How to Use geology in a Sentence

geology

noun
  • The guides will tell you all about the geology, history, and ecology of the park.
    Ashley Dunne, Sunset Magazine, 1 June 2022
  • Like the geology of my new home, I was formed in a space where differences converged.
    David Wright Faladé, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022
  • The full impact of life on geology, however, can be easy to miss.
    Quanta Magazine, 1 July 2022
  • Bristling with cutter teeth, the head can cut through a variety of geology.
    Arkansas Online, 17 July 2022
  • Kenneth Chang has been at The Times since 2000, writing about physics, geology, chemistry, and the planets.
    Hari Kumar, New York Times, 14 July 2023
  • Researchers are eager to learn more about the history of the solar system from the Moon’s geology.
    Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Jack Szostak is trying to understand how life could have emerged from non-life, from chemistry and physics and geology.
    Quanta Magazine, 1 June 2022
  • One reason fossils are so prevalent on the island is due to its unique geology.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 14 July 2023
  • This compelling signet ring is a tribute to the designer’s homeland of Chile, the verdant landscapes and geology of the Andes.
    Kate Matthams, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The rover has been collecting data about Mars's geology and past climate for two years.
    Zoe Wells, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Each tasting was a lesson in geology and the subtle differences in flavor stemming from aspect to the sun and blue slate or red slate.
    Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The mission plans to do this by flying past Europa nearly 50 times to study the moon’s icy shell, its surface’s geology and its subsurface ocean.
    Ali M. Bramson, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Even before setting her feet down in geology, Gardner in the middle of radical change in the sciences.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2023
  • At each of its 10 stops, Lucy will map the asteroid’s size, color and surface geology; assess its mass and density; and check for any rings.
    Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Read on for Santos’s primer on kitchen geology, plus his expert tips on selecting the right surface.
    Sam Cochran, Bon Appétit, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Her interest in soil was piqued by her degree in geology.
    Mary Berube, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2022
  • John Shelton, 25, was a Brigham Young geology student fluent in Spanish from a two-year church mission.
    John Branch, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The Apollo astronauts explored the area’s lava landscape and learned the basics of volcanic geology in preparation for trips to the moon.
    Lisa Davis, USA TODAY, 26 June 2022
  • Afterward, the Trailside Discovery Camp group sampled the water quality in the lake and hiked to the beach to learn about local geology.
    Loren Holmes, Anchorage Daily News, 2 June 2022
  • Croatia and its neighbors sit on top of a patch of unusual geology where the vast heat at the center of the world has an especially easy time coming close to the surface.
    Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Every find is plotted, from a shard of pottery to a cannon; currents are modeled, and seabed geology is assessed.
    Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2022
  • The massive temblors are a consequence of the region’s geology.
    Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The measures look like a weird puzzle of contrasting geology.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Otherwise geology seemed to me the sour gray aunt of science, a pastime for people put off by the charm and character of actual living things.
    Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • This recharge depends on an area’s geology, Fairfax said, but research has shown that once beavers occupy a stream, there is a local rise in the water table.
    Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Aliaga spent time in the military, worked for a telephone company and at the age of 25, immigrated to Germany to study geology.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Aliaga spent time in the military, worked for a telephone company and, at the age of 25, immigrated to Germany to study geology.
    The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Over the course of nine days in 2018, dozens of volunteers helped to shape the sculpture while other visitors started conversations to learn about the artwork and geology.
    Eva Amsen, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The basin has areas where the geology may be suitable for carbon sequestration.
    Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 July 2023
  • But their fieldstone walls disappeared west of the Hudson River Valley owing to the constraints of geology.
    Robert Thorson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Nov. 2023

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