Geologist
noun
A person who studies rocks, earth, and the history of earth.
The geologist tested the soil to see if there were any valuable minerals underground.
Often appears as...
- field geologist
- consulting geologist
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A person who studies rocks, earth, and the history of earth.
The geologist tested the soil to see if there were any valuable minerals underground.
Often appears as...
- field geologist
- consulting geologist
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Field Work
Geologists often work outside, studying natural formations, not always in a lab.
The geologist spent her day examining rock formations in the desert.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Sense
When 'geologist' is used, it suggests a deep examination of earth's past.
The geologist explained how the canyon formed over millions of years.
Pro Tip 3/3Resource Exploration
Geologists play a role in finding natural resources like oil, minerals, and water.
A geologist was hired to locate a new underground water source for the town.
Pro Tip 1/3Field Work
Geologists often work outside, studying natural formations, not always in a lab.
The geologist spent her day examining rock formations in the desert.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Sense
When 'geologist' is used, it suggests a deep examination of earth's past.
The geologist explained how the canyon formed over millions of years.
Pro Tip 3/3Resource Exploration
Geologists play a role in finding natural resources like oil, minerals, and water.
A geologist was hired to locate a new underground water source for the town.
Pro Tip 1/3Field Work
Geologists often work outside, studying natural formations, not always in a lab.
The geologist spent her day examining rock formations in the desert.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Sense
When 'geologist' is used, it suggests a deep examination of earth's past.
The geologist explained how the canyon formed over millions of years.
Pro Tip 3/3Resource Exploration
Geologists play a role in finding natural resources like oil, minerals, and water.
A geologist was hired to locate a new underground water source for the town.
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The Curious Life of a...
Instead of being a roving geologist, it's a roving biologist. It's job is to look for past places on Mars that could have sustained life. We get to shoot a laser at the rock. Now why did we do that? Instead of having to go over and touch every rock and taste every rock... like we said before, we can actually fire the laser at the rock,
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Don Tapscott: Four...
didn't come from geologists. They came from computer scientists, engineers. The winner was a computer graphics company that built a three dimensional model of the mine where you can helicopter underground and see where the gold is. He helped us understand that social media's becoming social production. It's not about hooking up online.
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Nature is everywhere --...
And this is a term that some geologists are suggesting we should give to our current epoch, given how pervasive human influence has been over it. Now, it's still just a proposed epoch, but I think it's a helpful way to think about the magnitude of human influence on the planet. So where does this put nature?
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Earth's mass extinctions...
a very good idea of how many plants and animals there have been since complex life really began to leave a very interesting fossil record. In that complex record of fossils, there were times when lots of stuff seemed to be dying out very quickly, and the father/mother geologists
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How long will human...
a hothouse time during which the continents drifted into their present configuration. Changes in climate or fossils found in the rock record help distinguish these epochs and help geologists tell deep time. So what will be the record of modern people's impact on the planet?
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Four ways to understand...
in a sample of rock that's undergone radioactive decay, geologists have estimated the Earth's birthday, when it first formed from a solar nebula, to be 4.6 billion years ago. But just how long is that really? Here's some analogies that might help you understand.
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Thomas Thwaites: How I...
the age that we're living in -- they're debating whether to make it a new geological epoch called the Anthropocene, the age of Man. And that's because geologists of the future would kind of see a sharp shift in the strata of rock that is being laid down now.
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What rocks on Mars can...
fortunately as a planetary geologist my students and I get to think about this question and we think about it in part how do planets work how did this sustain life through time we think about this in the context of thinking about other
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Conrad Wolfram: Teaching...
So to explain that, let me first talk a bit about what math looks like in the real world and what it looks like in education. See, in the real world math isn't necessarily done by mathematicians. It's done by geologists,
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Giant's Causeway PIPE...
Causeway with a little bit of imagination you can find evidence of the legends truth everywhere you look but scientists like geologist Patrick McKeever have their own story they say Giant's Causeway was created by
Video examples
The Curious Life of a...
Instead of being a roving geologist, it's a roving biologist. It's job is to look for past places on Mars that could have sustained life. We get to shoot a laser at the rock. Now why did we do that? Instead of having to go over and touch every rock and taste every rock... like we said before, we can actually fire the laser at the rock,
Video examples
Don Tapscott: Four...
didn't come from geologists. They came from computer scientists, engineers. The winner was a computer graphics company that built a three dimensional model of the mine where you can helicopter underground and see where the gold is. He helped us understand that social media's becoming social production. It's not about hooking up online.
Video examples
Nature is everywhere --...
And this is a term that some geologists are suggesting we should give to our current epoch, given how pervasive human influence has been over it. Now, it's still just a proposed epoch, but I think it's a helpful way to think about the magnitude of human influence on the planet. So where does this put nature?
Video examples
Earth's mass extinctions...
a very good idea of how many plants and animals there have been since complex life really began to leave a very interesting fossil record. In that complex record of fossils, there were times when lots of stuff seemed to be dying out very quickly, and the father/mother geologists
Video examples
How long will human...
a hothouse time during which the continents drifted into their present configuration. Changes in climate or fossils found in the rock record help distinguish these epochs and help geologists tell deep time. So what will be the record of modern people's impact on the planet?
Video examples
Four ways to understand...
in a sample of rock that's undergone radioactive decay, geologists have estimated the Earth's birthday, when it first formed from a solar nebula, to be 4.6 billion years ago. But just how long is that really? Here's some analogies that might help you understand.
Video examples
Thomas Thwaites: How I...
the age that we're living in -- they're debating whether to make it a new geological epoch called the Anthropocene, the age of Man. And that's because geologists of the future would kind of see a sharp shift in the strata of rock that is being laid down now.
Video examples
What rocks on Mars can...
fortunately as a planetary geologist my students and I get to think about this question and we think about it in part how do planets work how did this sustain life through time we think about this in the context of thinking about other
Video examples
Conrad Wolfram: Teaching...
So to explain that, let me first talk a bit about what math looks like in the real world and what it looks like in education. See, in the real world math isn't necessarily done by mathematicians. It's done by geologists,
Video examples
Giant's Causeway PIPE...
Causeway with a little bit of imagination you can find evidence of the legends truth everywhere you look but scientists like geologist Patrick McKeever have their own story they say Giant's Causeway was created by
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Gene Cernan
American Astronaut
One of the most important things about the geology on the moon is your descriptions of what you see, comparing them to things that you've seen on Earth so that the geologists and the scientists on the ground would know what you're talking about; and then take pictures of them.
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John Hickenlooper
American Politician
After college, I became a geologist, mapping what lay beneath the earth's surface. I thought I had my life pretty figured out and all my boxes checked. But then, I was laid off - along with thousands of other geologists. I lost not only my job, but also my profession.
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Charles Lyell
British Lawyer
It has long been a fact familiar to geologists, that, both on the east and west coasts of the central part of Scotland, there are lines of raised beaches, containing marine shells of the same species as those now inhabiting the neighbouring sea.
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Gina Rinehart
Australian Businesswoman
I have never met a geologist or leading scientist who believes adding more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere will have any significant effect on climate change.
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Lucy Worsley
My father is a geologist and he really thinks that scientists are going to save the world, so he wanted me to be one.
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Kathleen Rubins
American Astronaut
From as young as I can remember, I wanted to be - in order - an astronaut, a geologist, and a biologist.
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Bruce Babbitt
American Politician
I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated as a geologist.
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Neil Armstrong
American Astronaut
Geologists have a saying - rocks remember.
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Stephen Sondheim
American Composer
I would have been a geologist.
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Robert Ballard
American Scientist
I am a geologist.
Quote examples
Gene Cernan
American Astronaut
One of the most important things about the geology on the moon is your descriptions of what you see, comparing them to things that you've seen on Earth so that the geologists and the scientists on the ground would know what you're talking about; and then take pictures of them.
Quote examples
John Hickenlooper
American Politician
After college, I became a geologist, mapping what lay beneath the earth's surface. I thought I had my life pretty figured out and all my boxes checked. But then, I was laid off - along with thousands of other geologists. I lost not only my job, but also my profession.
Quote examples
Charles Lyell
British Lawyer
It has long been a fact familiar to geologists, that, both on the east and west coasts of the central part of Scotland, there are lines of raised beaches, containing marine shells of the same species as those now inhabiting the neighbouring sea.
Quote examples
Gina Rinehart
Australian Businesswoman
I have never met a geologist or leading scientist who believes adding more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere will have any significant effect on climate change.
Quote examples
Lucy Worsley
My father is a geologist and he really thinks that scientists are going to save the world, so he wanted me to be one.
Quote examples
Kathleen Rubins
American Astronaut
From as young as I can remember, I wanted to be - in order - an astronaut, a geologist, and a biologist.
Quote examples
Bruce Babbitt
American Politician
I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated as a geologist.
Quote examples
Neil Armstrong
American Astronaut
Geologists have a saying - rocks remember.
Quote examples
Stephen Sondheim
American Composer
I would have been a geologist.
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Robert Ballard
American Scientist
I am a geologist.
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