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Traipsing across the Piedmont: A Day Trip thru Geology and History
On March 3, 2024
The W&M Geology Departmental Spring field trip left the Atlantic Coastal Plain last Sunday morning for a quick dash westward into the Piedmont: a
A Highland Fling (Part 2): Learning from LiDAR
On April 22, 2022
The Field Methods class finished our late Winter/early Spring fieldwork at William & Mary’s Highland in March. Over the course of four field excursions,
A Highland Fling (Part 1)
On February 10, 2022
The new semester at William & Mary is well underway and after this weekend, we’re off and running with the Field Methods in the
The Mystery of Mélange
On October 12, 2020
By Terri Zach ‘21 Mélange (mā-ˈlänj) is a fun word to say. We can thank the French for that, it’s a derivation of the
After the Surge: A Day on the North Anna River
On May 26, 2020
The river was still falling at midnight, yet I went to bed confident that the North Anna River would be on the rise by
Geological Field Tripping in Cyberspace
On April 13, 2020
Early April is the time when my Earth Structure & Dynamics class ventures to the Appalachians for a weekend of learning and intellectual companionship.
A Frenzy of Fall Field Trips 3: Going to the South Side
On October 20, 2019
Moby, the American musician with a wide-ranging and stylishly downtempo sound, released an exceptional album entitled Play in 1999. My favorite song is South
The Gladstone Gladiators
On June 10, 2019
The summer research season has arrived at William & Mary. This year, I’m starting a new project in central Virginia with a team of
Over Nottoway Falls
On February 19, 2017
Another glorious February weekend, and I was off, once again, to the field with my research students. On this trip we returned to the