Geology
Welcome to the Department of Geology
Geology is the study of the planet Earth and the processes that shape it through time. Geologists work and study in the lab and in the field - the natural world is their classroom. Exciting and relevant areas of research and study in the field of geology include, but are not limited to:
- Plate Tectonics
- Global Climate Change Remote Sensing
- Geographic Information Systems
- Energy Resources
- Mineralogy and Petrology
- Paleobiology
- Geochemistry
- Glacial Geology and Geomorphology
- Hydrogeology
We invite you to explore our academic programs, faculty and student research and other opportunities to learn more about the study of geology at the University of Dayton.
Local groundwater resources
Department faculty Zelalem Bedaso and Shuang-Ye Wu recently published their research findings on local groundwater resources in the Hydrological Sciences Journal.
Local groundwater resources
Department faculty Zelalem Bedaso and Shuang-Ye Wu recently published their research findings on local groundwater resources in the Hydrological Sciences Journal.
Learn about Bachelor of Science degrees in the University of Dayton College of Arts and Sciences. We offer more than 15 majors in the natural sciences.
Learn about Bachelor of Science degrees in the University of Dayton College of Arts and Sciences. We offer more than 15 majors in the natural sciences.
Allen McGrew is a video "rock star." The University of Dayton associate professor of geology shares his field research into the extreme stretching of the Earth’s crust in northeastern Nevada in YouTube videos that have received thousands of views from students, science educators and geoscience professionals.
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The Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education honored three University of Dayton College of Arts and Sciences faculty members with excellence awards for their scholarship, teaching and service.
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University of Dayton environmental geologist Umesh Haritashya is one of 32 international scientists who contributed to research published Dec. 9 in Nature that assessed and ranked the planet’s 78 mountain glacier-based water systems in order of their importance to adjacent lowland communities and vulnerability to future environmental and socioeconomic changes.
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It might be hard to imagine, but the Dayton area was once submerged under a vast tropical ocean.
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