18th Conference of the International Bryozoology Association. Liberec, Czech Republic.

Mark Wilson June 22, 2019
Liberec, Czech Republic — This small Czech city is our base for the 18th Conference of the International Bryozoology Association. Kamil Zágoršek is again our hard-working host. Above is the Liberec Town Hall. Liberec has a deep history, which was … Continue reading →
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Hands-on experience troubleshooting geochemical instruments

mpollock June 21, 2019
Wooster, OH – Team geochemistry returned to Wooster this week with a serious focus on sample prep and data quality. Anyone with geochemical research experience understands the importance of preparing samples carefully and thoroughly, and having an analytical instrument that … Continue reading →
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A visit to the Devonian of the Czech Republic. And then Prague, of course.

Mark Wilson June 15, 2019
Liberec, Czech Republic — Today the IBA field party visited the Koněprusy area, including the Koněprusy Caves. Inexplicably I took no pictures, probably because I was trying not to bump my head in the wet and narrow passageways. Nearby is … Continue reading →
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Wooster undergraduate researchers expand their professional networks with cross-college collaboration

mpollock June 14, 2019
Carlisle, PA – Our geochemistry research team spent this week at Dickinson College. They worked closely with Dr. Ben Edwards and Rob Dean (technician) to learn how to use the instrument. As with any new technique, it took a few … Continue reading →
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Into a bit of the Czech Cretaceous

Mark Wilson June 14, 2019
Beroun, Czech Republic — Today the International Bryozoology Association pre-conference field party visited a fascinating quarry near Chrtníky, Czech Republic. Ordovician diabase is mined here for road gravel and other industrial uses. This rock was uplifted and exposed during the … Continue reading →
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A new paper has appeared: A rugose coral – bryozoan association from the Lower Devonian of NW Spain.

Mark Wilson June 14, 2019
I’m proud to be an author with my two Spanish colleagues, Consuelo Sendino and Juan Luis Suárez Andrés, of a paper just out in the latest issue of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (we call it “Palaeo-cubed”). I’ll let the abstract tell … Continue reading →
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A Wooster Geologist at Austerlitz and other Czech places

Mark Wilson June 13, 2019
Olomouc, Czech Republic –At our very first site, Holubice in the Czech Republic, the Miocene celliporid bryozoans are like baseballs. The site is in the middle of a vineyard, with the fossils eroding out of the loose sediment at our … Continue reading →
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Wooster Geologist in Slovakia and Austria

Mark Wilson June 12, 2019
Mikulov, Czech Republic — We have been very fortunate with the weather on our long IBA field excursion. Dazzling sunlit days and relatively cool evenings. Above is our first stop of the day — the Sandberg site with Miocene fossils … Continue reading →
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New publication on an Alaskan glacier – coauthored by a Wooster student, staff and faculty member

gwiles June 11, 2019
Dr. Ben Gaglioti (Lamont-Doherty Tree Ring Lab and University of Alaska – Fairbanks) just published an article entitled: Timing and Potential Causes of 19th-Century Glacier Advances in Coastal Alaska Based on Tree-Ring Dating and Historical Accounts. Three of the coauthors … Continue reading →
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Wooster Geologist in the High Tatras Mountains of northern Slovakia

Mark Wilson June 11, 2019
Bratislava, Slovakia — Today our continuing IBA field trip adventure started in the High Tatra Mountains at this spectacular glacial lake called Štrbské pleso. This is  very popular ski destination in central Europe. The sharp mountain peaks are granitic. Another … Continue reading →
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