I just got done taking my second semester of geology courses. I have 2 more to go and I realized I'm really into Structural Geology. I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction regarding some literature that may be beneficial about structural geology in general, and the lifestyle of a structural geologist.
Oil companies like geologists of any kind, so you could try working for one of those. In all geo-jobs you do need a wide range of skills, so don't neglect other kinds of geology
Of course you could do research - that involves a PhD (possibly a Masters too) and then getting post-doc work before becoming a lecturer. It's not easy and competition is fierce.
As for literature, Twiss & Moore's was the one I read as an undergrad...
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Not too sure on the "lifestyle" of a structural geologist, but I guess you could be a mapper (see for example the BGS: http://www.bgs.ac.uk/scripts/showitem/home.cfm?cat=5 they don't have anything at the moment, but they do have a lot of mapping geologists: http://www.bgs.ac.uk/About/ourStaff.html)
Oil companies like geologists of any kind, so you could try working for one of those. In all geo-jobs you do need a wide range of skills, so don't neglect other kinds of geology
Of course you could do research - that involves a PhD (possibly a Masters too) and then getting post-doc work before becoming a lecturer. It's not easy and competition is fierce.
As for literature, Twiss & Moore's was the one I read as an undergrad...
Geologists are gneiss!!