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On the Rocks – A Day at Nottoway Falls
On October 7, 2016
In August, I described a set of cascades that form a major knickpoint on the Nottoway River in the Southside Virginia Piedmont. Last Saturday,
Knickpoint on the Nottoway
On August 24, 2016
Deep in the heart of Southside Virginia lies a bedrock outcrop of tremendous size. Quality outcrops are rare in the Piedmont, but between the
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 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
Mystery at Midway Mills
On March 13, 2015
Virginia’s Piedmont is an expansive area of gently rolling terrain whose underlying geology is quite complex. The old metamorphic and igneous rocks of the
Field Methods 2014: Wrapping It Up
On December 9, 2014
The last day of classes at William & Mary is traditionally a celebratory affair, and on the last day of class this fall we
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.
Summer Research: Stories from the Microscope
On July 22, 2014
The Buckmarlson Banshees have spent much of the past seven weeks in the field working to understand the geology of the eastern Blue Ridge
Summer Research: Introducing the Buckmarlson Banshees
On June 16, 2014
Try to find Buckmarlson on a map and you won’t have much luck. It’s the newly created place name for our field area in