Studies the interior of planets, specifically terrestrial bodies like Earth, the Moon, Mars, and Mercury.
Earth
Planetary Sciences and Meteoritics
The study of the origin and history of the solar system, planets and natural satellites, interplanetary dust and interstellar medium, lunar samples, meteors, and meteorites, asteroids, comets, craters, and tektites.
Academics
Centers, Labs, and Programs
Specializing in high-precision isotopic analyses, elemental abundances, and petrology. Our main areas of research are in the fields of cosmochemistry and mantle and crustal geochemistry.
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Groundwater Discovered in Sediments Buried Deep Under Antarctic Ice
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Mar 29, 2022

U.S. News Names UC San Diego Graduate Programs Among Top 10 in Nation
Geophysics program ranked sixth, geology 12th