BGS News Summary July 2010

Research News and Awards

Relocating UKCS cores from Gilmerton (Edinburgh) to the NGDC at Keyworth

Statement from Professor Alan J Thorpe, Chief Executive, NERC...
»» more »» 24-06-2010

ALERT-ME | Monitoring railway embankments

The East Midlands Development Agency (emda) is supporting the BGS to fund a two-year pilot of ALERT technology»» more »» 22-06-2010

MAREMAP | A new Marine Environmental Mapping Programme

A new Marine Environmental Mapping Programme (MAREMAP) initiative led by the British Geological Survey and the <a href="ht ...
»» more »» 21-06-2010

Randy Parrish (NIGL) awarded Murchison Medal | Geological Society of London

Congratulations to Randy Parrish for being awarded the Murchison Medal by the Geological Society of London this week. The Murchiso ...
»» more »» 07-06-2010

Recent publications

Determining the absolute abundance of dinoflagellate cysts in recent marine sediments ...

Mertens, Kenneth Neil; Verhoeven, Koen; Verleye, Thomas; Louwye, Stephen; Amorim, Ana; Ribeiro, Sofia; Deaf, Amr S.; Harding, Ia ...
»» more »» 02-07-2010

The nature of waste associated with closed mines in England and Wales

Palumbo-Roe, B.; Colman, T.. 2010 The nature of waste associated with closed mines in England and Wales. Nottingham, UK, British ...
»» more »» 30-06-2010

Mid-Devonian sinistral transpressional movements on the Great Glen Fault : the rise o ...

Mendum, J.R.; Noble, S.R.. 2010 Mid-Devonian sinistral transpressional movements on the Great Glen Fault : the rise of the Rosem ...
»» more »» 30-06-2010

Exceptionally preserved ostracodes from a Middle Miocene palaeolake, California, USA

Wilkinson, I.P.; Wilby, P.R.; Williams, M.; Siveter, D.J.; Page, A.A.; Leggitt, L.; Riley, D.A.. 2010 Exceptionally preserved os ...
»» more »» 30-06-2010

Depositional environments and chronology of Late Weichselian glaciation and deglaciat ...

Graham, Alastair G.C.; Lonergan, Lidia; Stoker, Martyn S.. 2010 Depositional environments and chronology of Late Weichselian gla ...
»» more »» 30-06-2010

Regional-scale lateral variation and linkage in ductile thrust architecture : the Oyk ...

Leslie, A.G.; Krabbendam, M.; Kimbell, G.S.; Strachan, R.A.. 2010 Regional-scale lateral variation and linkage in ductile thrust ...
»» more »» 29-06-2010

Regional conductivity data used to reassess Early Palaeozoic structure in the Norther ...

Beamish, D.; Kimbell, G.S.; Stone, P.; Anderson, T.B.. 2010 Regional conductivity data used to reassess Early Palaeozoic structu ...
»» more »» 29-06-2010

Background dose-rates to reference animals and plants arising from exposure to natura ...

Hosseini, A.; Beresford, N.A.; Brown, J.E.; Jones, D.G.; Phaneuf, M.; Thrring, H.; Yankovich, T.. 2010 Background dose-rates to ...
»» more »» 28-06-2010

Ground water security and drought in Africa : linking availability, access and demand

Calow, Roger; MacDonald, Alan; Nicol, A.L.; Robins, Nick. 2010 Ground water security and drought in Africa : linking availabilit ...
»» more »» 25-06-2010

Cenozoic post-rift sedimentation off northwest Britain : recording the detritus of ep ...

Stoker, Martyn S.; Holford, Simon P.; Hillis, Richard R.; Green, Paul F.; Duddy, Ian R.. 2010 Cenozoic post-rift sedimentation o ...
»» more »» 24-06-2010


What's new on the website

Getting to the bottom of Scotland's fjords

Over the last 500 000 years, glaciers have carved and shaped the stunning fjord landscape that characterizes the west coast of Sco ...
»» more »» 06-07-2010

Scotland and the West Highland Way join the International Appalachian Trail

On 5 June 2010, the International Appalachian Trail (IAT) officially welcomed Scotland and the West Highland Way (WHW) as the firs ...
»» more »» 21-06-2010

Environmental Geochemical Atlas of Central and Eastern England

Covering digital soil, stream sediment and stream water geochemical maps of ten environmentally sensitive elements, including Ar ...
»» more »» 17-06-2010

Services for oil and gas companies

We have a long-standing and trusted relationship with most of the major oil companies and national government. Our impartial remit ...
»» more »» 17-06-2010

BGS Keyworth phones We are experiencing problems with incoming telephone calls to the BGS offices in Keyworth. If you are having trouble calling us, p ... ... GeoIndex | New Version Release New GeoIndex offers better performance and stability on a greater range of web browsers. Designed to be more intuitive to use, it ... ... ESTA Annual Course and Conference To be held at Leicester University from 17-19 September 2010. BGS is sponsoring the conference will have an exhibit and will be c ... ... New publication addresses security of supply concerns for vital rare earth raw materials The British Geological Survey today released a profile on rare earth elements. This comes amidst increasing concerns over the secu ... ...
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BGS Events diary

GeoSciEdVI conference

Conference of the International Geoscience Educators Organisation South Africa...
»» more »» 30-08-2010

Extractive Industry Geology (EIG) 2010

The Extractive Industry Geology 2010 conference will be held at the University of Portsmouth, September 2010...
»» more »» 08-09-2010

ESTA Annual Course and Conference

To be held at Leicester University from 17-19 September 2010. BGS is sponsoring the conference...
»» more »» 17-09-2010


BGS News Releases

New publication addresses security of supply concerns for vital rare earth raw materi ...

The British Geological Survey today released a profile on rare earth elements. This comes amidst increasing concerns over the secu ...
»» more »» 16-06-2010

Possibilities for storing carbon dioxide beneath the Moray Firth explored

Sandstone rocks deep beneath the Moray Firth are being examined for the storage of carbon dioxide emissions. This is the first tim ...
»» more »» 02-06-2010

Loch Broom | Getting to the bottom of Scotland's fjords | Martyn Stoker

BGS in the media

ETI CCS Mineralisation Project

The Energy Technologies Institute is to carry out a detailed study of the availability and distribution of suitable minerals acros ...
»» more »» 10-07-2010

Volcanic ash and future implications for UK aviation and consumers

Andrew Haines, chief executive of the Civil Aviation Authority, writes for ePolitix ahead of Tuesdays briefing for MPs on volcanic ...
»» more »» 08-07-2010

GeoVisionary Helps GSNI Showcase Data

A complete Virtalis StereoWorks ActiveWall display system and Virtual Reality (VR) suite has been installed at the Geological Surv ...
»» more »» 07-07-2010

World wont run out of rare earth metal resources

Theres a difference between reserves and resources; rare earth resources on all the continents; rare earths more abundant than...
»» more »» 30-06-2010

Scots trek steps up to join US trail

THEY are thousands of miles apart on different continents and also run through landscapes that appear to be very...
»» more »» 20-06-2010

West Highland Way joins American walking trail network

The official welcome came nearly a year to the day after an IAT delegation from Maine and Newfoundland travelled to Scotland to ho ...
»» more »» 17-06-2010

Rare Earth Elements profile - New publication addresses security of supply....

New publication addresses security of supply concerns for vital rare earth raw materials The British Geological Survey today rele ...
»» more »» 17-06-2010

Thank the Soviets for Afghan mineral bounty

WAS Afghanistan's mineral bounty simply undiscovered until now? Not quite. Geologists announced this week that a trillion dollars ...
»» more »» 15-06-2010

The geologist's view: It could be a gold mine, but not for a long time

Afghanistan has some of the most complex and varied geology in the world. Mining companies have always known about its potential b ...
»» more »» 14-06-2010

Guatemala City hit by second sinkhole

A second massive sinkhole to appear in Guatemala City in four years may also have been caused by a combination of geological anoma ...
»» more »» 10-06-2010

BGS Climate Change Conference 16-17 June 2010

The British Geological Survey is hosting a two day conference. This conference is aimed at UK institutions and businesses that are ...
»» more »» 09-06-2010

Appalachian Trail to leap abroad toward Morocco

TOWNSHIP 5, RANGE 8, Maine First, there was the Appalachian Trail, which winds 2,175 miles along the mountainous spine of the ea ...
»» more »» 07-06-2010