Science Careers: Geochemist. by Chandler Burns

Salary.

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- average salary is about $87,601 a year

- lowest salary is $76, 419

- highest salary is $114,292

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- examine the make-up of gases, rocks, and mineral deposits

- find out how minerals affect the surface of the Earth, the interior of the Earth, and the environment surrounding the minerals

- used for telling drilling companies where to drill.

- tell government how to prevent hillside erosion, and corruption

-inform mining companies where to mine, so that they don't contaminate any nearby water

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For this project, I used the following websites:

http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/careers/college-to-career/chemistry-careers/geochemistry.html

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- bachelor's degree.

- study full-time for four years.

- requirements inorganic chemistry, physical geology, and geochemistry, and math (calculus), physics.

- computer training also needed

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- protects environments

- tells government where not to drill to keep cities safe

- can predict occurrence of earthquakes

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- work with the crust of the earth

- study radioactivity in rocks to determine age

- analyze meteorites for clues about the chemical composition of solar system