A science blog that brings you closer to the world of geology! Featuring the "A Day in the GeoLife" guest blog series from geoscientists around the world.
NAME: Zoe McKellar CURRENT TITLE: PhD Researcher in Geology. AREA OF EXPERTISE: Main research interests are structural geology and sedimentology, tectonostratigraphy, basin evolution and provenance. YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 5 EDUCATION: Honors BSc in Geology and Petroleum Geology. Just finished the…
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NAME: Dr. Daniel Pastor-Galán CURRENT TITLE: Postdoctoral Fellow at Paleomagnetic Laboratory “Fort Hoofddijk”, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. AREA OF EXPERTISE: Tectonics. I try to combine the maximum number of tools including structural geology, isotope geology, thermochronology, paleomagnetism, modeling, geochemistry,…
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NAME: Marc Matterson CURRENT TITLE: PhD student and lecturer at the University of Salford, England AREA OF EXPERTISE: Glacial hydrology, sedimentology, modelling and climatology YEARS EXPERIENCE: 3 years (BSc Geography) EDUCATION: First class honours BSc Geography whilst also obtaining the…
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NAME: Dan Peppe CURRENT TITLE: Assistant Professor of Geology (Update: Promoted to Associate Professor in Spring 2015!) AREA OF EXPERTISE: Paleobotany, paleoclimatology, sedimentology and stratigraphy, paleomagnetism YEARS EXPERIENCE: 11 (5 as graduate student, 1 as post-doc, 5 as Assistant Professor)…
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NAME: Lynda Yorke CURRENT TITLE: Lecturer in Physical Geography AREA OF EXPERTISE: My background is in fluvial geomorphology and reconstructing river response to change, but during my doctorate, I became much more interested in glacial histories, sedimentology and Quaternary landforms….
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NAME: Dr. Mike Jones CURRENT TITLE: Groundwater Resources Manager AREA OF EXPERTISE: Hydrogeology, Groundwater Resource Development, Water Resource Management Planning for Public Water Supply YEARS EXPERIENCE: 26 EDUCATION: BSc Geology, MSc Sedimentology, PhD Geochemistry WEBSITE: http://www.groundwateruk.org/ INTERVIEW: Waste Management, Higher…
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NAME: Matt Hall CURRENT TITLE: Geoscientist AREA OF EXPERTISE: Exploration Geoscience YEARS EXPERIENCE: 17 EDUCATION: Finished PhD in sedimentology in 1997, University of Manchester, UK. Registered Professional Geoscientist in Nova Scotia, Canada. WEBSITE: http://www.agilegeoscience.com/ What’s my job like? I co-own…
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