Geology & Geophysics, Department

Dr. Jianwei Wang, Geology and Geophysics Professor Aims To Prevent Nuclear Power Leaks

March 20, 2023 BATON ROUGE, LA – Though nuclear energy provides more than 20% of the electricity in the United States, it is still considered by many to be a controversial source of power due to famous leakage disasters such as Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and Fukushima. But what if those disasters could have been avoided by having a sensor that immediately detected a leak?

Welcome to the Department of Geology & Geophysics at Louisiana State University as we celebrate a century of discovery! This website is intended to inform current and prospective students, as well as, alumni and friends. For recent news items and regular updates, please visit follow us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

If you would like to learn more about our department, please browse through the site to read about the department's various research and academic endeavors. Should you have any questions or need assistance, feel free to contact us. Thanks for your interest in the department. Check out the latest Centennial Celebration information here.

Tweets by LSUGeology

Research News

Insights into the tectonostratigraphic setting of the Southern Appalachians during the Blountian tectophase from an integrated geochemical analysis of magmatic phenocrysts in the Ordovician Deicke K-bentonite

CROSS SPECIES MULTI‐OMICS REVEALS CELL WALL SEQUESTRATION AND ELEVATED GLOBAL TRANSCRIPT ABUNDANCE AS MECHANISMS OF BORON TOLERANCE IN PLANTS

COPPER ISOTOPE EVIDENCE OF PARTICULATE SHUTTLE DYNAMICS IN THE LATE PENNSYLVANIAN NORTH AMERICAN MIDCONTINENT SEA, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR GLACIO-EUSTATIC MAGNITUDE

Multiple episodes of extensive marine anoxia linked to global warming and continental weathering following the latest Permian mass extinction

Neodymium sotope ratios and a positive d13C excursion

EARLY EARTH: PRIMORDIAL LIGHT OXYGEN POCKETS

THE GERMANS TORPEDOED A SHIP DURING WORLD WAR II. THE WRECK IS NOW REVEALING SECRETS ABOUT UNDERWATER MUDSLIDES

Dr. Jianwei Wang, Geology and Geophysics Professor Aims To Prevent Nuclear Power Leaks

LSU Campus Mounds

Dutrowite

Making an Impact

Seminars & Events

Research News