Research in the Department of Geology and Geophysics addresses fundamental questions about the processes and history of the solid Earth and applies this knowledge for the benefit of society. The research programs of many faculty are broadly interdisciplinary, blurring the boundaries between classical geological disciplines and also between fundamental and applied research.

Geology and Geophysics faculty are involved with four specific research clusters. There are also specific centers, institutes, and groups that further faculty research and involve student participants.

Research Clusters

Petroleum Geosciences Research Cluster

• Berg-Hughes Center for Petroleum and Sedimentary Systems

Water Resources and Environmental Geosciences Research Cluster

• Environmental and Isotope Geochemistry

Life, Climate and Earth History Research Cluster

• Geobiology at Texas A&M
• Ocean Drilling and Sustainable Earth Science

Tectonics and Geodynamics Research Cluster

• Center for Tectonophysics
• Deep Crust and Mantle Dynamics

Centers and Institutes

• Berg-Hughes Center for Petroleum and Sedimentary Systems
• Center for Tectonophysics
• Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
• Geochemical and Environmental Research Group