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Sunday-Tuesday Trivia Questions
Here are the trivia questions for the first three days of camp, along with the answers and winners!
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Wooster/OSU geologists move to another beautiful island with excess vowels: Hiiumaa
KÄINA, ESTONIA–The combined Wooster and Ohio State geology team left Saaremaa Island this morning and traveled to Hiiumaa Island to the north in our search for more Silurian outcrops and their associated fossils. We drove from Kuressaare to Triigi on … Continue reading
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2012 Monday Photos
Check out our next installment of Wooster Music Camp photos at our Facebook page here!
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WMC Staff List 2012
You can view the 2012 Music Camp Staff List by clicking here.
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A new Independent Study project is born: The Soeginina Beds at Kübassaare
KURESSAARE, ESTONIA–Wooster student Richa Ekka now has her Independent Study project. This is a big moment for a Wooster student: choosing the iconic capstone experience to complete the curriculum. Geologists always have delightful choices — so many possible topics and … Continue reading
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Sunday Photos 2012
The 2012 Wooster Music Camp is off to a roaring start! We’ve uploaded the photos from the first day to our Facebook page here!
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From east to west across Saaremaa Island’s Silurian
KURESSAARE, ESTONIA–The Wooster/OSU Estonia team continued to explore the Silurian section on Saaremaa Island today. It was our last day with our friend Olev Vinn, and he showed us the only remaining Silurian outcrop here I have not seen: Kübassaare … Continue reading
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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: fusulinids (Upper Carboniferous of Kansas)
They look like little footballs, at least the American variety of football. Fusulinids (the name indicating the fusiform shape) are about the size and shape of wheat grains. They were marine protists (single-celled eucaryotes) that lived from the late Early … Continue reading
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Crinoid hunting in ancient Baltica
KURESSAARE, ESTONIA–Bill Ausich (Ohio State University) and I have a grant from the National Geographic Society to study the “origination and evolution of Middle Paleozoic crinoids on the Baltica paleocontinent“. Bill is the prime mover behind this project as one … Continue reading
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Silurian limestone under our feet
KURESSAARE, ESTONIA–The 2012 Wooster Estonia expedition had its first official time in the field this afternoon. Jonah, Richa and I traveled the short distance from Kuressaare to the historical Sõrve peninsula in the extreme southwest of Saaremaa. There we explored … Continue reading
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