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What are good careers surrounding the geology field

Geology has always caught my interest because rocks and the earth have fascinated me. Just all the different sizes and colors they give and the sound you can hear from them, the ways they resonate with different materials when they come in contact or tap each other.

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Khoi’s Answer

There are a few fields that are closely related to geology, but one that is within geology that I studied during my bachelors is hydrology. If you're interested in working with surface waters and their interaction with the geology then that's your spot. There are careers that monitor snow packs, water levels of watersheds, and even water quality measuring. If you want to work with subsurface levels of geology and water then hydrogeology is your niche. I don't know too much of hydrogeology careers, but both are used in general consulting which is where I see a lot of graduates go into. Where they work in a consulting firm and use their knowledge to assess different problems that are brought up to the company. An example is analyzing the ground for its material in order to find a new spot for a well.

Fields that are related to geology if you want to look into are environmental sciences and geography. I'm using geography right now to monitor watersheds, so if you're interested then Geographic Information Systems could be your thing. Environmental sciences is more closely related if you want to go with that path. There's a lot of consulting and outside of consulting it's a lot of checking health and quality and miscellaneous tasks that also involve a bit of geology.
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Anne’s Answer

There are sooo many different types of geology. You can focus on land surfaces, subsurfaces, water or catastropic geology that handles earthquakes and volcanoes. I studied fossil soils (Paelopedology) as a graduate student and learned a lot about the environment of Pennsylvania 300 million years ago during the Devonian period. I really loved studying geology.


You sound like you might be interested in minerals -- which is the field of Mineralogy. Here's a link to learn more: http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/collectors_corner/faq/faqcareers.htm


Some geologists work in the mining or petroleum industries:

http://www.infomine.com/careers/job-descriptions/mine-geologist/

http://www.aapg.org/


The United States Geological Survey is a government agency that hires a lot of geologists: usgs.gov


Some geologists study past climates to learn about present day climate change -- Paleoclimatology.


There is a wide range of possible career choices depending on your interest.


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Anne recommends the following next steps:

Google geology jobs. Find a job that you find especially interesting. Then research that particular career and see what the educational requirements are. That can guide you in your choice of college programs and courses you should take.
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