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Wooster Geologists return to the Mojave Desert

Mark Wilson March 13, 2011 10:59 pm

ZZYZX, CALIFORNIA–All four geology faculty members, our administrative coordinator Patrice Reeder, Jesse Wiles and eight students have safely arrived at the Desert Studies Center in the delightful Zzyzx.  We spent a few hours exploring the Jurassic sandstones exposed in the … Continue reading →

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The Mojave Desert Field Trip and Wikipedia

Mark Wilson March 23, 2010 6:45 pm

WOOSTER, OHIO–One of the primary joys of being a geologist is the opportunity to see so many interesting sights in the field.  We can share a bit of the pleasure and advance public knowledge by posting some of our photographs … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologists begin the 2016-2017 academic year

Mark Wilson September 1, 2016 8:49 am

The Wooster  Geologists have started the school year with our traditional Geology Club group photo on a fine late summer morning. We’re looking forward to an exciting time with healthy course enrollments and enthusiastic Senior Independent Study students. Dr. Meagen … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A tectonically-deformed Early Cambrian trilobite from southeastern California

Mark Wilson April 10, 2015 12:24 am

This wonderful trilobite was found last month by Olivia Brown (’15), a student on the Wooster Geology Department’s glorious field trip to the Mojave Desert. Olivia collected it at Emigrant Pass in the Nopah Range of Inyo County, southeastern California. … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: New tropical Jurassic bryozoan species from southern Israel

Mark Wilson December 12, 2014 12:49 am

We are pleased to introduce to the world four new species of Jurassic cyclostome bryozoans. In a paper that has just appeared in the Bulletin of Geosciences, Steph Bosch (’14), Paul Taylor and I describe the first tropical Jurassic bryozoan … Continue reading →

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In the footsteps of Charles Darwin: Geological excursion into the Central Andes

Mark Wilson October 1, 2014 8:58 pm

MENDOZA, ARGENTINA–Today I had one of the finest geological field trips in my life. The scenery was stunning, the geology extraordinary, and the history deeply moving. Being able to share the experience with so many of my geologist friends, old … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologists begin the 2014-2015 school year

Mark Wilson August 30, 2014 10:13 am

What a fine group of geologists we had at the first meeting of the College of Wooster Geology Club this week. We have an ambitious year ahead of us with outside speakers, student presentations, course field trips, and our biennial … Continue reading →

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Return to Mount Etna

Mark Wilson June 16, 2013 11:42 pm

CATANIA, SICILY, ITALY–The very last field trip stop — and final event — of the International Bryozoology Association Conference was a trip to the south side of Mount Etna. We drove to a spot that had significant activity in 2000 … Continue reading →

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Exploring Mount Etna

Mark Wilson June 3, 2013 3:01 pm

CATANIA, SICILY, ITALY–The International Bryozoology Association conference field trip began with a day on the magnificent compound basaltic stratovolcano that virtually defines the eastern half of Sicily: Mount Etna. We did not get to climb all the way to the … Continue reading →

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The field trip scout

Mark Wilson March 30, 2013 7:23 pm

WOOSTER, OHIO–One of the early spring pleasures of a geologist in the Upper Midwest is finally getting outside and scouting the field trips for the semester. Today we had bright sun and temperatures in the 50s (I know — I’m … Continue reading →

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