News Archive

Small-scale contemporaneous conjugate faults

May News Update

29th May 2024

Oh, we’re looking forward to running another Zechstein field excursion together with the irrepressible Maurice Tucker in a couple of weeks. The Durham coast really is pretty spectacular, and the ubiquitous Zechstein outcrops are fascinating and enigmatic in equal measure. As part of our prep for the upcoming trip, this week we’ve been back to…

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Tectonic Stress conference field-trip flyer

May News

17th May 2024

Does it seem to you that people are spending less time on geological fieldwork and fieldtrips these days? With this in mind, we’re super-happy to be sponsoring the field excursion to the Wessex Basin that follows the “Tectonic Stress: from the lithosphere to the wellbore” conference at the Geological Society, London next week. There’s an…

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A real-world (not virtual!) field-trip to see fractured basement, Isle of Lewis

December News

1st December 2021

We love field geology, and we’ll rarely miss an opportunity to take our fellow geoscientists out to see and discuss the rocks in outcrop. But there’s a time and place for everything – and December in the Outer Hebrides is not ideal. December in the Zagros isn’t either! So what better time of year to…

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The Count’s House, Durham Lumiere 2021

November News Update

30th November 2021

When I was at school (back in the mists of time), science and arts were portrayed very differently by our teachers. Sciences were factual, objective, clinical, and procedural, while the arts were subjective, emotive, spontaneous, and creative. I studied geology for five years (‘O’ level, ‘A’ level, and a very dreary first year as an…

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Geospatial Workflows for the GeoEnergy Transition

November News Update

12th November 2021

We’re looking forward to working with GeoLogica to deliver a two-day course titled “An Introduction to Geospatial Workflows for the GeoEnergy Transition” later this month (29-30th November). The course will include the following themes, with examples and exercises relevant for geoscientists who want to apply their experience and expertise to the energy transition: Introduction and…

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heavy industry

November News

31st October 2021

We’re very much looking forward to next week’s conference on Legacies of Mineral Extraction and Sustainability Opportunities, organised by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IoM3), and to be held at the home of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers in Newcastle. In a joint paper presented by Jon Gluyas,…

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CCUS graphic modified from https://publications.parliament.uk

October News

19th October 2021

Coming soon to a saline aquifer or depleted gas field close (but not too close) to you … We’ve spent a busy summer with sister spin-out company GeoEnergy Durham working alongside WSP and Crondall, providing technical advice on Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (CCUS) in support of BEIS and the UK government’s drive towards carbon…

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Triassic carbonate nappes, Montenegro

September News

25th August 2021

Fractured carbonates … tick. Large-scale thrust nappes … tick. Fieldwork … tick. Montenegro … yes please!

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Comparison of a fault in a text book and in outcrop

August News

16th August 2021

Text book (left) vs. reality (right). Zechstein carbonates, Co. Durham. “There’s no difference between theory and practice … in theory!”  

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