Understanding the D'' region
Plate tectonic theory was the most significant
breakthrough in geophysics in the last half-century: it explained many of the
surface features of Earth and linked them to convection in the Earth’s silicate
interior, the mantle.
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Microfossils Reveal New Biomineralization Styles.
Calcareous microplankton shells form the dominant components of ancient and modern pelagic sea-floor carbonates are widely used in palaeoenvironmental reconstructions.
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The Department of Earth Sciences at UCL lies in the heart of London on the Bloomsbury campus. Our research spans a diverse range of activities including: crustal processes, Earth and planetary evolution, mineral physics, palaeobiology and palaeoclimatology, polar observation and modelling, natural hazards, environmental geochemistry and sedimentology.
Our teaching, reflecting the diversity of our research, encompasses a wide range of undergraduate and taught graduate programmes together with an active body of graduate research students.
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