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Job Description
Study the composition, structure, and other physical aspects of the Earth. May use geological, physics, and mathematics knowledge in exploration for oil, gas, minerals, or underground water; or in waste disposal, land reclamation, or other environmental problems. May study the Earth's internal composition, atmospheres, oceans, and its magnetic, electrical, and gravitational forces. Includes mineralogists, crystallographers, paleontologists, stratigraphers, geodesists, and seismologists.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-2042.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 106,390.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 51.00
- Currently, there are 30,420 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers”.
Also Known As…
- Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
- Project Geologist
- Petroleum Geologist
- Mine Geologist
- Geoscientist
- Geophysicist
- Geologist
- Geological Specialist
- Exploration Geologist
- Environmental Protection Geologist
- Engineering Geologist
- Volcanologist
- Stratigrapher
- Soils Engineer
- Seismologist
- Sedimentationist
- Research Geologist
- Prospector
- Petrophysicist
- Petrologist
- Petrographer
- Paleontologist
- Oceanologist
- Mineralogist
- Micro Paleontologist
- Marine Geologist
- Invertebrate Paleontologist
- Hydrogeologist
- Geophysical Prospector
- Geophysical Laboratory Supervisor
- Geophysical Laboratory Director
- Geomorphologist
- Geomagnetist
- Geological Scout
- Geodesist
- Geochemist
- Field Geologist
- Environmental Geologist
- Environmental Field Office Manager
- Environmental Consultant
- Development Geologist
- Crystallographer
- Core Analyst
- Core Analysis Operator
Tasks for “Project Geophysicist”
- Research ways to reduce the ecological footprint of increasingly prevalent megacities.
- Locate and estimate probable natural gas, oil, or mineral ore deposits or underground water resources, using aerial photographs, charts, or research or survey results.
- Study historical climate change indicators found in locations such as ice sheets or rock formations to develop models related to current climate changes.
- Develop applied software for the analysis and interpretation of geological data.
- Determine ways to mitigate the negative consequences of mineral dust dispersion.
- Locate and review research articles or environmental, historical, or technical reports.
- Locate potential sources of geothermal energy.
- Design geological mine maps, monitor mine structural integrity, or advise and monitor mining crews.
- Develop strategies for more environmentally friendly resource extraction and reclamation.
- Identify deposits of construction materials suitable for use as concrete aggregates, road fill, or in other applications.
- Investigate the composition, structure, or history of the Earth's crust through the collection, examination, measurement, or classification of soils, minerals, rocks, or fossil remains.
- Develop ways to capture or use gases that are currently burned off as waste during oil production processes.
- Research geomechanical or geochemical processes to be used in carbon sequestration projects.
- Measure characteristics of the Earth, such as gravity or magnetic fields, using equipment such as seismographs, gravimeters, torsion balances, or magnetometers.
- Conduct geological or geophysical studies to provide information for use in regional development, site selection, or development of public works projects.
- Plan or conduct geological, geochemical, or geophysical field studies or surveys, sample collection, or drilling and testing programs used to collect data for research or application.
- Collaborate with medical or health researchers to address health problems related to geological materials or processes.
- Determine methods to incorporate geo-methane or methane hydrates into global energy production or evaluate the potential environmental impacts of such incorporation.
- Prepare geological maps, cross-sectional diagrams, charts, or reports concerning mineral extraction, land use, or resource management, using results of fieldwork or laboratory research.
- Assess ground or surface water movement to provide advice regarding issues such as waste management, route and site selection, or the restoration of contaminated sites.
- Provide advice on the safe siting of new nuclear reactor projects or methods of nuclear waste management.
- Analyze and interpret geological, geochemical, or geophysical information from sources such as survey data, well logs, bore holes, or aerial photos.
- Test industrial diamonds or abrasives, soil, or rocks to determine their geological characteristics, using optical, x-ray, heat, acid, or precision instruments.
- Analyze and interpret geological data, using computer software.
- Communicate geological findings by writing research papers, participating in conferences, or teaching geological science at universities.
- Advise construction firms or government agencies on dam or road construction, foundation design, land use, or resource management.
- Review environmental cleanup work plans to determine the effectiveness of the remedial activities for mitigating soil or groundwater contamination.
- Identify new sources for Platinum Group Elements necessary for industrial uses, such as automotive fuel cells or pollution abatement systems.
- Identify possible sites for carbon sequestration projects.
- Inspect construction projects to analyze engineering problems, using test equipment or drilling machinery.
- Identify risks for natural disasters, such as mudslides, earthquakes, or volcanic eruptions.
Related Technology & Tools
- Cathodoluminescence scopes
- Fume hoods
- Motorized mortars/pestles
- Biological dredges
- Agitators
- Vibrating sample magnetometers
- Large-format plotters
- Sediment samplers
- Electrical conductivity meters
- Rock picks
- Chisel hammers
- Digital cameras
- Centrifuges
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Hydraulic earth drills
- Ultraviolet UV lamps
- Radiation detectors
- Seismographs
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Illuminated microscopes
- Drying ovens
- Plankton nets
- Argon plasma atomic emission spectroscopes
- Electronic bench scales
- Microscope slides
- Rangefinders
- Sieve shakers
- Rock magnetometers
- Ultrasonic sieve cleaners
- Bottom sampling equipment
- Brunauer-Emmett-Teller BET surface area analyzers
- Scanners
- X ray diffractometers
- Automated core analysis systems
- Water current meters
- Underwater cameras
- Digital map measurers
- All terrain vehicles ATV
- Soil samplers
- Video microscopes
- Mainframe computers
- Multibeam echosounders
- Digital alkalinity titrators
- Sediment piston corers
- Mass spectrometers
- Geo/paleo picks
- Rock saws
- Water level recorders
- Mapping dividers
- Laser printers
- Roto torque mixers
- Fluid inclusion microscopes
- Abney levels
- Geological compasses
- Petrographic microscopes
- Temperature profile recorders
- Powered rock-coring drills
- Pocket magnetic susceptibility meters
- Underwater sediment bearing strength probes
- Notebook computers
- Towed sonars
- Submicron particle size analyzers
- Earth resistivity meters
- Planimeters
- Short-range radar equipment
- Tubular water samplers
- Laboratory rock pulverizers
- Impulse magnetizers
- Magnetic susceptibility/anisotropy systems
- Electronic toploading balances
- Gamma ray scintillometers
- Pry bars
- Chromatographic scanners
- Soil augers
- Long range radar equipment
- Crack hammers
- Reverse osmosis systems
- Magnetic susceptibility/temperature systems
- Pocket transits
- Isodynamic separators
- Geological stratum compasses
- X ray fluorescence XRF lead detectors
- Geophones
- Electrical conductivity cells
- Alternating field demagnitizers
- Winches
- Digitizing tablets
- Ground penetrating radar GPR
- Gamma ray spectrometers
- Vertical sketchmasters
- Electron microprobes
- Borehole cameras
- Mapping scale sets
- Protractors
- Jaw crushers
- Personal computers
- Tube samplers
- Digital seismographs
- Magnetic susceptibility measurement systems
- Microsplitters
- Penetrometers
- pH meters
- Fusion fluxes
- Tree corers
- Hand levels
- Digitizers
- Soft face hammers
- Optical compound microscopes
- Mercury analyzers
- Axes
- Dessicators
- Altimeters
- Desktop computers
- Stereoscopes
- Laser rangefinders
- Rotoevaporators
- Water sampler bottles
- Test sieves
- High temperature laboratory ovens
- Pneumatic airscribes
- Computed tomography CT scanners
- Thermistor chains
- Seismic stations
- Polarizing microscopes
- Mobile wireless handheld communication devices
- Sun compasses
- Laser theodolites
- Total stations
- Stereo microscopes
- Electron microscopes
- Carbon analyzers
- X ray fluorescence spectrometers
- Core splitters
- Portable organic vapor analyzers
- Hand magnifying lenses
- One-atmosphere furnaces
- Colorimeters
- Triple beam balances
- Rock chisels
- Analog map measurers
- Rotary grinders
- Seismic activity recorders
- Mechanical earth drills
- Side scan sonars
- Ion chromatographs
- Clinometers
- Microgravimeters
- Degaussing wands
- Echosounders
- Thermal specimen demagnitizers
- Atomic absorption AA spectrophotometers
- Gravity meters
- Sand grain size gauges
- Clover Technology GALENA
- RockWare Geochemist's Workbench GWB
- Terrain surface mapping software
- Shape software
- Paradigm SKUA-GOCAD
- Scientific Software Group FEFLOW
- HydroSOLVE AQTESOLV
- Geosoft Oasis montaj
- Scientific Software Group SVHeat
- Solvcalv
- RockWare MicroMODEL
- RockWare Stratbugs
- Geostatistics software GS+
- Geo-Logic Systems LithoTect Interpreter
- StrainSim
- IRIS Seismic Processing Workshop
- RockWare Potent
- Scientific Software Group ChemPoint/ChemStat
- Alara CRystalView
- Geomechanical design analysis GDA software
- Maptek Vulcan
- GeoGraphix
- Rockware CrossLog
- GeoPLUS Petra
- PaleoTax
- MineGeo software
- ACD Systems Canvas
- MHC Document Express
- Upperspace DesignCAD
- Multivariate statistical program MVSP software
- Geospatial data abstraction library GDAL
- Seismic interpretation software
- Hydrogeology Basin2
- Microsoft Office
- Parameter Estimation PEST
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- RockWare DepthCon2000
- RockWare Visual STUNT
- ESRI ArcView
- MineSight
- CrystalMaker
- ESRI ArcIMS
- Systat Software SigmaStat
- Aquifer test software
- RockWare RockWorks
- RSI ENVI
- ChemStat
- EPIC GIS
- Schlumberger Inside Reality
- Starpint Software Super Slug
- SeeByte SeeTrack
- PowerCAD
- Atoll GeoCAD
- Geographic resources analysis support system GRASS
- Landmark VIP
- EasySolve Software SizePerm
- RockWare Jlog
- Intergraph ImageStation Stereo Softcopy Kit SSK
- OpenOffice.org
- Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
- Bilko
- Trimble Terramodel
- Seismic Micro-Technology KINGDOM
- Upperspace ModelCAD
- Well logging software
- RockWare Erupt
- Groundwater modeling system GMS
- Geosoft DAP server
- RockWare GeoTrig
- SAS
- ERDAS ER Mapper
- Gemcom Surpac
- RockWare RockPack III
- RSI interactive data language IDL software
- Evolution Computing EasyCAD
- Gresens 92
- MySQL
- OriginLab Origin
- Golden Software Surfer (graphics or photo imaging feature)
- Scientific Software Group Infinite Extent
- Midland Valley 3DMove
- Data mining software
- Compass Software
- MJ Systems Logsleuth
- PaleoMag
- RockWare WinSism
- Laboratory information management system LIMS
- Evolution Computing FastCAD
- Red Rock DeltaGraph
- Earthworks MaxiPit
- Bentley Systems gINT
- RockWare VEGO
- Microsoft Excel
- Enigma software
- RockWare ChemFlux
- RockWare QuickSyn
- MapInfo Professional
- TECHBASE
- SACLANTCEN
- MICRODEM
- Interpex IXID
- Triton Elics International SeaClass
- Geostatistical modeling GSTAT software
- Waterloo Hydrogeologic AquaChem
- Socorro Scientific Software Refract2K
- EarthWorks Downhole Explorer
- BOSS Didger
- Groundwater Vistas
- RockWare FIRSTPIX
- Gemcom GEMS
- Seismic visualization software
- GeoModel
- RockWare Grav2Dc
- PolyMap
- Email software
- Field data recorder software
- MIT OASES
- IHS Energy PowerTools
- RockWare Plan
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- National Geophysical Data Center GEODAS
- Paleontological Statistics PAST
- Waterloo Hydrogeologic FlowPath II
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- ESRI ArcInfo
- RockWare GRADIX
- Golden Software Surfer (map creation feature)
- Internet browser software
- Data logger software
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- EarthSoft EQuIS Geology