British Geophysical Association – New Advances in Geophysics 2015

British Geophysical Association – New Advances in Geophysics is an annual two day meeting held at the Geological Society, Burlington House, London. This year, the BGA – NAG meeting will focus on the advancement in our understanding of “The Lithosphere Asthenosphere System – Nature of the Tectonic Plates, LAB 2015“. The LAB 2015 is a great… Read More British Geophysical Association – New Advances in Geophysics 2015

A 500 Year Sediment Lake Record of Anthropogenic and Natural Inputs to Windermere

Dr Helen Miller, and colleagues from G&G, Geochemistry and the British Geological Survey have published a new research article in Environmental Science & Technology entitled “A 500 Year Sediment Lake Record of Anthropogenic and Natural Inputs to Windermere (English Lake District) Using Double-Spike Lead Isotopes, Radiochronology, and Sediment Microanalysis”. The paper combines nondestructive and high precision… Read More A 500 Year Sediment Lake Record of Anthropogenic and Natural Inputs to Windermere

NERC grant awarded to Dr Derek Keir for project: Rift Volcanism: Past, Present and Future

Derek Keir has recently been awarded a little over half a million pounds through a NERC large grant. Project Rift Volcanism: Past, Present and Future aims to use various geophysical techniques, petrology and geology to understand volcano behavior and hazards in the Ethiopian rift. Derek will be leading the seismology component in collaboration with the… Read More NERC grant awarded to Dr Derek Keir for project: Rift Volcanism: Past, Present and Future

NSGG Postgraduate Symposium 2014

This year’s Near Surface Geophysics Group (NSGG) postgraduate symposium took place on the 13th of May at the headquarters of the British Geological Survey in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire. A wide variety of topics were represented. The talks were categorized into one of four research themes: “Soils, Cryosphere and Archaeology”, “Marine Geophysics”, “Seismics and Geohazards”, and “Geoelectrics”,… Read More NSGG Postgraduate Symposium 2014