September 2007

Editorial

Safety first, or safety cage?  Ted Nield says BS8848 should be supported

Leader

Birthday presence - Paul Henderson, Bicentennial Celebrations' guiding light, looks forward to the last third of Bicentenary Year

People

Carousel; Deaths; 

Geonews

• Chicx comes home to roost.  Dwain Eldred on striking new evidence that says Chicxulub is NOT the smoking gun after all.

Media Monitor

• Impact factor.  Ted Nield tells the cautionary tale of Chicxulub crater; a science, peer review, funding and media circus.
  

Society at Large

• The "Janet Watson" lecture theatre? London Lectures; Bicentennial Conference; Dining Club dates; From the Library; Government Consultations.  Also...
• IGCP proposal deadline looms.  New projects must reach Paris by 15 October, warns Ed Derbyshire
• CSCS Cards.  Increasingly required for access to construction sites, CSCS cards are now available to CGeols with a minimum of fuss, says Rachel Boning.
  
  

Features

• Journey into the Earth.  Paul Wood (Shell) looks at how explorationists today use cutting edge technology to visualise the subsurface in 3D.
• Remote sensing in space.  Joe McCall reports on MetSoc69, Zutich.

Opinion

• Fieldwork safety standards.  Dr Rob Butler on BS 8848

 Letters;

Crossword

Sticks & Stones

By DUGZ.