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Author Archives: Mark Wilson
Wooster’s Team Utah 2020: Field Geology in a Time of Plague
Hurricane, Utah — This is Team Utah 2020 at Gunlock Reservoir in the far southwestern corner of beautiful Utah. Starting on the left is Juda Culp (’21), Will Santella (’21), Dr. Shelley Judge (our ace structural geologist and tectonic… Continue reading
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New paper: “Chemical composition of carbonate hardground cements as reconstructive tools for Phanerozoic pore fluids”
My friend Paul Taylor and I are junior authors on a paper that has just appeared in the journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (“G-Cubed”) as an in press accepted manuscript. We’ll be the first to admit that it is a bit … … Continue reading
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A course in nonsense
For many years I’ve offered a First-Year Seminar at Wooster entitled, “Nonsense! (And Why It’s So Popular)”. Today we finished the latest version of the course. The semester went so well I want to celebrate. The class of first-y… Continue reading
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Wooster’s First Paleoecology Course
This semester we introduced a new course into the Earth Sciences curriculum: Paleoecology (ESCI 215). It is the first new course I’ve developed in many years. It is designed to introduce students to ecological concepts and principles using the fo… Continue reading
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New paper: Early Silurian recovery of Baltica crinoids following the end-Ordovician extinctions (Llandovery, Estonia)
It has been an absolute delight to work with the crinoid master Bill Ausich of The Ohio State University. He is not only one of the world’s top paleontologists, he’s a great guy. Bill taught me all I know about … Continue reading → Continue reading
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A new paper on a cryptic crustoid graptolite from the Middle Ordovician of Estonia
I have long enjoyed exploring the Ordovician and Silurian rocks of Estonia with my Estonian friend Olev Vinn. We have done a lot of work together, and Estonia continues to provide fascinating fossils for our studies. Our circle of paleontologists ̷… Continue reading
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Wooster Geologists at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America
Phoenix, Arizona — It was a small group of Wooster Geologists at the annual meeting of the GSA held in Phoenix last week. The very early date (about a month earlier than usual) and the consequently earlier abstract deadline reduced … Contin… Continue reading
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Thirty-third annual report of the Wooster Earth Sciences Department now available
Thank you to Patrice Reeder for her epic work on this report, from its design and art to content. Click away and enjoy! Continue reading
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Last fieldwork of the summer: A local section with a mystery limestone
It was a delightful August day in northeastern Ohio with pleasant temperatures and thunderstorms that obligingly went around us. Nick Wiesenberg, our geology technician, and I were invited by Dr. Nigel Brush (Ashland University) and friends to examine … Continue reading
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A continental heat wave won’t stop Wooster Geologists …
… but it will slow us down! Today Nick Wiesenberg, our excellent departmental technician, and I tool a short day trip to southeastern Indiana to collect fossils for my upcoming Paleoecology course. It was in the middle of what may … Continue reading →
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