BGS News Summary September 2011

Research News and Awards

New Training Academy for the CCS industry

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 voted best App

iGeology was voted best Community Favourite Mobile App at the ESRI International User Conference in July 2011.
Sinc ...
»» more »» 03-08-2011

BGS Director awarded Doctor of Science at University of Birmingham

Professor John Ludden, Executive Director of the British Geological Survey, was awarded a Doctor of Science honorary degree by the ...
»» more »» 28-07-2011

New radon map of Scotland

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

A direct comparison of three palynological preparation techniques

Riding, James B.; Kyffin-Hughes, Jane. 2011 A direct comparison of three palynological preparation techniques. Review of Palaeob ...
»» more »» 29-09-2011

Magmatic differentiation in the calc-alkaline KhalkhabNeshveh pluton, Central Iran

Rezaei-Kahkaei, Mehdi; Galindo Francisco, Carmen; Pankhurst, Robert J.; Esmaeily, Dariush. 2011 Magmatic differentiation in the ...
»» more »» 27-09-2011

Ecosystem resilience and threshold response in the Galpagos Coastal Zone

Seddon, Alistair W.R.; Froyd, Cynthia A.; Leng, Melanie J.; Milne, Glenn A.; Willis, Katherine J.. 2011 Ecosystem resilience and ...
»» more »» 26-09-2011

A reassessment of late glacial-Holocene diatom oxygen isotope record from Lake Baikal ...

Mackay, Anson W.; Swann, George E.A.; Brewer, Tim S.; Leng, Melanie J.; Morley, David W.; Piotrowska, Natalia; Rioual, Patrick; ...
»» more »» 26-09-2011

Late Pleistocene and Holocene drought events at Lake Tana, the source of the Blue Nil ...

Marshall, Michael H.; Lamb, Henry F.; Huws, Dei; Davies, Sarah J.; Bates, Richard J.; Bloemendal, Jan; Boyle, John; Leng, Melani ...
»» more »» 26-09-2011

An inter-laboratory trial of the unified BARGE bioaccessibility method for arsenic, c ...

Wragg, Joanna; Cave, Mark; Basta, Nick; Brandon, Esther; Casteel, Stan; Denys, Sebastien; Gron, Christian; Oomen, Agnes; Reimer, ...
»» more »» 26-09-2011

A new 'microstructural mapping' methodology for the identification, analysis and inte ...

Phillips, Emrys; van der Meer, Jaap J.M.; Ferguson, Amanda. 2011 A new 'microstructural mapping' methodology for the identificat ...
»» more »» 26-09-2011

The environmental legacy of historic mining activities in the Almond River Catchment, ...

Haunch, Simon; MacDonald, Alan; Brown, Neil; McDermott, Christopher. 2011 The environmental legacy of historic mining activities ...
»» more »» 23-09-2011

Microbiological influences on fracture surfaces of intact mudstone and the implicatio ...

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

Evolution of Paleocene to early Eocene larger benthic foraminifer assemblages of the ...

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

Cities Underground: London and the Thames Gateway Development Zone

Developing a dynamic geoenvironmental model for the London area to address the anomalous ground conditions of the biggest develo ...
»» more »» 28-09-2011

BGS Mobile

Try the new BGS mobile site - beta test version. Enter the address as below:
mobile.bgs.ac.uk or http://www.bgs.ac.uk/mobile ...
»» more »» 28-09-2011

Search our recent groundwater publications

Search our recent groundwater-related <a class= bodyLink href= /research/groundwater/resources/publications.html >re ...
»» more »» 27-09-2011

Geothermal heat | The measured shallow temperature field in Britain

The BGS have published some new analyses on the likely temperatures to be found at borehole depths in Britain between 100 and 1 ...
»» more »» 22-09-2011

New Training Academy for the CCS industry On 22 September 2011, CCS TLM Limited and The National Centre for CCS (NCCCS) launched an academy to offer training courses in ... ... Cities Underground: London and the Thames Gateway Development Zone Developing a dynamic geoenvironmental model for the London area to address the anomalous ground conditions of the biggest develo ... ... Earth Science Teachers' Association Annual Course and Conference | 28-30 Sept 2012 To be held at BGS, Keyworth. ... All aboard at the British Geological Survey's Open Day | Sat 24 Sept | Edinburgh The British Geological Survey's Scottish headquarters at Murchison House, Edinburgh is holding its annual open day on Saturday 24 ... ...
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BGS Events diary

Nuffield Bursaries celebration | 04 Oct | BGS Keyworth

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

WorldSkills 2011 event | 05-08 Oct

BGS will be helping Prospect to deliver the Environmental Science national competition at the WorldSkills 2011 event, ExCeL Londo ...
»» more »» 05-10-2011

GSA Annual Meeting | Minneapolis | 9-12 October

Special Technical Sessions | Crossing the Digital Divide: Availability of Geoscience Knowledge for Resolving Environmental and So ...
»» more »» 09-10-2011

Shale Gas Environmental Summit | London | 2-3 Nov 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

All aboard at the British Geological Survey's Open Day | Sat 24 Sept | Edinburgh

The British Geological Survey's Scottish headquarters at Murchison House, Edinburgh is holding its annual open day on Saturday 24 ...
»» more »» 22-09-2011

Metals, Mines and Mobiles - A risky business

To coincide with the British Science Festival, the British Geological Survey (BGS) has today released a new '<a href="/min ...
»» more »» 12-09-2011

BGS Seismic Alert : Southern North Sea (approx 150km east of Grimsby) 21 July 2011 14 ...

Depth 12km; Lat/Long 53.573 North ,2.343 East;
»» more »» 20-07-2011

BGS Seismic Alert : English Channel (approx 85 km SSE of Portsmouth) 14 July 2011 06: ...

Depth 10 km ; Lat/Long 50.098o North ,0.648o West;
»» more »» 13-07-2011

BGS Seismic Alert : Newton Abbot, Devon 23 June 2011 13:43 UTC 2.7

Depth 1.5km; Lat/Long 50.568 North,3.745 West;
»» more »» 22-06-2011

UK joins the earthquake risk reduction 'task force'

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

Technology conference to discuss St Kilda in 3D project

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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Rock heat map shows Scotland's underground temperatures

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' huge gas find in Blackpool could create 5,600 jobs

Cuadrilla Resources believes there are 200 trillion cubic feet of "shale" gas in the Bowland basin, which could result i ...
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More than Shale Gas Technology Making its Way to Europe

...However, early progress is promising and the firm is expecting considerable success....The British Geological Survey estimates ...
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Camp Frack mobilises against UK's first shale gas well

...Britain has around 150bn cubic metres of recoverable shale resources, according to the British Geological Survey, which could m ...
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Elemental threat to everyday tech spelled out

...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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Fossil tooth find near Budleigh Salterton

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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Earth's rarest metals ranked in a new 'risk list'

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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We hold technology metals in the palms of our hands. But for how much longer?

...Researchers from the British Geological Survey (BGS) have released a risk list for the relative supply of these technology meta ...
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Dounreay nuclear site rocks added to Nottingham archive

Rock samples taken from a nuclear site were first checked for radioactive contamination before being added to a national collectio ...
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Scottish mining experts to gather for Edinburgh forum

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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GeoRes 2011 conference

A one-day conference on the challenges and opportunities facing the Scottish minerals industry. SCOTTISH georesources in a changin ...
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