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Congratulations to RAS Prize Winners
Congratulations to Prof. Kathy Whaler (University of Edinburgh) for winning the RAS Service Award and Dr. Tim Craig (University of Leeds) for winning the RAS Winton award G! Congratulations also to Sierd Cloetingh, who became an Honorary RAS Fellow. The full…
Read MorePhilip England wins Bucher Medal
Congratulations to Prof. Philip England (BGA Bullerwell lecturer in 1999 ) for being awarded the AGU Walter H. Bucher Medal – see https://news.agu.org/press-release/american-geophysical-union-announces-recipients-of-the-2018-union-medals-awards-and-prizes/
Read MoreOutreach Funding
The British Geophysical Association invites applications for funding for public outreach activities to promote understanding of, and engagement with, any area of geophysics. For more information go to Outreach and the menu and select ‘funding’.
Read MorePGRIP 2018 Award Winners
Congratulations to the award winners at the 2018 PGRIP meeting in Cardiff. To see the winners list visit https://britgeophysics.org/awards/pgrip-awards/
Read MoreSanne Cottaar awarded 2019 Bullerwell Lecture
Sanne Cottaar from the University of Cambridge will be the Bullerwell Lecturer for 2019. This lecture, to be given by ‘An outstanding early career British Geophysicist’ has been presented each year since 1981 and is one of the principal events…
Read MorePhil Christie Wins Schlumberger Award
Phil Christie, a former Bullerwell lecturer, has won the Conrad Schlumberger award of EAGE. For more information see https://eage.org/en/about-eage/awards/overview-awards/conrad-schlumberger-award The citation reads: Phil Christie is a geophysicist with a rare and impressively broad understanding of both geology and geophysics. His widely-disseminated research…
Read MoreNew Advances in Geophysics: The Future of Passive Seismic Acquisition
BGA meeting to be held on 12th – 13th November, 2018, at the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Registration will cost £80 (full) or £40 (student). For more information, visit: https://nagedinburgh.wordpress.com/
Read MoreBullerwell Lecture 2018 at EGU
Winner: Dr. Tom Mitchell, University College London, UK Earthquake fracture damage and healing: feedback on rupture dynamics Abstract The importance of the damage zone in the faulting and earthquake process is widely recognized, but our understanding of how damage zones…
Read More2017 PGRiP winners
Congratulations to our 2017 PGRiP presentation winners: Best Talk 1st Oliver Sanford (Durham) “Modelling Seismic Wave Propagation and Scattering within Extrusive Basalt Sequences” 2nd Alistair Boyce (Imperial) “Insights into the Tectonics of the Eastern North American Shield at the…
Read More2016 PGRiP winners
Congratulations to our 2016 PGRiP presentation winners Best Talk 1st Adam Robinson – Durham Construction and Subduction of the Louisville Ridge Seamount Chain – Insights from Wide-Angle Seismic Imaging 2nd Rebecca Coats – Liverpool Lava dome eruptions: testing the strain…
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