Department of Earth and Space Sciences

Geologic & tectonic research at UCLA follows a tradition of excellence in the study of the growth and demise of mountain belts, basin analysis, remote sensing, and surficial processes. Our faculty and researchers combine field research with computer modeling, geochemical analysis, geochronology, petrology, and satellite image analysis to understand Earth evolution and the geologic record of plate interactions.

Faculty in Geology and Tectonics

Sinan Akciz	Lecturer	sakciz@ess.ucla.edu
Peter Bird	Professor Emeritus	pbird@ess.ucla.edu
Donald Carlisle	Professor Emeritus	carlisle@ess.ucla.edu
Wayne Dollase	Professor Emeritus	dollase@ucla.edu
Clarence Hall	Professor Emeritus	hall@ess.ucla.edu
Mark Harrison	Professor	tmh@argon.ess.ucla.edu
Raymond Ingersoll	Professor	ingersoll@ess.ucla.edu
Craig Manning	Professor	manning@ess.ucla.edu
Paul Merifield	Visiting Professor	pmerifie@ucla.edu
Gilles Peltzer	Professor	peltzer@ess.ucla.edu
Edward Rhodes	Professor	erhodes@ess.ucla.edu
John Rosenfeld	Professor Emeritus	rosenfel@ucla.edu
Laurence Smith	Professor	lsmith@geog.ucla.edu
Aradhna Tripati	Assistant Professor	ripple@ess.ucla.edu
An Yin	Professor	yin@ess.ucla.edu