 |  | What Does a Geologist Do?
Learn about the interesting work of geologists in two short videos about the relevance of geology today.
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 | | What is Earth Science? It is the study of Earth and its neighbors in space. It includes geology, astronomy, meteorology & oceanography. |
 | | Diamond: Articles, news, videos, production data, graphs, and information related to gem and industrial diamond worldwide. |
 | | Marcellus Shale: The most overlooked resource in the eastern United States! |
 | | Roadside Geology Guides:
Learn about the geology of your favorite state as seen along the highway. Filled with maps, photos, park locations and detailed descriptions. Get one before your next trip. |
 | | Herkimer Diamonds: Learn how to find these doubly terminated quartz crystals at Herkimer, NY. |
 | | Volcanoes! A page that links to all of our volcano articles and to the best volcano information that we could find. |
 | | The Many Uses of Gold: Learn how the unique properties of gold make it extremely suited for a large number of industrial uses. |
 | | Mount Vesuvius: Photos, maps, eruption history, geologic hazards, plate tectonics and more. By Jessica Ball. |
 | | Diamonds from Coal? Diamonds form under a variety of conditions that rarely involve coal as a source of carbon. |
 | | Uses of Copper: One of the first metals widely used by people. Now it is used in almost every industry around the world. |
 | | Landslides: A USGS fact sheet explains different types of landslides and the kind of events that might trigger them. |
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| Geology Field Camp will probably be the most challenging and rewarding course of your undergraduate education. |
 | | Sand Dunes on Titan: A moon of Saturn has enormous sand dunes with grains composed of solid hydrocarbon. |
 | | The Selenga River in Asia delivers most of the water to Lake Baikal, the largest and deepest freshwater lake in the world. |
 | | Update: Utica Shale: New wells in eastern Ohio prove that the Utica Shale will be a major source of natural gas and natural gas liquids. |
 | | US Diamond Mines: The US imports nearly 100% of its gem diamonds but some potential exists for a domestic diamond mine. |
 | | Spectacular Fossils of the Green River Formation. Some of the world's best-preserved fossil fish from an intermountain lake. |
 | | Wembo-Nyama Crater: a circular feature in the Democratic Republic of Congo that could be an enormous impact site. |
 | | Elastic Rebound Theory: This video explains the elastic rebound theory and how it applies to San Andreas Fault earthquakes. |
 | | Earth's Internal Heat: About half of Earth's heat is produced by the decay of radioactive materials in the mantle and core. |
 | | Salton Sea Earthquakes: Once a large lake fed by the Colorado River, flooding and sedimentation may have triggered earthquakes. |
 | | Pyroclastic Flow at Shiveluch Volcano was captured in false-color and thermal images by NASA satellites. |
 | | World at Night satellite image reveals geographic patterns of economic activity through the luminosity of land areas. |
 | | Mapping Giant Fjords: Ice-penetrating radar is used to map some of Earth's largest fjords beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. |
 | | Olivine Rain: Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered a rain of tiny olivine crystals falling down on protostar HOPS-68 in Orion. |
 | | Tohoku-Oki Earthquake: Researchers share new information about the mechanics of Magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake. |
 | | Subsurface Magma Ocean beneath Jupiter's moon Io produces 100x the magma erupted from all of Earth's volcanoes combined. |
 | | Uses of Lead: The soft, castable metal that has been used by humans for a variety of purposes for more than 5000 years. |
 | | Shale Gas Resources are being developed in all parts of the world. This article summarizes the world distribution of shale gas. |
 | | Eagle Ford Shale: One of the most recently developed natural gas shales. It also yields significant amounts of condensate and oil. |
 | | Opals: Gem quality opal is one of the most spectacular gemstones. A single stone can flash with every color of the spectrum. |
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 | | Geology Dictionary:
Look up definitions in our free geology dictionary. Hundreds of geology term definitions at your fingertips. |
 | | Uses of Granite: The rock used for everything from kitchen counters to street curbing to the facing stone of skyscrapers. |
 | | Homeowners Insurance: The typical homeowners policy does't cover natural hazards. It is simply a fire and liability policy. |
 | | Expansive Soil: Causes more damage than earthquakes, floods, hurricanes & tornadoes combined. |
 | | Limestone: The most versatile rock - it is used in cement, food, paint, paper, drugs, concrete, roofing, plastic and more. |
 | | REEs: Special metals used in cell phones, magnets, DVDs, batteries, polishes, catalysts & many other in-demand products. |
 | | Mount Rainier: One of our Nation's most dangerous volcanoes is capable of producing deadly lahars and pyroclastic flows. |
 | | Gold: A survey of how gold has been an important metal for thousands of years. Learn about uses, prospecting, mining, more. |
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