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Geology

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Studying geology offers a fascinating journey into understanding Earth's history, processes, and resources. Geology provides insights into Earth's long and complex history, spanning billions of years.


By studying rocks, fossils, and other geological features, geologists reconstruct past environments, climates, and evolutionary events, unraveling the story of our planet's evolution. Geology explores the dynamic processes that shape Earth's surface and interior. This includes the study of plate tectonics, volcanism, erosion, sedimentation, and the rock cycle. Understanding these processes helps geologists interpret landscapes, predict natural hazards, and manage resources sustainably.

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Mark Barton - Mineral resources, geochemistry, petrology

Marta Codeço - Stable isotopes, Ore Deposits, Geochemical modeling

Barbara Carrapa

Peter DeCelles

Mihai Ducea

George Gehrels

Amanda Hughes

Mauricio Ibanez Mejia

Paul Kapp

Ananya Mallik - Experimental petrology, subduction zone magmatism, deep Earth volatile cycling, surface-interior mass exchange on Earth and other terrestrial planetary bodies, planetary interior evolution and crust formation

Luke McGuire - Geomorphology and landslide hazards

Pranabendu Moitra

Jon Pelletier

Jay Quade

Pete Reiners

Kaustubh Thirumalai

Jonny Wu

Marija Putak Juriček