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14 June 2007
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The British Geological Survey, part of the Natural Environment Research Council, was sorry to learn of the death of a Malagasy student, who was employed by local sub-contractors to work with the BGS geological mapping team in a remote part of northern Madagascar.
6 June 2007
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Laidback lectures, games, guided tours, and exhibitions form the bedrock to a celebration of earth science in Devon this weekend.
30 May 2007
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Earthquakes provide a source of fascination for all students. Get them hooked with interactive lessons that are practical and fun and this may nurture a future generation of earth scientists.
8 May 2007
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Did you know that 400 million years ago the North West Highlands of Scotland were formed when two tectonic plates collided? The collision literally 'thrust' packages of rocks over one another, like shuffling a pack of cards, to build a mountain range known by geologists as the Moine Thrust Zone. This zone measuring 200km in length runs south-west from Loch Eriboll in the North to the Sleat peninsula on the Isle of Skye and is 10km wide!
2 May 2007
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Results of a detailed analysis of all available seismic data from Saturday's (28 April) earthquake by the British Geological Survey
28 April 2007
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Dover Straits Earthquake 28 April 2007 07:18 UTC (08:18 BST)
21 March 2007
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To mark National Science and Engineering Week, the BGS ran a 'Fossil & Rock Show' at its headquarters in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire. Nearly a thousand children and their teachers from primary schools in the East Midlands learned to pan for gold, recorded their own earthquake, 'tiptoed through time' with spectacular fossils from the BGS's internationally renowned collections and enjoyed other hands-on activities and demonstrations.
8 March 2007
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Between 12 and 16 March 2007 at the Old Ship Hotel, Brighton, England, the British Geological Survey will host a kick-off event for perhaps the largest, most extensive and ambitious mapping project ever contemplated known as OneGeology. Supported by UNESCO and six other global umbrella bodies, OneGeology will create dynamic digital geological map data across the surface of the Earth.
21 February 2007
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A British Geological Survey (BGS) project funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) addresses the need to alleviate poverty in Afghanistan by encouraging inward investment, commercial and infrastructure development and provides an alternative source of income to poppy cultivation.
5 February 2007
NEWS
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The British Geological Survey (BGS) welcomes the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: The Physical Science Basis 4th Assessment Report published on 2 February 2007.
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