Besides the Department of Labor's website, Wikipedia, and American Geological Society are there any credible resource materials that I should also use?
I.E. Certain books, magazines, websites, etc...
2006-08-30 11:14:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
The paper is supposed to be about geoscientists career basically: salary, education requirements, work conditions, etc...
2006-08-30 11:22:33 · update #1
If I were you I would look for more credible sources than Wikipedia! The USGS is a good informative site as is the BGS (Link below). Look at sites outside of the US also they have just as much valid information.
I just entered geoscience careers into a search engine and got over 350,000 hits, suggest you do the same.
If you need any help I'll be willing to give you some information regarding my job.
2006-08-30 14:24:08 · answer #1 · answered by A_Geologist 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Also try the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) website.
The Geological Society of America (GSA) website.
The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) website.
The Association of Engineering Geologists (AEG)
The Association of Professional Geologists (APG)
Of course, the U S Geological Survey website (USGS)
Any of the State Geological Survey websites
The American Geological Institute (AGI) website - I just Yahooed this one and came up with the following listed below
I have been a geologist (as in Registered Professional, PG) for over 30 years and it has served me well. I have worked in the oil and gas industry, doing coal exploration, and environmental work. I now do geologic mapping and geological research.
Good Luck!
2006-08-30 15:06:09 · answer #2 · answered by Tom-PG 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're going to get 20 pages out of that? I think you may have to start looking at some of the specialisations as well. Try some of the oil company sites, perhaps you could even have a chat with one of their people?
Be careful of Wikipedia, some entries are better than others.
Good luck
2006-08-30 11:30:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would reference those professional journals that have articles that have inspired you to make that choice, as well as books you have read that influenced you strongly, such as John McPhee's "Basin and Range" or "In Suspect Terrain". It's better of course if you have actually read those books. I also loved the "Red Mars", "Green Mars", "Blue Mars" science fiction trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. They contain a lot of geology and talk about terraforming Mars. Since I'm not well informed about geology, I'm afraid I can't offer any more suggestions.
2006-08-30 11:29:07 · answer #4 · answered by Zelda Hunter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try the AAPG website (American Association of Petroleum Geologists). www.aapg.org
It has a link on the top left called "careers" and in that new page, it has links to other helpful links called "gateway to careers" that you might find useful.
2006-08-30 15:09:26 · answer #5 · answered by idiot detector 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could try the discovery channel on demand, they have some intersting shows sometimes, or the dicovery magazine.
2006-08-30 11:16:24 · answer #6 · answered by Jade Poe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the library and get a book about it
2006-08-30 11:16:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is the paper about?
2006-08-30 11:19:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋