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Research groups listed by category:
Atmospheres and Space | Geobiology | Solid Earth | Surface Processes

  Atmospheric and Cloud Physics Baker, B. Swanson, Warren
  Paleoclimatology Steig, P. Anderson, Roe
  Space and Planetary Physics Brittnacher, Hernandez, Holzworth, McCarthy, Winglee

  Astrobiology Brown, Buick, Cheney, Gillespie, Ward, Warren
  Paleontology Buick, Nesbitt, Rensberger, Ward

  Economic Geology Cheney
  Geomagnetism & Paleomagnetism Booker, Merrill
  GPS -Geodesy Qamar
  Isotope Geochemistry Buick, Cooper, Nelson, Ward  
  Mineral Physics Abramson, Brown, Ghose, Harrell
  Petrology/Mineralogy/Geochemistry Bergantz, Cooper, Ghose, Kress, McCallum, Nelson
  Sedimentology/Stratigraphy/Sedimentary Petrology Buick, Bourgeois, Cheney, Nittrouer, Stewart
  Seismology and Tectonics Creager, Crosson, Malone, Qamar, Odom, Wilcock
  Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geodynamics Bergantz, Cowan, Willett
  Volcanology Bergantz, Cooper, Kress, Malone, Nelson, Newhall

  Cosmogenic/Stable Isotope Geochemistry Sletten, Steig, Stone
  Geomorphology Booth, Hallet, Montgomery, Stone, Willett
  Glaciology Conway, Hallet, Maykut, Raymond, Steig, Waddington, Warren, Winebrenner
  Marine Geology and Geophysics Delaney, Nittrouer, Wilcock
  Quaternary Research Atwater, Hallet, Porter, T. Swanson
  Remote Sensing Gillespie, Weeks

You can learn more about individual faculty research interests through the Faculty Directory.


Earth and Space Sciences

(Geology, Geophysics, Geological Sciences)
University of Washington
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