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Geological Sciences


College or University: Brown University

Type of degree: B.A.

Brief overview of program: Undergraduate Program Our four AB and ScB (Geological Sciences, Geology-Biology, Geology-Chemistry and Geology/Physics/Math) concentration programs stress critical thinking and development of the analytical and communication skills that are so important for personal and career development. Research opportunities encompass a broad spectrum of basic and applied investigations, linked with environmental sciences, engineering, materials science, archaeology, space science, astronomy, economics, international relations, or meteorology. The geosciences faculty conduct internationally recognized research at the forefront of their fields. Undergraduate students participate actively in this research through independent research projects or employment involving field work, laboratory experiments, or theoretical computer modeling. Students get meaningful hands-on experience as well as a chance to assess various career options. It is common for student research to be published.

Website: Click here for program website

Description of Facilities: Analytical facilities of the Earth System History include top-notch facilities for mass spectrometry, organic and inorganic geochemistry, and sedimentology. Instrumentation and facilities include: o Mass Spectrometry: - Finnigan MAT 252 with Kiel III carbonate device and reference gas extraction line. Internet camera accessed at http://128.148.124.23 from any web browser. - Finnigan Delta-Plus XL continuous flow for compound-specific and bulk organic isotope samples. - New!!! Finnigan IRMS for bulk organic and liquid samples, coming spring 2007. o Two Dionex ASE automated extraction device for organic compounds. o Fully equipped laboratories for purification of organic compounds. o Fully equipped labs for processing lacustrine, marine, and estuarine sediment cores. o HP 5890 Gas Chromatograph with autosampler. o Automated UIC Inc. carbonate coulometer . o Elemental Analyzers (bulk carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur) o JY2000 ICP ES for major and minor element determination. o Ethos 1600 microwave digestion workstation and Li-metaborate flux fusion station. o UV/VIS spectrophotometer. o Portable VIS/near IR field spectrometer. o Thermal Ionization mass spectrometer (through L.P. Gromet). o Microscopes, image analyzers, and processing equipment for analyzing foraminiferal populations and terrestrial macrofossils. o Petrographic microscope with imaging equipment for analyzing grain mounts and thin sections. o Compound Microscopes for radiolarian, diatom, pollen, and nannofossils. o Oceanographic Field Equipment including 18 ft research boat, 6 Seabird CTDs (one with SeaTech fluorometer), 2 Interocean S4 Current meters, Hydrolab Profiler system, Turner Fluorometer, Particle Data grainsize analyzer, GPS and GIS systems. o Limnologic field equipment for water sampling, plankton sampling, water column monitoring, and gravity and piston coring. o Analytical equipment available through the MacMillan Hall Environmental Chemistry Labs.

Program Faculty: Professor Warren Prell Professor Tim Herbert Professor Jessica Whiteside Professor James Russell Professor Yongsong Huang Professor Jack Mustard Professor Meredith Hastings (starting 7/07)


Email: geological_Sciences@brown.edu

Phone: 401-863-2449

 



This project is supported, in part, by the NationalScience Foundation.  Opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily the Foundation