Hazards and Resources

The Virginia Tech Department of Geosciences is examining Earth processes and systems that have important implications for how human civilization can thrive on our dynamic planet. This research is improving society’s ability to mitigate natural hazards such as tsunami, storms, earthquakes, and volcanic activity that threaten life and infrastructure. We are conducting fundamental and applied research that is relevant to the search for and management of Earth's natural resources and raw materials important for the global economy. 

Research Themes

• Earthquake Seismology - (Chapman, Hole, Zhou)
• Coastal Resiliency - (Dura, Shirzaei, Stamps, Weiss, Werth, Zhou)
  
• Volcanic Hazards - (Hole, Shirzaei, Stamps)
  
• Petroleum Geoscience - (Chermak, Gill, Hole, Romans)
• Mineral Resources - (Bodnar, Chermak, Hole, Johnson, Ross)
  
• Subsurface Carbon Storage - (Bodnar, Pollyea)
• Surface Water Resources and Floods - (Allen, Werth)
• Coastal Geology - (Dura)
• Big Data Approaches (Hole, Werth, Willis)

Research Groups

• Coastal Hazards Lab
• Computational Geofluids
• Exploration Geophysics of the Continental Crust
• Fluids
• Geodesy and Tectonophysics
• Global Rivers Group
• Hydrologic Innovation & Remote Sensing Lab
• Process Sedimentology
• Sedimentary Geochemistry
• Sedimentary Systems Research
• Virginia Tech Seismological Observatory