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Chairman's Welcome

Welcome to Geological Sciences at San Diego State University. For more than 75 years, the Department has provided outstanding educational opportunities for students leading to successful careers in government, business, industry and teaching. Water, energy and natural resources are at the forefront of societal concerns, and the Department's General Education courses serve thousands of students each year helping to provide the country with an environmentally responsible and scientifically literate electorate. The Bachelors of Science degree options are based on an advanced academic core curriculum distinguished by a senior thesis requirement that promotes a collaborative student-faculty atmosphere and prepares students for top graduate school programs. The Masters of Science program is likewise one of the most successful in the country preparing students for high trajectory career paths as well as more advanced academic studies. Beginning in 2010, the Geophysics Program of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD and the Department of Geological Sciences at SDSU will offer a Joint Doctoral Program in Geophysics focused on earthquake science and applied geophysics. Graduates of the JDP will be prepared to assume leadership roles in universities, government, and industry. If you are considering a science course, interested in pursuing a major, or contemplating graduate school, please explore this web site for more information and feel free to contact us or to come by and visit. We look forward to hearing from you!

Dr. David L. Kimbrough
Spotlight

Isabelle SacramentoGrilo - 2010 Outstanding Faculty Award - Selected as the most influential university professor in the academic career of Lucy Meyer 05.20.2010

Joan Kimbrough - 2010 College of Sciences Outstanding Staff in Geological Sciences 05.20.2010

David Kimbrough - 2010 College of Sciences Outstanding Faculty in Geological Sciences 05.20.2010

Reid Cummins - 2010 Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Presentation 05.17.2010

Zachary Hasten - 2010 Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Presentation 05.17.2010

Jason Ricketts - 2010 Outstanding Graduate Thesis Presentation 05.17.2010

Robert Mellors - 2010 Outstanding Faculty Award - Selected as the most influential university professor in the academic career of Christopher Binter 05.17.2010

Christopher Binter - 2010 Outstanding Graduate in the Department of Geological Sciences 05.17.2010

Dr. Shuo Ma - Receives Grant as part of $4 Million USGS Earthquake Hazards Program 04.26.2010

Dr. Patrick Williams - Receives Grant for "Northern Hayward Earthquake Recurrence: Paleoseismic Investigation of San Pablo Creek Terrace Deposits" 01.28.2010

Dr. Gary Girty - Receives Grant for "Characterizing the Damage Zone of the Elsinore Fault: A Proposal Submitted to Granite Construction" 01.12.2010

Dr. Shou Ma - Receives Grant for "Dynamic Modeling of MW 7.0 Earthquakes on the Sierra Madre - Cucamonga Fault System and Resultant Strong Ground Motions in Greater Los Angeles: Effects of Inelastic Off-fault Response" 12.22.2009

Dr. Kim Bak Olsen - Receives Grant for "3D Broadband Ground Motion Estimation for Large Earthquakes on the New Madrid Seismic Zone, Central United States" 12.07.2009

Dr. Thomas Rockwell - Receives Grant for "A Long Record of Earthquakes with Timing and Displacements for the Imperial Fault: A Test of Earthquake Recurrence Models" 11.18.2009

Dr. Barry Hanan - Receives Grant for "Hf Isotope Analyses" 11.12.2009

Dr. Steven Day and Kim Bak Olsen - Receives Grant for "ARRA: Outward on the Spiral: Petascale Inference in Earthquake System Science" 10.21.2009

Dr. Barry Hanan - Receives Grant for "Collaborative Research: Hotspot Rift Interaction and Geochemistry of the North Atlantic Mantle: A U.S.-Norwegian Expedition to Sample the Aegir Ridge "Hole" in the Iceland Hotspot " 10.14.2009

Dr. George Jiracek - Receives Grant for "U.S. - New Zealand Collaboration on Applied Geothermal Exploration and Assessment" 09.24.2009

Dr. Thomas Rockwell and Dr. Gary Girty - Receives Grant for "Collaborative Research: Structural Architecture and Evolutionary Plate-Boundary Processes Along the San Jacinto Fault Zone" 09.01.2009

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Lauren Sutton

Lauren Sutton
The Copper Basin fault, a newly recognized reverse fault in the lower Colorado River region, SE California: Implications for Miocene-Pliocene N-S shortening within the Eastern California Shear Zone
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Kathryn Anderson

Kathryn Anderson
Chemical and Physical changes within the damage and pulverized zones of the Mojave segment of the San Andreas fault: implications for the origin of pink potassium feldspar grains
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