What Do Geosciences Graduates Do?

GEOSCIENCESAT WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY

Geoscientists work in the ﬁeld, lab, and with computers …•  In the field to collect samples of rocks, fossils, and water for study …•  In the lab where detailed information can be obtained about composition, structure, and classification of material…•  With computers to analyze data, to prepare illustrations, and to create maps.

Geoscientists work in the Field …Describing and measuring sedimentary rock layers. Jeff Eaton WSU students doing fieldwork in southern Utah.

Geoscientists work in the Field … Advising on the drilling of wells and studying water movement.Students gathering data at the WSU well field. Marek Matyjasik

Geoscientists work in the Field …Studying the interaction betweensurface water and ground water.(above) Students map rocks at point where astream sinks underground. (right) Dye tracing asinking stream to determine its path to a spring. Jim Wilson

Geoscientists work in the Field …Monitoring the flow of streamsand ground water.WSU faculty and students doing fieldwork in the Uinta Mountains. Marek Matyjasik

Geoscientists work in the Field …Studying structure (deformation) of the rocks. EOS Jim Wilson

Geoscientists work in the Field …Making maps of rocks andstructures to guide futuredevelopment. UGS

Geoscientists work in the Field …Mapping faults along whichfuture earthquakes mayoccur. Geologists inspect the Wasatch Fault as revealed in a trench. Jim Wilson

Geoscientists work in the Field …Locating and studying mineral deposits. Bingham Canyon copper mine, Utah. Jim Wilson

Geoscientists work in the Field … Searching for new energy resources.Newly discovered Covenantoil field in central Utah. UGS and DOE

Geoscientists Study Minerals … Rutile, from Diamantia, Brazil John Betts

Geoscientists Study Minerals …Red Beryl from Millard Co., Utah - a rare Utah gemstone Wikipedia Commons USGS

Geoscientists Study Minerals …Topaz from Topaz Mountain, Utah.Utah’s state gemstone. USGS Topaz with a cube of bixbyite. Jim Wilson

Geoscientists Study Minerals …Adamite, a mineral found at Gold Hill, Utah. Wikipedia Commons

Geoscientists Study Minerals …Rock Crystal Quartz USDA

Geoscientists Study Minerals …Students learn mineralproperties and developskills so that asprofessionals they canidentify minerals anduse them to map andlocate new resources. Jim Wilson

Geoscientists Study Rocks … Basalt (volcanic) boulders in a Utah canyon Jim Wilson

Geoscientists Study Rocks … Goblins (hoodoos) at Goblin Valley State Park, Utah Jim Wilson

Geoscientists Study Rocks … Igneous intrusions into other rocks. Jim Wilson Dikes, Wisconsin (left) and Alta, Utah (above).

Geoscientists Study Rocks … Cross-bedded sandstone layers in southern Utah. Jeff Eaton

Geoscientists Study Fossils … Fossil material is collected in the field, then brought back to the lab for detailed study. Jenny Schaeffer Jeff Eaton

Geoscientists Study Fossils … Two common trilobite fossils found in Millard Co., UT. Asaphiscus wheeleri Elrathia kingi Andrew McRae

Geoscientists Study Fossils … Utah is home to many dinosaur and mammal fossilsStudents examine fossils in lab (right).Recent discovery Grand Staircase-EscalanteNational Monument (below). UMNH Jim Wilson

Geoscientists Study Fossils … Ammonites are common fossils found in Utah. Jim Wilson UMNH

Geoscientists Study Sediments …Mud cracks and salt atDeath Valley,California (right)and in southern Utah (below). Jim Wilson

Geoscientists Study Sediments … Wind blown sand dune at Little Sahara, Utah Jim Wilson

Geoscientists Study Sediments … USGS scientists camp on a sand bar in the Grand Canyon. USGS

Geoscientists Study Sediments … Sand ripples (left) and animal/insect tracks in sand (right). Jim WilsonHeavy minerals are sorted out to make dark bands. Tracks can become fossilized.

Geoscientists Study Processes that Shape the Earth … Such as the flow of waterin rivers and streams. Jim Wilson

Geoscientists Study Processes that Shape the Earth … Such as the flow of ice in glaciers. Jim Wilson

Geoscientists Study Processes that Shape the Earth … Such as the failure of slopes. South Weber home damaged by mudflow.Thistle Landslide, Spanish Fork Canyon, Utah. UGS

Geoscientists Study Processes that Shape the Earth … Such as the action of wavesand currents. Olympic Peninsula, Washington Jim Wilson

Geoscientists Study Processes that Shape the Earth … Such as the growth of coral reefs.Satellite image of Bora Bora, south Pacific. NASA

Geoscientists Study Processes that Shape the Earth … Such as the impact of major storms. NASAHurricane Katrina comes ashore, 2005.

Geoscientists Study Volcanoes … Lava flow in Hawaii USGS

Geoscientists Study Volcanoes …Sampling sulfurous gases at Mt. Baker, Washington USGS

Geoscientists Study Volcanoes … Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica Matthias Prinke, Wikipedia Commons

Geoscientists Study Volcanoes … Okmok Caldera, Alaska AVO - USGS Christina Neal

Geoscientists Study Volcanoes … Kasatoschi Volcano, Alaska AVO - USGS Jerry Morris

Geoscientists Study Volcanoes … Measuring the temperatureof rocks inside the craterof a volcano. AVO - USGS Jessica Larsen

Geoscientists Study Volcanoes … Skylight of a lava tube in Hawaii. HVO - USGS

Geoscientists Study Volcanoes … Sunset Crater, Arizona USGS

Geoscientists Study Volcanoes … Eruption of Stromboli, Italy,showing paths of projectiles. Wolfgang Beyer, Wikipedia Commons

Geoscientists Study Volcanoes … Aniakchak Caldera, Alaska - a large explosion-collapse feature M. Williams, National Park Service"

Geoscientists Study Earthquakes …Identifying faults andpreparing maps ofareas with high riskof earthquakes.The Wasatch Fault at themouth of American ForkCanyon. USGS

Geoscientists Study Earthquakes …And create maps ofareas with high riskof earthquakes.Earthquake occurrences in Utah. USGS

Geoscientists Study Earthquakes …And attempt to prevent propertydamage and loss of lives. USGS

Geoscientists Study Earthquakes … To determine the type of ground motion.Offset rows in lettuce field Deformed fence, Hebgen Lake earthquakeEl Centro, California, earthquake, 1979. Montana, 1959.Univ. of Colorado USGS

Geoscientists Study Climate Change … Desert sand dunes move into an African village. USGS

Geoscientists Study Climate Change … Melting of the Shepard Glacierover a 92 year period asshown by photographs atGlacier National Park. USGS

Geoscientists Study Other Planetary Bodies … Mars Earth’s Moon NASA

Geoscientists Study Other Planetary Bodies …The 1st civilian on the moon was a geologist, Harrison Schmitt. USGS

Geoscientists Study Other Planetary Bodies …Harrison Schmitt collecting rocks on the Moon, Apollo 17. NASA

Geoscientists Study Other Planetary Bodies … Rock “berries” on Mars (Circle is sampling spot by the Mars rover.) NASA Rock “berries” on Earth Zion National Park, Utah Jim Wilson

Geoscientists Study Other Planetary Bodies … Volcano erupting on Io, a moon of Jupiter. NASA

Geoscientists use Computer Techniques …Creating maps that the public can understand and use. UGS

Geoscientists use Computer Techniques …Creating images of areas that cannot be directly observed. Seamount and volcano on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. USGS

Geoscientists use Computer Techniques …To bring out subtle differences in images of rocks. USGS Modified color satellite image of the Atlas Mountains, Morocco.

Geoscientists use Computer Techniques … To make 3-D images of the Earth. USGS

Geoscientists use Computer Techniques …Such as remote sensing data to study the Earth. Satellite image of mountains and folded rocks at Coahuilla, Mexico. USGS

Weber State Faculty and Students …Use equipment such as the scanning electron microscope(SEM) to image and analyze tiny grains and details of rock. Volcanic ash particle. USGS Jim Wilson

Weber State Faculty and Students …Use equipment such as the x-ray diffractometer to identifyspecific minerals and measure their atomic spacings. Jim Wilson

Weber State Faculty and Students …Use equipment such asthe atomic forcemicroscope to study thesurfaces of materials.Microorganism on surface of acalcite grain. Width of the imageIs less than 2 microns. Marek Matyjasik

Weber State Geosciences Graduates ﬁnd employment with …U. S. Geological Survey Utah Geological SurveyNational Forest Service National Park Service Utah Dept. of Environmental Quality Oil exploration and production Mineral extraction industries City and county government, planning & zoning Environmental and engineering consulting Public school system

Geosciences General Education and Science Inquiry at Weber State University.GEO PS 1020 Dinosaurs and the Fossil RecordGEO PS/SI 1030 Earthquakes and VolcanoesGEO PS 1060 Environmental GeosciencesGEO PS/SI 1110/1115 Dynamic Earth: Physical Geology & LabGEO PS/SI 1130 Introduction to MeteorologyGEO PS/SI 1350 Principles of Earth Science (for Elementary Ed. majors)GEO SI 3010 Oceanography and Earth SystemsOnly one GEO course is allowed for Physical Science Gen. Ed.,but a second course can be counted for Science Inquiry.

Thanks for Viewing Geosciences at Weber State University Mt. Redoubt Volcano, Alaska AVO - USGS Dennis Josefcyzk

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What Do Geosciences Graduates Do?

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