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geologist

[jee-ol-uh-jist] / dʒiˈɒl ə dʒɪst /


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Their company included the painter Allan Ramsay, the historian William Robertson, the chemist Joseph Black and the geologist James Hutton among many gifted others.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Rick Bass is a writer, a former wildlife biologist and geologist, an environmental activist, and program director for the Montana Project, which helps artists advocate for open space and conservation.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

From a science standpoint, "the content of the documents is absolutely incredible", said Francois Kervyn, the museum geologist leading the project, describing decades of painstaking fieldwork carried out in largely unmapped regions.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

Ramon Arrowsmith, a geologist at ASU, has worked with the Ledi Geraru Research Project since 2002.

From Science Daily May 16, 2026

The hand that cups her cheek is strong: the hand of a geologist or a gardener.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Part of the problem, Nadrowski said, is that mining companies are run by geologists.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

But he had ordered the structure built on an unstable foundation, without consulting independent geologists or engineers.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

It could be days or even weeks before the full picture of what happened and what we can learn from it is known - but for planetary geologists, this accidental collision is a scientific gift.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

The archive brings together surveys conducted by Belgian geologists as well as files from mining companies that operated in the vast African country before independence in 1960.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

As Martin J. S. Rudwick puts it, "No geologist of any nationality whose work was taken seriously by other geologists advocated a timescale confined within the limits of a literalistic exegesis of Genesis."

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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