A specimen of the mineral crocoite, from the collection of Scott Rudolph. Crocoite is lead chromate, PbCrO4.
The alpha particle x-ray spectrometer (APXS) on NASA's Curiosity rover
Arthur's Pass in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, where undergraduate Katherine did her field mapping work.
Lunch break during a Structural Geology (EPSc 460) field trip to the Ozarks
Mars HiRISE: Layering at Ganges Chasma

Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences

The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the field of surface hydrology.

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In the News

July 28, 2017
Prof. McKinnon: The Other Total Eclipse - Far in the Kuiper Belt
July 19, 2017
Prof. McKinnon testifies at House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
July 14, 2017
Prof. Arvidson: Curiosity, Opportunity Mars Rovers: Sol Sisters for Science
July 11, 2017
Prof. Arvidson: A Spillway on Mars?

Upcoming Events

Aug
21
THE GREAT NORTH AMERICAN SOLAR ECLIPSE 
Aug
31
Chemistry during formation of the Earth and Moon
Rudolph Hall Room 203 @ 4:15 pm
Sep
01
Rudolph Hall, Room 203 @ 12:00 pm
Sep
07
Rudolph Hall, Room 203 @ 4:15 pm
Sep
14
Rudolph Hall, Room 203 @ 4:15 pm

Photo of the Week

August 16, 2017: Love stones found on the card reader near the west entrance to Rudolph Hall
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