Rice Departments
Department of Earth Science
Wiess School of Natural Sciences
Rice Clubs, Centers, and Institutes
AAPG, Rice University Chapter
SPE, Rice University Chapter
Center for Computational Geophysics
Other relevant organizations
- American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
- Houston Geological Society
- The Geological Society of America (GSA)
- Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
- Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
- American Geological Institute (AGI)
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- American Institute of Hydrology (AIH)
- American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG)
- American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA)
- Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG)
- Association of American State Geologists (AASG)
- Association of Earth Science Editors (AESE)
- Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG)
- Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario
- Central Geological Survey (CGS)
- Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (CAGS)
- Chinese Geoscience Union (CGU)
- Colegio de Geólogos de Chile
- Delft Organization of Geophysics Students (DOGS)
- Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft, (DGG) (German Geophysical Society)
- Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS)
- European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE)
- European Association of Science Editors (EASE)
- European Geosciences Union (EGU)
- Geological Society of America (GSA)
- Geological Society of India
- Geological Survey of China (GSC)
- Geological Survey of India
- Geologists' Association (GA)
- Geoscience Information Society (GSIS)
- History of Earth Sciences Society (HESS)
- International Association of Hydrogeologists/U.S. National Chapter (IAH)
- International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS/AISH)
- International Association of Planetary Sciences (IAPS)
- International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG)
- International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS)
- International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS)
- International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)
- International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
- International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS)
- International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS)
- Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU)
- National Association of Black Geologists and Geophysicists (NABGG)
- National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV, Italy)
- National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists (NSCSS)
- Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA)
- Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS)
- Pittsburgh Association of Petroleum Geologists (PAPG)
- Pittsburgh Geological Society (PGS)
- Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists (RMAG)
- Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)
- Royal Geological Society of Cornwall (RGSC)
- Saudi Geological Survey (SGS)
- Seismological Society of America (SSA)
- Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
- Society of Economic Geologists (SEG)
- Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
- Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists (SIPES)
- Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA)
- United States Geological Survey (USGS)
RICE EARTH SCIENCE DEPARTMENT NEWS UPDATE:
Building a Habitable Planet: From Environment To Energy - Visit here for more!
The world is more complex and interconnected than ever. Building a habitable planet in such a complex world requires that we train a new generation of students versed in whole Earth systems. The goal of Rice University’s Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences is to bring together the creative power of Houston’s energy, environmental and space industries in the context of whole earth systems to make sustainable progress on the landscape of environment and energy. Subsurface Geoscience student participate in various field trips to study geological formation and get real hands-on field methods training!
Rice geologists study half-billion-year-old ‘time capsules’ on Texas ranch under guidance of our own SG Program Director Dr. Andre Droxler:
BRANDON MARTIN – AUGUST 3, 2015
POSTED IN: CURRENT NEWS, FEATURED STORIES
When you look at the cliffs overlooking the Llano River in Central Texas, it’s hard to imagine that they were underwater a half-billion years ago and formed part of the North American coastline during the Upper Cambrian era.
But that’s what brought Rice marine geologist André Droxler and his team of researchers to a rare land-based expedition. “I never thought on land you could discover something,” he said. “To discover something in the middle of Texas, it’s pretty exciting.”
According to Droxler, the Eagle Ridge Ranch located in Mason County near Fredericksburg has some of the best outcrops in the world containing fossilized prehistoric bacteria and microbes. He believes these microbial reefs contained the first forms of life on Earth.
Droxler’s team was granted access to the land after working with Woodlands resident Donald Shepard and his wife, Rose, who own the ranch. The professor of Earth science also secured funding from four major oil companies that had interest in the research on microbial reefs.
See a slide show here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ricepublicaffairs/sets/72157656191357309/
Since 2012 the Rice professor and graduate students have made many trips to Mason County, drilled more than 150 core samples and virtually mapped the area using a drone. Droxler said the three summers here “have been some of the happiest summers I have had in my life,” and he returns with the same excitement as the first time he paddled down the Llano River in search of half-billion-year-old “time capsules.”
- See more at: https://news.rice.edu/2015/08/03/rice-geologists-study-half-billion-year-old-time-capsules-on-texas-ranch/#sthash.HrnYezoS.dpuf