Tag: Department of Geological Sciences
February 14, 2024
Research Associate Professor Cornel Olariu Wins Rare Mid-Career Award
In the 19 years Cornel Olariu has spent as a geosciences researcher at The University of Texas at Austin, he has written 85 peer-reviewed papers…
Read MoreFebruary 12, 2024
Bizarre Worm-Lizard’s Secrets Revealed in CT Scans
Amphisbaenians are strange creatures. Like worms with vertebrae, scales, a large central tooth and sometimes small forearms, these reptiles live underground, burrowing tunnels and preying…
Read MoreFebruary 8, 2024
Meet the Jackson School’s Newest Professor, Craig Martin
Don’t let the Northern English accent fool you. Craig Martin, the newest assistant professor at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, is in fact…
Read MoreAugust 8, 2023
Progress from Delay
Over the past four days at sea, the science team has faced the following issues: The “T2P” – a temperature and pressure probe refined for the methane hydrate mission – was shelved after free-falling 6,500 feet to the bottom of the seafloor during a test run. The probe was supposed to…
Read MoreAugust 7, 2023
Geological Sciences Department Renamed to Reflect Changing Field
The University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Geological Sciences has a new name: The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. The new name captures…
Read MoreApril 12, 2023
Making Quakes on Campus
Researchers at the Jackson School of Geosciences sometimes investigate earthquakes by going right to the source, such as subduction zones along the coasts of Japan…
Read MoreFebruary 14, 2023
Research Breaks Down Broken Foreland Basins
If you ask a geologist to define a broken foreland basin, you’re apt to get many different responses. But if you ask why these basins…
Read MoreFebruary 6, 2023
Scientists Detect Molten Rock Layer Hidden Under Earth’s Tectonic Plates
Scientists have discovered a new layer of partly molten rock under the Earth’s crust that might help settle a long-standing debate about how tectonic plates…
Read MoreDecember 5, 2022
Sharon Mosher: Dean Emeritus
By Anton Caputo Sharon Mosher’s to-do list these days is quite impressive. It includes leading the national effort to revise the geosciences education curriculum, fieldwork…
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Mark Helper: Distinguished Senior Lecturer Emeritus
By Monica Kortsha For decades, Mark Helper has spent his summers leading students on the Jackson School of Geosciences’ capstone field camp. But he has…
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