geochemist
- noun
- /ˌdʒiːoʊˈkɛmɪst/
- Specialized
- Geochemists noted that some chemical characteristics of mare basalt lavas were complementary to the chemistry of highland anorthosites.
Examples
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German-Canadian geochemist Jan Veizer creates an ocean temperature record spanning over 500 million years by analyzing oxygen isotope ratios in fossil strata.
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The geochemists hypothesized that, as the sun heated up, this weathering could have effectively removed enough CO2 from the air to maintain climatic stability.
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This hypothesis, however, has been challenged by Harvard University geochemist Heinrich Holland.
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To be certain, geochemists need samples from basins that were clearly not affected by the Imbrium event.
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The lecture is named for Dr. Tsaihwa J. Chow, a geochemist with a long association with Scripps who died in 2006.
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Some geochemists argue that the sites of the Apollo landings were all reworked by the immense impact that created the Imbrium basin.
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In 1998, a research team led by geochemist Steve Weiner of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel came to Zhoukoudian to look at the question of Peking Man's use of fire.
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Malcolm McCulloch is a prominent geochemist studying the chemical processes of the Earth.
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Kevin Uno, a leading geochemist at Columbia University, focuses on innovative dating techniques for geological samples.
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New findings by Brown University geochemists reveal significant variations in the Earth's mantle composition.
Surface Forms
Morphology
geochemist = chemist (transparent) = geo + chem + ist
The word is transparently built from the combining form 'geo-' meaning earth and the base 'chemist', with the professional meaning following standard English word-formation.
Etymology
The word geochemist combines the root geo- meaning 'earth', as in geography, and chemist, which is like chemistry. So, a geochemist is a scientist who studies the chemicals and materials of the Earth.