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Jackson School of Geosciences
jsg.utexas.edu > news > 2026 > 07 > four-students-receive-golden-hammer-awards-in-recognition-of-field-geology-prowess

Four Students Receive Golden Hammer Awards in Recognition of Field Geology Prowess

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (163+ words) Each summer, a cohort of Jackson School students puts their geology skills and knowledge to the test during the school’s GEO 660 field camp, which takes them to outcrops across the western United States for three weeks of mapping, stratigraphy, and…...

Jackson School of Geosciences
jsg.utexas.edu > news > 2026 > 07 > researchers-find-contaminated-water-in-austin-neighborhood

Researchers Find Contaminated Water in Austin Neighborhood

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (854+ words) For over a decade, residents of Austin’s Colony, a neighborhood in an unincorporated area of southeast Austin outside of the city service area, have voiced concern about their tap water’s intermittent discoloration and extreme hardness. In a recent study published…...

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jsg.utexas.edu > news > 2026 > 02 > slow-earthquake-caught-in-the-act

Slow Earthquake Caught in the Act

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (198+ words) Scientists for the first time have detected a slow slip earthquake releasing tectonic pressure on a major fault zone at the bottom of the ocean. The slow earthquake was recorded spreading along the tsunami-generating portion of a fault off the…...