Bob Whisonant is a Civil War buff with a peculiar way of looking at the Civil War. If you ask him to talk about, say, the Battle of Antietam, he might begin, “Well, it all started 500 million years ...

The Brinkerhoff Geology Library supports students, faculty, and researchers with a focused collection of geological literature, maps, and data resources. It provides a quiet study environment and ...

It took 16 years and data from four orbiting spacecraft to assemble, but the U.S. Geological Survey's new map of Mars is awesome. In beautiful color and excellent detail, the map shows the geology of ...

Let me start by defending geology’s honor. Is there any other discipline that a rhyme so easily reduces to ridicule? Nearly every campus has some version of “rocks for jocks,” the intro geology course ...

Menu Local Geology History, Resources, and Facilities Geologic History of Southwestern Ohio Since 1968, the Karl E. Limper Geology Museum has been serving Miami University, residents of southwestern ...

Wildfires in Colorado, sand bars in California and ore deposits in Wyoming. Laboratory analysis, field work and computer models. Those are just a few of the research opportunities that await you when ...

Within only a few moments, a catastrophic avalanche, volcano, earthquake or tsunami could kill every living creature nearby. It would be impossible to predict these natural disasters and mitigate ...

Earth is our home planet, a bright blue marble spinning through space. The Earth is certainly beautiful, but why study Geology? Geology studies both modern and ancient environments, deciphering the ...

The best way to study the Earth is to go see it. Our two distinctive programs in geology and environmental science let you do just that. Geologists study the Earth’s surface, resources, history and ...

Environmental geologists, through geologic data and application of ‘principles of geology’, can identify / remediate / prevent / resolve human-induced environmental issues before they become ...

The William & Mary Geology department is among the elite undergraduate programs in the country. The department graduates between 20 and 40 majors per year (a large number for undergraduate programs) ...

The Miami University Summer field geology courses have been significantly changed from past offerings. Beginning in 2025, both undergraduate (GLG 411) and graduate (GLG 511) Field Geology courses will ...