Tag: Department of Geological Sciences
February 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…
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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….
Read MoreOctober 25, 2022
Climate Change is Closing Daily Temperature Gap, Clouds Could be the Cause
Climate change is shrinking the difference between the daily high temperature and the daily low in many parts of the world. The gap between the…
Read MoreSeptember 15, 2022
Texas Universities Partner to Study Combined Impact of Flooding and Air Pollution in Beaumont-Port Arthur
Four Texas universities, led by The University of Texas at Austin, have been awarded a grant to establish a new research center to study the…
Read MoreJune 15, 2022
Climate Change is Coming for Your Ketchup
Climate change is on track to interfere with tomato production – and could be especially bad news for fans of ketchup, pizza sauce and other…
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