BGS News Summary October 2009

Research News and Awards

Samoa Islands Region Tsunami - Earthquake Information

Latest reports indicate that at least 85 people have been killed and another 150 injured in Samoa and American Samoa by a tsunami ...
»» more »» 30-09-2009

Carbon capture and storage in the North Sea | BA Festival of Science

Dr Mike Stephenson, Head of Energy at BGS, gave a talk on <em>The North Sea: a store for Europe's future CO2 emissions</e ...
»» more »» 08-09-2009

The largest magnetic storm on record: 150th Anniversary of the 'Carrington Event'

On 2 Sept 1859 magnetometers at Greenwich and Kew started to record wild deviations in compass direction. These variations persist ...
»» more »» 02-09-2009

Geoparks podcast

Straddling two counties, one in Northern Ireland and one in the Irish Republic, Marble Arch Caves is the world's only transinterna ...
»» more »» 19-08-2009

Recent publications

Mapping hydrate stability zones offshore Scotland

Camps, Ameena; Long, David; Rochelle, Christopher; Lovell, Mike A. 2009 Mapping hydrate stability zones offshore Scotland. In: L ...
»» more »» 01-10-2009

Responses of soil clay mineralogy in the Rothamsted Classical Experiments in relation ...

Tye, A.M.; Kemp, S.J.; Poulton, P.R.. 2009 Responses of soil clay mineralogy in the Rothamsted Classical Experiments in relation ...
»» more »» 30-09-2009

87Sr/86Sr isotope fingerprinting of Scottish and Icelandic migratory shorebirds

Evans, Jane; Bullman, Rhys. 2009 87Sr/86Sr isotope fingerprinting of Scottish and Icelandic migratory shorebirds. Applied Geoche ...
»» more »» 28-09-2009

Problems with determining the particle size distribution of chalk soil and some of th ...

Kerry, R.; Rawlins, B.G.; Oliver, M.A.; Lacinska, A.M.. 2009 Problems with determining the particle size distribution of chalk s ...
»» more »» 18-09-2009

Using measurements close to a detection limit in a geostatistical case study to predi ...

Orton, T.G.; Rawlins, B.G.; Lark, R.M.. 2009 Using measurements close to a detection limit in a geostatistical case study to pre ...
»» more »» 18-09-2009

Tepexpan Palaeoindian site, Basin of Mexico : multi-proxy evidence for environmental ...

Lamb, Angela L.; Gonzalez, Silvia; Huddart, David; Metcalfe, Sarah E.; Vane, Christopher H.; Pike, Alistair W.G.. 2009 Tepexpan ...
»» more »» 17-09-2009

The morphologies and compositions of depleted uranium particles from an environmental ...

Lloyd, Nicholas; Mosselmans, J.F.W.; Parrish, Randall R; Chenery, Simon; Hainsworth, S.V.; Kemp, Simon. 2009 The morphologies an ...
»» more »» 17-09-2009

Baseline groundwater chemistry : the Magnesian Limestone of County Durham and North Y ...

Bearcock, J.; Smedley, P.L.. 2009 Baseline groundwater chemistry : the Magnesian Limestone of County Durham and North Yorkshire. ...
»» more »» 17-09-2009

Element mobility and low-grade metamorphism of mudrocks in British Caledonian Basins

Merriman, R.J.; Breward, N.; Stone, P.; Green, K.; Kemp, S.. 2009 Element mobility and low-grade metamorphism of mudrocks in Bri ...
»» more »» 17-09-2009

Geological notes to accompany 1:10k sheets SD58SE (Scout Hill) and SD68SW (Barbon) : ...

Stone, P.. 2009 Geological notes to accompany 1:10k sheets SD58SE (Scout Hill) and SD68SW (Barbon) : part of 1:50,000 Sheet 49 ( ...
»» more »» 17-09-2009


What's new on the website

IMAGER project

The aim of the Investigation & Monitoring of Aggregate Deposits Using Geo-Electrical Resistivity Imaging (IMAGER) project is t ...
»» more »» 01-10-2009

Climate change poster - teachers guide

A teachers' guide to activities for secondary students (11-18) for use with Climate through time poster...
»» more »» 24-09-2009

Carboniferous of southern Great Britain

Report summarises the SFC lithostratigraphical scheme for onshore Carboniferous successions of southern Great Britain...
»» more »» 23-09-2009

Rest & Be Thankful landslide survey Sept. 2009

From the BGS Landslide Response Team. Located 8 km west of Arrochar on the ...
»» more »» 16-09-2009

Samoa Islands Region Tsunami - Earthquake Information Latest reports indicate that at least 85 people have been killed and another 150 injured in Samoa and American Samoa by a tsunami ... ... Climate change poster - teachers guide A teachers' guide to activities for secondary students (11-18) for use with Climate through time poster... BGS at IMA conference 29 March - 1 April 2010 Sixth IMA Conference on modelling permeable rocks with a special focus on C02 storage. BGS geologist Mike Brown will lead a half- ... ... Building a future for stone Historic buildings in Britain are increasingly at risk from damage due to the effects of climate change and a lack of suitable bui ... ...
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BGS Events diary

UK Building Stone Symposium

Building a Future for Stone at the Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. Addressing current issues of building and roofing stone in the UK, ...
»» more »» 01-10-2009

South African Carbon Capture and Storage Conference

OEstimating storage capacities, trapping mechanisms, understanding and assessing risks, long-term CO2 behaviour, case studies, and monitoring programs...
»» more »» 02-10-2009

COACH Carbon Capture and Storage School, Beijing

The school will cover geological and engineering aspects of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and is aimed at PhD students with an interest in CCS...
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»» more »» 12-10-2009

GSA Annual Meeting - BGS sessions: digital geological maps

Demonstrating our full 3D portfolio including Geovisionary & GSI3D. ...
»» more »» 18-10-2009


BGS News Releases

Building a future for stone

Historic buildings in Britain are increasingly at risk from damage due to the effects of climate change and a lack of suitable bui ...
»» more »» 28-09-2009

Darwin rocks Edinburgh

The British Geological Survey's Edinburgh Headquarters, Murchison House, is opening its doors to the public from 10.00 to 17.00 on ...
»» more »» 24-09-2009

Young scientists battle to save planet earth at the British Geological Survey

Teams of young scientists and engineers will compete in an environmental science challenge (Energy Resources and Land Use Conflict ...
»» more »» 06-07-2009

East Midlands' students decide whether to quarry or not

Minerals are essential materials needed to build our homes, schools, hospitals and work places; and the minerals industry is an im ...
»» more »» 01-07-2009

BGS in the media

BGS improves access to historic building stone

The British Geological Survey's (BGS) work on local building stones in the UK will be the focus of a 'Building a future for stone' ...
»» more »» 29-09-2009

Felixstowe 'earthquake' was a bomb

Links EdBlog: Damn and blast in Star newsroom! AN explosion in the North Sea off Felixstowe was a war-time bomb being blown up - a ...
»» more »» 29-09-2009

Seismic survey to be conducted in Northern Ireland

Energy Minister Arlene Foster has welcomed the arrival of a scientific survey ship that will assess the suitability of rocks benea ...
»» more »» 28-09-2009

UK lined up to be Europe's carbon storage capital

Storage of carbon dioxide could bring in £5bn a year, say scientists..
»» more »» 08-09-2009

Storing carbon dioxide could be Britain’s new oil industry

The North Sea will provide Britain with a natural resource worth as much as £10 billion a year if the Government exploits it as a store for carbon dioxide (CO2 ) captured from power stations...
»» more »» 09-09-2009

SA to host carbon capture and storage conference

Updated 17 minutes ago South African Energy Minister Dipuo Peters will on Tuesday officially open the Carbon Capture and Storage ...
»» more »» 25-09-2009

After 150m years as a fossil, Belemnotheutis antiquus takes up its pen

The fossil record has been rewritten — in 150-million-year-old squid ink. The discovery of the perfectly preserved ink sac of a the inch-long cephalopod, a type of squid, has astonished palaeontologists...
»» more »» 19-08-2009

Scientific Survey Ship To Assess Suitability of Energy Storage Under Sea Bed in North ...

Energy Minister Arlene Foster has welcomed the arrival of a scientific survey ship that will assess the suitability of rocks benea ...
»» more »» 25-09-2009

Scientists discover deepest coral reefs off Britain

The deepest coral reefs off the coast of Britain have been explored for the first time revealing ancient coral, colourful fish, deepwater sharks and even species that were previously unknown to science...
»» more »» 04-08-2009

Galantas Discovers New Gold Exploration Targets in Northern Ireland

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 09/16/09 -- Galantas Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE: GAL)(AIM: GAL)(the Company) has received a ...
»» more »» 16-09-2009

Climate Change Experts Warn Of UK Tsunamis

Monday, 14 September 2009 22:45 From tsunamis in Britain to huge avalanches in the Alps and volcanic eruptions in Germany, some o ...
»» more »» 15-09-2009

North Sea oil fields could store carbon

Vast quantities of carbon dioxide could be stored in porous rocks beneath the North Sea, providing a potential money-spinner for t ...
»» more »» 09-09-2009