Faculty

Isotope geochemistry; paleo seawater chemistry; carbonate diagenesis; long-term carbon cycle; geobiology

Marine geology; geochemistry

Experimental and igneous petrology; mantle and crustal evolution; geothermobarometry; deep earth geochemical cycles; geology of Vancouver Island

The role of the oceanic lithosphere in the Earth system; controls on ocean chemistry; the long-term carbon cycle; hydrothermal fluxes; petrology/geochemistry

Chemical oceanography; marine biogeochemistry of trace metals; bio-inorganic chemistry; palaeoceanography and global change; stable isotope geochemistry; development of novel techniques for trace metals

Ocean acoustics and geoacoustics; marine-mammal acoustics; earthquake seismology; geophysical inverse theory

Biological and fisheries oceanography; zooplankton ecology; effects of biophysical coupling on the structure and productivity of pelagic marine ecosystems

Earth history; sedimentology and stratigraphy; isotope geochemistry of carbonates; sea level change

Micropalaeontology; palaeoceanography; palaeobiology; Earth history; macroevolution; sedimentation; stratigraphy

An Earth System view on atmospheres: evolution of Earth’s atmospheric composition; climate physics (deep palaeoclimate, dynamical climatology, radiative transfer, climate modelling); terrestrial planet evolution (solar system and exoplanets)

Chemical oceanography; dissolved gases; ocean carbon cycle and sequestration; air-sea interaction and water mass formation; marine productivity rates; denitrification; BGC-Argo floats; mass spectrometric gas measurements

Earth history; stratigraphy; sedimentary carbonates; stable isotope geochemistry; U-Pb geochronology

Fission-track and (U-Th)/He thermochronology; orogenic processes; landscape evolution modelling

Physical oceanography: waves, turbulence, fronts, eddies; processes that dissipate energy from the mean ocean circulation and mediate the mixing of momentum, heat, salt, and passive tracers

Current tectonics, especially of western North America; seismic and tsunami hazard assessment

Theoretical climate dynamics; boundary-layer meteorology; stochastic processes in ocean/atmosphere science; modelling biogeochemical dynamics; climate statistics

Earthquakes; active tectonics; imaging geodesy; earthquake seismology; tectonic geomorphology

Biological oceanography; biogeochemical cycles; phytoplankton physiology and ecology; variations in marine primary productivity and export production; phytoplankton utilization of nitrogen, silicon, and carbon; silicon isotopic fractionation by diatoms

Climate change policy, research, solutions, and communications; formerly focused on the role of the oceans in climate change/variability; ocean/climate modelling; palaeoclimate; physical oceanography; geophysical fluid dynamics