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Meet Team Utah 2014

sjudge July 15, 2014 1:59 am

EPHRAIM, UTAH — On July 9, four Wooster students traveled to Utah to begin structural and stratigraphic research with me.  They will be out here until July 22, when we will all fly back to Ohio together.  I’d like to … Continue reading →

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After 5 weeks in the field…my first blog!!

sjudge July 15, 2014 1:27 am

EPHRAIM, UTAH — My apologies for not blogging sooner, but things have been very, very busy out here in the Sanpete Valley.  I spent the first 4 weeks doing my usual summer teaching at Ohio State’s Geology Field Camp.  This … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: “Star-rock” crinoids from the Middle Jurassic of Utah

Mark Wilson May 18, 2014 1:53 am

This little slab of crinoid stem fragments comes from the Co-op Creek Member of the Carmel Formation (Middle Jurassic) exposed in northwestern Kane County, Utah. I collected it with my friend Carol Tang as we explored a beautiful encrinite (a … 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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Team Utah’s first presentation at GSA 2013

Mark Wilson October 28, 2013 8:32 pm

DENVER, COLORADO–Michael Williams (who chose a particularly impressive shirt and tie today) and Dr. Shelley Judge presented a poster at the Geological Society of America meeting entitled: “Evidence for inflation and deflation in lavas flows west of Miter Crater, Ice … Continue reading →

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Home Sweet Home…(after 2 months of research and teaching in Utah!!)

sjudge August 9, 2013 7:04 pm

WOOSTER, OH — Two months in the field is great for my geologic soul, but I admit that there is an excitement on campus as I prepare for classes to begin in the next few weeks.  I last blogged about … Continue reading →

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Congratulations Team Utah!

mpollock June 20, 2013 12:08 am

UTAH – Congratulations to Team Utah on completing a successful field season! Although we’re parting ways, the students will be working on the research. They have plenty of data to analyze and lab work to do, so continue following the … Continue reading →

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Sandstone Appreciation Day

mpollock June 16, 2013 6:58 pm

Zion National Park, Utah – Team Utah took a break from the volcanic field to explore some of Utah’s (more famous) sedimentary rocks. We visited Zion, Utah’s first National Park.

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Serious Geologizing in Utah

mpollock June 13, 2013 11:28 pm

UTAH – Team Utah has been seriously geologizing in the Ice Springs Volcanic Field over the past two days. Here’s a photo-journal of the crew at work.  

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Team Utah Version 2.0

mpollock June 11, 2013 10:44 pm

UTAH – Field work has officially begun for Team Utah, Version 2.0. The team consists of three Wooster seniors (Kyle Burden ’14, Cam Matesich ’14, Candy Thornton, ’14) and two Wooster sophomores (Adam Silverstein ’16, Michael Williams ’16). Tricia Hall … Continue reading →

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