University of Chicago. Department of geology

The Department of Geology was founded in 1892 by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin and Rollin D. Salisbury, who also launched the Journal of Geology in the following year. Early research in the department focused on regional studies and surveys, but fundamental problems of geology, particularly geochemistry, were emphasized beginning in the late 1910s. It produced more Ph.D.s in the field than any other geology department in the country, and influential research in areas such as petrology, sedimentary geology and paleontology continued through the mid-twentieth century. In 1961, the department merged with the Department of Meteorology, forming the Department of the Geophysical Sciences.