Welcome to the Department of Earth Sciences' web site, and thanks for your interest in our teaching programs and our research. By following the links on this home page, you can find lots of information regarding the different undergraduate programs that lead to BSc degrees in Earth Sciences and information on course offerings and course schedules. By following other links you can learn about our MSc and PhD programs and about the science that we do.

Fields of teaching and research include Environmental Geology, Groundwater Chemistry, Geostatistics, Hydrogeology, Mineral Deposits, Mineralogy, Petrology, Petroleum Geology, Quaternary Geology, Structural Geology, Tectonics, Volcanism and Sedimentology.

All of our academic staff have active and successful research programs. To learn more about individual academic staff, and their teaching and research interests, you can consult their individual web sites using the links on the departmental Directory.

Feel free to browse through this site in order to discover all about our department. Enjoy! Perhaps you will decide you would like to join us for your undergraduate or graduate studies! And, if you cannot find the information you need, you can contact the department, and we will do our best to provide you with the information you seek.

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