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Aground on the Hampton Bar with the Sea Making a Fair Breach
On April 25, 2023

200 years ago this month, in early April 1823, a ship foundered and sunk onto a shallow sand bar in Hampton Roads, Virginia. On
William & Mary Returns to Oman
On January 17, 2023

In January 2020, I co-led the William & Mary study abroad program to Oman (commonly known as Rock Music Oman). As we returned home
Crabtree Falls and Landscape Disequilibrium in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains
On November 29, 2022

Back in October, early on a Saturday morning my Earth’s Surface Processes students loaded into vans and we headed west to the Blue Ridge
Going with the Flow: Geology’s Fall Departmental Field Trip 2022
On September 21, 2022

Last weekend the Geology Department set forth on our Fall departmental trip for a geological field trip down the James River in canoes. The
Bringing Back the Grenville! Preserving Virginia’s Geoheritage
On August 28, 2022

Virginia has a rich geological heritage that stretches back well over a billion years to an era of geologic time known as the Mesoproterozoic.
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,
The Return of a Tradition – The Earth Structure & Dynamics Class Field Trip
On March 28, 2022

An important tradition in my academic life is the Earth Structure & Dynamics class field trip. This weekend trip takes William & Mary students
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
Williamsburg’s Grand Canyon: A Modern Marvel Created by Mismanaged Stormwater
On January 18, 2022

Many William & Mary students and some long-time residents describe Williamsburg’s landscape as flat, swampy, and even boring. Indeed, parts of this landscape are