Tag: DGS
April 23, 2025
Winners of Spring 2025 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Awards
Boyd Auditorium erupted in intermittent cheers on Tuesday afternoon as students, staff members, researchers, and faculty members celebrated the winners of the Department of Earth…
Read MoreApril 18, 2025
How Activity in Earth’s Mantle Led the Ancient Ancestors of Elephants, Giraffes, and Humans into Asia and Africa
What roils beneath the Earth’s surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean circulation, climate patterns,…
Read MoreApril 3, 2025
Assistant Professor Tim Goudge Named Co-Director of CIFAR Research Group
Tim Goudge, an assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Jackson School of Geosciences, has been named a co-director of…
Read MoreApril 2, 2025
Zama Basin’s Superb Sand the Result of a Drive-By Microcontinent
The high-quality sands that make up the oil reservoirs in the Zama Basin in the Gulf of Mexico really shouldn’t be there. Large sandstone deposits…
Read MoreFebruary 13, 2025
New Method for Measuring Groundwater Shows California’s Aquifers Remain Depleted
The greater Los Angeles area has long been subject of intense seismographic monitoring. A network of highly sensitive seismometers peppers the region on a constant…
Read MoreOctober 16, 2024
Students and Faculty Members Celebrate New Climate System Science Major
In September, The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences held a party in celebration of its newest undergraduate major: climate system science. Students and faculty…
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 MoreMay 5, 2022
Announcing the 2022 Departmental Awards
The Department of Geological Sciences (DGS) is pleased to recognize a number of staff members, faculty and students for their extraordinary efforts in the 2021-2022…
Read MoreApril 18, 2022
Jackson School Students Win SEG Challenge Bowl
Last week, Jackson School of Geosciences graduate students Ethan Conrad and Edward Clennett claimed victory for The University of Texas at Austin at the 2022…
Read MoreFebruary 14, 2022
Kerans Wins the Berg Outstanding Research Award
Jackson School of Geosciences Professor Charles Kerans has received the 2022 Robert R. Berg Outstanding Research Award from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)….
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