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Research at the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences examines everything from the earth's core, mantle, and crust to the outposts of the solar system.
Division faculty are leaders in earthquake studies; have determined the first reliable values of the age of the earth, the moon, and meteorites; worked out the geological history of western North America; deciphered the record of the earth's climate from studies of tree rings and glaciers; perfected isotopic tracers and high-pressure laboratory techniques that indicate how magmas form on the earth and the moon; showed that surface waters penetrate deep into the crust and extensively interact with magma bodies; and, using theoretical studies and data from spacecraft missions, have been largely responsible for our present understanding of the origin of planetary surfaces and atmospheres, satellites, rings, comets, asteroids, and the interplanetary plasma.
The Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences was established in 1926.
Jennifer Jackson research in the news - Atomic Motions Help Determine Temperatures Inside Earth
Victoria Orphan has been selected to receive a Marine Microbiology Investigator Award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
Ken Farley research in the news - More Evidence for an Ancient Grand Canyon
Planetary Science Faculty in the news - A Sky Full Of Planets
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Last updated January 14, 2013 14:01 by Lisa Christiansen
