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In advance of my next field trip to Israel (watch this space!), our highlighted fossil this week is the scleractinian coral Microsolena, a genus named by the French naturalist Jean Vincent Félix Lamouroux in 1821. The specimen above was collected … Continue reading →

Well, I’ve had an interesting few weeks.  I woke up saturday morning about two weeks ago bright and early at 8:30am, ready to jump into my day and get a lot work done!  My plan was to write a paper … Continue reading →

With all of the excitement over digital presentations in Wooster’s Senior I.S. Symposium, we thought that it’s about time to highlight recent digital presentations with a geology twist. Enjoy! Here’s a Vuvox collage of Becky’s Senior I.S. Project on the … Continue reading →

The Center for Diversity and Global Engagement celebrated the end of a successful year. The Center collaborating with Jeff Lindberg to host a concert after-party with the Hot Club of Detroit. The Hot Club is a six member jazz ensemble … Continue reading →

All that stands between me and a Bachelor’s Degree now is one exam. I still need to gather all the information, store it in my neurons, and retrieve it on Wednesday starting 2:00 p.m. However, after going through this process … Continue reading →

This week’s specimen is a piece of obscure paleontological history, although it represents a “fossil” that was for a short time one of the most prominent in the world. In 1864, the uber-geologist Charles Lyell claimed it was “one of … Continue reading →

It doesn’t feel like it. I am working on some papers, going to work in the library, and I am having meetings. Class is still class, but I only have four sessions left. Four sessions and I will most likely … Continue reading →

The past week involved some very nice dinners. On  Tuesday, I went out with Keri for a late celebration of her 22nd birthday at South Market Bistro. This is my favorite restaurant in Wooster. It serves local, organic, high quality … Continue reading →

The fossils above are about as simple as fossils can be. They are internal molds (sediment-fills) of conical shells that were made of the carbonate mineral aragonite.  The aragonite shells dissolved away after death and burial, leaving the cemented sediment … Continue reading →

JACKSON, OHIO — Usually the Sedimentology & Stratigraphy class from Wooster meets no one at this Carboniferous outcrop on US 35 in Jackson County. This morning, though, we arrived to find geology students from Wright State University (under Professor David … Continue reading →