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‘Geomorphic: The Living Earth’ Abstract, nature-inspired paintings by Kay Zetlmaier are on view through Sept. 11.

‘Geomorphic: The Living Earth’ Abstract, nature-inspired paintings by Kay Zetlmaier are on view May 14 through Sept. 11.

Students in most majors must do at least one summer of fieldwork; petroleum engineering majors might work in the Rangely Oil Field and geology students in geomorphic regions of Colorado, for example.

The Western Ghats—which stretch from Mumbai to the southern tip of India—are older than the Himalaya and are considered one of the world’s eight “hottest hotspots” of biological diversity, a geomorphic feature of global importance.

Supported by a large campaign of responsive satellite data acquisitions over the earthquake disaster zone, our team undertook a satellite image survey of the earthquakes’ induced geohazards in Nepal and China and an assessment of the geomorphic, tectonic, and lithologic controls on quake-induced landslides.