Tag Archives: Negev

Southern Exposure

Mark Wilson June 8, 2010 9:56 am

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL — Could the contrast be any more dramatic than when comparing the Wooster Alaska expedition images on this blog to those here from the Wooster Israel team?  Alaska looks so very green, cold and wet from here! … Continue reading →

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A typical field geology day in the Negev

Mark Wilson June 7, 2010 9:40 am

Exploring a portion of the Menuha Formation (Upper Cretaceous) in Wadi Aqrav (“Scorpion Wash” which we may rename “Tick Wash”). Coordinates: N30° 33.712′, E34° 38.844′.

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Geological and Archaeological Park at Timna

Mark Wilson June 5, 2010 12:31 pm

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL — Our last stop on our shabbat trip today was at Timna Park north of Eilat, Israel.  Here we saw a combination of geology and archaeology.  The porous sandstones exposed in the cliffs have been mineralized along … Continue reading →

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Boundaries

Mark Wilson June 5, 2010 12:24 pm

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL — Wooster geologists this summer have been working hard with boundaries of the geological kind: horizontal surfaces in rock sequences that mark dramatic events in Earth history.  Our favorite has been the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, but we are … Continue reading →

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Visiting the modern version of our ancient world

Mark Wilson June 5, 2010 12:19 pm

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL — Every shabbat in Israel (Friday sundown to Saturday sundown) we cease geological work and take a break.  Our first shabbat on this trip started with a wonderful dinner at the home of our hosts Yoav and … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologists in the Negev

Mark Wilson June 4, 2010 12:23 pm

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL — Andrew Retzler, Micah Risacher and I arrived in southern Israel yesterday evening after a 24-hour journey from Wooster.  (My boots still have Mississippi mud on them, by the way.)  Our primary mission on this trip is … Continue reading →

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End of Wooster Israeli Fieldwork — For Now

Mark Wilson September 9, 2009 8:21 am

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–After today’s work near Makhtesh Ramon, our fieldwork is over for this season.  This evening I pack up our collections in my luggage, have a last dinner with Yoav and his family in their desert home, and then … Continue reading →

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A Bit of Vertebrate Paleontology

Mark Wilson September 9, 2009 8:13 am

MAKHTESH RAMON, ISRAEL–On my last day of fieldwork Yoav took me to some wonderfully complex exposures of Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks just north of Makhtesh Ramon. They tell a story of the origins of the Makhtesh anticlinal structure, especially the … Continue reading →

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Wading in the Jurassic Sea

Mark Wilson September 9, 2009 8:07 am
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I Have Plenty of Faults

Mark Wilson September 9, 2009 8:04 am

MAKHTESH GADOL, ISRAEL–One of the goals of this trip to the Negev was to map and analyze a series of faults Wooster geology students and Yoav Avni have found during our five years of fieldwork in Makhtesh Gadol.  Our projects … Continue reading →

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