already familiar when I first visited in 2003. I grew up in the Mojave Desert of southern California, which is very similar to the Negev … Continue reading →

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The Mojave Desert Field Trip and Wikipedia (again)

Mark Wilson March 22, 2011 2:02 am

WOOSTER, OHIO–As with last year’s Mojave Desert field trip, this spring we also generated public domain images for Wikipedia. It is such a privilege and pleasure to take trips like this that we at least want to share some images … Continue reading →

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A few of the Mojave wildflowers

Mark Wilson March 19, 2011 3:53 pm

Several people have asked what kind of wildflowers we saw this spring on our departmental field trip in the Mojave Desert. They were gorgeous and diverse — more than last year in variety and abundance, but far below the carpets … Continue reading →

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An outpost of Wooster in the Mojave celebrates today’s basketball victory!

Mark Wilson March 18, 2011 10:50 pm

(Guest post from Lindsey Bowman.) After an afternoon of rewarding trilobite collecting, nothing was more welcome than the news this afternoon from Salem, Virginia. Our basketball team advanced to the NCAA Division III finals after defeating Williams College by two … Continue reading →

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