Research News and Awards
On 22 September 2011, CCS TLM Limited and The National Centre for CCS (NCCCS) launched an academy to offer training courses in ...
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iGeology was voted best Community Favourite Mobile App at the ESRI International User Conference in July 2011.
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Professor John Ludden, Executive Director of the British Geological Survey, was awarded a Doctor of Science honorary degree by the ...
»» more »» 28-07-2011
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) and the British Geological Survey have produced a new radon map of Scotland using the latest digital mapping techniques. »» more »» 22-07-2011
Recent publications
Riding, James B.; Kyffin-Hughes, Jane. 2011 A direct comparison of three palynological preparation techniques. Review of Palaeob ...
»» more »» 29-09-2011
Rezaei-Kahkaei, Mehdi; Galindo Francisco, Carmen; Pankhurst, Robert J.; Esmaeily, Dariush. 2011 Magmatic differentiation in the ...
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Seddon, Alistair W.R.; Froyd, Cynthia A.; Leng, Melanie J.; Milne, Glenn A.; Willis, Katherine J.. 2011 Ecosystem resilience and ...
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Mackay, Anson W.; Swann, George E.A.; Brewer, Tim S.; Leng, Melanie J.; Morley, David W.; Piotrowska, Natalia; Rioual, Patrick; ...
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Marshall, Michael H.; Lamb, Henry F.; Huws, Dei; Davies, Sarah J.; Bates, Richard J.; Bloemendal, Jan; Boyle, John; Leng, Melani ...
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Wragg, Joanna; Cave, Mark; Basta, Nick; Brandon, Esther; Casteel, Stan; Denys, Sebastien; Gron, Christian; Oomen, Agnes; Reimer, ...
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Phillips, Emrys; van der Meer, Jaap J.M.; Ferguson, Amanda. 2011 A new 'microstructural mapping' methodology for the identificat ...
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Haunch, Simon; MacDonald, Alan; Brown, Neil; McDermott, Christopher. 2011 The environmental legacy of historic mining activities ...
»» more »» 23-09-2011
Harrison, H.; Wagner, D.; Yoshikawa, H.; West, J.M.; Milodowski, A.E.; Sasaki, Y.; Turner, G.; Lacinska, A.; Holyoake, S.; Harri ...
»» more »» 23-09-2011
Afzal, Jawad; Williams, Mark; Leng, Melanie J.; Aldridge, Richard J.; Stephenson, Michael H.. 2011 Evolution of Paleocene to ear ...
»» more »» 23-09-2011
What's new on the website
Developing a dynamic geoenvironmental model for the London area to address the anomalous ground conditions of the biggest develo ...
»» more »» 28-09-2011
Try the new BGS mobile site - beta test version.
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mobile.bgs.ac.uk or http://www.bgs.ac.uk/mobile ...
»» more »» 28-09-2011
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»» more »» 27-09-2011
The BGS have published some new analyses on the likely temperatures
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»» more »» 22-09-2011
BGS Events diary
A Nuffield Bursaries celebration will be hosted at BGS, Keyworth on 4 October; a presentation evening for both the host organisati ...
»» more »» 04-10-2011
BGS will be helping Prospect to deliver the Environmental Science national competition at the WorldSkills 2011 event, ExCeL Londo ...
»» more »» 05-10-2011
Special Technical Sessions | Crossing the Digital Divide: Availability of Geoscience Knowledge for Resolving Environmental and So ...
»» more »» 09-10-2011
The main focus of this conference is to examine the existing, current and proposed shale gas extraction, with a focus on the assoc ...
»» more »» 02-11-2011
BGS News Releases
The British Geological Survey's Scottish headquarters at Murchison House, Edinburgh is holding its annual open day on Saturday 24 ...
»» more »» 22-09-2011
To coincide with the British Science Festival, the British Geological Survey (BGS) has today released a new '<a href="/min ...
»» more »» 12-09-2011
Depth 12km; Lat/Long 53.573 North ,2.343 East;
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Depth 10 km ; Lat/Long 50.098o North ,0.648o West;
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Depth 1.5km; Lat/Long 50.568 North,3.745 West;
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Over half a million people have died in the last decade due to earthquakes, most of these in the developing world where risk is in ...
»» more »» 13-06-2011
BGS in the media
How technology could help protect fragile landscapes while at the same time giving greater public access to them will be discussed ...
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New information on likely temperatures below ground in Britain has been published by the British Geological Survey (BGS)...It coul ...
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Cuadrilla Resources believes there are 200 trillion cubic feet of "shale" gas in the Bowland basin, which could result i ...
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...However, early progress is promising and the firm is expecting considerable success....The British Geological Survey estimates ...
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...Britain has around 150bn cubic metres of recoverable shale resources, according to the British Geological Survey, which could m ...
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...So says the British Geological Survey (BGS), which has compiled a 'risk list' of elements assessing the precariousness of our s ...
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HOLIDAYMAKER Paul Barton bit off more than he could chew when he went fossicking on the beach west of Ladram Bay...
Measuring 25-3 ...
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The relative risks to the supply of some of Earth's rarest elements have been detailed in a new list published by the British Geol ...
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...Researchers from the British Geological Survey (BGS) have released a risk list for the relative supply of these technology meta ...
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Rock samples taken from a nuclear site were first checked for radioactive contamination before being added to a national collectio ...
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Challenges to Scotland's mining industries and mineral resources are to be discussed at the first conference of its kind in 13 yea ...
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A one-day conference on the challenges and opportunities facing the Scottish minerals industry. SCOTTISH georesources in a changin ...
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