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Meagen Pollock wrote a new post on the site Dr. Meagen Pollock 4 years, 9 months ago
Interested in the Geology or Environmental Geoscience major or minor? You’ll find lots of information on the ESCI Majors/Minors page. Current students can view the ESCI Spring 2021 advising video for an overview […]
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Meagen Pollock wrote a new post on the site Dr. Meagen Pollock 4 years, 9 months ago
Email Dr. Pollock at mpollock at wooster dot edu
Book a meeting with Dr. Pollock on her bookings site
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Meagen Pollock wrote a new post on the site Dr. Meagen Pollock 4 years, 9 months ago
Educator. Mentor. Earth Scientist.
Dr. Pollock, Professor of Earth Sciences at The College of Wooster
I’m a volcano-lover with a passion for teaching, undergraduate research, and DEI.
My […]
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Meagen Pollock wrote a new post on the site Dr. Meagen Pollock 4 years, 9 months ago
I am the recent chair of the Department of Earth Sciences at The College of Wooster. In my time as chair, I led the department through a sweeping overhaul of our identity. We created a new mission statement, […]
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Meagen Pollock wrote a new post on the site Dr. Meagen Pollock 4 years, 9 months ago
I am committed to creating an inclusive community that values human differences and prioritizes equity in opportunity and success. I am the chair of the advisory board for Wooster’s STEM Success Initiative, whose […]
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Meagen Pollock wrote a new post on the site Dr. Meagen Pollock 4 years, 9 months ago
In 2019’s FYS Beyond Broken Bones, students explored the wide variety of X-ray applications. X-rays have revolutionized society. By enabling us to see inside the human body and discover the structure of DNA, […]
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Meagen Pollock wrote a new post on the site Dr. Meagen Pollock 4 years, 9 months ago
In the Wooster X-ray and Geochemistry labs, we are engaging in interdisciplinary and collaborative research on soils. One project is in collaboration with Dr. Beth O’Shea (University of San Diego) focusing on the […]
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Meagen Pollock wrote a new post on the site Dr. Meagen Pollock 4 years, 9 months ago
Hannah Grachen (’20) studied the geochemistry of Bræðravirki ridge in the Western Volcanic Zone of Iceland. She is an experienced undergraduate researcher who has worked with faculty and student c […]
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Meagen Pollock wrote a new post on the site Dr. Meagen Pollock 4 years, 9 months ago
Geochemistry explores the chemical interactions between and among Earth’s spheres, including the chemistry of the physical environment and anthropogenic impacts. Geochemists essentially use chemical tools to u […]
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Meagen Pollock wrote a new post on the site Dr. Meagen Pollock 4 years, 9 months ago
Igneous and metamorphic processes govern the rock cycle, from the formation of rocks at mid-ocean ridges, through subduction, collision, and continental rifting. Petrologic concepts help us understand the Earth […]
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Meagen Pollock wrote a new post on the site Dr. Meagen Pollock 4 years, 9 months ago
A course about minerals, rocks, and soils. We practice identifying and describing Earth materials using their physical, optical, and chemical properties. We learn to use field and lab techniques to test hypotheses […]
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Meagen Pollock wrote a new post on the site Dr. Meagen Pollock 4 years, 9 months ago
Natural hazards will affect most of us at some point in our lives. We will investigate spectacular hazards, like volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, and hazards that are far less dramatic, but no less dangerous, […]
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Meagen Pollock wrote a new post on the site Dr. Meagen Pollock 4 years, 9 months ago
Mid-ocean ridges are the single largest volcanic feature on Earth. My research uses the mineralogical and chemical compositions of the ocean floor to understand the magmatic and tectonic processes that form the […]
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Meagen Pollock wrote a new post on the site Dr. Meagen Pollock 4 years, 9 months ago
Our research explores magma transport and crystallization processes in the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP), a large igneous province that was erupted on Pangaea just before the supercontinent rifted […]
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Meagen Pollock wrote a new post on the site Dr. Meagen Pollock 4 years, 9 months ago
Ice Springs Volcanic Field in Utah’s Black Rock Desert is made of nested cinder cones and their associated lava flows. My research uses petrological data, major and trace element geochemistry, and cosmogenic […]
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Meagen Pollock wrote a new post on the site Dr. Meagen Pollock 4 years, 9 months ago
I am a high-temperature geochemist that uses the compositions of Earth materials to understand how they form and evolve. Most of my research involves analyses in our Wooster X-ray and geochemistry labs. Our X-ray […]
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Meagen Pollock wrote a new post on the site Dr. Meagen Pollock 4 years, 9 months ago
A volcanic eruption in the presence of ice or meltwater can be extremely hazardous, injecting huge amounts of ash into the atmosphere and generating catastrophic glacial outburst floods. But there is so much we […]
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Meagen Pollock wrote a new post on the site Dr. Meagen Pollock 4 years, 9 months ago
Undergraduate research is a theme that extends across all aspects of my career. I am a Councilor for the Geosciences Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research and have been facilitating faculty development […]
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