Research Concentrations and Facilities

Research is concentrated in Geochemistry and Geophysics and supported by a variety of other research groups and facilities. The following groups and facilities comprise the environment available for research within the Department of Geology at University of Maryland, although collaboration with other groups and Departments as necessary is encouraged:

• Geochemistry Laboratories
  • Isotope Geochemistry Laboratory
  • Plasma Laboratory
  • Rock Preparation and Mineral Separation Facilities
  • Stable Isotope Laboratory
  • Biogeochemistry Laboratory
  • M-CLASS Laboratory
  • Panorama Laboratory
  • Planetary Volcanism Laboratory
• Geophysical Exploration of the Dynamics and Evolution of the Solar System (GEODES)
• Geophysics
  • Active Tectonics Laboratory
  • Geodynamics Laboratory
  • Laboratory for Rock Physics
  • Nonlinear Dynamics Laboratory
  • Seismology Laboratory
• Global Change
  • Stable Isotope Laboratory
• Laboratory for Crustal Petrology
• Laboratory for Hydrologic Studies
• Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research
• Soil and Environmental Biogeochemistry Group
• Advanced Imaging and Microscopy Laboratory (AIMLab)
  • Electron Probe Microanalyzer Facility

Other facilities available on campus:

• Laboratory for Biological Ultrastructure
• M-CINSE (MD Center for Integrated Nano Science and Engineering)
• X-Ray Crystallography Center