2007-09-08 05:04:41 · 5 answers · asked by dsgc05™ 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
I am a petroleum geologist. Normally I go to the office and put in an 8 hour day. I have both a PC and a linux work station on which geological and geophysical software is mounted. I spend my day correlating electric, gamma ray, and sonic logs from various wells and integrating them with seismic data to form a picture of what various map surfaces look like. This is called looking for a petroleum trap. I also look at shallow seismic data to check for potential drilling hazards like gas pockets with 1000' of the surface.
Occasionally I have to monitor the drilling and logging of wells and have to be at the wellsite for that. Those workdays are sometimes long and boring sometimes really exciting and sometimes flat out scary. Field work can be fun as it gets you outside and actually looking at the rocks and how they were deposited. This part I call "enjoying the handiwork of God". You can almost get mystical about it. I have traveled to 5 continents and seen sights few people on this planet have ever even thought about visiting and felt a connection to the cosmos that William Blake summarized in this sentence "To see the universe in the palm of your hand and hold eternity in an hour"....Yeah, I know its sorta goofy, but there it is.
I'd still have traded it all to be a doctor if I had it to do over again.
2007-09-08 05:53:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since there's about a gazillion jobs for a geologist to have a day in the life could vary drastically. Petroleum geologists probably have a different type of day than marine geologists.
Now a day in the life of a geology grad student is pretty much the same across the board. Go to office, stare at wall, go to class, teach class, go to office, do some real work, drink heavily. Repeat.
2007-09-08 05:21:35 · answer #2 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
See some "Day in the Life" links below to learn more about what Geologists do every day.
Geologists who are reviewing land in the field or consulting on environmental issues can expect to spend five to fifteen hours a day outdoors, usually during the more pleasant months of the year. They take samples and measurements and explore underneath the initial layers of the earth. Once they’ve completed their field work, most return to the lab and test their samples for content and composition.
2007-09-08 05:14:07 · answer #3 · answered by TwoDots 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He's basically down-to-earth all the time!
2007-09-08 05:09:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it rocks
2007-09-08 05:09:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋