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.

Research Clusters

• Deep Crust and Mantle Dynamics
• Geobiology at Texas A&M
• Environmental and Isotope Geochemistry
• Petroleum Geosciences Research
• Ocean Drilling and Sustainable Earth Science

Centers and Institutes

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