Earth and Ocean Sciences
General Information
Degree offered: M.S., Ph.D.
Faculty working with students: 18
Students: 23
Students receiving Financial Aid: 100%
Deadline for Fall 2008 Application: December 15 (priority deadline)
Spring Application: yes
Part time study available: yes
Test required: GRE General
Program Description
The Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences offers research opportunities in the areas of aquatic geochemistry, biogeochemistry, biological anthropology and anatomy, biological oceanography, carbonate diagenesis, clastic and carbonate facies analysis, continental margin and deep-sea sedimentation, desert studies, economic geology, geomorphology, hydrogeology, igneous petrology and geochemistry focusing on layered intrusions and mid-ocean ridge basalt, isotope geochemistry, marine coastal geology, marine micropaleontology, paleoceanography, paleolimnology, paleoclimatology, palynology, physical oceanography, sediment processes and dynamics, seismology, structure and development of transform faults, rift basins, spreading centers and passive margins, and tectonics. There are excellent opportunities for research abroad.