A visit to Kaali Crater for our last day on Saaremaa

mwilson July 8, 2011
KURESSAARE, ESTONIA–A dramatic geological site on our last Saaremaa day: the meteorite craters at Kaali. We hiked around the largest crater (shown above) and then visited one of the smaller subsidiary craters nearby (shown below). The main Kaali crater is … Continue reading →
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SVYM Sanitation initiative influences a start-up

amoledina July 8, 2011
Cathy is visiting India to visit organizational partners for the Lilly project. We are also exploring ways in which Global SE and the Lilly fellowship can become more synergistic. Here, Cathy describes her thoughts on a recent trip, mirroring in … Continue reading →
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Paleoecology of the Hilliste Formation (Lower Silurian, Llandovery, Rhuddanian) Hiiumaa Island, Estonia: An example of a shallow marine recovery fauna — An abstract submitted to the Geological Society of America for the 2011 annual meeting

mwilson July 7, 2011
KURESSAARE, ESTONIA–Editor’s note: The Wooster Geologists in Estonia found enough material, and had enough time, to write abstracts for posters at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Minneapolis this October. The following is from student guest blogger Rachel … Continue reading →
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Stratigraphy and paleoecology at the Wenlock/Ludlow boundary on Saaremaa Island, Estonia — An abstract submitted to the Geological Society of America for the 2011 annual meeting

mwilson July 7, 2011
KURESSAARE, ESTONIA–Editor’s note: The Wooster Geologists in Estonia found enough material, and had enough time, to write abstracts for posters at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Minneapolis this October. The following is from student guest blogger Nick … Continue reading →
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Inside a secret Soviet missile base — 20 years later

mwilson July 7, 2011
KURESSAARE, ESTONIA–When I was growing up the Soviet Union was simply an unchangeable fact of life. The United States had an implacable enemy, and we were locked in a struggle that would last my lifetime, at least. That lifetime was … Continue reading →
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Wooster Geologists return to Suuriku Cliff, Saaremaa, Estonia

mwilson July 7, 2011
KURESSAARE, ESTONIA–Today we visited one of Rob McConnell’s (’10)  Senior Independent Study field sites on the northwest coast of Saaremaa. Suuriku Cliff (N58.50875°, E21.99818°; see above image) is an exposure of the Jaani Formation (Lower Silurian, Wenlock). There are two … Continue reading →
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First day at Vatnsdalsfjall

mpollock July 7, 2011
BLONDUOS, ICELAND: Guest Blogger: Lindsey Yesterday was our first day of field work on Vatnsdalsfjall, a mountain located on the Skagi peninsula. Vatnsdalsfjall exposes lavas erupted 7 million years ago from an ancient rift located to the West. We know … Continue reading →
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Thingvellir and the trip North

mpollock July 6, 2011
Blonduos, Iceland- [Guest blogger: Travis Louvain] So as we completed the research on the Reykjanes Penninsula, we traveled up north to the Skagi Peninsula to a town called Blonduos. On the way we stopped at a place called Thingvellir. This … Continue reading →
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Alaska 2011

gwiles July 6, 2011
Guest Blogger: Sarah Appleton Wooster Geology takes its students all across the globe and this time they have traveled to the distant land of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (http://www.nps.gov/glba/index.htm), Alaska, for a better look at the sedimentation, ancient … Continue reading →
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The painful history of the Sõrve Peninsula, Saaremaa, Estonia

mwilson July 6, 2011
KURESSAARE, ESTONIA–This country has had the historical misfortune to lie between the Russians to the east and the Germans to the west with all their imperial ambitions in the last few centuries. The terrain is deeply glaciated and thus has … Continue reading →
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