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Wooster’s Team Utah 2020 Fieldwork

Mark Wilson March 13, 2020 3:13 am

This is the index page for Wooster’s Team Utah 2020 expedition (March 9-13, 2020). The team members above are, from the left, Will Santella (’21), Juda Culp (’21), Nick Wiesenberg (geological technician), and Dr. Shelley Judge (structural geologist and tectonicist). … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Team Utah 2020: Final Day in the Field (Alas)

Mark Wilson March 12, 2020 3:12 am

Hurricane, Utah — Last night we made the sad decision to leave for home as soon as possible because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The College has mandated no more in-person teaching, and we don’t want our flight plans to be … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Team Utah 2020: On a Jurassic Tidal Flat

Mark Wilson March 11, 2020 3:11 am

Hurricane, Utah — Our second day was devoted to measuring, describing and sampling Will’s stromatolite-bearing rocks in the lower half of the Co-op Creek Limestone Member of the Carmel Formation. This locality is only a couple of hundred meters west … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Team Utah 2020: Field Geology in a Time of Plague

Mark Wilson March 10, 2020 3:10 am

Hurricane, Utah — This is Team Utah 2020 at Gunlock Reservoir in the far southwestern corner of beautiful Utah. Starting on the left is Juda Culp (’21), Will Santella (’21), Dr. Shelley Judge (our ace structural geologist and tectonicist), and … Continue reading →

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New paper: Early Silurian recovery of Baltica crinoids following the end-Ordovician extinctions (Llandovery, Estonia)

Mark Wilson November 16, 2019 6:27 pm

It has been an absolute delight to work with the crinoid master Bill Ausich of The Ohio State University. He is not only one of the world’s top paleontologists, he’s a great guy. Bill taught me all I know about … Continue reading →

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A new paper on a cryptic crustoid graptolite from the Middle Ordovician of Estonia

Mark Wilson October 7, 2019 4:04 pm

I have long enjoyed exploring the Ordovician and Silurian rocks of Estonia with my Estonian friend Olev Vinn. We have done a lot of work together, and Estonia continues to provide fascinating fossils for our studies. Our circle of paleontologists … 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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A Wooster Geologist has a great time in Central Europe

Mark Wilson June 23, 2019 1:26 pm

This month I had the privilege (and generous funding from a Luce Award) to attend the 18th Conference of the International Bryozoology Association in Liberec, Czech Republic. I was also able to participate in the pre conference field trip which began in … Continue reading →

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18th Conference of the International Bryozoology Association. Liberec, Czech Republic.

Mark Wilson June 22, 2019 6:16 am

Liberec, Czech Republic — This small Czech city is our base for the 18th Conference of the International Bryozoology Association. Kamil Zágoršek is again our hard-working host. Above is the Liberec Town Hall. Liberec has a deep history, which was … Continue reading →

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A visit to the Devonian of the Czech Republic. And then Prague, of course.

Mark Wilson June 15, 2019 6:15 am

Liberec, Czech Republic — Today the IBA field party visited the Koněprusy area, including the Koněprusy Caves. Inexplicably I took no pictures, probably because I was trying not to bump my head in the wet and narrow passageways. Nearby is … Continue reading →

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