Research

The Department's programs include research activities in many interdisciplinary areas that can be broadly described in terms of their principal fields of study listed below with the names of faculty engaged in each. Each field of research links to pages describing these areas that are also available as downloadable brochures (as pdf files). Faculty names link to their departmental web pages. Download a 2012-13 copy of the Department brochure (click on image)

Atmospheric Sciences

Atmospheric chemistry and micrometeorology, physical climatology/climate change and variability, boundary–layer dynamics
Barthelmie, Pryor, Kirkpatrick, Hornsby

Biogeochemistry

Isotopic, molecular and organic geochemistry, astrobiology
Brassell, Pratt, Elswick, Sauer, Schimmelmann, Ripley, Schieber, Mastalerz, White, Wasylenki, Young

Economic Geology

Mineral, water and fossil fuel resources
Ripley, Li, Brophy, Bish, Mastalerz

Society of Economic Geologists–IU Student Chapter (SEG–IU)

Geobiology

Paleontology, paleoecology, paleoclimatology
C. Johnson, Polly, Njau, Elswick, Brassell, Pratt, Keith

Geophysics, Structural Geology and Tectonics

Seismology, geodesy, regional orogenic processes, rock mechanics
Hamburger, Pavlis, K.Johnson, Wintsch, Douglas, Dunning

Hydrogeology & Environmental Geosciences

Physical & chemical hydrology, modeling, paleoclimatology
Olyphant, Zhu, Haitjema, Letsinger, Wasylenki, Prentice

Mineralogy & Clay Mineralogy

Rock and mineral analysis, volcanology
Bish, Brophy, Basu, Ripley, Schieber, Wintsch, Li , Pratt

Sedimentation and Stratigraphy

Physical & chemical sedimentation, Earth history
Schieber, Basu, Brassell, Edmonds, C. Johnson, Pratt, Polly, Wintsch

Programs

Various thematic research projects are also represented by well-funded programs within the Department, including the following:

Geological Sciences at Indiana

See Also