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    The summer before 6th grade, I was introduced to what would become one of the greatest passions I have in life: geology. This realization occurred while I visited the Grand Canyon and Garden of the Gods National Parks in the western United States. Consequently, while I explored these natural wonders, I found I wanted to discover and know the secrets these rocks held about their geological history, their specific formations, and other geological wonders such as the Tibetan Plateau and the Door to Hell in Turkmenistan. My career path as a budding geoscientist had begun. After this vacation, I enrolled myself in more Earth Science classes, read geology textbooks in my spare time, and volunteered at the local science museum to assist with general exhibits as well as ongoing geology summer camps for young children. During various trips to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., I found myself captivated by the Gems and Mineral Hall. Due to my vast collection of pictures from this hall, my mother has banned me from entering it, as once I enter these rocks, I only leave when the museum closes. The attraction I feel towards rocks has been an…

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    that had moved this exact piece of crust over exceptionally long periods of time to be situated inland, adjacent to a river, to where it is in the present day. Taking on Geology was a decision I made based on my thorough enjoyment and fascination of the physical aspect of geography at GCSE, particularly learning about volcanoes, earthquakes and the mighty forces that shape the planet to what it has become today. My curiosity about plate tectonics and rock formations led me to segue from…

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    and space, has also sparked heated debates between different social and geological sciences, specifically the disciplines of Archaeology and Geology. Environmental archaeology has contributed to the defining of the lines surrounding this heavily debated epoch through the…

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    Mars Geology

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    A recent study on Mars’s geology causes a paradigm shift to researchers’ perspective of the red planet. Felsic rocks that thought to not exist on Mars are now identified. Overall, these findings alter the understanding of the geologic complexity and magmatic activity of Mars. Prior knowledge of Mars’s geology was rather simple; consisting of one type of rock formation in contrast to Earth’s diverse and complex geology. Felsic rocks such as granite, are common in subduction zones on Earth (Wray…

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    science? The purpose of science is to learn more about our world. To learn what earth is made of, how it started, and how things work. This is the importance of science. One very important part of science is Earth Science, learning about the Earth and beyond. Careers in geology In earth science there are 5 branches, one particular branch is geology, the study of earth, its structure substance, history and processes. Five careers in geology are paleontologists, volcanologists,…

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    granting him the freedom to pursue a life of relentless research that would primarily focus on geology (Broadie, 2007). His experimental research lead to the publication of documents, such as Theory of the Earth and manuscript The Elements of Agriculture, that would present controversial and ground breaking ideas for their time. Geology was his true passion and his relentless research lead to the theories known today as uniformitarianism and deep time. At the time of their publication, these…

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    marine fossils. Starting in the Himalaya’s, it is written in: “Exploring Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology, “Marine fossils are also found high in the Himalayas, the world’s tallest mountain range, reaching up to 29,029 feet (8,848 m) above sea level.” These fossils are found on the top of the highest mountains in the world. Coiled marine cephalopods which are fossil ammonites are one example that proves aquatic life was at one time in Nepal of South Asia. Furthermore, fossils and…

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    sandwich that, according to Bird, the Farallon Plate had dragged away. When the chemists checked the neodymium, however, the rocks proclaimed that the mantle lithosphere is very much intact. The evidence was compelling; many of Bird's colleagues abandoned his version of the Laramide orogeny. "Peter is pretty much a party of one at this point," Humphreys says. His model "is very well reasoned, but it hasn't held up with the observations." To replace the Bird model, geologists have devised new…

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    Abbylyn Sessions Professor Livingston Geology 1100 28 August 2016 Fantasy Field Trip Just outside of Custer, South Dakota is a hidden geological treasure: Jewel Cave. Jewel Cave has over 181.89 miles in mapped passageways making it the third longest cave in the world (United States. National Park Service). The formation is lined with calcite crystals creating a beautiful view inside. Jewel cave is a geologic wonder that would make a great field trip. A field trip to Jewel cave would allow the…

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    Mary Anning Research Paper

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    “She sells sea shells down by the sea shore”, is a famous nursery rhyme well known by society today. This tongue twister is about the fossil collector Mary Anning. Mary became well known for the discovery of new species of fossil and contributions to the field of planetology . Anning would sell her fossils down by the sea shore to collectors and scientists, as way to make a living . She was not fully recognized during her lifetime for her work because of her low social class and gender. Anning…

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