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Faculty Experts
This guide lists the specialty areas of our diverse faculty, who are available for expert commentary on breaking news or feature stories on topics topics related to the Geological Sciences.

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Arabia Geology Caspian Sea Geology Central Asia Geology Circum-Pacific geology Clay Mineralogy Climate Change Coastal Weather Earth's Gravity Earth's History Earth Science Education Earthquakes Extinctions Fault Systems Fire	Floods Geologic Engineering Ground Water Homeland Security Hydrology Landslides Magnetic Fields Marine Meteorology Meteors & Meteorite Impacts Micropaleontology Natural Disasters Oil and Gas Exploration Optical Networking	Pacific Northwest Geology Paleontology Paleozoic Rocks Petroleum Geology Plate Tectonics Remote Sensing Satellite Imagery Scientific Visualization Severe Weather Volcanoes Water Contamination Water Resources Western Cordilleran

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Arabia Geology	Victor Camp
Caspian Sea Geology	Eric Frost
Central Asia Geology	Eric Frost
Circum-Pacific Geology	Dave Kimbrough
Clay Mineralogy	Richard Berry
Climate Change	Pat Abbott
Coastal Weather	Clive Dorman (Catalina Eddies, Marine Layers)
Earth's Gravity	Monte Marshall
Earth's History	Pat Abbott, Lindsey Leighton, Stephen Schellenberg
Earth Science Education	Dave Kimbrough
Earthquakes	Pat Abbott, Harold Magistrale, Kim Olsen, Tom Rockwell
Extinctions	Pat Abbott
Fault Systems	Harold Magistrale, Kim Olsen, Tom Rockwell
Fire	Pat Abbott
Floods	Pat Abbott
Geologic Engineering	Richard Berry (Clays)
Ground Water	Dave Huntley
Homeland Security	Eric Frost
Hydrology	Dave Huntley, Kathy Thorbjarnarson
Landslides	Pat Abbott
Magnetic Fields	Monte Marshall
Marine Meteorology	Clive Dorman
Meteors & Meteorite Impacts	Jared Morrow, Pat Abbott
Micropaleontology	Rick Miller
Natural Disasters	Pat Abbott , Victor Camp
Oil and Gas Exploration	Eric Frost
Optical Networking	Eric Frost
Pacific Northwest Geology	Victor Camp
Paleontology	Rick Miller, Lindsey Leighton, Stephen Schellenberg
Paleozoic Rocks	Rick Miller (Southwest US)
Petroleum Geology	Eric Frost, Monte Marshall
Plate Tectonics	Victor Camp, Gary Girty (Western Cordilleran), Dave Kimbrough
Remote Sensing	Eric Frost
Satellite Imagery	Eric Frost
Scientific Visualization	Eric Frost
Severe Weather	Pat Abbott, Clive Dorman
Volcanoes	Pat Abbott, Victor Camp
Water Contamination	Dave Huntley (hydrocarbons), Kathy Thorbjarnarson
Water Resources	Dave Huntley
Western Cordilleran	Gary Girty

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