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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
The Mystery of Mélange
On October 12, 2020
By Terri Zach ‘21 Mélange (mā-ˈlänj) is a fun word to say. We can thank the French for that, it’s a derivation of the
A Frenzy of Fall Field Trips 2: Flowing Low and Flying High
On October 8, 2019
Earlier this summer I reported on the Gladstone Gladiators’ ‘games’ on and over the James River, all part of our research campaign to decipher
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
Reunited!
On July 14, 2016
This is an ode to a canoe. A year ago today, on July 14th 2015, I abandoned my canoe in the James River at
Summer Solstice in the Field: A River on Rock
On July 7, 2016
Summer is not a quiet time in the William & Mary Geology department. Pop onto the 2nd floor of McGlothlin-Street Hall this summer and you’ll
Paddle Trip Report 3 – The Long Dash for Home
On August 5, 2015
The last post ended with my canoe trapped and broken on a granite outcrop at the base of the Fall Zone in Richmond, Virginia.
Paddle Trip Report 2 – Across the Piedmont and Fall Zone
On August 3, 2015
At the end of my last post we’d completed the first two days of an 8-day canoe trip from the Blue Ridge Foothills in
The Department that Floats Together…
On September 16, 2014
The latest addition of the Geology departmental field trip rolled out of Williamsburg last Friday and then floated down the James River on Saturday.