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James Parkinson, Paleontologist

Mark Wilson June 20, 2024 8:33 am

Ann Arbor, Michigan — This morning I gave a talk at the North American Paleontological Convention (NAPC) about the extensive contributions that the English physician James Parkinson (1755-1824) made to the rapidly growing field of paleontology in the early 19th … Continue reading →

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An ancient name remembered

Mark Wilson March 1, 2024 9:39 am

In the summer of 2018 I traveled to Wales for a conference in Cardiff. Immediately afterwards I visited my dear fiends Caroline and Tim Palmer in Aberystwyth, and they gave me a tour of Welsh sites they found particularly interesting. … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologist at Fort Ligonier, Pennsylvania: Choosing your ground geologically

Mark Wilson September 30, 2023 8:24 pm

This afternoon, the first day of Fall Break at The College of Wooster, my family began a weekend excursion to southern Pennsylvania — our first vacation since the pandemic. We first visited one of my favorite reconstructed frontier outposts: Fort … 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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Into a bit of the Czech Cretaceous

Mark Wilson June 14, 2019 6:14 am

Beroun, Czech Republic — Today the International Bryozoology Association pre-conference field party visited a fascinating quarry near Chrtníky, Czech Republic. Ordovician diabase is mined here for road gravel and other industrial uses. This rock was uplifted and exposed during the … Continue reading →

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A Wooster Geologist at Austerlitz and other Czech places

Mark Wilson June 13, 2019 6:13 am

Olomouc, Czech Republic –At our very first site, Holubice in the Czech Republic, the Miocene celliporid bryozoans are like baseballs. The site is in the middle of a vineyard, with the fossils eroding out of the loose sediment at our … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologist in Slovakia and Austria

Mark Wilson June 12, 2019 6:12 am

Mikulov, Czech Republic — We have been very fortunate with the weather on our long IBA field excursion. Dazzling sunlit days and relatively cool evenings. Above is our first stop of the day — the Sandberg site with Miocene fossils … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologist in the High Tatras Mountains of northern Slovakia

Mark Wilson June 11, 2019 6:11 am

Bratislava, Slovakia — Today our continuing IBA field trip adventure started in the High Tatra Mountains at this spectacular glacial lake called Štrbské pleso. This is  very popular ski destination in central Europe. The sharp mountain peaks are granitic. Another … Continue reading →

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