Dr Andrew Howard

Dr Andrew Howard Science Director Geology and Regional Geophysics

Location: Keyworth

Tel: 0115 936 3234

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Summary

Responsible for direction and delivery of the BGS' national programmes of onshore geological and geophysical surveys, and for development of skills and capability in geology and regional geophysics

Biography

  •  2013 –date : Science Director, Geology and Regional Geophysics (from 1 April 2013)
  •  2011 –2013 : Director of Geoscience Surveys and Monitoring
  •  2007 –2011 : Director of Science Programmes
  •  2005 –2007 : Programme Manager, National Geoscience Framework
  •  2001 –2005 : Project Manager, SIGMA
  •  1996 –2001 : Regional Geologist, Lancashire Coalfield
  •  1991 –1996 : Regional Geologist, East Midlands
  •  1984 : Joined BGS as sedimentologist and mapping geologist
  •  1984 : PhD University of London (Queen Mary College): Lower Jurassic palaeoenvironments
  •  1979 : BSc (Hons) University of Sheffield, Geology

Boards and committees

  • BGS Advisory Committee
  • Council Member, Yorkshire Geological Society
  • Geological Society of London Science Committee

Skills

  • Geological mapping
  • Marine sedimentology
  • Science project and programme management

Professional association

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of London, and Chartered Geologist

Research interests

  • Airborne geophysics
  • Digital geological mapping systems
  • Geological mapping and 3D modelling
  • Geoscience knowledge representation
  • Marine sedimentology

Published outputs

Key papers

HOWARD, A S; WARRINGTON, G.; CARNEY, J N; AMBROSE, K; YOUNG, S.R.; PHARAOH, T C; CHENEY, C R. 2009. Geology of the Nottingham district : memoir for 1:50 000 geological sheet 126 (England and Wales). Nottingham, UK, British Geological Survey, 212pp.

HOWARD, A S; HATTON, W; REITSMA, F; LAWRIE, K I G. 2009. Developing a geoscience knowledge framework for a national geological survey organisation. Computers and Geosciences, 35 (4). 820-835. 10.1016/j.cageo.2008.06.004

HOWARD, A S; WARRINGTON, G; AMBROSE, K; KEITH; REES, J G. 2008. A formational framework for the Mercia Mudstone Group (Triassic) of England and Wales. Keyworth, Nottingham, British Geological Survey, 33pp. (RR/08/004)

TERRINGTON, R L; NAPIER, B; HOWARD, A S; FORD, J R; HATTON, W. 2008. Why3D? : the need for solution based modeling in a national geoscience organization. In: Oleschko, K., (ed.) GIS in geology and earth sciences. Mexico, American Institute of Physics, 103-112, 9pp.

HOWARD, A S; HOUGH, E; CROFTS, R G; REEVES, H J; EVANS, D J. 2007. Geology of the Liverpool District : a brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 96 Liverpool. Nottingham, UK, British Geological Survey, 42pp.