Research Areas & Graduate Disciplines at the Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin

Research Areas & Graduate Curricular Programs

Unit abbreviations: BEG = Bureau of Econ. Geol., DGS = Dept. of Geol. Sciences, LBJ = LBJ School of Public Affairs, PGE = Petrol. & Geosystems Eng., UTIG = UT Inst. for Geophysics.

Graduate Curricular Programs

Unit

URL

Geophysics	DGS	Web site
Hydrogeology/Environmental Geology	DGS	Web site
Paleontology	DGS	Web site
Petrology and Geochemistry	DGS	Web site
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy	DGS	Web site
Structural Geology and Tectonics	DGS	Web site


Research Areas	Unit	URL

Fossil Energy
	Basin Analysis	BEG	Web site
	Carbonates	BEG	Web site
	Clastics	BEG	Web site
	Fracture Research	BEG-DGS-PGE	Web site
	Gas Hydrates	BEG	Web site
	Geophysics	BEG	Web site
	Natural Resource Exploration	UTIG	Web site
	Outcrops	BEG	Web site
	Permian Basin	BEG	Web site
	Reservoir Characterization	BEG	Web site
	Resource Assessment	BEG	Web site
	Salt Tectonics	BEG	Web site
	Structural Geology and Tectonics	BEG	Web site
Geobiology
	Geomicrobiology Research	DGS	Web site
Geochemistry
	Aqueous and Microbial Geochemistry	DGS	Web site
	Isotope Geochemistry	DGS	Web site
	JSG Structural Diagenesis Initiative	BEG	Web site
Geophysics
	Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics	UTIG	Web site
	Caribbean Research	UTIG	Web site
	Continental Margins	UTIG	Web site
	Earthquake Seismology	UTIG	Web site
	Earthquake Studies	UTIG	Web site
	Gas Hydrate Studies	UTIG	Web site
	Geophysics	DGS	Web site
	Ice Sheets and Ice-Covered Lithosphere	UTIG	Web site
	Large Igneous Provinces	UTIG	Web site
	Planetary Geophysics	UTIG	Web site
	Plate Boundary Processes	UTIG	Web site
	Plate Models	UTIG	Web site
	Quantitative Geophysics	UTIG	Web site
	Sea Level Fluctuations	UTIG	Web site
Geoscience/Environmental Studies
	Climate	UTIG	Web site
	Climate Research	DGS	Web site
	CO₂ Sequestration	BEG	Web site
	Coastal Studies	BEG	Web site
	Desalination	BEG	Web site
	Energy and Environment	BEG	Web site
	Geologic Climate Records	UTIG	Web site
	Geologic Mapping	BEG	Web site
	Groundwater	BEG	Web site
	Groundwater Contaminants	BEG	Web site
	Hydro Research:	DGS	Web site
	Physical Hydrogeology	DGS	Web site
	Aqueous and Microbial Geochemistry	DGS	Web site
	Isotope Hydrology	DGS	Web site
	Near-Surface Geophysics	BEG	Web site
	Remote Sensing: LiDAR and Imagery	BEG	Web site
	Vadose Zone	BEG	Web site
Paleontology
	See Graduate Curricular Programs: Paleontology	DGS	Web site