The major research areas in Earth & Planetary Sciences at UC Santa Cruz are briefly described below. For more information on a specific research program, click on the faculty member listed or the highlighted links. Additional research opportunities are available through the UCSC branch of IGPP (Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics).
Tectonics and Landform Processes
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Active tectonics of the circum-Pacific subduction zones, such as Central America, Asia and Papua-New Guinea
• Coe, S. Schwartz, Silver, Gill
Marine tectonics and marine hydrogeology
• Fisher, McNutt, Moore, Silver, Gill
Hydrology and hydrogeology
• Fisher
Geomorphology, surface processes and glacial studies
• Tulaczyk
Coastal processes
• Griggs
Remote sensing
• Silver |
Global Environmental Change
Geophysics and Planetary Physics
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Asteroid, comet and planetary impactor studies
• Asphaug
Martian hydrology and geophysics
• Asphaug, Nimmo
Planetary interiors and dynamics and geodynamics
•Nimmo, Glatzmaier
Seismology
• Lay, S. Schwartz, Brodsky
Paleomagnetism and Earth's magnetic field
• Coe, Glatzmaier
Experimental geophysics and mineral physics
• Knittle, Williams
Marine geophysics
• Fisher, McNutt, Moore, Silver
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Geochemistry and Geology
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Igneous petrology, geochemistry of island arc
•Gill
Structural geology, tectonic hydrogeology, marine geology
• Moore |
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