Personal Statement Geology

My undergraduate degree is in Geophysical Sciences, which is a mixture of geology, mathematics, physics and chemistry. In the geological part of the degree, we were exposed to various kinds of geology practical skills, such as lab petrology, drawing stereonets, reading geological maps, describing rocks and minerals and so much more. Apart from geology, we were taught on how to solve mathematical problems that were relevant to the degree such as modelling environmental processes, physical motions and seismicity.

I had the chance to work on the field in Caistor, an ancient Roman City in Norfolk as part of my undergraduate degree. I was trained on how to use various types of geophysical equipment. As part of the fieldwork, I worked with an amazing team for the seismic data acquisition, as it was labour intensive. We did the 2D seismic data processing and interpretation in the form of geological and geophysical analysis using the 2D seismic software. By doing fieldwork, it will help me gain experience and exposure to the real life duties of a geoscientist that are both very challenging and are also enjoyable. I am hoping to experience working in another fieldwork in the near future.

One of the academic skills that I have gained from my undergraduate degree is the use of MatLab software for programming. I used MatLab for my undergraduate dissertation to construct a program that produced Cumulative Seismic Moment graphs. With the help of the program, I managed to conclude my research in finding the maximum magnitude of an earthquake in San Andreas Fault, California and also determined the waiting time. Similarly, I did a MatLab programming project that modelled an environmental process that was the Tsunami. I successfully programmed the shoaling effect and also solved the shallow water wave equation numerically and modelled the tsunami in 1D and also 2D. I did a number of presentations throughout the degree and I also managed to learn the French language at the