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Dr. Erv Garrison receives NSF grant to study submerged ocean floors for archeological sites

Dr. Ervan Garrison, of the University of Georgia, will undertake a study of submerged prehistoric archaeological sites drowned after the end of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM).

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Geologists propose theory about a famous asteroid

Dawn was the space probe launched by NASA in September 2007 with the mission of studying two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt, Vesta and Ceres.. Vesta, like Earth, is composed of rock in its crust and mantle, and it has an iron core. Because of its large size (for an asteroid…

Cretaceous Oyster

Jordan B. Johnson, Jr. fossil collection donated to UGA’s Geology Department.

Paula Spicer donated her father’s fossil collection to UGA’s Geology Department.

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Shell middens rewrite history of submerged coastal landscapes in North America & Europe

An international team of archaeologists partnered to excavate two sites containing shell middens in the Gulf of Mexico and Eastern Jutland in Denmark in 2018, showing that middens can be clearly differentiated from natural shells on the seabed to reveal a coastline’s inhabitation past.

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Geology student wins prize in the UGA Capturing Science Contest!

Geology major Prachi Patel was part of a team that won 4th place for their video Quantum Computers: Searching for the Future.

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