Tag: Appalachians
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Neoacadian Poets in the Blue Ridge
Every spring my Earth Structure & Dynamics class visits the Appalachian Mountains on our weekend field trip. The goals of the trip are twofold: 1) practice doing structural geology in the field, and 2) decipher the geologic history of the Appalachians. It’s easy to achieve the first goal, as over the course of the weekend…
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A Mobile Mob: the Earth Structure & Dynamics Field Trip
This past Friday, the Earth Structure & Dynamics class assembled behind the Geology Department and then poured themselves into 3 vans and headed west to the Appalachian Mountains. Counting supernumeraries we totaled 36 people, which qualifies as a mobile mob. On this trip, students practice and hone their skills doing geology in the field and…
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The Alberene Dream Team
The summer of 2011 will not be a quiet one in the Geology Department. In addition to a full complement of Geology majors working on research, the department is abuzz with construction as we convert the geology library into a new and commodious classroom. More than a dozen Geology majors are currently on campus collecting…