Tag: Department of Geological Sciences
September 29, 2021
Mars’ Surface Shaped by Fast and Furious Floods from Overflowing Craters
On Earth, river erosion is usually a slow-going process. But on Mars, massive floods from overflowing crater lakes had an outsized role in shaping the…
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Roman-era Mixers and Millstones Made with Geology in Mind
A study on stone tools from an outpost of the Roman Empire has found that for ancient bakers and millers, having the right tools was a matter of geology. A team of…
Read MoreSeptember 16, 2021
Ketcham Receives Top Thermochronology Prize
Professor Richard Ketcham was selected as the 2020 recipient of the Martin Dodson Prize, the highest honor bestowed by the International Standing Committee on Thermochronology….
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Region of ‘Super Corals’ Discovered
In 2019, a hydrology professor at The University of Texas at Austin set out on a research project to see if he could identify harmful…
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Water Metrics
Scientists find key indicators to determine Climate change’s impact on California’s water supply.
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Goudge Named CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar
Jackson School planetary sciences assistant professor joins cohort of diverse scholars.
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Lone Star Manatees
Fossil evidence shows that Ice age manatees may have called Texas home.
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Core Dating
Scientists revise the age of the Earth’s inner core to 1 billion to 1.3 billion years old.
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Ketcham Receives Top Thermochronology Prize
Jackson School professor Is honored for his role in making user-friendly thermal history modeling tools.
Read MoreSeptember 8, 2021
Water in Bedrock is Sustaining Trees Across Country
You can’t squeeze water from a rock. But tree roots can — and they’re doing it more frequently than scientists previously thought, with a new study finding that bedrock is a regular source of water…
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