Geologist

As a geologist, academically trained scientists and technicians are designated dealing professional or private initiative with the geology and related sciences or with their technical application.

Work areas

The main fields of geologists are

Name of discipline

Until the 19th century, geologists often referred to as Geognostiker - and this, although the term appeared geology in the modern sense in 1778 when Jean -André Deluc and shortly afterwards by Horace - Bénédict de Saussure ( 1740-1799 ) has been established as a fixed term.

Significant geologists

See the list of geologists with alphabetically -ordered list of famous or outstanding geologists and geoscientists.