The research in GES is wide-ranging and often interdisciplinary. The categories listed here are not rigid divisions; rather, they are intended to illustrate the breadth of faculty research interests within the department.

Areas of Research:

• Biogeosciences
• Geochronology & Thermochronology
• Geomicrobiology
• Geostatistics & Geomathematics
• High Temperature and Pressure Processes
• Hydrogeology
• Oceanography
• Planetary & Early Biological Evolution
• Sedimentary Geology
• Structural Geology, Geomechanics and Tectonics
• Surface Processes