<p>thats great Ophiolite, sounds like a fascinating dissertation area...enjoy it!.......also off topic: interesting note from my world.....I say this as a proud & somewhat biased geologist myself...over half the operations managers in my firm (diversified environmental consulting & engineering) have geology undergraduate degrees, vs the scientist & engineers that also constitute our technical work force.....I speculate that this is due to a geologist's ability (self-selecting by wanting to study such a subject) to use deductive reasoning, which seems to be a healthy attribute for management, at least at my firm. I always point this out when my fellow, cocky engineers get a bit uppity! (Scientists of other disciplines are usually a bit more humble!)</p>
<p>Papa Chicken:</p>
<p>Ahh yes...the ever-so-popular geologist/engineer scuffles...I personally think it's because geologists can appreciate that nature doesn't follow mathematical/statistical models in each and everyday situation. </p>
<p>As a result geologists also tend to be more realisitcally skeptical when it comess to analyzing results and thus takes into account every possible room for natural error to devise multiple plans of attack.</p>
<p>Glad to know there is another geologist around here :D</p>