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Welcome to WikiProject Geology, a collaboration area and group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of geology. For more information on WikiProjects in general, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject and the Guide to WikiProjects.
Goals
- This WikiProject aims to enhance information on geology.
Scope
- All articles included in the Category:Geology technically fall within the scope of this project. We acknowledge and are grateful for the efforts of other projects dealing with specific areas of geology, such as Wikipedia:WikiProject Volcanoes, and will focus this project's attention primarily on those articles which do not fall within the scope of any of these related projects.
Open tasks and guidelines
- Tag the talk pages of all articles with which this project will directly deal with the {{WikiProject Geology}} banner.
- Tag the talk pages of any new articles with {{WikiProject Geology}} so can be automatically added to the articles page.
- Add |needs-infobox=yes and |attention=yes to the tag template as needed.
- Monitor Category:Geology articles needing infoboxes and Category:Geology articles needing attention.
- See Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles.
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Participants
| User | Areas of interest | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Sushant gupta (talk · contribs) | Evolution of Earth | i'll try my best to contribute |
| Warlordjohncarter (talk · contribs) | primarily project maintenance activities | rather overextended, but will help where I can |
| Geologyguy (talk · contribs) | General, vandal patrol | Will try to add content |
| Climberdave (talk · contribs) | Well geology really I guess | Capable of adding and updating on previous topic, little new to the whole creating pages thing |
| Blueschist (talk · contribs) | metamorphic petrology, geochronology, geochemistry, subduction zones...and general stuff | it's tough to dedicate time since I'm busy at work, but I watch these pages plus lots of rock stuff. I'll look around for a page needing attention. |
| Zamphuor (talk · contribs) | General, with some leaning towards "soft rocks" and stuff related to impact cratering | Don't have much time to devote, but hope to be periodically active |
| Tillman (talk · contribs) | Economic geology, geochemistry, mining geology, history of geology & mining | I've been adding some new pages, and have recently cleaned up and added to the
List of geologists. I'll continue to be active as time permits. |
| MeanStreets (talk · contribs) | I'm currently working in the petoleum industry, just graduated uni with a geology degree, geophysics, sedimentology, seismology, plate tech, petroleum play, | i'm busy finding that oil but i have some free time at weekends. ask me to do something and i'll probably say yes. |
| Hike395 (talk · contribs) | American cordillera | I've helped write some general overview articles. |
| Solarapex (talk · contribs) | Project maintenance activities | My apologies to the members for calling for the creation of this project and doing nothing. Tragic events pulled out my attention from Wikipedia. Thanks to Warlordjohncarter for picking up. |
| mav (talk · contribs) | Geology of the various provinces and parks of North America | Written most of the geology of U.S. national parks articles along with some articles on American volcanoes and provinces. Would like to help get all eon and period articles to GA/FA quality. Long term: help get all geology-related topics listed at WP:VITAL featured. |
| Think outside the box (Talk - Contribs) | all | |
| Mikenorton (talk · contribs) | Structural geology mainly, also Petroleum geology | Happy to be involved as a contributor, like many others a bit short of time; prepared to have a go at producing diagrams to illustrate articles. |
| Snoop0x7b (talk · contribs) | Igneous petrology and some soil geochemistry | |
| AstroHurricane001 (talk · contribs) | Sourcing and additions to extant articles, some creation | |
| Bejnar (talk · contribs) | History of Geology, New Mexico, volcanoes, biography, Quaternary, | overextended as well, but please feel free to ask for factual sourcing as I am near a good geology library |
| Graeme Bartlett (talk · contribs) | Ediacaran and Australian region | |
| Eve Hall (talk · contribs) | Volcanology, remote sensing, geophysics | Will probably mostly end up vandal-swatting, but will try to contribute when I can. |
| arkuat (talk · contribs) | Primarily interested in geologic timescale and history of Earth. | Curious but not knowledgeable about theories of petroleum origin. |
| Qyd (talk · contribs) | Oil and gas, soft rock, stratigraphy | Would like to start a wikiatlas of stratigraphy for WCSB |
| Emperorbma (talk · contribs) | Mainly to help bring the Geologic timeline project under the umbrella of this project. | |
| Verisimilus (talk · contribs) | Early life, macroevolution, palæontology (except dinosaurs). Templates a speciality. | There's so much work to be done under this project, and so little time... |
| Kaleksic (talk · contribs) | Planetary Geology, Impact cratering | |
| GeoWriter (talk · contribs) | most topics especially volcanoes | |
| PalaeoMal (talk · contribs) | Quaternary (s.l.) geology; molluscan palaeontology and biostratigrahy; mainly phocussing on Europe and the North Sea Basin. | I can mainly be found at the Dutch wikipedia but will be happy to contribute here now and than as well; In real life I am a professional molluscan palaeontologist (Pliocene and Quaternary). |
| Plazak (talk · contribs) | Petroleum and mining | Working oil geologist, have worked in mineral exploration and groundwater |
| Seorwz (talk · contribs) | Geophysics, Planetary Science | PhD in Geophysics, Currently working on Mars' articles |
| Alison Troup (talk · contribs) | Geology in general, volcanoes, Precambrian geology | 3rd year undergrad student. Thought I'd try and lend a hand |
| jstuby (talk · contribs) | Geophysics, Carbonates, Stratigraphy, Palaeontology, regional geology | Professional Geologist working in MD, contributed articles on Pennsylvania Geology, edited many others |
| tharikrish (talk · contribs) | Open Source tools in geology, mineral exploration, uranium explotation, uranium metallogeny | Geologist, working on List of uranium mines |
| Black Tusk (talk · contribs) | Geologic history, Precambrian geology, rocks, volcanoes, rifting, faulting, anything I guess. | Made numerous volcano and some rift articles. Currently working on Canadian and Cascade volcanoes. |
| Evolauxia (talk · contribs) | Earth history, planetary science, Earth system science, geosphere-atmosphere interactions, geophysics | Am an atmospheric scientist with an interest in synthesis of earth system connections |
| Rocksanddirt (talk · contribs) | Rocks and Dirt.... | Hi, I'm fairly new to wiki editing, and don't have much time, but I'll help out when I can! |
| Jmpenzone (talk · contribs) | Sedimentology, Historical Geology, Paleobotonay & Climatology | I'm trying to create consice articles on the basic geology of each state (mostly east coast). I'm also trying to create rock formation articles. |
| Hydrogen Iodide (talk · contribs) | Mountains, lakes, volcanoes, etc.... | Attending college. |
| NerdyNSK (talk · contribs) | General Geology, geology of other planets, geology of Venus, planetary science, Geologic history | Amateur, very limited training in planetary science |
| M&NCenarius (talk · contribs) | Amateur. | |
| drillerguy (talk · contribs) | Applied geology, regional NA geology, increasing general public comprehension of geologic topics, interaction with diverse contributors to interdisciplinary articles. I strive to add what I can to make articles technically precise, but just/more importantly, understandable to an interested, curious lay public. Try to add refs where I can. | Professional geologist in Minnesota, licensed driller, CPT contractor and consultant. 25 years experienced (or worn down). Also contribute to related (and unrelated) projects (civil engineering, etc.) |
| Fossiliferous (talk · contribs) | Volcanology, Geochemistry, Geodynamics, Mineralogy, Geomorphology and History of Geology | Just started my Phd and have a lot of time on my hands whilst doing lit review and waiting for things to kick off. I'll try my best to contribute as time permits. Let me know where I can help! |
| Seddon69 (talk · contribs) | geology type stuff | Just finished my a-level geology hoping to go to university to read geology |
| Tim Ross (talk · contribs) | invertebrate paleontology, but bits and pieces of everything else, as well | background in both geology and biology, will look around to see the best way I can help out |
| Andrew_Benson (talk · contribs) | Organic and isotope geochemistry. Tracing environmental pollution. Sedimentary geology emphasis on tectono-stratgraphic basin development. | |
| Geologician (talk · contribs) | Geological processes in the Earth's crust. | Just became aware of this Geology WikiProject. Wide range of geological interests. Have already been contributing in this and other fields of personal interest. |
| Professor Chaos (talk · contribs) | I'm interested in all geology in general, but I especially like glaciers, volcanoes, and debunking global warming myths. | I'm a geology student, just getting started. I figure a great study aid is to look at and add to whatever Wikipedia article pertains to what I'm focusing on at the moment. |
| Mike Durcanin (talk · contribs) | Structural Geology, Extensional Tectonics, Salt Tectonics, Analog Modeling, Rift Basin Development...and general stuff | it's tough to dedicate time since I'm busy at work, but I will try to add some references and help edit some of the already posted material in rift system/extensional stuff category. |
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Templates
The following templates are used by this project:
| Template | Result | Usage |
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| {{geology-stub}} or {{geol-stub}} |
Plus inclusion in Category:Geology stubs. |
Stub articles relating to geology |
Other related templates that may need to be organized:
| Template | Result | Usage | ||
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| {{geologist-stub}} |  This biographical article about a geologist is a stub. You can help the Wikiproject, WikiProject Geology, by expanding it. |
Stub articles relating to geologists. | ||
| {{mineral-stub}} |
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Stub articles relating to minerals. | ||
| {{crater-stub}} | Stub articles relating to extraterrestrial geological features. | |||
| {{paleontologist-stub}} | Stub articles relating to paleontologists. | |||
| {{paleo-stub}} |
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Stub articles relating to paleontology. | ||
| {{petrology-stub}} | Stub articles relating to petrology. |
Geologic timescale templates (may need to be organized): See: Template:Cenozoic Footer
Categorization
The root category for this WikiProject is Category:Geology. Please place any and all new articles in the appropriate category or subcategory.
The following subcategories are suggested
- Astrobiology/Biogeology - Category:Astrobiology
- Economic geology - Category:Economic geology
- Engineering geology
- Geochemistry - Category:Geochemistry
- Geochronology - Category:Geochronology
- Geodesy
- Geology by country Category:Geology by country
- Geomorphology - Category:Geomorphology
- Geophysics - Category:Geophysics
- Hydrogeology
- Mineralogy - Category:Mineralogy
- Petroleum geology
- Sedimentology - Category:Sedimentology
- Stratigraphy - Category:Stratigraphy
- Structural geology - Category:Structural geology
- Paleontology - Category:Paleontology
- Petrology - Category:Petrology
- Planetary geology/Astrogeology/Impact Geology - Category:Planetary geology
- Impact events - Category:Impact events
- Lunar science - Category:Lunar science
- Seismology - Category:Seismology
- Volcanology - Category:Volcanology
- Tectonics - Category:Tectonics
The existing geology category tree can be seen here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CategoryTree?target=Geology&mode=categories&dotree=Show+Tree
Departments
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Geology/Assessment - the assessment unit. Please use it also as a worklist.
Recognized content
Featured articles
Good articles
- Bingham Canyon Mine is coming along nicely, mostly from the good work of User:Pitamakan
- Oil shale
- All good geology articles
Did you know (DYK)s
Resources
Articles in need of work
Near Featured Article status
Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event - Orangemarlin has done a ton of work to get close. Nominated now, it's in the que.
Near Good Article status
The following articles are almost ready for GA-nomination - if someone wants to put in a little work they could take them there!
- Cambrian explosion is half-way to becoming Good Articles and would benefit from some attention | Verisimilus T 11:48, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
- Snowball Earth - a detailed article that could be made into a GA with a little work - help appreciated! Verisimilus T 18:56, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
- Eocene is very nearly GA status, and is included in the 2006 Wikipedia CD Selection. A little work would take it up to the required level! Verisimilus T 22:51, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
- Ice age - a comprehensive article, needs considerable honing
- Carnian - very close.
- Impact event - Good content but needs a lot of tidy-up.
Other articles
- Pages needing attention (Geology)
- Subduction currently okay, however structure of the article needs work. Also lacks information regarding theories of subduction initiation which strikes me as a neccessary addition. As stated on the talk page the current graphic is incorrect (even though it appears to be supplied by the USGS) I'm currently working on a replacement but its going to take a little more time (finals for the next 2 weeks) ClimberDave 10:32, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
- I'm currently working on setting up a Geology of Cyprus article, this will hopefully then lead onto articles about Transform Faults, Obduction, Ophiolite and Messinian Salinity Crisis. Plus what ever else turns up. MeanStreets "...Chorizo..." 14:35, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
- I see most of these have been set up already; I'll look at adding some images from my fieldwork there. MeanStreets "...Chorizo..." 14:36, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
- Transform fault exists as well, using the singular. Cheers Geologyguy 02:46, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
- I see most of these have been set up already; I'll look at adding some images from my fieldwork there. MeanStreets "...Chorizo..." 14:36, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
- There is only indirectly an article for talus (scree) and no article for pediment (Wikipedia was still the first hit for pediment though, because of the classical kind (pediment) ). I came to find out the difference between the two and saw the absence. 65.96.190.159 13:30, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
- Geoforecasting - appears to be a stub with the top-priority.
- Ring of Gullion AONB - some of my family live near by so I was having a read up, the article is a little weird I briefly spoke with Prof. G. Fitton about the structure a year or two back and from that I was lead to believe that the structure was simply an excellent example of a Ring Dyke resulting from Caldera collapse not "practically unique globally ..[sic]..when a collision of two massive plates may have dislodged into the earth’s mantle an enormous pluton that had intruded into the bottom of the crust at this point". The structure certainly isn't a compressional one but hopefully someone else may have a little more time or knowledge to figure it out. ClimberDave 14:43, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
- Possibly sourced from this goverment website so maybe there is some truth in the article, http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/landscape/designated-areas/aonb/aonb_mourne/aonb_mourne_geology.htm ClimberDave 14:48, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
- Clay - The topic is deceptively simple, but the article is not, it is just simplistic. Drillerguy 15:15, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
- Effective Porosity I came across this article doing wikify work for Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikify and I didn't even know where to begin here. The article is so jargony and rambling that I can't make heads or tails of it enough to help clean it up. It seems like a good topic, but I cannot pull enough information out of it to even write an effective lead section. Someone with some expertise in this area needs to do some serious work here. --Jayron32|talk|contribs 16:50, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Stubs
As of April 30, 2007 the following categories contained:
- Category:Geology stubs - ~1000 articles
- Category:Geologist stubs - 296 articles
- Category:Paleontologist stubs - 107 articles
- Category:Glaciology stubs - 48 articles
- Category:Mineral stubs - ~800 articles
- Category:Paleontology stubs - ~620 articles + 6 subcategories
- Category:Geologist stubs - 296 articles
