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Shenyang, China

Mark Wilson July 3, 2014 6:23 pm

SHENYANG, CHINA — My first post from astonishing China. I’ve been here about a day and a half now and am simply floored by all I’ve seen and experienced. I’ve seen a fair bit of the world, but no place … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologist in London at the British Museum

Mark Wilson June 22, 2014 1:42 pm

LONDON, ENGLAND — I arrived late last night in London after a series of delays in my departure from Poland, so I was pleased that today was a Sunday so I could chill a bit before work with Paul Taylor … Continue reading →

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A Nazi hiding hole in Middle Triassic rocks (Będzin, Poland)

Mark Wilson June 20, 2014 4:27 pm

SOSNOWIEC, POLAND — On my last full day in Poland, Michał Zatoń and his family took me on a tour of the city they live in and where my hotel is located: Będzin. The history of this place is very long, … Continue reading →

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Castles in Poland I expect, but a desert?

Mark Wilson June 19, 2014 4:03 pm

SOSNOWIEC, POLAND — Today my colleague Michał Zatoń took me and his family (wife Aneta and son Tomasz) on a tour of the Polish Jura, an upland with spectacular exposures of Jurassic rocks and the castles who love them. Above is … Continue reading →

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The Gleiwitz Incident completes the grim prologue

Mark Wilson June 18, 2014 11:44 pm

(It is the nature of this blog that our most recent entries are at the top, making it a bit awkward to read what is here the third part of a trilogy of posts today. You might want to start … Continue reading →

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Geology and nationalism at Góra Świętej Anny

Mark Wilson June 18, 2014 10:25 pm

Geology, of course, is so much our fundamental basis for being that we rarely think about it. Occasionally, though, particular geological circumstances play direct roles in history. Today as I was visiting Góra Świętej Anny with my geologist friends I … Continue reading →

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A day in Gdansk

Mark Wilson June 14, 2014 4:40 pm

  SOPOT, POLAND — It was a rainy, windy, cold day in northern Poland, but our able leader Piotr Kuklinski organized an enjoyable educational field trip to the ancient city of Gdansk, once known primarily by its German name, Danzig. … Continue reading →

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Visiting an aquarium and historic ships in Gdynia, Poland

Mark Wilson June 13, 2014 3:31 pm

SOPOT, POLAND — After lunch today the Larwood 2014 meeting participants had an excellent field trip to the aquarium in Gdynia on the Baltic coast (above). This aquarium has a diverse and interesting collection, but for me the two historic … Continue reading →

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An evening of good food, games and talk deep in an Eastern European forest

Mark Wilson June 12, 2014 4:07 pm

SOPOT, POLAND — Our surprise dinner this evening was a Polish barbecue in the forest outside Sopot. I am impressed with how much forested land has been preserved around the three connected cities of Gdansk, Sopot and Gydnia. With a … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologist in Jerusalem and the Judean Mountains

Mark Wilson April 23, 2014 10:47 am

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–Very early this morning (5:05 am) Yoav and I boarded a bus in Mitzpe Ramon for a journey north to Jerusalem. After a change of buses in Beersheva, we arrived in Jerusalem 3.5 hours later. (This is Yoav’s … Continue reading →

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