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Wind Farm Footings Spotlight Hidden UK Geology SCIENTIST GEO VOLUME 24 NO 8 u SEPTEMBER 2014 u WWW.GEOLSOC.ORG.UK/GEOSCIENTIST The Fellowship Magazine of the Geological Society of London UK / Overseas where sold to individuals: £3.95 READ GEOLSOC BLOG!] [geolsoc.wordpress.com Generating Geo-Data Wind farm footings spotlight hidden UK geology BIG BANG THEORY RADWASTE DISPOSAL ACADEMIC ISSUE New dating correlates mass Towards a new approach to Why academics and the extinctions LIPs, climate change finding a repository site in the UK Society need each other The best digital mapping app in the world FieldMove Clino Pro is your complete mapping kit in one device: DigitalDigit compass-clinometer CameraCam NotebookNote NEW:NEW: Stereonet Sterreeonet display of geological data NEWNEW:: Expanded library of symbols for plaplanarn and linear data NEW:NENEWW: Draw contacts, faults and outcropsoutcrroops on yyour chosen basemap in iOS version Get thesehese new featuresfeaturrees by upgradingupgrading to ProPrroo inside the FieldMove Clino app, available to downloadd ffromfrrroom the App StorStoreree aand Google PlayPlay.y.. 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GEOSCIENTIST CONTENTS 06 24 12 18 FEATURES IN THIS ISSUE... 18 Big bang New dating is drawing closer parallels between Large Igneous Provinces and modern climate change, says Howard Lee REGULARS 05 Welcome Ted Nield reflects on how Anthropocene climate change is making Barrow’s dream come true 06 Society news What your Society is doing at home and abroad, in London and the regions 11 Soapbox David Manning mounts the box to urge more academics to join the Society ON THE COVER: 21 Letters We welcome your thoughts 12 Generating Geo-Data 22 Books and arts Four new books and websites reviewed by Wind farm footings are revealing a wealth Ted Nield, Andrew Robinson, John Cope and Jan Zalasiewicz of hidden treasures under the UK, say Peter 24 People Geoscientists in the news and on the move Jones and Vanessa Banks 26 Obituary Ewart Albert Vincent 1919-2012 27 Calendar Society activities this month ONLINE SPECIALS Stephen Mathers discusses new geological models from the BGS. Tony Brook follows up on an earlier article on Spencer Compton, 28 Obituary Edward Howel Francis 1924-2014 Marquess of Northampton, and his relationship with Gideon Mantell. 29 Crossword Win a special publication of your choice WWW.GEOLSOC.ORG.UK/GEOSCIENTIST | SEPTEMBER 2014 | 03 Corporate Supporter: REGISTRATION NOW OPEN Small to Subseismic Scale Reservoir Deformation 29-30 October 2014 The Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London Convenors: Mike Ashton Badley Ashton America Russell Davies RDR Steve Dee BP Kachi Outcrop photographs courtesy of Thibault Cavailhes. Onyeagoro Shell Small to subseismic deformation features can negatively impact reservoir performance and/or be stimulated to enhance field recovery. In many cases such features are controlled by, or interact with, similarly scaled Ole Petter sedimentological features, complicating conventional views of intra-reservoir connectivity and flow unit Wennberg definition. 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