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How thick was the ice?

mpollock November 8, 2016 11:40 am

AMHERST, MA – Our Keck project studying the construction of a glaciovolcanic ridge in southwest Iceland is in full swing and our students are hard at work on their research. You may remember that we traveled to Iceland this summer to … Continue reading →

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Keck GSA Abstracts

mpollock July 25, 2016 9:00 am

Wooster, OH – The summer portion of the Keck Iceland project is officially over, but our research isn’t finished. We’ll be working together throughout the academic year and will synthesize our final results at the Keck Symposium at Wesleyan University in April … Continue reading →

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Volcanoes! Volcanoes! Volcanoes!

mpollock July 20, 2013 9:24 am

KAGOSHIMA, JAPAN – The 2013 Scientific Assembly of IAVCEI, the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior, has officially started in Kagoshima, Japan. The conference is a volcanologist’s dream, with sessions focused on every aspect of volcanology and … Continue reading →

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Scientific Outreach in Iceland

mpollock June 12, 2013 11:43 pm

ICELAND – Team Iceland is nearly ready to return to the states, but not before we share what we’ve learned with the Icelandic community. Our home-away-from-home, the Hraunbyrgi guesthouse, is also home for the Hafnarfjörður scouts. To celebrate the end of … Continue reading →

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The Great Basalt Race

mpollock July 2, 2009 6:39 am

Todd Finished his I.S. Research!!!! – Rob Yes I did and it feels nice to say that I have my field work complete. Thanks to Meagen, Rob and Adam for all of their help! We had a good time in … Continue reading →

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Pillows, Pillows, Everywhere

mpollock June 30, 2009 4:29 pm

Today, we spent nearly all day mapping and sampling one pillow quarry. We found that the pillows are highly varied in size, shape, and orientation. Todd is interested in understanding the relationship between pillow morphology and the physical properties of … Continue reading →

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Once upon a time, there were three pillow quarries

mpollock June 29, 2009 9:08 pm

Ben Edwards arrived from the States today. After a short morning of getting acclimated, he and the Wooster crew headed out to the field with our Icelandic colleagues, Steina and Hauker. We visited 3 quarries that expose the internal architecture … Continue reading →

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