Earth & Planetary Science: Marine Science Track
College or University: University of California, Berkeley
Type of degree: B.S.
Brief overview of program: The Dept. of Earth and Planetary Science at UC Berkeley offers undergraduate and graduate eductation opportunities in basic fields of marine science and marine science communication. There is a Marine Science Track of the Earth and Planetary Science undergraduate major, that allows students to take a variety of marine and earth science courses. There is a close link of research programs and faculty on campus including the Dept of Integrated Biology and those at the nearby (15 minute walk) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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Description of Facilities: The Department occupies three and half floors of the McCone Building on Campus. Undergraduates have the Ramsden Study Center and graduate students are provided shared office space.. Labs include: sedimentary and microfossil analysis, and stable and radiogenic geochemistry laboratories for analyzing sediment cores, waters, and other natural materials for elemental and isotopic compositions.
Ship-deployed sampling technologies include the Multiple Unit Large Volume in-situ Filtraton System. We have have poineered and deployed robotic Carbon Explorers (ARGO floats adapted to follow fast variations of biomass) capable of profiling to kilometer depths and operating for over one year and returning real time data streams to shore. The newest autonomous free vehicle, is designed to follow variations of carbon sedimentation in real time for seasons. We benefit from nearby engineering and shop and field facilities at LBNL. Advanced analytical instrumentation for marine geochemistry includes inductively coupled plasma mass spectormeters (single and multiple collector instruments), isotope ratio mass spectrometers, and scanning electron microscope, electron microprobe and the synchrotron probe facilities at the Advanced Light Source at LBNL.
Program Faculty: Lynn Ingram (EPS, paleoceanography)
James Bishop (EPS, ocean biogeochemistry, chemical oceanography)
Don Depaolo (EPS, isotope geochemistry)
Barbara Romanowictz (EPS, seismology)
Thomas Powell (IB, physical oceanography, biological systems modelling)
Mimi Kohel (IB, marine biology)
Don Weston (IB, marine pollution)
Bill Berry (EPS, marine geochemistry)
Student Support: Please check university website for most current information: http://berkeley.edu and select undergraduate admissions.
Program Point of Contact: Catherine Pauling
Email: cpauling@berkeley.edu Department: Earth and Planetary Sciences Institution address: 305 McCone Hall, EPS - #4767
Berkeley, 94704 Phone: 510-643-4068
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