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Department of Geological Sciences
104 South Road, Mitchell Hall
Campus Box #3315
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315
Telephone: (919) 966-4516
Fax: (919) 966-4519






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Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
The Department of Geological Sciences is housed in Elisha Mitchell Hall on South Columbia Street, and is within walking distance of several visitor parking lots, although construction has left the nearest lots unavailable. See "Directions and Parking," on the left. If you need assistance with your plans, please contact us at (919) 966-4516.
Melting of the Greenland ice sheet can be studied by monitoring icequakes produced by ice cracking. Here, a geophone, part of UNC's SMOGIS array, is being deployed.
 
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NOVEMBER 19, 2009
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