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，时间从现代环境延伸到地球历史的数百万年，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展和过程，包括风暴和海平面波动的影响；（3）珊瑚礁和碳酸盐沉积环境的现代和近期地质历史的健康性，（4）对河口的人为影响，（5）地质现象的数学解释，以及（6）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
Geological oceanographers in the College of Marine Science conduct research from the continental margins to the deep-ocean seafloor extending in time from modern environments to millions of years back in Earth's history 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 sea-level fluctuations, (3) the health of modern and recent geologic history of coral reefs and carbonate depositional environments, (4) anthropogenic influences on estuaries, (5) mathematical explanations of geologic phenomena, and (6) plate tectonics. Our geological oceanography group has a variety of modern well-equipped 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 state-of-the art data depictions and imagery.