Active research covers diverse topics including basin analysis, geochemistry, geomechanics, geomorphology, geothermal, glaciology, hydrogeology, mantle dynamics, meteorites, paleoseismology, STEM education, structural and igneous petrology, tectonics, and volcanology.
Active Tectonics
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.
Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory
The Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory conducts meteorite research to help understand our place in the universe, and to share this knowledge with the wider community.
Earth Surface Processes Group
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.
Glacier Research
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.
John Bershaw
Dr. Bershaw's research group does a variety of research within Earth science, including paleoclimate, stable isotope geochemistry, stratigraphy, and basin analysis.