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Goodbye Hiiumaa, Hello Tallinn!

TALLINN, ESTONIA–Early this morning the Wooster/OSU geologists left the Estonian island of Hiiumaa on the ferry from the port of Heltermaa (58° 52′ N, 23° 3′ E; seen above). After a 90-minute ferry ride, we landed on the Estonian mainland… Continue reading

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The coiled-and-ribbed fossil mystery deepens on Hiiumaa

KÄINA, ESTONIA–It has been a rainy day on the Estonian island of Hiiumaa. The Wooster geologists stayed inside most of the day to work on their Geological Society of America abstracts. Bill Ausich and his Ohio State University team, though, &#82… Continue reading

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The triple bottom line

By Joshua Fields. The co-op is focusing primarily on the social and environmentally sustainable parts of the triple bottom line. Today, the land is once again becoming green and increasingly fertile. The farmers have income… Continue reading → Continue reading

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Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: ribbed brachiopods (Middle Jurassic of Israel)

These delightful brachiopods are from the Matmor Formation (Jurassic, Callovian) of the Negev in southern Israel. They are part of a long-term Wooster project describing and interpreting a diverse paleocommunity. The latest trip to study these fossils … Continue reading

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The last holdouts of pagan Europe

KÄINA, ESTONIA–The little island of Muhu between Saaremaa and the Estonian mainland, had a large prehistoric population — much larger than it has today. The Muhu Estonians built a large fort of stone heaps near the western coast opposite S… Continue reading

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Wooster geologists return to Saaremaa and Muhu one last time

KÄINA, ESTONIA–Today the Wooster/OSU team crossed the strait between Hiiumaa and Saaremaa to visit some earlier sites one last time on this trip. The Ohio State paleontologists stayed on the northern part of Saaremaa to look for crinoids and Pan… Continue reading

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2012 Thursday

We’ve got more pictures from the last day of the 2012 camp here. Yet another wonderful week of Wooster Music Camp has come to a close.  It was a pleasure working with so many fine musicians and unique personalities over … Continue reading … Continue reading

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Quarry work continues on Hiiumaa

KÄINA, ESTONIA–It was a beautiful Baltic day in the Hilliste Quarry on Hiiumaa. Thunderstorms swept by us to the east, but we stayed dry and enjoyed the quickly-changing cloudscape. The Wooster/OSU team was again studying the Hilliste Formation … Continue reading

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Exploring the Estonian island of Hiiumaa

KÄINA, ESTONIA–The Wooster/OSU geology team took a break today from our usual field routine. We spent the morning consolidating notes and specimens (yes, that means the students slept very late) and then the afternoon seeing some of the major Hi… Continue reading

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What are the chances?

KÄINA, ESTONIA–Today the Wooster/OSU Estonia geology team had a day of sightseeing on Hiiumaa. (More on this later.) One of our stops was the Ristna Lighthouse on the Ristna Cape in the far northwest of the island. We walked out … Continue… Continue reading

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