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Stand and Deliver: W&M Geology leads the Virginia Geological Field Conference
On October 18, 2017
I spent the front end of Fall Break herding more than 100 geologists across the Blue Ridge at the 47th Virginia Geological Field Conference. It
Explorations in Time-Depth Space: The Earth Structure & Dynamics Field Trip 2017
On May 5, 2017
The Earth Structure & Dynamics class field trip rolled west from Williamsburg to the Blue Ridge Mountains on a near perfect early spring weekend
A Hard Freeze in the Basement: The Earth Structure & Dynamics Field Trip 2016
On April 18, 2016
The Earth Structure & Dynamics class field trip is an annual rite of spring; when early April arrives it’s time for our weekend trip
Field Methods 2014: Wrapping It Up
On December 9, 2014
The last day of classes at William & Mary is traditionally a celebratory affair, and on the last day of class this fall we
Summer Research: Stories from the Microscope
On July 22, 2014
The Buckmarlson Banshees have spent much of the past seven weeks in the field working to understand the geology of the eastern Blue Ridge
Summer Research: Introducing the Buckmarlson Banshees
On June 16, 2014
Try to find Buckmarlson on a map and you won’t have much luck. It’s the newly created place name for our field area in
50 Hours in the Field: the Earth Structure & Dynamics Field Trip 2014
On March 27, 2014
The 2014 Earth Structure & Dynamics class field trip left Williamsburg at 1 p.m. last Friday bound for the Blue Ridge Mountains and points
Glimpses of the Past: The Rockfish Conglomerate
On November 4, 2013
My family has a tradition of going camping about once per semester. Back in the spring of 2011, as the Appalachians were beginning to
Summer Research: Going with the Flow
On August 14, 2013
In April I delivered a talk on “Finding Faults in Old Virginia” as part of William & Mary’s Tack Faculty Lecture Series. Our study