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Ms. Ferguson in the Field: December 2012
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Ms Ferguson in the Field. Monday, December 17, 2012. Welcome to my fieldwork blog! I'm a grad student at Columbia University, and I get to spend Tuesdays with the 8th graders at the Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School. I will use this blog to keep in touch with these all-star students while I'm in the field. On January 3rd I depart for five weeks of fieldwork in Bangladesh and India. I hope you'll follow along as I explore the geology of Bangladesh and eastern India! My name is Ms. Fergu...
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Ms. Ferguson in the Field: Greetings from Bangladesh!
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Ms Ferguson in the Field. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. We left JFK for Dhaka, Bangladesh on the morning of January 3. And arrived in the evening on January 4. There is an 11-hour time difference between Bangladesh and New York, so while you’re at school I am eating dinner, writing to you and sleeping because it’s night here! We are in Sitakund because the rocks are folded, in what we geologists call an “anticline.” The sedimentary rocks here are made of layers of sand and mud that were origi...We’re t...
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Ms. Ferguson in the Field: January 2012
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Ms Ferguson in the Field. Tuesday, January 17, 2012. The highlands of Meghalaya, India have been treating us well. The people are very friendly and helpful. A couple days ago, some men and boys led us down to the river from their village, which is called "Sohbar." The hike took about an hour, so we tried to pay them for their help. They wouldn't accept our money and were embarrassed by the offer because we were their guests! What secrets can we learn from these rocks? I’ve been collecting samples o...
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Ms. Ferguson in the Field: Detective work
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Ms Ferguson in the Field. Tuesday, February 5, 2013. Geologists are like detectives. We are trying to piece together the story of how and when the rocks formed and how and when they have moved. Every rock has a story to tell about the environment when it formed. The rocks in these mountains also tell the history of motion on faults underground. Limestone is also really cool because it can be dissolved and form caves. We found and explored a cave in India! Luis Tapia asked how rocks are folded, which is a...
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Ms. Ferguson in the Field: Faults and earthquakes!
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Ms Ferguson in the Field. Thursday, February 7, 2013. At a rock outcrop, the main things we look for are bedding planes (that were originally flat) and faults. Faults are cracks in the rock where the rocks have moved. Huge faults can produce huge earthquakes. Little faults can help us learn about tectonic forces and buried faults that we can't access. This fault had a layer of crushed up rock almost three feet thick. We were able to climb inside the fault zone to take our measurements! On January 9th the...
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Ms. Ferguson in the Field: Trip through Tripura
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Ms Ferguson in the Field. Monday, January 21, 2013. I apologize for the delay in posting, we have been without internet access. Here's a post I wrote last week for you! It has been very foggy and chilly in the mornings. We have enjoyed delicious breakfasts of parata (flat bread), dal (lentils), ‘momlet’ (eggs), and cha (tea). It really hits the spot on a cold morning! We visited the Unakoti archeological site where giant figures were carved into a nearly vertical bed of sandstone during the 9. Program th...
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Ms. Ferguson in the Field: November 2011
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Ms Ferguson in the Field. Monday, November 21, 2011. Welcome to my fieldwork blog! I'm a graduate student at Columbia University, and I get to spend one day a week working with 8th graders at the Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School. I hope you'll follow along as I explore the geology of Bangladesh and eastern India. On Jan. 3 I depart for a month of fieldwork in Bangladesh and India. There's so much to do before I leave! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). My name is Ms. Ferguson and on Tuesdays...
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Ms. Ferguson in the Field: Preparing for Fieldwork!
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Ms Ferguson in the Field. Monday, December 17, 2012. Welcome to my fieldwork blog! I'm a grad student at Columbia University, and I get to spend Tuesdays with the 8th graders at the Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School. I will use this blog to keep in touch with these all-star students while I'm in the field. On January 3rd I depart for five weeks of fieldwork in Bangladesh and India. I hope you'll follow along as I explore the geology of Bangladesh and eastern India! My name is Ms. Fergu...
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Upcoming Scientific Fieldwork, 2015 and Beyond
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News from the Earth Institute. Upcoming Scientific Fieldwork, 2015 and Beyond. March 10, 2015. Click on the image to see a map detailing Earth Institute fieldwork. Whenever logistically feasible, journalists may join expeditions. The Earth Institute press office keeps this list continuously updated, and can provide video and still images for many projects. To see where our scientists work, check out our interactive world map. Last updated: Sept 11, 2015. Will travel for several weeks with colleagues thro...
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Ms. Ferguson in the Field: February 2013
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Ms Ferguson in the Field. Thursday, February 7, 2013. We're back in Bangladesh now. We're spending the week exploring more anticlines (folds) and meeting with our colleagues who study the rivers. Today we got to see tube well drilling. Each time the pipe drops down, a squirt of sand, mud and water comes out the top. They catch some in a bucket and then they can study its composition and see how it changes as they dig deeper. At a rock outcrop, the main things we look for are bedding planes (that were ori...
