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Julie,

Here is a humorous answer to your question (with a legitimate reference too)
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1060

TTFN
Tom

On Sep 17, 2010, at 2:20 PM, Julie Sexton wrote:

> Colleagues,
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> I am looking for a report, article, or other source of information that describes the percentage of time geoscientists in academia, industry, and government spend doing field work, office work, lab work, teaching, etc. So I would like to know the types of tasks geoscientists do at work and what percentage of a geoscientist's time is spent on each task. I realize that there is a lot of variability, so whatever info I can get would be helpful. Does anybody know of a report, article, or source that may have this information?
>  
> Thanks for your help.
>  
> Julie Sexton
> Research Associate
> University of Northern Colorado
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