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geologist

[jee-ol-uh-jist] / dʒiˈɒl ə dʒɪst /


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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

The specimen was originally collected on James Ross Island and its discovery was recorded in a field notebook kept by geologist Dr Mike Thomson.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

“To a geologist, this is not at all surprising.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2026

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

From Science Daily May 16, 2026

An unlucky Canadian geologist named Lawrence Morley came up with the same conclusion at the same time, but couldn’t find anyone to publish his paper.

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

First identified by Japanese geologists in 2006, petit-spot volcanoes are small submarine volcanoes that provide evidence for pockets of magma already present near the top of Earth's mantle, an idea originally proposed in the 1960s.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

Traditionally, geologists have grouped volcanoes into three main types based on how that magma is generated:

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 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

Today's North Sea is what geologists call a mature and declining basin.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2026

Unfortunately, Alfred Wegener was not the man that geologists wished to provide it.

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




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