Geologic Quotes

Yucca Mountain was recommended by the U.S. Geological Survey because of the attributes the site possesses including a stable geology, a deep water table, no one lives there, it's a desert environment and ... it's remote. - Allen Benson

With these cuts, the state now has little or no ability to help communities apply the scientific findings in ways that improve safety and reduce risk. It seems inconceivable that, living here in a region of such high geological hazard, we're dismantling the state's program for reducing that hazard. - Craig Weaver

With the geological advantages, the pipeline we are building would be a speedy and convenient shortcut to transport oil from Russia. - Tao Ran

Wind processes are the only active processes that we know are happening on Mars. They're short term geologically and occur...[but] they have shaped the landscape. - Patrick Whelley

We would start with the candidate sites that we looked at the first time and provide a map of the areas around the country that have the geological strata that would make those appropriate for second repositories. - Paul Golan

We know we're looking at a geologically active body whose surface is changing over time. Now we can begin to understand how and why these jets erupt. - Peter Schultz

We have a letter from the director of the U.S. Geological Survey to the Energy Department supporting the site recommendation. It supports going ahead. - Allen Benson

We got 250 people out of there in U.S. Geological Survey boats. - Greg Smith

Water is, to the best of our knowledge, the key building block of life. If we can find it on Mars, it would help us glue together the geologic history of Mars and help us find out if there ever was life on Mars. - Eric Hayne