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The British Geological Survey (BGS) is a partly publicly funded body which aims to advance geoscientific knowledge of the United Kingdom landmass and its continental shelf by means of systematic surveying, monitoring and research.
Tom (Tommy) Eastwood (1888 – 28 March 1970) was a British geologist, who worked for the British Geological Survey for most of his career. He was best known for his work on rocks of Carboniferous age and was awarded the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London in 1950.
The British Geological Survey lists Snowdonia and the Lake District as having extremely large volcanic eruptions around 450 Ma (million years ago), Edinburgh Castle lying upon the remains of a volcano dating back 350 Ma, and some islands of western Scotland as being remnants of volcanoes from around 60 Ma. [1]
BGS Groundhog Desktop is a software tool developed and made available by the British Geological Survey and used for geological data visualisation, interpretation and 3D geologic modelling. It is available in both free-to-use and commercial editions. Groundhog Desktop is a key part of the BGS's work to develop 3D models of the UK subsurface. [1]
This is a list of Directors of the British Geological Survey, or its equivalent, since foundation: Geological Survey of Great Britain, 1835–1965.
British Geological Survey (BGS) British Organic Geochemical Society (BOGS) British Society for Geomorphology; Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre – England; Edinburgh Geological Society – Scotland; Geological Curators' Group – England; Geological Society of Glasgow – Scotland; Geological Society of London (GSL) – England [1 ...
In 2019 she was appointed director of the British Geological Survey. She was the first woman to take on this role since the survey was founded in 1835. [2] [3] [4]
Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Baronet (19 February 1792 – 22 October 1871 [1]) was a Scottish geologist who served as director-general of the British Geological Survey from 1855 until his death in 1871. He is noted for investigating and describing the Silurian, [2] Devonian and Permian systems.