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Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Gravity

Affiliated Faculty

photo of Folarin (Fola) Kolawole
photo of Folarin (Fola) Kolawole
Full-Time Faculty

Folarin (Fola) Kolawole

Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Research Interest

Geology
Geophysics
Basin Evolution
Earthquake Physics
Environmental Geology
Geodynamics
Geomorphology
Gravity
Marine Geology
Marine Geophysics
Seismology
Solid Earth Geophysics
Structural Geology
Tectonophysics

Affiliated Graduate Students

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Caitlin Locke

PhD Student

Research Interest

Geology, Geophysics, Cryosphere, Glaciology, Gravity, Polar Studies, Solid Earth Geophysics
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