Rock salt is the key ingredient in the grit which keeps our road network moving despite ice and snow.
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The BGS are part of a multinational collaborative research project to help develop the technology needed for secure underground ...
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The World Magnetic Model has recently been revised. This model is used widely for navigation and attitude determination with magne ...
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MBE New Year Honours for David Kerridge, Head of the BGS office in Edinburgh and Earth Hazards and Systems science — the ...
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Pennington, C.V.L.; Foster, C.; Chambers, J.E.; Jenkins, G.O.. 2009 Landslide research at the British Geological Survey : captur ...
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Ogilvy, R.D.; Kuras, O.; Palumbo-Roe, B.; Meldrum, P.I.; Wilkinson, P.B.; Chambers, J.E.; Klinck, B.A.. 2009 The detection and t ...
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Reeves, H.J.; West, T.R.. 2009 Geodata for the urban environment. In: Culshaw, Martin; Reeves, Helen; Jefferson, I.; Spink, T.W. ...
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Vandenbroucke, T.R.A.; Armstrong, H.A.; Williams, Mark; Zalasiewicz, J.A.; Sabbe, K.. 2009 Ground-truthing Late Ordovician clima ...
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Nathanail, J.; Banks, V.. 2009 Climate change: implications for engineering geology practice. In: Culshaw, Martin; Reeves, Helen ...
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Powell, John; Powell, Jennifer. 2010 Smith, Noble and the Hackness connection. Geoscientist, 20 (1). 6-7.
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Gibson, A.D.; Chowdhury, R.. 2009 Planning and geohazards. In: Culshaw, M.G.; Reeves, H.J.; Jefferson, I.; Spink, T.W., (eds.) E ...
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Culshaw, M.G.; Reeves, H.J.; Jefferson, Ian; Spink, T.W., eds. 2009 Engineering geology for tomorrow's cities. London, UK, Geolo ...
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Booth, K.A.; Jenkins, G.O.. 2009 Landslide nature and distribution on the Lincoln 1:50k geological sheet. British Geological Sur ...
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Bee, E.J.; Jarvis, D.; Bate, R.; Devine-Wright, P.; Wrighton, C.E.; Idoine, N.. 2010 An evaluation of decisions for aggregates w ...
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The Great Barrier Reef Environmental Changes Expedition will collect cores from fossil coral reefs on the seaward side of the pres ...
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We carry out multidisciplinary survey and research into English geology, producing 2D and 3D geological maps and models. Our geolo ...
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The Beta version of our new GeoIndex is released again incorporating responses to previous feedback. Offshore data is now included ...
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These images show satellite imagery from GeoEye (www.geoeye.com), provided to Google of the area around Port-au-Prince before and ...
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The Extractive Industry Geology 2010 conference will be held at the University of Portsmouth from 8th to 11th September 2010. This ...
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6th Quadrennial Conference of the International Geoscience Educators Organisation (IGEO) <br />Johannesburg, South Africa & ...
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Sixth IMA Conference on modelling permeable rocks with a special focus on C02 storage. BGS geologist Mike Brown will lead a half- ...
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By popular demand, <a href="http://www.rockwatch.org.uk/" target="_blank" class="bodyLink">Ro ...
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British Geological Survey staff set sail on the Great Barrier Reef Environmental Changes Expedition (GBREC). As part of this inter ...
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The British Geological Survey (BGS) is making its mineral exploration archive available to download for free from MineralsUK.com. ...
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Scientists at the British Geological Survey were alerted by their automatic earthquake location software 10 minutes after the eart ...
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Discover if you live on rocks from an extinct volcano, in the middle of an ancient river or deep under a Caribbean-like sea teemin ...
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Filed at 4:20 p.m. ET PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Hundreds of houses that survived Haiti's killer quake still stand empty even ...
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Science and environment reporter, BBC News Fossilised coral reefs in the Great Barrier Reef could help scientists understand how ...
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IT BOASTS some of the most beautiful beaches in Britain, but it could soon be a case of paradise lost on the Isle of Tiree. Tir ...
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Hopes high among exploration companies as new drilling campaign is about to get under...
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Free mineral exploration information from MineralsUK.com The British Geological Survey (BGS) is making its mineral exploration ar ...
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AGR-managed North Sea veteran Ocean Guardian is the cornerstone of the second-ever oil&amp;gas campaign offshore this UK...
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Changes to the primary curriculum mean geography will soon be taught as part of a wider discipline rather than as a standalone sub ...
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Haiti pupils PUPILS at a Glasgow school were stunned when a seismometer they were using for a science project had detected the re ...
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ANOTHER earthquake hit Haiti yesterday, spreading panic among survivors and further hampering already chaotic attempts to get aid ...
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Kate Ravilious, contributor Haiti was rocked by a strong aftershock this morning, just eight days after the country was devastate ...
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Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti came as a shock to the Caribbean country's inhabitants, but scientists have long warned about just s ...
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The Caribbean is riddled with a complex network of tectonic fault lines resulting from the movement of the Caribbean plate which i ...
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