Earth Science

Richard Gordon, Chair

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Department Facts

16 tenure track faculty
23 undergraduate declared majors
34 graduate students
18 Professional Science Master's students
~$7M annual research funding

Research Areas

Earth systems science

• sedimentology and glaciology
• biogeochemistry
• low-temperature geochemistry
• environmental geophysics and remote sensing

Earth structure and dynamics

• high-temperature geochemistry and petrology
• global and regional geodynamics and planetology
• volcanology
• global and lithospheric seismology

Energy resources

• petroleum basins and systems
• carbon cycle
• exploration seismology and geophysics
  

Degrees Offered

BA in Earth Science
BS in Earth Science
MS and PhD in Earth Science