Shell London Lectures 2010

The Geological Society of London was again delighted to host the 2010 Shell London Lecture Series. These monthly public lectures were all held at the Geological Society's Piccadilly apartments. A full programme is listed below.

Programme of talks for 2010

Wednesday 13 January - Living with the rising tides, Lynne Frostick (Hull University and President, GSL)

Wednesday 10 February - Hot prospects in the cold: The new geological map of the Arctic, Marc St-Onge (Canadian Geological Survey)

Wednesday 10 March - Carbon capture and storage: Our only hope to avoid global warming?, Martin Blunt (Imperial College London)

Wednesday 14 April - The search for source rocks on Mars, John Grotzinger (Caltech)

Wednesday 12 May – Geology and ecology: The evolution of a megaproject on Sakhalin Island, Chris Finlayson (Shell)

Wednesday 9 June - The chemistry of the Oceans: Past, present & future, Derek Vance (University of Bristol)

Wednesday 8 September - A lot of hot air: Degassing and volcanic eruptions, Marie Edmonds (University of Cambridge)

Wednesday 13 October – Impacts, Jay Melosh (Purdue University)

Wednesday 10 November – Half empty or half full: How much oil and gas can we recover from our fields?, Rob Kleibergen (Shell)

Wednesday 8 December - Geological hazards: How safe is Britain?, Martin Culshaw

Each talk will appear online shortly after the talk has been given. To view the presentations please visit the individual talk’s event page. You must have Windows Media Player 10 or higher installed to view the presentation. Download Windows Media Player 10 now.

The presentations from the 2008 and 2009 Shell Lecture Series are also available to view online.