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Department of Geosciences:
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"The Geology Program in the OSU Department of Geosciences
grants undergraduate and graduate degrees. Majors have access to a
dedicated faculty with a variety of skills and interests.
Faculty research projects include the study of earthquake hazards in California, and the
Pacific Northwest; mapping the Oregon Coast Range in
search of gas fields; studying mineral deposits in the Cordillera; investigating the
structure and origin of the mountain ranges; and tracing
the eruptive history of western U.S. volcanoes.
Students are exposed to the geologist's real world in many ways.
They take field trips sponsored by faculty and by the student-directed
Geosciences Club, and they hear from geologists across the
country who make scheduled appearances on campus. Geology students enrich
their academic experience by attending the OSU Geology Field Camp
in the Ochoco Mountains of central Oregon.
The Geology Program is housed in Wilkinson Hall, a
well-equipped building for the earth sciences. Laboratories allow students to examine
rock samples in detail using a variety of instruments,
such as petrographic microscopes, an electron microprobe analyzer, and X-ray
equipment.
The Department of Geosciences includes 20 regular faculty, 30 adjunct, courtesy, or emeritus
faculty, 8 researchers, 60 graduate students, and 95 undergraduate majors pursuing education,
research, and service in the diverse fields of geography, geology, environmental sciences, and
natural resources. Research strengths of the department are in physical and resource geography,
geographic information science, geomorphology, petrology, geologic structure, sedimentary
geology, and surficial processes."
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