Author: cmbail

Space the final frontier. It’s the classic opening line from the original Star Trek television series and is an underlying theme for the Planetary Geology course I am teaching this semester. This second level geology class considers the interiors, surfaces, and atmospheres of planets and moons in our solar system. Its geology with the rules…

Geology is a wonderful reason for travel. In contrast to many scientific disciplines, geologists typically go to the field for their primary data. In the past few years William & Mary geologists have conducted field research from Peru to the Arctic, from desert mountain ranges in Arizona to tidal estuaries in Portugal. Our field research…