Shown at left are beds of banded iron formation from Minnesota's Cuyuna Iron Range. Earth historians claim the red and black layers represent part of the one- billion year transition from an atmosphere largely devoid of free oxygen to the one that now sustains your life. Our web site is in a similar (but hopefully more rapid) transition— from an empty space in the cyber world to a fully functioning site that will sustain your geology education at MSU Mankato.
The pages in this area of the Chemistry and Geology website describe the Geology faculty and facilities, the curriculum and courses, and some of the research we do here in Mankato.
If you seek more information about the geology program at MSU Mankato or want to "talk rocks" with any of our staff, pick one from the "Faculty" webpages or send our web guru a note at treforblue42@charter.net and he will route it to the appropriate staff member.
