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Where sedimentology meets structural geology

Mark Wilson April 21, 2014 1:12 pm

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–“Like a hot dog in a bun.” Late this afternoon, while exploring the Eocene (Lutetian) Horsha Formation near the Nabatean/Roman/Byzantine city of Avdat, Yoav Avni and I ran across these odd features in a limestone layer within the … Continue reading →

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An ancient Nabatean, Roman and Byzantine city in the northern Negev

Mark Wilson July 12, 2013 12:58 pm

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–Our final stop of the final day: Mamshit. Above you see some of the ruins of this city east of Dimona and a short distance west of the descent into the Dead Sea Rift Valley. The highest structure … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, Makhtesh Gadol (for now)

Mark Wilson July 7, 2013 8:59 am

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–Today Team Israel 2013 had its last visit to Makhtesh Gadol, marking the end of Lizzie Reinthal’s and Steph Bosch’s fieldwork. We collected our last specimens from the Matmor Formation, which is exposed only in the center of … Continue reading →

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Geoarchaeology in Timna Valley

Mark Wilson July 6, 2013 2:01 pm

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–Wooster senior Steph Bosch is a double major in archaeology and geology. Rather than do a joint Independent Study project, she is actually doing two theses, which will no doubt be challenging this coming academic year, but she … Continue reading →

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Field reconnaissance in the northern Negev of Israel

Mark Wilson July 1, 2013 2:20 pm

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–This morning Team Israel 2013 met our friend Yoav Avni, a geologist with the Geological Survey of Israel (GSI), and we traveled north to our field localities. We did a survey of the sites so that we could … Continue reading →

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The 16th Conference of the International Bryozoology Association

Mark Wilson June 17, 2013 1:33 am

CATANIA, SICILY, ITALY–The IBA meeting has now ended and, as this is posted, I should be winging my way home across the Atlantic. It was a fantastic experience. This is a unique organization, of which I’m now proud to be … Continue reading →

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A visit to ancient Syracuse

Mark Wilson June 12, 2013 11:51 pm

CATANIA, SICILY, ITALY–One of the treats of many small scientific meetings, like the International Bryozoology Association conference I am attending now, is that we can have a variety of short field trips for all participants. Today we packed into two … Continue reading →

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Sediments, fossils and vistas at the Capo Milazzo Peninsula, Sicily

Mark Wilson June 9, 2013 1:51 pm

CATANIA, SICILY, ITALY–This was the last day of our International Bryozoology Association pre-conference field trip through Sicily. We had an excellent time and covered an extraordinary amount of territory on this large Mediterranean island. We started our final day on … Continue reading →

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A Phoenician island city and its lagoon

Mark Wilson June 8, 2013 11:56 pm

MILAZZO, SICILY, ITALY–The pre-conference field trip of the International Bryozoology Association has now almost completely circled Sicily. We are in the far northeastern corner of the island on a rocky cape jutting into the sea towards mainland Italy. The drive … Continue reading →

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The ancient Greek city of Selinunte

Mark Wilson June 7, 2013 11:57 pm

MARSALA, SICILY, ITALY–During the afternoon the field party of the International Bryozoology Association drove south out of the Sicilian mountains back to the southern coast to visit the ruins of an entire Greek city founded in the 7th Century BCE … Continue reading →

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