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BSRG2011 Programme Abstrac BRITISH SEDIMENTOLOGICAL RESEARCH GROUP ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 18th to 21st December 2011 Department of Earth Science and Engineering Imperial College London PROGRAMME AND ABSTRACTS BRITISH SEDIMENTOLOGICAL RESEARCH GROUP 50TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 18th to 21st December 2011 Department of Earth Science and Engineering Imperial College London PROGRAMME, ABSTRACTS AND OTHER INFORMATION BSRG would like to thank the following sponsors for their support: BG Group BP Chevron ExxonMobil Hess Rocksource Shell UK Statoil 1 CONVENORS AND ORGANISING COMMITTEE Convenors – Chris Jackson, Gary Hampson (Imperial College London) Website – Alan Spencer (Imperial College London) Registration – Georgina Worrall (Geological Society) Sponsor invoicing – Michael Kyriakides (Geological Society) Organising committee – Adam Baldwin, Han Claringbould, Fiona Dinwoodie, Amy Dowdeswell, Sebastian Eberhardt, Gavin Elliott, Yvette Flood, Nick Holgate, Byami Jolly, Adam Keay, Matthew Lewis, Benoit Massart, Nikolaos Michael, James Minns, Stefano Patruno, Oliver Roberts, Amandine Prélat, Carla Riccio, Clare Sena, Olivia Sloan, Charlie Twallin, Yuxi Wang (Imperial College London) Seismic training workshop – Chris Jackson (Imperial College London) Core workshop – James Maynard, Laura Bennati (ExxonMobil) Fieldtrip – Martin Wells (BP), Gary Hampson (Imperial College London) ADVERTISEMENT 2 LOGISTICAL INFORMATION 3 REGISTRATION & CONFERENCE DESK Sunday 18th December: 09.00 - 17:00, 18:30-20.00 in Royal School of Mines front entrance Monday19th December: 08.30 - 12.30 in Royal School of Mines front entrance 12.30 - 17.00 outside room 1.31, Royal School of Mines Tuesday19th December: 08.30 - 17.00 outside room 1.31, Royal School of Mines All workshops and technical sessions are being held in the Royal School of Mines building. You will be able to locate the various meeting rooms on the maps of Imperial College South Kensington Campus and the Royal School of Mines building (overleaf). There will be plenty of assistance throughout the meeting to help you find your way around the campus. Please use the front entrance to the Royal School of Mines (from Prince Consort Road) NAME BADGES Delegates for the conference will be issued with name badges on registration; these should also be worn on the campus at Imperial College to enable security to recognise you as a conference delegate. CATERING AND REFRESHMENTS Coffee/tea will be served each day at 11.00 and 15.00 in room 3.01. Bagged lunches will be ready for collection at 12.30 in room 3.01. Lunch tickets will be issued when delegates register. INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORAL PRESENTATIONS Talk slots are 15 minutes long, including 3 minutes for questions so please prepare your presentations accordingly. Keynote speakers' slots are 30 minutes including time for questions. Speakers should prepare their slides using Microsoft Powerpoint. Oral presentations, on a CD or USB storage device, must be uploaded to the PC in the correct lecture theatre (room 1.31 or room 1.47) well before the start of the session (i.e. before 09:00, during coffee and lunch breaks, or after 17.00). INSTRUCTIONS FOR POSTER PRESENTATIONS Posters should be prepared in portrait orientation and should be no larger than A0 in size. Landscape oriented posters will not fit on the display boards. Fixing materials will be provided. Poster boards will be available from the Icebreaker (18.30, Sunday) in room 3.01. Once fitted, posters can stay on display for the duration of the conference. Posters should be manned during the Dedicated Poster Session on Monday (17.00-19.00), but they can be viewed at anytime. Drinks will be available during the Dedicated Poster Session. ICEBREAKER The icebreaker will be held in Room 3.01 in the Royal School of Mines building from 18.30- 21.00. Drinks and nibbles will be provided. 4 CONFERENCE DINNER The BSRG 2011 conference dinner will take place on HMS President on the mighty Thames River in the centre of London. A disco will follow a delicious 3-course dinner. Return coach travel is provided - coaches will leave the Royal School of Mines at 19.00 and return at midnight. Cost is payable at the time of registration, and we are unable to take late requests for conference dinner tickets. If you have any special dietary requirements, please ensure that you have notified us well in advance. FIRST AID Should you require a doctor or first aid assistance please contact Security in the first instance; internal phone number 58900, external 020 759 58900. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - RESTAURANTS AND BARS A comprehensive selection of nearby restaurants is given on the following pages. There are three bars on campus (Student Union, Holland Club and Eastside bars; see campus map), and lots of pubs near South Kensington tube station and on Gloucester Road. 5 South Kensington Campus map Hyde Park Kensingt on Gore Royal Albert Hall e t a G Prince s Gate STUDENT sGate s UNION Gardens e c n i r P Queen Prince Consor t Road RSM FRONT ENTRANCE ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES Pr i n ce s Gardens (North Side ) Prince s Gardens HOLLAND HOLLAND CLUB BAR BAR EASTSIDE Pr i nce s Gardens (Watts Way) Queen s TANAKA BUSI NESS SCHOOL ENTRANCE Lawn Imperial College R oad 50 metres xhibition R Eoad Frankland Road South Kensington C r o m w e l l Ro ad lace loeP Thur 50th annual meeting of Thurloe St reet British Sedimentological Research Group SUNDAY 18TH - WEDNESDAY 21ST DECEMBER ALL WORKSHOPS, TECHNICAL SESSIONS ARE IN ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES BUILDING PLEASE USE FRONT ENTRANCE TO ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES (FROM PRINCE CONSORT ROAD) Royal School of Mines Building Plan Lift 3.01 3.37 Third Floor Lift Second Floor 1.51 Lift 1.47 1.31 First Floor Exit Towards Lift Sherfield & Exhibition Road 50th annual meeting of British Sedimentological Research Group Royal School of Mines entrance * REGISTRATION DESK Ground Floor Prince Consort Road SUNDAY 18TH DECEMBER SEISMIC TRAINING WORKSHOP - Room 3.37 (Third Floor), 9am-5pm CORE WORKSHOP - Room 1.51 (First Floor), 2-5pm ICEBREAKER RECEPTION - Room 3.01 (Third Floor), 6:30-8pm MONDAY 19TH & TUESDAY 20TH DECEMBER TALKS - Rooms 1.31 and 1.47 (First Floor) POSTERS, COFFEE, LUNCH - Room 3.01 (Third Floor) AGM & AWARDS CEREMONY - Room 1.31 (First Floor) WEDNESDAY 21ST DECEMBER FIELDTRIP PICK-UP - Royal School of Mines entrance (Ground Floor), 8am FIELDTRIP DROP-OFF - Royal School of Mines entrance (Ground Floor), 5pm Type Name/Details Cost Type of Food Notes Low <£10 Medium <£25 Fast food Burger King Low American Breakfast, 85 Gloucester lunch and Road, London dinner SW7 4SS 020 7370 2447 Fast food KFC Low American Lunch and 81 Gloucester dinner Road London SW7 4SS 020 7244 9642 Fast food Subway Low Sandwich Lunch and 30 Thurloe dinner Street South Kensington, London SW7 2LT 0800 0855058 Fast food Pizza Hut Low Italian Lunch and 2 Kensington dinner Church Street London W8 4EP, United Kingdom 020 7376 1800 Fast food McDonalds Low American Breakfast, 114 Kensington lunch and High Street dinner Kensington, Greater London W8 4SG 020 7937 3705 Restaurant Nandos Medium/Low Chicken Lunch and 117 Gloucester dinner Road London SW7 4ST 02073734446 Restaurant Wagamama Medium/Low Japanese Lunch and 26A dinner Kensington High Street London W8 4PW 020 7376 1717 8 Type Name/Details Cost Type of Food Notes Low <£10 Medium <£25 Restaurant Pizza Express Medium/Low Italian Lunch and 7 Beauchamp dinner Place Kensington, London SW3 1NQ, United Kingdom 020 7589 2355 Eatery Whole Foods Medium/low Mixed Lunch and Market dinner The Barkers Building, 63–97 Kensington High Street, Kensington London W8 5SE 020 7368 4500 Restaurant Ranoush Medium/low Lebanese Lunch 86 Kensington High Street London W8 4SG 020 7938 2234 Restaurant Sticky fingers Medium American Lunch and 1A Phillimore dinner Gardens London W8 7QB, United Kingdom 020 7938 5338 Restaurant Med Kitchen Medium Mixed Lunch and 3-5 Campden dinner Hill Road London W8 7DU 020 7938 1830 Restaurant Balans Medium British/French Breakfast, 187 Kensington lunch and High Street dinner London W8 6SH 020 7376 0115 Restaurant Zaika Medium Asian/Indian Breakfast, Restaurant lunch and 1 Kensington dinner High Street London W8 5NP 020 7795 6533 9 Type Name/Details Cost Type of Food Notes Low <£10 Medium <£25 Restaurant Mimino Medium/High Russian Lunch and Georgian dinner Restaurant 197c Kensington High Street London W8 6BA 020 7937 1551 Restaurant Harrods Food 5* Global Hall 87-135 Brompton Road Knightsbridge SW1X 7XL Restaurant Frankies 3* Italian Flagship 3 Yeomans Row Mains £8.50 - restaurant from SW3 2AL £18.50 the chain created 020 7590 9999 by Marco Pierre White and Frankie Dettori Restaurant O Fado 3* Portuguese 50 Beauchamp Mains £13.95 - Place £20-95 SW3 1NY 020 7589 3002 Restaurant Yo! Sushi 4* Japanese (80+ Chain restaurant 5TH Flr Harvey Plates are £1.70 - dishes) Nichols £5, (would expect 109-125 several plates per Knightsbridge meal) SW1X 7RJ 020 7201 8641 Restaurant S&P Patara 4* Thai/Asian Part of a 9 Beauchamp Average Dinner worldwide chain Place Price £45 SW3 1NQ 020 7581 8820 Restaurant Sopranos 4* Italian Family run 183 Kensington Mains - £6.95- High Street, W8 £16.95 6SH Lunch menu 020 7937 2458 offers 1 course@£6.50, 2 courses@£8.50 Dinner menu offers 2 courses@£12.50, 3 courses@£15.95 10 Type Name/Details Cost Type of Food Notes Low <£10 Medium <£25 Restaurant Babylon at The 3* Modern British Restaurant set in Roof Gardens Main courses 1.5 acre roof top 99 Kensington £18.50-£24 garden above High Street, Kensington W8 5SA complete with 020 7937 7994 flamingos and ducks. Restaurant Byron 4* Quality fast food Chain restaurant 222 High Street Mains £5.50 - Kensington £8.25 W8 7RG 020 7376 0115 Restaurant Giraffe 2* Brasserie/Global Chain restaurant 7 High Street Mains £8.25 - food Kensington £14.95 W8 5NP Restaurant Natural History £35 for a Lunch Deli Café (eg.
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