Marine Geology & Geophysics

Each year UTIG researchers and students undertake several major seagoing campaigns. In the spring, UTIG researchers conduct an MG&G field course to train students. The campaigns and field course employ a variety of geophysical techniques, including 2D and 3D seismic reflection imaging, seismic refraction acquisition, chirp profiling, multibeam bathymetric swath mapping, coring, ocean drilling, and logging. Collected data allow for examination of a wide variety of processes such as strata formation, coastal sedimentation, gas hydrate evolution, sea level change, tectonic-climate interactions, fault zone deformation, fluid migration, earthquakes, tsunamis, continental dynamics, rifting, tectonic collisions, and plate boundary migration. These studies target various marine settings including subduction zones in Asia and Central America; mid-ocean spreading centers in the Atlantic and Pacific; complex tectonic settings in the Western Pacific, the Arctic, Alaska, South America, the Caribbean, India, and Antarctica; and coastal systems along the continental margins around the world.

UTIG is proud to have more than 20 scientists conducting MG&G research and mentoring students. Scientists and students alike have access to the Jackson School's cutting-edge facilities. UTIG researchers are members of the JSG Marine Geosciences Research Theme.