In Dorset here we're actually in one of
the largest oil fields onshore in Europe.
These rocks here, which are about 200
million years or so old, record the
major environmental changes that have
taken place in the past. We could predict
using computer models now what's going
to happen in the future. It's important
to get out in the field because then you
get a real feel for it, it's very
different, it's not idealized and you
have to work it out for yourself and
doing that makes you about a geologist, I
think. Geology is a very diverse subject
that brings together all sorts of
different aspects of physics, of
chemistry, of biology. It is one of those
courses that shows you everything from
the basic geology, to the chemistry, to
the maths, to the mineralogy, to being
outdoors - you choose geotechnics you
choose geophysics you get a choice in
what your degree ends up being. The
course of Exeter does include fieldwork
right from the from the get-go. The
Cornwall campus is particularly well
placed for field geology, we have a
wonderful coastline around the campus
and so it's very easy to get into the
field and see rocks right from the
beginning
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