他曾是佐治亚大学的地质学客座教授。
He was visiting professor of geology at the University of Georgia.
起初他学建筑，但后来转到地质学。
At first he studied architecture, but later he switched to geology.
经典地质学从牛顿那里借用了一个决定性的前提——地球过程独立于任何天文环境。
Classical geology borrowed a decisive, if unspoken, premise from Newton—the independence of Earth's processes from any astronomical context.
后来，他又自学了地质学；24岁的时候，他开始为那家挖掘英格兰南部的萨默塞特煤炭运河的公司工作。
He then proceeded to teach himself geology, and when he was twenty-four, he went to work for the company that was excavating the Somerset Coal Canal in the south of England.
宇宙学、地质学和生物学对所发生的事情提供了一致的、统一的和不断改进的解释。
Cosmology, geology, and biology have provided a consistent, unified, and constantly improving account of what happened.
丘陵和山脉通常被认为是永恒的象征，成功抵御着自然的破坏力量，但其实它们从地质学角度讲往往是相对短暂的。
Hills and mountains are often regarded as the epitome of permanence, successfully resisting the destructive forces of nature, but in fact they tend to be relatively short-lived in geological terms.
正如我说过的，接下来的几周，我们将以更广泛的视角来研究地质学。
So for several weeks like I said we'll be addressing geology from a wider perspective.
从他的听众和分析报告中，他了解到，只有2到3个同学对地质学涉猎较深。
From his audience and analysis, he learned that only 2 or 3 of his classmates knew much of anything about geology.
1815年，他出版了第一张现代地质学地图——《英格兰、威尔士及部分苏格兰地区地层地图》，这张地质地图绘制得非常精确，直到现在仍有参考价值。
In 1815 he published the first modern geological map, "A Map of the Strata of England and Wales with a Part of Scotland", a map so meticulously researched that it can still be used today.
1831年，史密斯最终被伦敦地质学会认可为“英国地质学之父”，这不仅是因为他的地图，而且是为了其他更重要的原因。
In 1831 when Smith was finally recognized by the Geological Society of London as the "father of English geology", it was not only for his maps but also for something even more important.
可是我对地质学更感兴趣。
这儿和现在是被天文学和地质学定义的。
据他们在《地质学》杂志中的报告，这些斑点宽不过13毫米，长不过17厘米。
These markings, they report in Geology, are up to 13mm wide and up to 17cm long.
里德先生在大学主修海洋地质学，但他却在一家制造大理石手工艺品的公司上班。
Mr. Reid majored in Marine geology at college, but he worked in a firm that manufactured marble handicrafts.
天文学、地质学、人类历史、火灾生态学都在项目主题的常规清单上。
Astronomy, geology, human history, fire ecology are on the regular schedule of program topics.
弗雷德有广泛的地质学背景知识。
因此，CARA采用基于地质学的概率理论分析与同类建模。
Therefore, the CARA relied on a probabilistic methodology of geological analysis and analog modeling.
工业规模采矿、建水坝、砍伐和农业，以及大气中的碳浓度上升和海洋中的氮浓度增高都是明显的地质学标记。
The geological signal will be clear from industrial-scale mining, damming, deforestation and agriculture, as well as the concentration of carbon in the atmosphere and nitrates in the oceans.
如果了解地质学，这种结构将非常直观、普遍并且相对容易构造。
This structure is intuitive, common, and relatively easy to construct if you have an understanding of geology.
但是这是个独特的个案，因为对这个时代的正式认可所产生的重要影响要超出地质学领域范围。
But, in this unusual case, formal recognition of the epoch could have wider significance beyond the geology community.
查尔斯达尔文在读过查尔斯 ·莱尔的《地质学原理》之后，草草地在书的最后一页写道：“如果这是真的，愿理论一路走好。”
When Charles Darwin was done reading Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology, he scribbled on the last page, "if this were true[,] adios theory.
慕尼黑，德国：我的地质学课本写道，一种预测地震的方法是观察动物(比如马)的异常行为。
Munich, Germany: According to my old geology textbook, one method of predicting earthquakes was recognizing nervous behavior in animals such as horses.
地质学是最重要的地球科学。
如果我们确实迈进了新的世，那么是什么时候开始的，什么时候人类的影响会达到地质学重要意义的程度？
If we have indeed entered a new epoch, then when exactly did it begin? When did human impacts rise to the level of geologic significance?
除了她必修的文学课之外，艾玛本学期还选了地质学。
In addition to her literature course load, Emma is taking a geology class this semester.
除了她必修的文学课之外，艾玛本学期还选了地质学。
In addition to her literature course load, Emma is taking a geology class this semester.
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