Besides working throughout the desert southwest of the United States, faculty in the Geoscience Department conduct research worldwide working in rainforest caves in Costa Rica, on the plains of Antarctica, the Atacama desert of Chile, and deep in the heart of China. The Geoscience faculty’s research interests are focused in four main areas: Hard rock processes, soft rock processes, surficial processes, and tectonic processes.

The department includes a core faculty of 19 with several research faculty, faculty emeriti, adjunct appointments and post-doctoral investigators. There are 46 students conducting research in the 2005/2006 Geoscience graduate program.

Recent Publications of the UNLV Geoscience Department

The 4th annual GeoSymposium, a student organized event to showcase student research within the department, will be held April 17-18, 2009.
Visit our GeoSymposium Website to learn more about this annual event.