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Gladiator Games over the James

By Chuck Bailey On July 22, 2019
In Faculty & Staff Blogs, Research, Study Away, Technology 
An outcrop of rock in the James River river with members of the team and their canoes in the water and standing on the outcrop
The Gladstone Gladiators have spent the past two months dividing their time between geological field research in central Virginia and lab research in the
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Rock Music Oman 2019: A Symposium and Celebration

By Chuck Bailey On January 22, 2019
In Academics, Faculty & Staff Blogs, Global Engagement, Study Away 
William & Mary scholars at the ancient beehive tombs at Al Ayn, Oman
The 2019 Spring semester is underway, but before we (both students and faculty) get completely sucked into our courses we’re going to finish our
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A Structural Geology Trifecta

By Chuck Bailey On November 20, 2017
In Academics, Faculty & Staff Blogs 
The Up-and-Away team, part of the 2017 Geological Field Methods course, on a steep Blue Ridge slope in front of a spectacular outcrop of meta-conglomerate and meta-arkose. These rocks are part of the Edicaran Swift Run Formation.
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,
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Mystery at Midway Mills (Part 2)

By Chuck Bailey On April 9, 2015
In Faculty & Staff Blogs, Research 
Hewn blocks of Triassic Midway Mills sandstone in the exterior wall of the old Norfolk & Western Railway’s Bedford (Liberty) station. The building was constructed in the 1880s and currently houses the Liberty Station Restaurant.
In the last post I described how an old stone mill in the central Virginia Piedmont had disappeared. I discovered Midway Mills’ disappearance on
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