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Inversion Tectonics in the Blue Ridge
On February 22, 2021
![Geologic map of my study area in central Virginia showing Geologic Units of Surficial Deposits, Catoctin Formation, Swift Run Formation and Blue Ridge Basement](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/TIthumbnail-280x190.jpg)
By Kelly Thigpen ’21 Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains are underlain by old rocks, some of which formed more than a billion years ago. These
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
Summer Research: It’s About Time
On June 26, 2018
![W&M geologist George Denny with a portable magnetometer at a dimension stone quarry in central Virginia.](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/AboutTimeThumbnail-280x190.jpg)
Mid-summer is here, and it’s been a busy few weeks for my undergraduate research students. The 2018-19 William & Mary Structural Geology & Tectonics
Geology’s Senior Research Saturday 2018: Standing Room Only
On April 25, 2018
![Logo with a green background and white text that reads, "William & Mary Geology - Senior Research Saturday"](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/SRS18tnail-280x190.jpg)
The 3rd Saturday in April is a big day in the William & Mary Geology department as it is Senior Research Saturday, a day in
Why William & Mary? People & Places
On March 26, 2018
![William & Mary geology students silhouetted in shadow below Jebel Misht, Oman.](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/WMPPfig7-280x190.jpg)
Why choose to attend William & Mary? I’ll offer up two reasons to attend William & Mary: people & places. It’s the people that
4th Rock from the Sun: Human Exploration of Mars – the Planetary Geology Research Projects 2016
On April 27, 2016
![Diagram of the Geology of proposed landing sites for the human exploration of mars](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/4thRockThumbnail-280x190.jpg)
Forty years ago, in the summer of 1976, NASA placed two spacecraft in orbit around Mars and then safely got the Viking 1 and
Senior Research Saturday 2014
On April 24, 2014
![A Senior Research Saturday celebration with some of the W&M Geology class of 2014.](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/SRSfig21-280x190.jpg)
The year-long senior research project is an important piece in the William & Mary Geology major. All W&M Geology majors complete an intensive independent
Summer Research: The Gravity of the Situation
On July 15, 2013
![View to the north of Fish Lake from Mytoge Mtn.](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/gravityfig2-1024x5851-280x190.jpg)
I’ve just returned to Williamsburg after a month of field research in Utah at Fish Lake and the High Plateaus. I journeyed to Utah