GeologistsCategory: Business
Article posted by: Jon Richards
Geologists use science to study the Earth’s crust including its composition, structure and history. They examine the Earth’s strata to determine historical and structural patterns, and study various rocks, minerals, fossils and soil.
Geologists, and especially palaeontologists, are involved in the process of determining what the Earth was like thousands and millions of years ago by studying the composition of rock and minerals which they find deep below the Earth’s crust.
Palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life, and the principles of geology are used to help discover new things about the Earth as it was in prehistoric times. Geologists may also be able to predict future processes by studying past geological events and discovering a pattern in the way these processes occur. Geologists may specialise in a number of areas. As mentioned above, palaeontology is one area that can be specialised in, combining geology and biology with prehistoric study of rocks and fossils.
As well, a geologist may like to specialise in engineering, helping to determine the best and safest spots to build roads, buildings, pipe works, and other structures. A geologist may focus their occupation on finding new sources of oil or gas by testing samples of soil and rock. Or they may choose to study rocks, minerals and precious stones and their structure and composition to increase knowledge.
A geologist may work for the government, a private company, or for universities. Usually a Bachelors degree is needed to work as a geologist. Many employment positions do not require anything higher than an undergraduate degree, although postgraduate study can make an individual’s CV stand out from others, and can give a person an advantage over a less qualified person. A PhD is required, however, if one wishes to pursue a career in research geology or work in a university as a lecturer specialising in geology.
Generally, geologists will spend much of their work day out in the field, collecting samples of rocks, minerals and soil and working long, hard hours. Part of their time will be spent in laboratories analyzing what they have collected. The work of a geologist can be hard and physically demanding but equally rewarding.
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