Tag: Department of Geological Sciences
August 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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Richard Kyle: Professor Emeritus
By Alan Gomez Thomas Quintero was out of his element. The Jackson School of Geosciences undergraduate student was winding through a series of dark, cold…
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Clark Wilson: Professor Emeritus
By Kristin Phillips & Monica Kortsha It was the ocean — more specifically, an oceanographer’s slides illuminating a middle school wall six decades ago —…
Read MoreOctober 27, 2022
Study Explores How Tectonic Forces Shape The Andes
Based on their shared geologic history, one would expect the topography of the Andes mountains to be relatively consistent from one end to the other….
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