The Geology Department's annual Welcome Back Picnic will be held this year at Prof. Ralph Harvey's home on Labor Day Monday. Students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends are all invited. Stop by the Department office for directions and details.
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We are happy to welcome our new graduate students Ruth Adler and Jeff Balcerski. Ruth will be working with Prof. Saylor, and Jeff will be working with Prof. Hauck.
A research team including Prof. James A. Van Orman finds traces of water in lunar volcanic glasses
One of the most striking features of the lunar samples returned by the Apollo missions is their depletion in volatile elements--particularly hydrogen, which appeared to be completely absent. Volatile elements are thought...