Dr John Powell

Dr John Powell Geologist

Location: Keyworth

Tel: 0115 936 3123

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Biography

  •  2011 :  Principal Geologist, Geology and Landscape
  •  2007 –2011 :  Chief Geologist, Geology and Landscape England
  •  2000 –2007 :  Head of Discipline for Geology, Geotechnics & Palaeontology
  •  1998 –2000 :  Regional Manager, Middle East and Africa
  •  1980 :  PhD University of Newcastle upon Tyne
  •  1978 :  British Geological Survey
  •  1978 :  Mapping Geologist and Project Leader, UK and Middle East
  •  1974 :  BSc (Hons), University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Research interests

  •  Applied environmental geology
  •  Carboniferous and Jurassic of the UK
  •  Lower Palaeozoic and Cretaceous of the Middle East & Africa
  •  Sedimentology, stratigraphy and basin analysis

Awards

  •  2012 :  John Phillips Medal, Yorkshire Geological Society
  •  1978 :  Fearnsides Prize, Yorkshire Geological Society, 1978
  •  1974 :  Lebour Prize in Field Geology, Newcastle University, 1974

Current projects and collaboration

  •  Carboniferous geology of the UK
  •  Jurassic sedimentology and Quaternary geology of the  Cleveland Basin, Yorkshire
  •  Neoproterozoic, Lower Palaeozoic and Cretaceous/Eocene sedimentology of Jordan and the Middle East

Accreditations

  •  1998 –date :  Chartered Geologist (C.Geol.)
  •  1998 –date :  Fellow of the Geological Society, London

Professional association

  •  2009 :  2009–present External Examiner (joint); Faculty of Earth Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah
  •  2008 –2011 :  Co–editor, Proceedings of the Geologists Association
  •  2008 :  Member of Geologists Association
  •  2006 –2013 :  Member of Accreditation Panel, Geological Society London
  •  2000 :  Stratigraphy Commission; Geological Society London
  •  1996 :  Chartered Geologist and Fellow of the Geological Society , London
  •  1992 :  Member Black Country Geological Society
  •  1978 :  Member of Yorkshire Geological Society; 2005–06 Past President
  •  1976 :  Member of International Association of Sedimentologists

Skills

  •  Geological mapping of sedimentary terrains
  •  Project and scientific management
  •  Sedimentology — siliciclastics and carbonates
  •  Spoken French and some Arabic

Published outputs

Key papers

STEPHENSON, M.H. and POWELL, J.H. 2013. Palynology and alluvial architecture in the Permian Umm Irna Formation, Dead Sea, Jordan. GeoArabia, 18 (3), 17-60.

POWELL, J H, and MOH’D, B. K. 2012. Early diagenesis of chalk-chert-phosphorite hardgrounds (Coniacian – Campanian) of central Jordan; implications for sedimentation on a Late Cretaceous shallow pelagic ramp. GeoArabia, v.17, No.4, pp 17-38.

POWELL, J.H., NASH, G and BELL, P. 2012. GeoExposures: Documenting temporary geological exposures in Great Britain through a citizen-science web site. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 123.

POWELL, J H, and MOH'D, B.K. 2011. Evolution of Late Cretaceous to Eocene alluvial and carbonate platform sequences in Jordan. GeoArabia, Vol.,17, no.3, 29-82.

WATERS, C.N., Somerville, I.D., Jones, N.S., Cleal, C.J., Collinson, J.D., Waters, R.A., Besly, B.M., Dean, M.T., Stephenson, M.H., Davies, J.R., Freshney, E.C., Jackson, D.I., Mitchel, W.I., POWELL, J.H., Barclay, W.J., Browne, M.A.E., Leveridge, B.E., Long, S.L. and McLean, D. 2011. A Revised Correlation of Carboniferous Rocks in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report No.26. 186 pp.

ZALASIEWICZ, J., WILLIAMS, M., FORTEY, R J., SMITH, A., BARRY,T .L., COE, A. L., BOWN , P. R, GALE, A., GIBBARD, P., GREGORY, F.J., HOUNSLOW, M. R., KERR, A.C. PEARSON, P., KNOX, R.B. O', POWELL, J.H., WATERS, C.N., MARSHALL, J., OATES, M., RAWSON, P AND STONE, P. 2011. Stratigraphy of the Anthropocene, Philosophical Transaction of the Royal Society, (Series A), Vol.369, 1036-1055.

POWELL, J.H. 2010. Jurassic sedimentation in the Cleveland Basin: a review. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, Vol. 58, 21-72.

MOH'D, B K and POWELL, J H. 2010 Uranium distribution in the Upper Cretaceous-Tertiary Belqa Group, Yarmouk Valley, northwest Jordan. Jordanian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Vol. 3, no.1, 49-62.

POWELL, J H, GLOVER, B W and WATERS, C N. 2000. Geology of the Birmingham area. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 168 (England and Wales). 132 pp.

RUSHTON, A W A and POWELL, J H.  1998. A review of the stratigraphy and trilobite faunas from the Cambrian Burj Formation in Jordan. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum London (Geology), Vol. 54(2), 131–146.

POWELL, J H, KHALIL, B M and MASRI, A. 1994. Late Ordovician-Early Silurian glaciofluvial deposits preserved in palaeovalleys in South Jordan. Sedimentary Geology, Vol. 89, 303–314.

GLOVER, B W, POWELL, J H and WATERS C N. 1993. Etruria Formation (Westphalian C) palaeoenvironments and volcanicity on the southern margins of the Pennine Basin, South Staffordshire, England. Journal of the Geological Society, London, Vol. 150, 737–750.

POWELL, J H, COOPER, A H and BENFIELD, A C. 1992. Geology of the country around Thirsk. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 52 (England and Wales).

POWELL, J H and RATHBONE, P A. 1983. The relationship of the Eller Beck Formation and the supposed Blowgill Member (Middle Jurassic) of the Yorkshire Basin. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, Vol. 44, 365–373.