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Journal of the Geological Society, London, Vol. 155, 1998, pp. 585–586. Printed in Great Britain Society Awards for 1998 THE WOLLASTON MEDAL—K. K. Turekian THE LYELL MEDAL—S. Conway Morris for his enormous contribution to modern and environmental for his seminal work on soft-bodied fauna, most notably from sciences through his far-reaching work on ocean chemistry and the Burgess Shale, and the evolution of multi-celled animals. atmospheric processes. THE MURCHISON MEDAL—R. S. J. Sparks THE WILLIAM SMITH MEDAL—S. R. Larter for his outstanding work in the field, laboratory and theoreti- for his leading role in the application of geochemistry to the cal aspects of volcanology. petroleum industry. THE MAJOR JOHN COKE MEDAL—A. J. Reedman THE MAJOR EDWARD COKE MEDAL—A. M. Spencer for his contribution to the Earth sciences, especially mapping, for his important contribution to petroleum geology and and his professional representation of British geology on the the geoscience community through published work and international scene. conferences. 585 Downloaded from http://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/jgs/article-pdf/155/4/585/4887318/gsjgs.155.4.0585.pdf by guest on 24 September 2021 586 SOCIETY AWARDS FOR 1998 THE ABERCONWAY MEDAL—D. Savage THE SUE TYLER FRIEDMAN MEDAL—K. L. Taylor for his major contribution to geology in industry, particularly for his contribution to the history of geology, especially of the related to hot-dry rocks and the Sellafield nuclear waste eighteenth century. repository. THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD THE R. H. WORTH PRIZE R. A. Fox, for his enormous service to the geoscience commu- A. Grayson, a freelance writer and broadcaster, in recognition nity, paticularly that of professionalism. of her contribution to enhancing public interest in geoscience. THE WOLLASTON FUND THE LYELL FUND D. A. Rothery, for his published contributions to geoscience, in A. S. Gale, for his fundamental contributions to the inter- the field of remote sensing. national cretaceous stratigraphy. THE MURCHISON FUND THE WILLIAM SMITH FUND J. D. Blundy, for his outstanding geochemical research. J. A. Cartwright, for his contributions to petroleum geoscience through meticulous mapping. THE PRESIDENT’S AWARDS S. Gabbott, for her major contribution to the study of the Ordovician Soom Shale. P. A. Nadin, for his contribution to the understanding of basin development through quantitative methods. Downloaded from http://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/jgs/article-pdf/155/4/585/4887318/gsjgs.155.4.0585.pdf by guest on 24 September 2021.

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