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Dept. of Geology
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Senior projects in Geology

Publications by Geology faculty and students

Funding for student research

Allegheny Geology Research

The Geology Department has a long history of student and faculty research. Our faculty actively engage students as research collaborators and mentor students in their research activities. Research is an important way for students to learn how to apply their classroom learning and prepares them for jobs and graduate school.

Geology Research Highlights:

All students conduct independent research as part of their senior project.

Over $400,000 in grants to Geology faculty and students over past 6 years to fund student-faculty research.

Students and faculty regularly publish articles and present their research at national and regional professional meetings.

Current Topics

Sedimentary basins
Montana, Pennsylvania, Alaska, England

Coastal systems
North Carolina, Great Lakes

Watershed systems (surface and groundwater)
Pennsylvania, New Hampshire

Tectonics (mountains, faults, volcanoes)
Alaska, California, Montana
Pennsylvania, Costa Rica

Biogeochemistry

Geoscience education