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Photos from Kilve Pre-sessional field trip 2007
Fascinated by volcanoes, astonished by dinosaurs, or concerned about the future of the Earth?
The Earth Sciences include these topics and more - in fact everything to do with the way the earth, oceans and atmosphere work, and about their history since the origin of the Earth.

Montage of geological photos
We teach programmes in Geology, Environmental Geoscience, Palaeontology and Evolution, Geology/Biology, and Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. The programmes are stimulating, up-to-the minute, broadbased, and an ideal training for a wide array of jobs in the industrial, economic, media, education and research sectors.

 Geology is the study of the Earth, its history, materials and processes. It ranges from the search for underground sources of water, oil and gas to investigation of the beginnings of life on the Earth and the origin of the planet 4,600 million years ago.

There is also a growing awareness and interest in the science behind many environmental issues. Environmental Geoscience investigates the interactions of the atmosphere, the hydrosphere and the oceans with the solid Earth

Palaeontology is the study of the life of the past, and the degree programmes cover all the basic earth sciences and biology you need, as well as advanced courses on lab techniques, dinosaurs, human evolution and research.

The importance of Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences has been highlighted by astonishing research findings, and endless TV programmes. Taught with the archaeologists in Bristol, you learn how to excavate sites, how to use geophysics and geochemistry in interpreting sites and artefacts, and how ancient peoples used natural resources.

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