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Traipsing across the Piedmont: A Day Trip thru Geology and History

By Chuck Bailey On March 3, 2024
In Academics, Faculty & Staff Blogs, Study Away 
W&M geologists at Appomattox Court House
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
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We Need to Go Deeper – the Blueschists and Eclogites of Oman

By Structural Geology & Tectonics Research Group On November 20, 2020
In Global Engagement, Research, Student Blogs, Study Away 
A blueschist thin section showing angular fractured shapes in green, blue, purple, white and gray.
By Nick Carpenter ’21 Have you ever wondered what goes on deep within the Earth, far deeper than any human has ever ventured? Well
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A Field Day

By Chuck Bailey On October 12, 2012
In Academics, Faculty & Staff Blogs, Research 
A view from the bottom. A diabase dike (d) cutting anorthosite (a). Note the white pieces of the older anorthosite entrained in the diabase dike.
It is a rare weekday when I can slip away from the College.  Yesterday with my colleague Brent Owens and research fellow John Hollis
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