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GEEA Special Issue

 

John Stuart Webb, F R Eng and the history of Applied Geochemistry at Imperial College, London


The death of the English pioneer of applied geochemistry, Emeritus Professor John Stuart Webb in April 2007 marked the end of an era. Under his leadership, the Geochemical Prospecting Research Centre (later the Applied Geochemistry Research Group) established by him in 1954 in the Department of Geology, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, broadened the science of exploration geochemistry for ore-bodies to embrace: regional geochemistry; applied marine geochemistry (especially the investigation of metalliferous brines and manganese nodules); agricultural, and environmental geochemistry; multi-purpose geochemical mapping; and, in more recent years, urban geochemistry. All have now become fields of great importance.

The papers in this volume, all written by former members of the GPRC/AGRG, honour the vision for the science which John Webb exemplified, portray the breadth of the ground-breaking work undertaken by the GPRC and AGRG under his guidance, and illustrate aspects of its legacy today.

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Volume 10, issue 3 (August 2010)

Contents


R.J. Howarth, Introduction

R.J. Howarth, John Stuart Webb, F.R.Eng., and Applied Geochemistry at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London

G.J.S. Govett, Early years in the Geochemical Prospecting Research Centre, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London: exploration geochemistry in Zambia in the late 1950s, a personal recollection

M. Thompson, Analytical methodology in the Applied Geochemistry Research Group (1950-1988) at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London

M. Hale, Gas geochemistry and deeply buried mineral deposits: the contribution of the Applied Geochemistry Research Group, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London

C.R.M. Butt & R.H. Mazzucchelli, The legacy of John Webb and the Applied Geochemistry Research Group, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, to geochemical exploration in Australia

R.J. Howarth and R.G. Garrett, Statistical Analysis and Data Display at the Geochemical Prospecting Research Centre and Applied Geochemistry Research Group, Imperial College, London

D.S. Cronan, A synthesis of Applied Geochemistry Research Group and consequent research at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, into establishing geochemical exploration techniques for marine minerals

I. Thornton, Research in Applied Environmental Geochemistry – with particular reference to geochemistry and health

C.J. Moon, Geochemical exploration in Cornwall and Devon: A review.