Monthly Archives: March 2010

Carmel Church Day 3

Posted on March 31, 2010 by altondooley

It was a beautiful day today, and we spent about 9 hours at the site. We’re hitting a lot of bones now, even though we’ve only uncovered about 0.2 square meters. In the photo above, a rib (No. 3 from … Continue reading →

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Carmel Church Day 2

Posted on March 30, 2010 by altondooley

Things started drying out today, and Tim and I moved perhaps a half-ton of sediment before lunch. By around 2:00 pm we were into the bonebed, with several small bits and pieces of bone exposed. In the image above, “1” … Continue reading →

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Carmel Church Day 1

Posted on March 29, 2010 by altondooley

Tim and I returned to Carmel Church today for a planned two-week excavation. This is our first trip to the site since last November, and I brought a chainsaw in anticipation of downed trees. It was a good decision, as … Continue reading →

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Darwin’s other theory

Posted on March 24, 2010 by altondooley

Diagrams from Darwin, 1842 Tim has to write an essay about a famous scientist for his science class that includes describing that person’s major contributions, and he chose Charles Darwin (that’s my boy!). To help him out, I showed him … Continue reading →

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Storage jacket, travel, and more

Posted on March 22, 2010 by altondooley

It took me several days after the GSA meeting to catch up on various administrative duties, and I also spent some time last week working on collections organization (more on that later). I did finally get a chance to do … Continue reading →

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GSA Day 3

Posted on March 16, 2010 by altondooley

Today was the last day of the GSA meeting, and it was another full slate of talks and posters.

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GSA Day 2

Posted on March 15, 2010 by altondooley

Today may have been my busiest day for attending talks, and I went through almost the entire morning without any breaks; things did ease up a bit in the afternoon.

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GSA Day 1

Posted on March 14, 2010 by altondooley

I spent the first part of the morning listening to talks in the “Geoscience Education and History” section, as well as some other sessions later in the day. Some of the highlights (links are to the abstracts):

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GSA Meeting

Posted on March 13, 2010 by altondooley

I’m currently in Baltimore for the joint meeting of the Northeastern and Southeastern Sections of the Geological Society of America. The meeting proper actually gets underway tomorrow morning, and lasts through Tuesday afternoon (there are also pre- and post-meeting field trips, … Continue reading →

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Crazy dental pathology

Posted on March 8, 2010 by altondooley

Next week I’m attending the Geological Society of America Northeastern/Southeastern Section meeting, and I’ll be posting daily updates on that conference. Prior to leaving for the conference, I’ll be taking most of this week off. I thought an explanation for … Continue reading →

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