The Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz offers state-of-the-art laboratory and computational facilities for research in stable and radiogenic mass spectrometry, elemental analysis, field and computational seismology, process geomorphology, hydrogeology, climate modeling, geographical information systems, shallow crustal imaging, GPS geodesy, mineral physics, and paleomagnetics. In addition to the resources available on campus, students, through faculty research activities, also have access to tools at other research institutions, including the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School, MBARI, and sites and facilities associated with the Ocean Drilling Program.

Computational and Digital Imaging   Computing Facilities Crustal Imaging Earth System Modeling Geophysical   Crustal Imaging Mineral Physics Paleomagnetism Seismology SCZ Seismographic Station Geochemical & Rock Analysis   Elemental Analysis Keck Isotope Laboratory Microscopy and Imaging Rock Preparation Stable Isotope Laboratory Geochronology X-ray Diffraction Hydrologic and Surface Processes   Hydrogeology