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Celebrating the 50Th Anniversary of Sir Edward Bullard's Computer-Aided Solution to the Atlantic Jigsaw SCIENTIST GEO VOLUME 25 NO 7 u AUGUST 2015 u WWW.GEOLSOC.ORG.UK/GEOSCIENTIST The Fellowship Magazine of the Geological Society of London UK / Overseas where sold to individuals: £3.95 REVIEWS SPECIAL [Inside This Issue! ] BULLARD’S FIT Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Sir Edward Bullard’s computer-aided solution to the Atlantic jigsaw REVIEWS SPECIAL LIFELONG LEARNING FUNDING COLLECTIONS Fifteen new books reviewed, Continuous Professional Online – Nineteenth Century in bumper Special issue Development essential acquisition dynamics revealed Corporate Supporters: First Announcement and Call for Abstracts – 31 August 2015 Rifts III: Catching the wav Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the wate 22-24 March 2016 Geological Society of London, Burlington House, London Convenors: Scot Fraser 6KHOO8SVWUHDP$PHULFDV 86$ Al Fraser ,PSHULDO&ROOHJH/RQGRQ UK Mike Lentini 05/8SVWUHDP&RQVXOWLQJ 3KRWR2IIVKRUH6LUW%D 86$ Tony Dore A world class international 3-day technical conference – Statoil, London, UK convened by the Petroleum Group of the Geological Society of London Nick Kuznir Processes and Structures Models, Observations and Interpretations Implications for Petroleum G University of Liverpool, UK *LYHQWKHVLJQL¿FDQWDGYDQFHVLQWKHVFLHQFHRIULIWVDQGULIWHGPDUJLQVDQGWKHLQFUHDVLQJDYDLODELOLW\RIQHZ Gianreto Manatschal UHJLRQDOVHLVPLFDQGZHOOGDWDLWVHHPVDSSURSULDWHWRUHYLVLWWKHUDSLGO\HYROYLQJVXEMHFWPDWWHUDQGFRQFH 8QLYHUVLWpGH6WUDVERXUJ 7KHREMHFWLYHVRIWKHFRQIHUHQFHDUHWRFKDOOHQJHSDUDGLJPVDQGFRQVLGHUWKHDSSOLFDELOLW\RIQHZLGHDVWR France VXEVXUIDFHGDWDVHWV&RQWUDVWLQJDQGFRQWUDGLFWRU\PRGHOVKDYHHPHUJHGLQWKHODVW\HDUVIURPERWKLQG Christian Heine DFDGHPLDUHJDUGLQJWKHHYROXWLRQRIULIWHGPDUJLQV*HRORJLFDO³ODERUDWRULHV´VXFKDVWKH$OSV$IDU(DVW$ 6KHOO8SVWUHDP,QWHUQDWLRQDO 6RXWK$WODQWLFDQGWKH/DEUDGRU,EHULDFRQMXJDWHPDUJLQDUH\LHOGLQJQHZPRGHOVIRUULIWHYROXWLRQZLWKLPSO The Netherlands IRUKHDWÀRZDQGFUHDWLRQRIDFFRPPRGDWLRQVSDFH7KHWHFKQLFDOSURJUDPZLOOEHGHVLJQHGWRDGGUHVVPD WKHFULWLFDOSDUDPHWHUVUDLVHGLQWKHVHDUHDVHJULIWDUFKLWHFWXUHVEUHDNXSPRGHOVFRQWLQHQWRFHDQERXQ Kristan Reimann VXEVLGHQFHSDWWHUQVIDFLHVGLVWULEXWLRQDQGKHDWÀRZ7KHWKUHHGD\FRQIHUHQFHZLOOEHFRQVWUXFWHGDURXQG Maersk Oil & Gas, Denmark GD\VHVVLRQVDQGIRXUEURDGWKHPHVRIRUDOSUHVHQWDWLRQWKDWZLOOSRODUL]HWKHVFDOHVRILQYHVWLJDWLRQDQGUH John Underhill GLUHFWDSSOLFDELOLW\RIWKHHPHUJLQJWKHRUHPV0DQ\ULIWPRGHOSDUDGLJPVXQGHUSLQRXUXQGHUVWDQGLQJDQGH RIULIWHGFRQWLQHQWDOPDUJLQVDQGQHZH[SORUDWLRQFRQFHSWVQHHGWREHFRQVLVWHQWO\DSSOLHG+RZHYHUQXPH +HULRW:DWW8QLYHUVLW\8. 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