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Geology & Geophysics (G&G) Department |
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Enlarge Image Geologist Ken Sims (left) and fellow climber Dennis Jackson prepare to descend into Masaya Volcano. By gathering gas samples from volcanoes worldwide, Sims is exploring how our planet is evolving and how volcanic gases cause climate changes that may even have led to the extinction of dinosaurs. Studying the gases also helps scientists understand when the volcano might next erupt and what effect gas emissions may have on human health. (Photo by Amy E. Nevala, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
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| The Department of Geology and Geophysics (G&G)
conducts research into the role of the
oceans in past climate change, the geologic structure and tectonics
of the ocean basins and their margins, and the composition and dynamics
of the Earth’s mantle. The Department today consists of about
35 Ph.D. level Scientific Staff and another 27 Technical Staff (many
of whom hold Ph.D. degrees). In addition there are about 25 graduate
students pursuing their Ph.D. and 14 Postdoctoral Scholars, Fellows
and Investigators.
The Scientific and Technical staff carry
out research in a wide variety of disciplines in the marine geosciences
including marine geophysics (seismology, electromagnetism, magnetics
and gravity), tectonics, petrology and geochemistry, paleoceanography
and coastal and margins geology. The G&G Department hosts a number
of state-of-the-art analytical or instrumentation facilities including
the National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass
Spectrometry Facility
(NOSAMS), the Northeast
National Ion Microprobe Facility (NENIMF),
the Ice-Ocean Environmental Buoy Program (IOEB),
and part of the Ocean Bottom Seismic Instrumentation Pool.
Maurice Tivey
Department Chair
Geology & Geophysics Department
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