The Gulf of California photographed from the International Space Station. Archangel Island sits between mainland Mexico (left ...

A conceptual figure from the study showing how researchers used InSAR deformation data to create a permeability map of ...

We are recruiting motivated students to join an NSF-funded project investigating active fault systems in central Nepal. This is a rare opportunity to work at the intersection of structural geology, ...

A geological map noting the types of rock that make up the Ames impact structure. The locations of oil and gas wells are noted with arrows. Credit: Catlos et al. Researchers at The University of Texas ...

Three researchers and a former postdoctoral fellow at the Jackson School of Geosciences have received top awards from the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the world’s largest Earth and space science ...

The Andean mountain front rising above the arid foothills of western Argentina. Photo credit: Brian Horton. The conventional story of how the Andes Mountains formed is one of tectonic plate-powered ...

Elizabeth Chapa presents her final project to the GEO 347G class in December 2025. Her instructor, Research Scientist Edward Vizy, is seen in the foreground. Credit: Jackson School Last fall, a group ...

Throughout the 22 years of GeoFORCE Texas, the Exxon Mobil Corporation has always maintained strong engagement with us. ExxonMobil was one of the founding sponsors of GeoFORCE Texas and have long ...

Land and sea data collection took place in 2014 and 2015, with Van Avendock and his team sailing on the marine seismic vessel R/V Marcus Langseth to survey the Eastern North American Margin in the ...

Winners of the 2026 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Awards gather in Boyd Auditorium. More than 100 students, staff, researchers and faculty members in the Jackson School of Geosciences’ ...

With a wet suit and goggles, paleontologist John Moretti searches for fossils in the stream that flows through Bender’s Cave. Credit: John Moretti. A paleontologist from The University of Texas at ...

An artist’s interpretation of a juvenile Doolysaurus huhmini. It is depicted alongside birds and other dinosaurs that lived during the Cretaceous in what is now South Korea. Artwork by Jun Seong Yi.