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O*NET detailed work activityResearch geological features or processes
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Part of Research issues related to earth sciences, under the O*NET work activity group Getting Information. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 5 AI-assist, 0 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Investigate the composition, structure, or history of the Earth's crust through the collection, examination, measurement, or classification of soils, minerals, rocks, or fossil remains.
- Study soil characteristics to classify soils on the basis of factors such as geographic location, landscape position, or soil properties.
- Conduct geological or geophysical studies to provide information for use in regional development, site selection, or development of public works projects.
- Participate in geological, geophysical, geochemical, hydrographic, or oceanographic surveys, prospecting field trips, exploratory drilling, well logging, or underground mine survey programs.
- Research geomechanical or geochemical processes to be used in carbon sequestration projects.