Research Facilities

• Analytical; See also, the SOEST Facilities page
• Sea-going

The Department of Earth Sciences is loosely divided into three working research divisions, with numerous laboratories and research facilities at the disposal of department personnel. However, many faculty and students also work across these disciplinary boundaries.

Research vessels and their supporting shipboard technical group, are available to for gathering geophysical, geochemical and other open ocean and coastal data and samples.

Students are encouraged to take advantage of opportunities for cooperative, interdisciplinary research. Cooperative research is also carried out with other units of the University and federal laboratories in Hawaii. Some of these are:

• the Institute for Astronomy
• College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR)
• Pacific Biomedical Research Center (PBRC)
• Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (USGS)
• Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and Magnetic Observatory (NOAA)
• the International Pacific Research Center (IPRC)
• Hawaii Natural Enery Institute (HNEI)