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Rising from the Coastal Plain: A Proper Mt. William & Mary!
On April 1, 2018
Over the years I’ve used this blog to report on geologic research in a format that’s intended to be both accessible and digestible by
Why William & Mary? People & Places
On March 26, 2018
Why choose to attend William & Mary? I’ll offer up two reasons to attend William & Mary: people & places. It’s the people that
Inside the Ghubrah Bowl, Oman: dropstones, double-duckbills, and pencil structures, oh my!
On March 13, 2018
In Academics, Research, Study Away
In early January, with two of my research students, we escaped winter’s cold by heading to the Sultanate of Oman for a week of
From the Tunnel to the Temple
On February 28, 2018
The W&M Geology Department’s spring field trip dashed out of Williamsburg on Saturday for a one-day jaunt from the Tunnel to the Temple. The
A Structural Geology Trifecta
On November 20, 2017
Saturday found the 2017 W&M Geological Field Methods course in the field. This year’s class is composed of 16 junior and senior geology majors,
How Our Garden Grows: The William & Mary Geology Rock Garden
On October 30, 2017
William & Mary sits squarely on the the Atlantic Coastal Plain, a region underlain by geologically young sand, silt, clay, and gravel. Many of
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
A Flood of Fun: The W&M Geology Department Field Trip on the James River
On October 4, 2017
Our Fall Geology Department field trip set out from Williamsburg to central Virginia, and the James River for a geological float trip down the
A Decade’s Worth of Field Britches
On June 23, 2017
It’s mid-summer, and it is time for geological fieldwork with my undergraduate research students. As I’ve written before, geologists commonly go to the field