Some geologists falsely believed heat from the waste could melt surrounding rock and form a radioactive volcano.

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Current estimates put the combined bitumen in these deposits at 1.7 trillion barrels, and some geologists believe more field work will jack that number up a fair bit further.

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Indeed, some geologists think it is physically impossible.

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Perhaps some enterprising geologists should take some time away from their seismic logs to look at the history books.

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All the children departed with a big bag of fossils and minerals, and hopefully some left as budding geologists!

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Basically, to assess mineral content the geologists drill some holes and assay the ore for potash exploring percentage of mineral content as well as the thickness of the pay zone.

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There, the geologists on board will acoustically measure the seabed some two kilometers below.

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Some tools were sandwiched in ash from the eruption of the Toba super-volcano in Indonesia that geologists can date very accurately to 74, 000 years ago.

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