Tag Archives: Structure

An Epic Geologic Competition in Cuyahoga Valley National Park

sjudge October 26, 2014 5:05 pm

VIRGINIA KENDALL, CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK (CVNP) — What an absolutely awesome day for geology in the field!!  One of my geologic mentors once told me that “every day in the field is a day of vacation”, and today proved … Continue reading →

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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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Wooster’s Team Utah completes its presentations at the 2013 GSA meeting in Denver

Mark Wilson October 29, 2013 8:28 am

DENVER, COLORADO–Tricia Hall (’14) stands before her 2013 Geological Society of America poster: “Petrologic and kinematic analysis of deformation bands in the Late Cretaceous Sixmile Canyon Formation, central Utah“. She worked hard this summer with Dr. Shelley Judge pounding away … Continue reading →

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An outcrop Dr. Judge would love (Upper Cretaceous of southern Israel)

Mark Wilson July 5, 2013 10:59 am

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–Wooster Geologists Oscar Mmari’s Independent Study project on the Late Cretaceous phosphorites in the Negev has become multidimensional. His most interesting section is in Wadi Hawarim, where we returned today with Yoav Avni for additional observations and measurements. … Continue reading →

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Slieve League, County Donegal, Ireland

Mark Wilson December 20, 2012 4:36 pm

DONEGAL, IRELAND — The above peak sweeping precipitously down into a raging sea is the smaller of the exposures at Slieve League along the southern coast of County Donegal. These are the highest sea cliffs in Ireland, and among the … Continue reading →

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George Davis (’64) gives the Thirty-First Annual Osgood Memorial Lecture

Mark Wilson October 25, 2011 11:47 pm

WOOSTER, OHIO–We were greatly honored this evening to have one of our own, Dr. George Davis (Wooster ’64), present the 31st Annual Richard G. Osgood, Jr., Memorial Lecture. The Osgood Lectureship was endowed in 1981 by the three sons of … Continue reading →

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Structural geology and mineralogy at Calico

Mark Wilson March 16, 2011 10:58 pm

ZZYZX, CALIFORNIA–It was surprisingly cool this morning in Zzyzx as we left for our day of fieldwork, but we were not surprised by the wind at our first stop, Calico Ghost Town outside Barstow. Every time we’ve been there it … Continue reading →

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Now I know why they call it Big Sky country…

sjudge August 9, 2010 11:18 pm

Guest Blogger: Jesse Davenport That is, when you look outside all you see is sky for miles upon miles upon miles upon…well you get the picture. It is extremely beautiful here. In Island Park, Idaho, we are sitting right on … Continue reading →

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A view of the Wasatch Mountains from above

Mark Wilson July 18, 2010 11:05 pm

Looking west over the Wasatch Mountains into the Salt Lake Valley of Utah. Note the beautiful syncline in the center of the image. Flying across the western United States is such a treat for a geologist. These are the kind … Continue reading →

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Yet another Wooster geologist in Utah

Mark Wilson July 14, 2010 11:19 pm

LOGAN, UTAH–I’m here to spend a few days with my parents who are “summer citizens” on the Utah State University campus. Logan is in the far northeastern corner of Utah near Idaho.  Like all of the state, it has fascinating … Continue reading →

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