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Department of Geology & Geophysics

at boston college

Research and educational programs in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Boston College focus on understanding the Earth's complex systems and on the evolution of the Earth over its billions of years of geologic history. Our academic programs cover a broad range of topics, including:

• Coastal and Estuarine Processes
• Earthquake and Exploration Seismology
• Environmental Geology and Geophysics
• Earth Surface Processes
• Groundwater Hydrology
• Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
• Geochemistry
• Physical Sedimentation
• Plate Tectonics
• Structural Geology
Upcoming Seminar (Friday, Nov. 6)
   4:00 - 5:00 (Devlin Hall 201)

     (Refreshments: 3:30 - 4:00)

          Prof. J. Taylor Perron
               "Pattern formation in soil-mantled landscapes"
                Massachusetts Institute of Technology
                Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
 earth
Exploring
the way the
Earth works.
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