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    Department of Geology and Geophysics

  

 

 

  • LSU has the longest continually running Field Camp in the nation, since its inception in 1928.

  • LSU owns 1500 acres of property south of Colorado Springs, CO, where the Geology Department holds its summer Field Camp program.

  • LSU Geology & Geophysics faculty and students conduct research on every continent and every ocean basin.

  • Over the last 5 years, LSU Geology & Geophysics has received over $3 million in private and corporate support and $21.1 million in non-monetary donations, including research software, equipment, and scientific collections.

  • LSU Geology & Geophysics students have published in over 200 high-quality journals and books since 2002.

  • LSU Geology & Geophysics has a special Master's program curriculum, Applied Depositional Geosystems (ADG), geared to those students interested in oil exploration and production.

  • Our alumni include presidents of Marathon Oil, Texaco, vice presidents of Exxon, Devon Energy, Occidental, Shell, Chevron, Arco, and BP.!!!!!!!!!!!!!