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