BGS in the media

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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:48:57 GMT
3D Laser Mapping has supplied a long range laser scanner to monitor volcanic lava flows on Mount Etna in Sicily. The scanner will be used to measure lava flow dynamics as part of a NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) funded research project at the Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University,...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:41:39 GMT
Earthquake in Turkey Kills 51
The Wall Street Journal [US Edition]
ANKARA, Turkey—A strong, predawn earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 struck eastern Turkey on Monday, killing at least 51 people as it knocked down stone and mud-brick houses, barns and minarets in at least five villages, the government...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:18:16 GMT
Preliminary Magnitude 6 Earthquake Levels Several Small Villages in Eastern...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:53:08 GMT
New Dartmoor map now in stock
The British Mountaineering Council
The latest map in the award-winning British Mountain Map series covers the wild granite landscape of...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:29:04 GMT
Norwegian, French and British scientists, along with Scandinavian independent research organization SINTEF as project manager, are launching a geological pilot study that will determine whether the Hurum site in the Svelvik Ridge of southern Norway is a suitable location for a field laboratory for the study..

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