What do you study in geology?

Answer 1

Geologist study subjects ranging from rocks down near the core of the earth to rocks at the tops of the mountains. They study volcanoes and the processes that make them erupt. They also study when a volcano erupts what is coming out of it to deternine what type of eruption it is. For instance, the stuff coming out of Hawaii volvanoes is basaltic in nature where is the stuff coming out of continental volcanic eruptions is something totally different. THey study earthquakes and why they happen and where they happen and how often they happen and where they might strike next and how bad the next one will be. They study plate tectonics to figure out where they have been and where they are headed now.

They also study hydrological processes. This is how the water traverses in caves and crevasses in the earth.

Geologists study sink holes and try and help developers figure out where the next sink hole will drop out, if that sink hole will affect the house they want to build on top of it.

They study the diverse geological features across the land.
They date soils and rocks to determine approximate ages of the soils, rocks, bones, etc...

They date soils, rocks, and bones and study the elements found in them that would have been present thousands of years ago to determine what life on this planet would have been like many millenia ago.

They study impact craters, try to date when the impact occurred, what the environment might have been like direclty after the impact, and what may have been the direct result of that impact.

These are only a few of the many diverse division in geology. Most people when they think about geology...it is all rocks but it is made up of so much more than just rocks.
Geology can be related to biology - astrobiology.
It can be related to chemistry - geochemistry.
It can be related again to astronomy - you can study the geology on other planets in the solar system. Many geologists are out there studying mars or venus or even the chamical make-up of the moon. New studies are going on about Titan, one of Saturn's moons.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Geology has traditionally been divided into Physical Geology and
Historical Geology.

Physical Geology is concerned with the materials that compose the earth, such as minerals and rocks, and the natural processes that take place inside the earth and shape its surface.

Historical Geology focuses on earth history from its fiery beginnings through the past 4.6 billion years to the present. Throughout its long history, the earth’s surface environment has changed as continents have moved, microbes, plants and animals have evolved, and events like major climatic changes caused many of them to become extinct.

.Modern geology takes a much more integrative view than in the past. The current approach is to consider the earth in a much broader context that encompasses the atmosphere, biosphere (plants, animals and soils) and hydrosphere (oceans, rivers, lakes and groundwater). Many processes, both today and in the past, are closely interrelated and cannot be considered in isolation. Geology is becoming ever more multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary, and is playing a pivotal role in studies of global environmental change

Answer 3

ROCKS and formations of crustations. We also study what effect the sun has on a dormant crystation. The results so far have been most revealing.

Are you studying geology then ?

Answer 4

rocks