Research
Research in the Department of Geosciences is wide-ranging, dealing with the formation and interpretation of igneous and metamorphic rocks, with sedimentary systems from transport to deposition to preservation and interpretation, with the history of life as preserved in the fossil record, with tectonic deformation and the geophysical methods to characterize these systems, and with the hydrology of Earth’s freshwater resources including ground water, lakes, wetlands, rivers and ice, and their interactions.
The department has numerous state-of-the-art pieces of lab equipment that allow both faculty and students the opportunity to conduct their research.
Faculty involved with the various fields of inquiry are listed below. Click on their names for more information:
Hydrology
Mineralogy/Petrology
Paleobiology
Paleomagnetism
Quaternary Geology
Sedimentology/Stratigraphy
Seismology
Structural Geology
Volcanology