Chuck Bailey
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The Longhill drainage ditch, when knickpoints move
On May 29, 2014
Last Fall I started a ‘series’ focused on rivers and their watersheds. Six months have elapsed since that first post and another write up
Senior Research Saturday 2014
On April 24, 2014
The year-long senior research project is an important piece in the William & Mary Geology major. All W&M Geology majors complete an intensive independent
Rolling Deep with the Penrose Conference on Orogenic Systems
On April 6, 2014
This past week I co-convened a Geological Society of America Penrose Conference focused on Feedbacks and Linkages in Orogenic Systems. An orogen is a
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
Working in a Winter Wonderland: The Gravity of the Situation (Part 2)
On February 27, 2014
Last summer I reported on our field research in the High Plateaus of Utah. Erika Wenrich’s senior thesis project involves a gravity survey aimed
Glimpses of the Past: the Catoctin Formation – Virginia is for Lavas
On February 17, 2014
In 1969 Virginia embraced the travel slogan Virginia is for Lovers and at various times during the last 45 years William & Mary geology students have
Oman’s Mega-Sheath Folds
On January 30, 2014
Oman is a sunny place and cloudy days are rather uncommon. On Friday, January 10th we awoke to cloudy skies over Muscat. Today was the
Dispatches from Oman: Juxtaposition
On January 14, 2014
A new semester awaits 11,000 kilometers away in Williamsburg. Time to depart Oman, but before heading west towards home there was one last mountain
Dispatches from Oman: Fodder for the Tectonic Cannon
On January 10, 2014
I’ve been in Oman for over ten days and seen plenty of deformed rocks—it is what I came for. What follows are a series