The cattle drive took many months, during which time he learned to live outdoors for extended periods and developed frontier skills that would prove valuable in later years as he worked as a field geologist.
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"You can think of each rover as a robotic field geologist, equipped to reach the geologic record at its landing site and to learn what the conditions were like back when the rocks and soils were formed, " he said.
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Baxter Adams, an ex-oil field geologist and a former cattle rancher, proudly points out several species of native plants and trees growing between a rugged limestone canyon wall and a small creek that is as lovely as its name suggests.
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With a small bottle of acid to test for carbonate of lime, a knife to ascertain the hardness of rocks and minerals, and a pocket lens to magnify their structure, the field geologist is rarely at a loss to what group a rock belongs.
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Dutton was a close associate of John Wesley Powell, G . K . Gilbert, and William Henry Holmes at the USGS . He was an energetic and effective field geologist : in 1875-1877 Dutton's field party mapped of the high plateaus of southern Utah, an area of rugged topography and poor access.
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After three years in the Army, he graduated from University College, Swansea ( now Swansea University ) in 1949 . He joined the Institute of Geological Sciences ( now the British Geological Survey ) where he rose through the ranks from field geologist in Scotland to Assistant Director for Northern England and Wales, based in Leeds.
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After completing his education, Mourdock took a position as a field geologist with AMAX Coal Company and was working as Surface Mine Geology Project Coordinator the time of his departure from the company in 1979 . From 1979 to 1984, Mourdock was employed by Standard Oil of Ohio as a senior geologist and ultimately became chief geologist for the company.
