GEO365 "Evolution and Catastrophes" in the Swiss Alps
"The Everglades today and tomorrow" - Freshman Seminar to the Everglades
Ward Research Lab deploying sediment traps in the Arabian Sea
Ward Research Lab sampling in Monterey Bay, CA
Trail at the Princeton University-Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences Graduate Program - PU-BIOS
Snorkeling exercises at the Princeton University-Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences Graduate Program - PU-BIOS
"In-situ Laser Heating and Raman spectroscopy measurements at high pressures, Mineral Physics Laboratory
Laser spectrometer probing minerals compressed to high pressures, Mineral Physics Lab
Figure from (PIRANHA) Princeton Institute for Rainforests and the Amazon, Medvigy Research Group
Postdoctoral researcher in the Trace Metals Research Group laboratories
Scanned electron microscope image from the Trace Metals Research Group
Tokoyo Global Shakemovie from the Theoretical & Computational Seismology Research Group
Seismology Research Group views volcanoes at a seismic workshop in Hveragerdi, Iceland
Figure that looks at 338 seismographic station responses to 159 earthquakes. (Zhu)
GEO365 “Evolution and Catastrophes” field trip to the Swiss Alps
GEO365 “Evolution and Catastrophes” field trip to study the Swiss Alps
GEO365 “Evolution and Catastrophes” field trip to study the Swiss Alps
New radiometric geochronology laboratory in Guyot Hall
GEO255 “Life in the Universe” - field trip to find origins of life at Yellowstone National Park
GEO255 “Life in the Universe” - field trip to find origins of life at Yellowstone National Park
GEO255 “Life in the Universe” - field trip to find origins of life at Yellowstone National Park
GEO255 “Life in the Universe” field trip to find origins of life at Yellowstone National Park
GEO255 “Life in the Universe” - lab samples from Yellowstone National Park
"The Hedgehog and the Fox” - Freshmen Seminar to study in South Africa
"The Hedgehog and the Fox” - Freshmen Seminar to study in South Africa
Collecting trapped glacial gases from Antarctica with the Bender Research Group
FRS 171 “Earth’s Environments and Ancient Civilizations” - Catskill Mountains field trip in prep for research in Cyprus
FRS171 “Earth’s Environments and Ancient Civilizations” fossil sample from the area of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus
FRS171 “FRS171 “Earth’s Environments and Ancient Civilizations” - field trip to the area of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus
FRS171 “Earth’s Environments and Ancient Civilizations” - field research in the area of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus
FRS171 “Earth’s Environments and Ancient Civilizations” samples from the area of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus
FRS171 “Earth’s Environments and Ancient Civilizations” - field research in the area of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus
FRS171 “Earth’s Environments and Ancient Civilizations” -field research in the area of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus
Earth’s Environments and Ancient Civilizations” - field research in the area of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus
FRS171 “Earth’s Environments and Ancient Civilizations” - relaxation on the beach after a hard day of research, Cyprus
Princeton Undergraduate Geosciences Society (PUGS) invite young students to learn about Earth Sciences
The mineral sample "Azurite" from the Geosciences Mineral Collection
GEO297 “Environmental Decision-Making” field expedition to the Jersey Shore
GEO297 “Environmental Decision-Making” field expedition to the Jersey Shore
GEO297 “Environmental Decision-Making” field trip to Washington, D.C.
Sedimentology" - studying environmental change in the Bahamas
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