BGS News Summary June 2010

Research News and Awards

Randy Parrish (NIGL) awarded Murchison Medal | Geological Society of London

Congratulations to Randy Parrish for being awarded the Murchison Medal by the Geological Society of London this week. The Murchiso ...
»» more »» 07-06-2010

OpenGeoscience Highly Commended | ESRI (UK) GIS Innovation Awards 2010

OpenGeoscience achieved a Highly Commended award for Innovation in Central Government, ESRI (UK) GIS Innovation Awards on Mo ...
»» more »» 17-05-2010

The realities of storing carbon dioxide | Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP)

'In a recent publication, Ehlig-Economides & Economides (2010) have sought to demonstrate that carbondioxide capture and stor ...
»» more »» 29-04-2010

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Recent publications

Geology of the Devizes district : a brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 282 ...

Booth, K.A.; Hopson, P.M.; Farrant, A.R.; Newell, A.J.; Marks, R.J.; Bateson, L.B.; Woods, M.A.; Wilkinson, I.P.; Evans, D.J.. 2 ...
»» more »» 10-06-2010

Short pulse multi-frequency phase-based time delay estimation

Assous, Said; Hopper, Clare; Lovell, Mike A; Gunn, David; Jackson, Peter; Rees, John. 2010 Short pulse multi-frequency phase-bas ...
»» more »» 10-06-2010

Upper crustal structure of an active volcano from refraction/reflection tomography, M ...

Paulatto, M.; Minshull, T.A.; Baptie, Brian; Dean, S.; Hammond, J.O.S.; Henstock, T.; Kenedi, C.L.; Kiddle, E.J.; Malin, P.; Pei ...
»» more »» 10-06-2010

DNA damage in earthworms from highly contaminated soils : assessing resistance to ars ...

Button, Mark; Jenkin, Gawen R.T.; Bowman, Karen J.; Harrington, Chris F.; Brewer, Tim S.; Jones, George D.D.; Watts, Mike. 2010 ...
»» more »» 10-06-2010

Earthquakes can be stress-forecast

Crampin, Stuart; Gao, Yuan. 2010 Earthquakes can be stress-forecast. Geophysical Journal International, 180 (3). 1124-1127. 10.1 ...
»» more »» 09-06-2010

Validation and intercomparison of persistent scatterers interferometry : PSIC4 projec ...

Raucoules, D.; Bourgine, B.; de Michele, M.; Le Cozanet, G.; Closset, L.; Bremmer, C.; Veldkamp, H.; Tragheim, D.; Bateson, L.; ...
»» more »» 09-06-2010

Ascension Observatory Monthly Magnetic Bulletin: May 2010

British Geological Survey. 2010 Ascension Observatory Monthly Magnetic Bulletin: May 2010. British Geological Survey, 28pp. (Mon ...
»» more »» 09-06-2010

Investigating the relationship between depth-to-bedrock and airborne electromagnetic ...

Caven, S.; Beamish, D.; Desissa, M.; Patton, M.; Young, M.. 2010 Investigating the relationship between depth-to-bedrock and air ...
»» more »» 09-06-2010

Trace element abundance & human epidemiology : the Tellus case study

Barsby, Amy; McKinley, Jennifer; Ofterdinger, Ulrich; Young, Mike; Gavin, Anna. 2009 Trace element abundance & human epidemi ...
»» more »» 09-06-2010

Port Stanley Observatory Monthly Magnetic Bulletin: May 2010

British Geological Survey. 2010 Port Stanley Observatory Monthly Magnetic Bulletin: May 2010. British Geological Survey, 28pp. ( ...
»» more »» 09-06-2010


BGS Events diary

Climate Change: Impacts and Opportunities | Conference 16-17 June 2010

Adapting to climate change will go beyond knowing what the future temperature might be or how much more (or less) rainfall we migh ...
»» more »» 16-06-2010

GeoSciEdVI conference

6th Quadrennial Conference of the International Geoscience Educators Organisation (IGEO) <br />Johannesburg, South Africa & ...
»» more »» 30-08-2010

Extractive Industry Geology (EIG) 2010

The Extractive Industry Geology 2010 conference will be held at the University of Portsmouth from 8th to 11th September 2010. This ...
»» more »» 08-09-2010

ESTA Annual Course and Conference

To be held at Leicester University from 17-19 September 2010. BGS is sponsoring the conference will have an exhibit and will be c ...
»» more »» 17-09-2010


Randy Parrish (NIGL) awarded Murchison Medal | Geological Society of London Congratulations to Randy Parrish for being awarded the Murchison Medal by the Geological Society of London this week. The Murchiso ... ... BGS175 Anniversary Symposium | 28 Sept. 2010 | The Royal Institution The British Geological Survey is the world s oldest national geological survey and celebrates its 175th anniversary in 2010.
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ESTA Annual Course and Conference To be held at Leicester University from 17-19 September 2010. BGS is sponsoring the conference will have an exhibit and will be ... Possibilities for storing carbon dioxide beneath the Moray Firth explored Sandstone rocks deep beneath the Moray Firth are being examined for the storage of carbon dioxide emissions. This is the first tim ... ...
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What's new on the website

New landslide case studies

The Landslides Team at BGS has studied numerous landslides. This work informs our geological maps, memoirs and sheet explanations ...
»» more »» 10-06-2010

BGS175 Anniversary Symposium | 28 Sept. 2010 | The Royal Institution

The British Geological Survey is the world s oldest national geological survey and celebrates its 175th anniversary in 2010.
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»» more »» 02-06-2010

Storing carbon dioxide beneath the Moray Firth explored

Sandstone rocks deep beneath the Moray Firth are being examined for the storage of carbon dioxide emissions (carbon capture and st ...
»» more »» 02-06-2010

BGS Government Advisory Panel (GAP) | Meeting updates

The majority of the discussions focused on central government requirements of the BGS in the context of the delivery of the BGS St ...
»» more »» 13-05-2010

BGS News Releases

Possibilities for storing carbon dioxide beneath the Moray Firth explored

Sandstone rocks deep beneath the Moray Firth are being examined for the storage of carbon dioxide emissions. This is the first tim ...
»» more »» 02-06-2010

BGS in the media

Guatemala City hit by second sinkhole

A second massive sinkhole to appear in Guatemala City in four years may also have been caused by a combination of geological anoma ...
»» more »» 10-06-2010

BGS Climate Change Conference 16-17 June 2010

The British Geological Survey is hosting a two day conference. This conference is aimed at UK institutions and businesses that are ...
»» more »» 09-06-2010

Appalachian Trail to leap abroad toward Morocco

TOWNSHIP 5, RANGE 8, Maine First, there was the Appalachian Trail, which winds 2,175 miles along the mountainous spine of the ea ...
»» more »» 07-06-2010

Schools set for seismic time monitoring earthquakes

Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster launched two seismic education and tourism initiatives at the Marble Arch Caves in Fermanagh,...
»» more »» 04-06-2010

Survey will identify west Cumbrian sites unsuitable for nuclear waste dump

A geological survey of west Cumbria has begun to screen out areas unsuitable for an underground...
»» more »» 04-06-2010

290k study will discover if carbon dioxide emissions can be stored under Moray Firth

PIONEERING new research will aim to find out whether rocks deep beneath the Moray Firth can be used to store decades-worth of carb ...
»» more »» 03-06-2010

Carbon storage plans for Moray Firth rock beds

Rock beds beneath the Moray Firth are to be examined as a potential site for carbon storage. Maxine Akhurst, from the British Ge ...
»» more »» 02-06-2010

GeoVisionary | Seeing Ireland from a fresh perspective

The Geological Survey of Northern Ireland showing Ireland in 3D featuring GeoVisionary.
»» more »» 28-05-2010

New approach to carbon storage could shift emissions battle

A UK consortium is investigating the role of minerals in carbon...
»» more »» 27-05-2010

Consortium investigates potential for carbon-storing rocks

Energy Technologies Institute to invest 1m in research project designed to assess viability of mineralisation approach to carbon ...
»» more »» 25-05-2010

Virtalis Day discusses VR simulation applications

Virtalis' Technology Day at the University of Northampton on 18 May discussed applications for Virtual Reality (VR), including veh ...
»» more »» 21-05-2010