Robert Knox, a former associate director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and a visionary who helped ...

Studying the tectonic forces within the Earth give rise to continents, ocean basins, mountain ranges, earthquake belts, and most volcanoes, along with the resulting deformation of geological ...

Using radioactive isotope systems to determine the age and origins of minerals and rocks, primarily as tracers of magmatic processes and the evolution of the earth. Organic molecules in natural waters ...

Supports Internet-data applications in the research, education, and public safety realms in San Diego, Riverside, and Imperial counties. Processes and archives high-precision GPS data for the study of ...

Collecting and processing data on the earth, oceans, and atmosphere using cameras, lasers, and a variety of electromagnetic sensors.

Quantitative descriptions of processes fundamental to the Earth, often focusing on modeling and inverse theory.

The study of the earth's changing magnetic field at geological and societal timescales, especially through the analysis of remanent magnetism in rocks and human artifacts. The main function of the ...

The study of the oceans and ecology of marine organisms in the geologic past, largely through the marine sedimentary record. The Human Ecology Laboratory groups together students and researchers to ...