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Wooster paleontologists present at the Geological Society of America meeting in Denver

Mark Wilson October 28, 2013 5:36 pm

DENVER, COLORADO–Yesterday Oscar Mmari (’14) gave the first presentation from Wooster’s Team Israel 2013 at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Denver. Today our two paleontologists on the team discussed their posters. Above is Lizzie Reinthal … Continue reading →

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First Wooster geology presentation at the 2013 annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Denver, Colorado

Mark Wilson October 27, 2013 11:12 am

DENVER, COLORADO–It’s that time of year for geologists when we collect at one of two major national meetings. Wooster geologists are always well represented at the Geological Society of America convention, this year held in downtown Denver. Meagen Pollock, Shelley … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A nautiloid from the Middle Jurassic of southern Israel

Mark Wilson September 8, 2013 1:53 am

This is the first nautiloid specimen I’ve seen in the Matmor Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian) after ten years of collecting in it. Our colleague Yoav Avni (Geological Survey of Israel) picked it up during this summer’s fieldwork. It is a … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: An almost planispiral gastropod from the Middle Jurassic of southern Israel

Mark Wilson August 11, 2013 1:56 am

  Add this to the list of fossils that have confused me. This summer, during a Wooster expedition, Lizzie Reinthal and Steph Bosch collected the above specimen from the Matmor Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian) of southern Israel. I simply assumed … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: An irregular echinoid from the Middle Jurassic of southern Israel

Mark Wilson August 4, 2013 1:38 am

From the view above, this fossil from the Matmor Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian) of southern Israel looks like your standard echinoid (a group that contains sea urchins and sand dollars), but turn it on its side (see below) and you … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: An infected crinoid from the Middle Jurassic of southern Israel

Mark Wilson July 28, 2013 1:00 am

This weathered beauty is a stem fragment of the articulate crinoid Apiocrinites negevensis from the Matmor Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian) of the Negev, southern Israel. The regular divisions you see making up the stem are the columnals, which look a … 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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Wooster Geologists in the Dead Sea

Mark Wilson July 12, 2013 10:20 am

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–The Wooster Geologists in Israel spent their last full day in the country visiting the Dead Sea Rift Valley and an archaeological site. It feels very good to have packed our hiking boots away for the season. Above, … Continue reading →

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Last day of fieldwork for Team Israel 2013

Mark Wilson July 11, 2013 1:57 pm

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–We like to think that Dr. Shelley Judge would be proud of our fieldwork today. The Wooster Geologists returned to Wadi Hawarim to finish our fieldwork for Oscar Mmari’s project on synsedimentary faulting in the Mishash Formation (Campanian, … Continue reading →

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Meeting a group of excellent young Israeli geologists

Mark Wilson July 11, 2013 10:45 am

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–Today I had the pleasure of talking with four excellent Israeli students who form their nation’s team in the upcoming 7th International Earth Science Olympiad. Their advisor and coach, Hanan Ginat (on the far right), invited me to … Continue reading →

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