Research News and Awards
The ongoing geological mapping work of the BGS in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the feature of an article in the July 2010 ed ...
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The BGS Keyworth library is undergoing a major restructuring project and is being relocated to another building. The col ...
»» more »» 09-08-2010
Congratulations to BGS geoscientist Katy Mee who was recently voted one of 20 winners of an online, science-communication competit ...
»» more »» 13-07-2010
Recent publications
Giles, J.R.A.; Hughes, A.; Kessler, H.; Watson, C.; Peach, D.. 2010 Data applications and environmental modelling : scoping stud ...
»» more »» 24-08-2010
Kirk, Karen. 2010 CO2ReMoVe update : 4 years in. Greenhouse issues, 98. 21-22.
»» more »» 23-08-2010
Williams, Mark; Zalasiewicz, Jan. 2009 Enter the Anthropocene : an epoch of time characterised by humans. Journal Open Universit ...
»» more »» 20-08-2010
Metcalfe, I.; Riley, N.J.. 2010 Conodont colour alteration pattern in the Carboniferous of the Craven Basin and adjacent areas, ...
»» more »» 20-08-2010
Waters, Colin N.. 2009 Carboniferous geology of Northern England. Journal Open University Geological Society, 30 (2). 5-16.
»» more »» 20-08-2010
Leat, Philip T.; Tate, Alex J.; Tappin, David R.; Day, Simon J.; Owen, Matthew J.. 2010 Growth and mass wasting of volcanic cent ...
»» more »» 20-08-2010
Peacock, J.D.; Everest, J.D.. 2010 Pre-late Devensian high-arctic marine deposits in SW Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 4 ...
»» more »» 19-08-2010
Barron, A.J.M.; Woods, M.A.. 2010 The geology of strata exposed in Roade railway cutting, Northamptonshire : engineering phase P ...
»» more »» 17-08-2010
Smith, D.J.; Bentham, M.; Holloway, S.; Noy, D.J.; Chadwick, R.A.. 2010 The impact of boundary conditions on CO2 capacity estima ...
»» more »» 17-08-2010
Maurice, L.; Atkinson, T.C.; Williams, A.T.; Barker, J.A.; Farrant, A.R.. 2010 Catchment scale tracer testing from karstic featu ...
»» more »» 17-08-2010
What's new on the website
The BGS climate change programme is addressing climate change issues through a variety of focused efforts.
Selected research: Car ...
»» more »» 19-08-2010
Since 2008 we have been using remote sensing techniques for planetary geoscience studies with an initial emphasis on the geology o ...
»» more »» 19-08-2010
The BGS has worked in over 100 countries to become a leading provider of applied geoscience services. View a Google map of the rep ...
»» more »» 19-08-2010
A new multibeam survey of Loch Eriboll, the only deepwater sea loch on the north coast of Scotland, is underway to help us better ...
»» more »» 17-08-2010
BGS News Releases
The British Geological Survey today released a profile on rare earth elements. This comes amidst increasing concerns over the secu ...
»» more »» 16-06-2010
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
A summer school at the University of Derby, based in the East Midlands of the UK, has attracted students from around the world, wh ...
»» more »» 25-08-2010
Applications for opencast mining on greenfield sites are likely to increase to meet the UK's demand for energy, the British Geolog ...
»» more »» 16-08-2010
- The University of Edinburgh and Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage are involved in both locally and globally oriented.
»» more »» 11-08-2010
The British Geological Survey (BGS) first began its association with what it now the United Arab Emirates in the late 1960s, over ...
»» more »» 11-08-2010
The 2,178-mile slog from Georgia to Maine is the pedestrian equivalent of scaling Everest. So why would anyone want to.
»» more »» 07-08-2010
Abuja, Nigeria: The airborne geo-physical programme not only ranks Nigeria among the countries with active airborne survey in Afri ...
»» more »» 05-08-2010
The latest map in the British Mountain Map series covers the southern half of the Snowdonia National Park.
»» more »» 05-08-2010
Abuja The eventual realisation of the Federal Government of Nigeria's Vision 20:2020 is partly and critically tied to the amount ...
»» more »» 02-08-2010
Mohamed Al Fayed's battle for compensation after a company drilled for oil under his Surrey estate has been thrown out.
»» more »» 29-07-2010
Innovations in extraction and geology mean that shale gas is easing concerns over energy security in the US.
»» more »» 26-07-2010
Scotgold Resources, the mining company that aims to extract 20,000 ounces of gold a year from the hills 50 miles north.
»» more »» 20-07-2010
1 2 next EXPERTS hope to drill 2,000m below the streets of Tyneside in search of hot rocks to provide green energy.
»» more »» 12-07-2010