We are recruiting motivated students to join an NSF-funded project investigating active fault systems in central Nepal. This is a rare opportunity to work at the intersection of structural geology, ...

A geological map noting the types of rock that make up the Ames impact structure. The locations of oil and gas wells are noted with arrows. Credit: Catlos et al. Researchers at The University of Texas ...

Three researchers and a former postdoctoral fellow at the Jackson School of Geosciences have received top awards from the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the world’s largest Earth and space science ...

Taiyi Wang, a geophysicist who studies the mechanics of earthquakes and volcanos, joined the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences as an assistant professor on Aug. 1. Earthquake mechanics and ...

Discolored water runs from the tap at a home in Austin’s Colony neighborhood. Credit: Bianca Guerrero For over a decade, residents of Austin’s Colony, a neighborhood in an unincorporated area of ...

Underground gas storage sites in the United States. Credit: Bureau of Economic Geology Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have produced a new analysis of underground natural gas storage ...

The Andean mountain front rising above the arid foothills of western Argentina. Photo credit: Brian Horton. The conventional story of how the Andes Mountains formed is one of tectonic plate-powered ...

Elizabeth Chapa presents her final project to the GEO 347G class in December 2025. Her instructor, Research Scientist Edward Vizy, is seen in the foreground. Credit: Jackson School Last fall, a group ...