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Matthew Pound and James Riding on a little-known unit in the southern Peak District of Derbyshire REGULARS 05 Welcome Ted Nield contemplates the prospects for leaving the carbon in the ground 06 Society news What your Society is doing at home ON THE COVER: and abroad, in London and the regions 14 Neutrons for geology 12 Calendar Society activities this month Martin Dove explores the use of neutron sources 13 Soapbox Jim Whiteley thinks there should be more to elucidate a wide range of geological problems funding sources like the Distinguished Geologists’ in the deep Earth, and other planetary bodies Memorial Trust 24 Books and arts Four new books reviewed by Bernard Leake, John Allen, Gill Hackman and Peter Treolar ONLINE SPECIALS Jim Whiteley Jim Whiteley 26 People Geoscientists in the news and on the move (author of this month’s Soapbox) reflects on lessons learned at the 2014 Athens meeting on Near Surface 28 Obituary Martin Elliott Wright 1949-2013 Geophysics, which he attended with Society support 29 Crossword Win a special publication of your choice WWW.GEOLSOC.ORG.UK/GEOSCIENTIST | MARCH 2015 | 03 Sustainable exploitation of the subsurface 20-2120-21 May 20152015 The Geological Society, Burlington House, London Sustainable exploitation of the subsurface: the geology, engineering and environment of our underground asset It has long been recognized that the underground development. 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