海洋科学学院的地质海洋学家从事从大陆边缘到深海海底的研究。他们的工作从现代环境扩展到现在的数百万年，以了解和预测地球的表面和内部过程。主要研究主题包括：（1）古海洋学和古气候学；（2）海岸线和大陆架的发育和过程，包括风暴和海平面波动的影响；（3）现代珊瑚礁的健康；（4）碳酸盐沉积过程，（5）人为因素对河口的影响，（6）地质现象的数学描述，以及（7）板块构造。我们的地质海洋学小组拥有各种现代化的设备完善的实验室和现场设备，其中包括美国最好的海底制图能力之一。与这些现场仪器完全集成的是具有生成最新数据描述和图
Geological oceanographers in the College of Marine Science conduct research from the continental margins to the deepocean seafloor. Their work extends from modern environments to millions of years before present to understand and predict Earth surface and interior processes. Primary research themes include: (1) paleoceanography and paleoclimatology, (2) coastline and continental shelf development and processes including effects of storms and sealevel fluctuations, (3) the health of modern coral reefs, (4) carbonate depositional processes, (5 ) anthropogenic influences on estuaries, (6 ) mathematical descriptions of geologic phenomena, and (7 ) plate tectonics. Our geological oceanography group has a variety of modern wellequipped laboratories and field equipment, including one of the best seafloor mapping capabilities in the US. Fully integrated with these field instruments is the computational capability to generate stateofthe- art data depictions and imagery. Our group also works closely with scientists from the US Geological Survey's Center for Coastal and Marine Science Center, a major federal laboratory located nearby.