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Traipsing across the Piedmont: A Day Trip thru Geology and History
On March 3, 2024
![W&M geologists at Appomattox Court House](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Traipsing_Fig9-280x190.jpg)
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
William & Mary Returns to Oman
On January 17, 2023
![A sunrise in the desert](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/WMO23_tnail-280x190.jpg)
In January 2020, I co-led the William & Mary study abroad program to Oman (commonly known as Rock Music Oman). As we returned home
Making Movies on Location
On July 27, 2022
![Geologists at the East Portal of the Blue Ridge Tunnel](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/BRTunnelersTnail-280x190.jpg)
By Meara Carlin ’22, Morgan Sanders ’22, and Chuck Bailey As summer runs ever onward the Structural Geology & Tectonics Research Group continues to
Girl Put Your Records On: Tell me about your thesis
On December 13, 2021
![A record playing on a record player](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/victrola-record-players-R4Rdi0EfBws-unsplash-280x190.jpg)
Katie Cullen ’22 There’s a certain something about the ritual of putting on a record that makes the entire experience more delightful than just
We are the Schuyler Sisters
On June 23, 2021
![Schuyler Sisters and USGS members sitting at a picnic table looking at equipment](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SsisterTnail-280x190.jpg)
This summer, four brave undergraduates and one faculty advisor are dedicated to both geologic research and honoring the sensational Broadway musical Hamilton. You may
Slip Slidin’ Away: Veins & Faults in Virginia Soapstone
On May 23, 2021
![Veins cutting soapstone](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/SStnail-280x190.jpg)
by Jerry Hu ’21 Earlier this academic year, my friend Gabe Mojica ’21 wrote about his research on soapstone bodies near Schuyler, Virginia. Gabe’s
We Need to Go Deeper – the Blueschists and Eclogites of Oman
On November 20, 2020
![A blueschist thin section showing angular fractured shapes in green, blue, purple, white and gray.](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/OmanBEfig4-280x190.jpg)
By Nick Carpenter ’21 Have you ever wondered what goes on deep within the Earth, far deeper than any human has ever ventured? Well
The Soapstone Special
On October 22, 2020
![Black and white photo of closely neighboring rock quarries with small buildings, tracks and cranes around their perimeters](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/SStoneTnail-280x190.jpg)
Gabe Mojica ’21 Soapstone. What is it you might ask? No, it isn’t used for bathing, or at least not in the way you
The Chaos of Rocks
On October 6, 2020
![Two W&M researchers in masks and hard hats examining rock cores.](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/rock-core-logging-280x190.jpg)
Hello World! I’m Professor Chuck Bailey and this is the inaugural post for the William & Mary Structural Geology & Tectonics Research Group. Our