geologist
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The search began in 2019 in the Sahara Desert, where French geologist Hugues Faure had said he found a tooth belonging to the giant predator Carcharodontosaurus in the 1950s.
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
"This thickened, heated crust may have made the region mechanically weaker, so that the plate boundary preferentially shifted here," explains co-author PD Dr. Jörg Geldmacher, marine geologist at GEOMAR.
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026
He said his brother, José Manuel Castañeda Hernández, worked as a geologist.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026
Being a geologist, I can hear its story in my cognitive mind—of ancient mountain-building, recrystallization, eons of erosion, glacial polish and grave-digging.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
“Seems the coal vein took a turn it shouldn’t have and now it’s going the wrong way. I think the geologist is about to get the boot.”
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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Earth Science - Middle School
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The Origins of Civilization, Lessons 1–2
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