Geology Research

Dr. Streig's research group focuses on answering questions about the study of active faults and folds, earthquakes and associated hazards, earthquake recurrence, estimating paleo-earthquake magnitude by relating observed deformation and earthquake timing between paleoseismic sites along a fault, and earthquake triggering.

The Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory conducts meteorite research to help understand our place in the universe, and to share this knowledge with the wider community.

Dr. Booth's research group is interested in deriving and testing the equations that describe landscape evolution in order to interpret and predict how landscapes respond to changing tectonic and climatic forcing.

The research group, led by Dr. Fountain, evaluates the glacier change in the American West as well as the landscape change of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica.

Dr. Bershaw's research group does a variety of research within Earth science, including paleoclimate, stable isotope geochemistry, stratigraphy, and basin analysis.

Dr. Marshall's research strongly aligns with understanding past- and present-day influences on the Critical Zone, the life-sustaining, constantly evolving, surface and near-surface earth region extending from the top of the vegetative canopy to the subsurface limit of groundwater.

Dr. Streck’s research group focuses on volcanic and evolutionary processes of magmatic systems. Our research is field-based, and we are using geochemical, petrological, and mineralogical methods to investigate how magmatic systems are generated, evolve, and erupt in space and time, focusing on volcanism of the Pacific NW.

The research and policy work of Dr. Jonathan Fink and his colleagues focuses on the many ways urban populations interact with, and are impacted by, natural hazards, climate change and digital technologies. Current projects and applications include the threats posed by wildfires to cities of the Pacific Northwest.

Dr. Perkins’ research focus is hydrogeology and environmental geochemistry, using field studies, laboratory experiments, and modeling to better understand groundwater circulation & quality, geothermal processes, weathering and elemental cycling.