For fans of Deep Time there are few things as exciting as an unconformity. An unconformity is a geologic contact separating rock masses of two different ages. Something in the rock record has gone missing or perhaps it was never…
TYE RIVER TUESDAY
This post commences a series about Virginia’s Tye River, let’s call it Tye River Tuesday. It won’t happen every Tuesday, but my aim is to write about the Tye River every third or fourth week. Where is the Tye River? It’s in central…
OVERHEAD & UNDERFOOT
This post is an introduction to my new blog- Chuck’s Wonder World. I’m a geology professor at William & Mary; my teaching and field research take me to places from southeastern Virginia to Oman. There’s plenty of geological wonder in…