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2022 Spring Graduation
2022 Spring Graduation Celebration
Trower Group
Grand Canyon Great Unconformity Field Forum IV

Lizzy Trower and her students were part of a group of 24 geologists (primarily sedimentologists, paleobiologists, and detrital zircon geochronologists) who floated down the Grand Canyon. The CU team’s goal was to examine carbonates and shales in the upper Chuar Group to better understand what shallow marine environments and ecosystems were like just before the Sturtian Snowball Earth glaciation.

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Laguna Brian

Brian Hynek (Laguna Brian) showing scale of a newly discovered series of lagoons that host gypsum-carbonate stromatolites; only the second documented ecosystem of this variety on Earth.

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Geology is a science concerned with the Earth - its relationship to the solar system, its origin and developmental history, its structure and composition, its dynamic processes, and its evolution. Geology also relates to human endeavors and needs, including the use of natural resources, the preservation of the environment, global change, and the mitigation of geologic hazards. 

The University of Colorado at Boulder is ideally suited to the study of geological sciences. At the junction of the high plains and the Rocky Mountains, the Boulder area represents a natural outdoor laboratory where you can study geological features of all ages in diverse settings, and observe earth processes firsthand. Fieldwork in the Rocky Mountain region is an essential part of instruction and research. 

The department considers the diverse opportunities for field studies in the high plains and central Rocky Mountains of Colorado a particular strength of its undergraduate programs. In addition, the department has research laboratories for studying rock and mineral deformation, soils, sedimentation, geomicrobial processes, petrology and mineralogy.

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The Geology department strives to promote an open, inclusive, and supportive environment for everyone.

If you feel we have failed in this goal, or if there are any issues or areas of concern that the Geology’s Executive Committee should be aware of, you can use the Anonymous Issue Form if you do not wish to raise the issue directly with the Department.

If you feel the need for help or support, please use the Request Help Form.

The link to the Anonymous Issue Form is here
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