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Presidents Day 2017
Event type:
AGM, Social event, Lecture, Open day
Organised by:
Geological Society Events
Venue:
The Geological Society, Burlington House
Event status:
EVENT CLOSED
President’s Day 2017 at Burlington House was held on 7 June. As in previous years, the recipients of the major medals were invited to give a short talk on their subject, see below.
Talks by Lyell, Murchison and William Smith medallists
Lyell Medal: Rosalind Rickaby – Professor of Biochemistry, University of Oxford.
Coccoliths coasting through the Elderfield Curve
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Murchison Medal: Tim Elliott – Professor of Isotope Geology,
University of Bristol:
Surface environmental changes constrain rates of mantle stirring
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William Smith Medal: John Walsh - Professor of Structural Geology, University College Dublin.
Fundamentals of faulting and the pursuit of failure!
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Talk by Wollaston medallist
Wollaston Medal: Richard Alley – Evan Pugh Professor, Pennsylvania State University.
Crumbling at the edges: Ice sheets and sea-level rise
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