Department of Earth Sciences

The Earth Sciences are the focus of scientific understanding about this and other planets, embracing an enormous range of topics, including the evolution of the solar system, the earth, and life, the nature of planetary interiors, the causes of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, earth-surface processes and the origin and behaviour of oceans and atmosphere. The emphasis of both our teaching and research is on understanding the fundamental principles of geological processes.

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Title	Description	People	Date
Curiosity’s Search for Ancient Habitable Environments at Gale Crater, Mars	4th Annual Lobanov-Rostovsky Lecture in Planetary Geology delivered by Professor John Grotzinger, Caltech, USA	John Grotzinger	27 April, 2017
The Origins and Evolution of Exoplanet Atmospheres and Oceans	3rd Annual Lobanov-Rostovsky Lecture in Planetary Geology delivered by Professor Raymond T Pierrehumbert.	Raymond T Pierrehumbert	27 April, 2017
The Formation of Terrestrial Planets - the 2nd Lobanov-Rostovsky Lecture in Planetary Geology	Prof Alessandro Morbidelli of the Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur in Nice gives the 2nd Lobanov-Rostovsky Lecture in Planetary Geology. He talks about the formation of planets in the universe.	Alessandro Morbidelli	22 May, 2015
Building Earth-like Planets: from gas and dust to ocean worlds.	The first Lobanov-Rostovsky Lecture in Planetary Geology delivered by Professor Linda T. Elkins-Tanton.	Linda T. Elkins-Tanton	6 November, 2013
The Chelyabinsk Meteor	In this talk Dr Ken Amor talks about the Chelyabinsk meteor, which entered Earths atmosphere over Russia on the 15th of February 2013.	Ken Amor	16 April, 2013
Large Meteorite Impacts on Earth	Ken Amor looks at the science of large meteorite impacts on Earth.	Ken Amor	30 January, 2013
Ironing The Ocean - exploring the ocean iron and carbon cycles aboard the RRS discovery in the south atlantic	Gideon Henderson, Professor of Earth Sciences and fellow of University College, gives a talk on his research on iron content in the atlantic ocean and its necessity for life in the ocean.	Gideon Henderson	1 June, 2011
Rocking the Cradle...6,000 Years of Geological Impact in Greece	From the 2010 Alumni Weekend. Phillip England talks about the history of Greece through its many earthquakes and seismic activity over the last 6000 years and shows how these events shaped the ancient world's history.	Phillip England	25 October, 2010
The Tipping Point: Climate Change	Professor Gideon Henderson and Dr Ros Rickaby from the Department of Earth Sciences talk about some of the key issues surrounding climate change today.	Gideon Henderson, Ros Rickaby	26 August, 2009
Reflections on the environment and science at Oxford	Prof Alex Halliday discusses the role of isotope geoscience in understanding present day environmental issues. He also reflects on studying science at Oxford.	Alex Halliday	12 September, 2008
An introduction to Geoscience	Using Isotope geochemistry to understand the origins of planets and the present day natural behaviour of the Earth.	Alex Halliday	12 September, 2008

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