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Labs and Research Groups

Location: Room 303 Geology Geography Building, 210 Field Street, Athens, GA 30602


Clays and clay minerals are the most abundant reactive solids on the Earth's surface. Understanding clays minerals involves the detailed crystal-…

Location: 115 DW Brooks Dr., Athens, GA 30602 Barrow Hall room 14.


The Geoarchaeology Laboratory is primarily a sedimentological and and pedological laboratory with analytical facilities to include particle-size determination and…

Location: Room 315 Geology Geography Building, 210 Field Street, Athens, GA 30602


Geomicrobiology lab focuses on exploring life in extreme and unexplored environments with a broader goal of understanding the origin of life,…

Location: 302 E. Campus Rd, Interdisciplinary STEM Research Building 1, Rooms 1001-1017 Athens, GA 30602


Georgia Electron Microscopy is home to electron microscopy instrumentation and equipment for multi-disciplinary research. A highly…

Location: Geology Hydrothermal Building, Athens, GA 30605


The MAGMA MIA Petrology and Volcanology Lab is designed to investigate the mineral record from magmatic and metamorphic rocks, study volcanic…

Rock Prep at GG - Location: Room 330 Geology Geography Building, 210 Field Street, Athens, GA 30602


Rock Prep at Barrow - Location: Room 016 Barrow Hall, 115 DW Brooks Dr., Athens, GA 30602


These labs…

Location: Room 316/334 Geology Geography Building, 210 Field Street, Athens, GA 30602


Research in the Stratigraphy Lab focuses on the integration of sequence stratigraphy and paleobiology. We use a combination of field work, computer modeling…

Location: Room 122 Geology Geography Building, 210 Field Street, Athens, GA 30602


WRRS research focuses primarily on complex and interrelated geologic and environmental problems using field-based data, satellite remote sensing techniques, and…

Location: Room 322 Geology Geography Building, 210 Field Street, Athens, GA 30602


The X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) lab primarily supports geological, archeological, and geomicrobiological research and is for student training at the…

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