A science blog that brings you closer to the world of geology! Featuring the "A Day in the GeoLife" and "GeoProject" guest blog series from geoscientists around the world.
NAME: Indra Lamsal
CURRENT TITLE: Assistant Lecturer, Engineering Geologist
AREA OF EXPERTISE: karst investigation, geophysics, engineering, and mining geology
Research Geophysicist, Avinash Kumar Chouhan, shares his typical day in the field and advice for students on the A Day in the GeoLife Series.
NAME: Alastair McClymont
CURRENT TITLE: Principal Geophysicist
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Near-surface geophysics for environmental and engineering investigations.
NAME: Rachel Bobich
CURRENT TITLE: Geologist/Hydrographer
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Marine geology, geophysics, mapping, data processing
Research Science Associate, Rob Porritt, shares his career in regional scale passive source seismic imaging on the A Day in the GeoLife Series.
NAME: Andy Emery CURRENT TITLE: PhD Student, University of Leeds, United Kingdom AREA OF EXPERTISE: Glacial and postglacial landscape evolution and coastal change under rapid relative sea-level rise YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 12 EDUCATION: BSc, University of Leeds, Geological Sciences MSc, University of Leeds,…
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NAME: Sarah Vitale CURRENT TITLE: Assistant Professor and Hydrogeologist AREA OF EXPERTISE: Hydrogeology YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 1 (post education) EDUCATION: PhD Geological Sciences, University of Connecticut, 2017; MS Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 2011; BS Geophysics, State University of New York at Fredonia, 2009 TWITTER: @svitale_hydro What’s…
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NAME: Chris Milliner CURRENT TITLE: NASA Postdoc Fellow AREA OF EXPERTISE: Active tectonics, faulting mechanics, tectonic geomorphology, geodesy, hydrogeodesy If we were in an elevator: I use geodetic imaging systems (e.g., radar interferometry and optical satellite imagery) to measure surface deformation…
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NAME: Chris Yeomans CURRENT TITLE: PhD student and Postgraduate Research Assistant at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom AREA OF EXPERTISE: GIS, geophysics, geological lineament detection, SW England geology, geological mapping, structural geology, geothermal energy exploration YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: Final year…
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NAME: Dr. Chris Harrison AREA OF EXPERTISE: Social Media Geoscientist TWITTER: @DrChrisGeoSci VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIzJMa0A_soDKqp-4LgmLlw/videos Hello everyone! This is a brand new format we are accepting for the A Day in the GeoLife Series! Below is a video of all the regular questions…
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NAME: Fernando Ziegler CURRENT TITLE: Geophysics Consultant AREA OF EXPERTISE: Pore pressure, fracture pressure, wellbore stability, seal capacity, hydrocarbon column height estimates, rock physics, geomechanics, drilling operations YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 11 years EDUCATION: Master of Science in Geophysics – University of…
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NAME: Thorbjorg Agustsdottir CURRENT TITLE: PhD Student AREA OF EXPERTISE: Volcanoes, earthquakes, Iceland, rifting events EDUCATION: I am a 4th year PhD student, and I am a part of the University of Cambridge Volcano-Seismology group. We study earthquakes in and…
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