Almost There

Matt Dilyard March 27, 2012
3/14/2012 — Focus and isolation help bring I.S. projects to the finish line.
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Study Break

Matt Dilyard March 27, 2012
2/21/12 — Carlos Jones and the P.L.U.S. band helped exam-weary Wooster students refresh in Lowry Center.
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Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: Three cobble-dwelling oysters from the Upper Cretaceous of southern Israel

Mark Wilson March 25, 2012
These fossils of the week, three well-worn cemented oysters, are highlighted to celebrate the final acceptance this past week of a manuscript that describes their geological setting and significance: Wilson et al., 2012 (see reference below). They are attached to … Continue reading →
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Glacial Features in Western Pennsylvania

mpollock March 22, 2012
SLIPPERY ROCK, PA – I’ve just returned from the March meeting of the Pittsburgh Geological Society. If you’re in the region and you’re not a member, you really should think about joining. On the third Wednesday of each month, a … Continue reading →
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Say That Again

Matt Dilyard March 19, 2012
History professor Jeff Roche ponders early morning questions through the warmth of his coffee cup.
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Wooster Geologists safely in the Tel Aviv airport

Mark Wilson March 19, 2012
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL–Always a happy scene. After a long dark drive through the desert early this morning, and then the adventure of Tel Aviv traffic, Melissa and I are safely in Ben Gurion airport. We had a lot of questions … Continue reading →
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Last day of 2012 fieldwork in Israel by Wooster Geologists

Mark Wilson March 18, 2012
MITZPE RAMON–Today we finished our exploration of the Upper Cretaceous near Mitzpe Ramon, and then met some old friends for a different project near Ar’arat an-Naqab in the northernmost part of the Negev. This gave me the chance to take … Continue reading →
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Nabataean water management in the northern Negev (circa 2nd Century BCE)

Mark Wilson March 18, 2012
MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–We had an earlier post about water management techniques by Iron Age peoples in the northern Negev. Today during our last period of fieldwork on this trip we ran into a complex Nabataean system in a valley a … Continue reading →
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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A curving scleractinian coral (Middle Jurassic of Israel)

Mark Wilson March 18, 2012
Since Melissa Torma and I recently returned from our expedition to southern Israel (see immediately previous posts), I thought our weekly fossil highlight should be one of our specimens collected from the Middle Jurassic Matmor Formation of Makhtesh Gadol. This … Continue reading →
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Rapid erosion and subsidence on the shoreline of the Dead Sea

Mark Wilson March 17, 2012
MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–In the image above, Yoav Avni is standing at the edge of an erosional gully that is less than a year old. In fact, it may have formed in less than three months. This little canyon is cutting … Continue reading →
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