UW-Geoscience

Fossil snails known as turritellid gastropods. This specimen is part of the collection of the UW–Madison Geology Museum.

Geobadgers look closely at hand-samples in California.

The hydrogeology field methods course involves GPS surveying near Trout Lake.

Geoscience 515: Professor Phil Brown and students study ore deposits.

An undergrad excavates fossils in Wyoming to add to the Geology Museum's collection.

Professor Anders Carlson and a group of grad students at the West Greenland Ice Sheet.

Detail of the stained glass window outside the Geology Museum.

Undergraduate majors on a field trip to the Ouachitas. (TA Chloe Bonamici)

Welcome to The Department of Geoscience, where great people explore fundamental questions about the Earth, life, and the environment.

Regularly scheduled at 3:30pm on Fridays.
Located in Room AB20 of Lewis Weeks Hall for Geological Sciences.

Hawkcam is a hit -- Tens of thousands of views
a trigger for the Cambrian explosion -- S.E. Peters & R.R. Gaines (Nature, 2012)
AAPG GeoBadger Reception -- April 25, 5:30-7:30 pm at the Renaissance Long Beach Hotel
A course about understanding our dynamic Earth -- GEOSCI 100 is open for registration
Geology Museum Open House -- Sunday, April 29 from noon to 4pm