Peter Hopson

Mr Peter Hopson Principal Mapping Geologists and Researcher

Location: Keyworth

Tel: 0115 936 3174

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Biography

  •  1995 –present :  BGS Principal Geologist; Project Leader for Hampshire Basin Mapping Project (the Chalk Downlands Project from 1999)
  •  1993 –1995 :  BGS Geologist; Southern England Land Survey
  •  1990 –1993 :  BGS Geologist; Eastern England Land Survey.
  •  1988 –1990 :  BGS Geologist; Shared responsibilities within Marine Geology and Eastern England Land Survey.
  •  1986 –1988 :  1986 to 1988: Secondment to the Geological Survey of the Solomon Islands (Mapping and Geochemical Laboratory Sections of the Geology Division of the Ministry of Natural Resources) as the Principal Regional Geological and Geochemical Geologist
  •  1982 –1986 :  1982 to 1986: BGS Geologist; Eastern England Land Survey.
  •  1974 –1982 :  British Geological Survey Industrial Minerals Assessment Unit.
  •  1974 :  Seismic Interpreter at Seabrook and Associates (English China Clays Lovering and Pochin)
  •  1971 –1974 :  BSC Hons University of London (Sir John Cass School of Science and Technology) 2ii

Awards

  •  2012 :  Recipient of the Richardson Award of the Geologists' Association

Professional association

  •  1990 –present :  Chartered Geologist since 1990
  •  1990 –present :  Fellow of the Geological Society of London

Published outputs