Dr Don Aldiss

Dr Don Aldiss Principal Mapping Geologist

Location: Keyworth

Tel: 0115 936 3129

E-mail Dr Don Aldiss

Biography

  •  1998 :  BGS geologist; UK Land Survey, southern England
  •  1995 –1998 :  BGS geologist; Leader of Falklands Islands Geological Mapping Project
  •  1989 –1995 :  BGS geologist, UK Land Survey, southern England
  •  1981 –1988 :  BGS geologist seconded to Geological Survey Department, Botswana
  •  1978 –1980 :  BGS geologist; Integrated Survey of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia (Technical cooperation project with Government of Indonesia)
  •  1978 :  PhD Open University (Granitic rocks of ophiolites)
  •  1974 :  BSc (Hons) University of Birmingham, Geology
  •  1974 :  Geological field surveyor for Quebec state geological survey

Current projects and collaboration

Skills

  •  3D geological modelling
  •  BGS in-house trainer for EndNote
  •  Document preparation, review and editing
  •  Geological surveying in very varied terranes
  •  Geology as applied in national geological surveys
  •  Photogeological and other remote image interpretation

Professional association

  •  1992 :  Chartered Geologist, since 1992
  •  1984 :  Fellow of the Geological Society, London, since 1984

Research interests

  •  Palaeogene of England
  •  Geohazards, including chalk mines
  •  Geological modelling and mapping methods
  •  Geology of the Falkland Islands
  •  Quaternary of England
  •  Upper Cretaceous of England

Published outputs

Key papers

ALDISS, D T, BLACK, M G, ENTWISLE, D C, PAGE, D P, and TERRINGTON, R L. 2012. Benefits of a 3D geological model for major tunnelling works: an example from Farringdon, east-central London, UK. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, Vol. 45, 405-414.

ALDISS, D T, FARRANT, A R, and HOPSON, P M. 2012. Geological mapping of the Late Cretaceous Chalk Group of southern England: a specialised application of landform interpretation. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol. 123, 728-741. http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/19565/

WOODS, M A, and ALDISS, D T. 2004. The stratigraphy of the Chalk Group of the Berkshire Downs. Proceedings of the Geologists Association, Vol. 115, 249-265.

ALDISS, D T, and EDWARDS, E J. 1999. The geology of the Falkland Islands. British Geological Survey Technical Report, WC/99/10.

ALDISS, D T. 1986. The chronological significance of the pre-Transvaal Sequence dolerite dyke swarm in southeastern Botswana. Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa, Vol. 89, 325-334.

ALDISS, D T, and GHAZALI, S A. 1984. The regional geology and evolution of the Toba Volcano-Tectonic Depression, Indonesia. Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 141, 487-500.