238:(GSC) hired Belyea to become a technologist. Only a few years later, in 1947, she was promoted to the higher position of geologist. Her career within the GSC originated in Ottawa however, in the year 1950 she transferred to the Alberta, specifically the Calgary office. This made Belyea the second woman to work for the Geological Survey of Canada, second to Dr. Alice Wilson. During February of the same year, oil was struck in Leduc, Alberta, which Belyea was sent to monitor three years later in 1950. In Leduc, Belyea specifically studied the rock segments that were at the surface as a result of the oil drills. She used this information to map the geology to further predict where oil would likely be found. After the oil was struck at
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Western Canada, where she wrote maps and text for the whole
Devonian region. This was based on her work from the late 1950s on a geological survey that mapped the Southern Northwest Territories. She specifically contributed on the region west of Hay River and south of the Mackenzie, and her knowledge of the regional geology helped produce a synthesis for the Devonian rocks of that region. Other written works of Helen Belyea include her book "The Story of the Banff National Park" which was published in 1960. Being the first in a series of geological pamphlets, the 121 pages are intended for the National Park's interpretation staff.
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in 1962, which was a rare achievement for a woman, and was later made an honorary member of the
Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists in 1964. In 1966, Helen Belyea became the co-chairman of the First International Symposium on the Devonian System, which the Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists
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Devonian system, a geological period from the Paleozoic era 358 to 419 million years ago, helped Belyea to map what Alberta looked like 350 million years ago through studying the reefs. She is best known for her contribution on the volume known as ‘The Atlas’ in the Geological History of
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Belyea was also active in mountaineering, skiing, walking, and horseback riding. She was an equestrian and rode her horse to many of her field excursions. She rode in the mountains of
Alberta, British Columbia and the Great Slave Lake area. She was a member of the Calgary Continuing Arts Association,
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Lithology of Organic Carbonate Unit of Upper Fairholme Group, Alberta," awarded in 1958, from the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. She was the first woman honoured this way. She was elected a Fellow of the
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Evanston, Illinois. Her doctoral thesis was titled "The Geology of Musquach Area, New Brunswick." After receiving her doctorate in geology, Belyea worked as a teacher in private high schools, both in Victoria and Toronto. During the events of the
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Geological Survey of Canada formally retired in 1975. However, her study of geology didn't end with her retirement as she continued working with the Institute of Sedimentary and Petroleum Geology.
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Throughout the duration of her career within geology, Belyea wrote and published over 30 scientific papers. Her first paper, on facies relations and reef-off-reef sequences in the upper
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Belyea promoted feminism within geology as a result of her presence within the geological world. Societal norms of the 19th century confined women to the role of
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