The University of New Hampshire is a 30 minute drive from the Atlantic Ocean; the Great Bay Estuary tidal waters reach within one-half mile of the campus. The White Mountains are a 90 minute drive to the north, and Boston is about an hour's drive to the south. Directions to UNH can be found here.
Special Facilities
The Department of Earth Sciences maintains office, laboratories and other facilities in James Hall, Morse Hall, Chase Hall, and the Jackson Estuarine Laboratory which include such equipment as automated atomic absorption and nutrient analytical instruments; geophysical instruments including portable seismometer, gravimeter, etc.; hydrology lab; ice core analysis lab; ion chromatograph; mass spectometer; microcomputers; petrographic microscopes and rock sectioning equipment; physical and chemical oceanography labs; sediment lab; and x-ray diffraction instruments; etc.
Research Interests
A brief sampling of current research includes; mapping of bedrock and surficial geology along with geophysical and hydrological studies in New England; geological, chemical, and physical oceanographic, and geophysical and biogeochemical studies in the Gulf of Maine; geochemical studies in New England, Australia, and Brazil; glaciochemical and climatological studies in New England, Greenland, Antarctica, and Himalaya Mountains. Many of these studies are supported by funds from the National Science Foundation, NOAA, Sea Grant, private foundations, and in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey.
The University of New Hampshire, in accordance with federal and state laws and regulations, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, veterans status, or handicap in admission or access to treatment or employment in its programs or activities.
