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Books Editorial Committee

The Books Editorial Committee (BEC) is a sub-committee of the Publications Management Committee (PMC), which is a standing committee of Council, and is responsible for the scientific quality control of all Society (and co-published) books.

The BEC is composed of Society Books Editors and Books Advisory Editors. The Chairman of the BEC (The Books Chief Editor) is an ex-officio member of the PMC. Each volume has an individual Society Books Editor assigned to it, but the main point of contact should be the Commissioning Editor, Angharad Hills.

Current membership of the BEC

Chief Editor

Bob Pankhurst (British Geological Survey)

Society Books Editors

John Howe (Scottish Association for Marine Science & UHI Millennium Institute)
Phil Leat (British Antarctic Survey)
John Gregory (Kronos Associates)
Jim Griffiths (University of Plymouth)
Nick Robins (British Geological Survey)
Jonathan Turner (University of Birmingham)

Society Books Advisors

Mike Brown (University of Maryland, USA)
Eric Buffetaut (CNRS, Paris, France)
Jonathan Craig (ENO, Milan, Italy)
Reto Gieré (Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Germany)
Tom McCann (University of Bonn, Germany)
Douglas Stead (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
Randell Stephenson (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands)