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GEOSCIENTIST the Fellowship Magazine of the Geological Society of London UK / Overseas Where Sold to Individuals: £3.95 SCIENTIST GEO VOLUME 26 NO 3 u APRIL 2016 u WWW.GEOLSOC.ORG.UK/GEOSCIENTIST The Fellowship Magazine of the Geological Society of London UK / Overseas where sold to individuals: £3.95 society on facebook] [www.facebook.com/geolsoc Life after Coal As the UK’s last deep coalmine closes, Richard Hughes describes the work of the Coal Authority CGEOLS ABROAD ONLINE – RADWASTE PRESIDENT’S DAY Stuart Millis on Hong Kong’s RWM responds: UK geological Now is your chance to join professional perspective disposal gains momentum a Society committee New publications To add to your bookshelf FELLOWS RECEIVE Browse the Online Bookshop for these and other titles from the Geological Society and other earth science 50% publishers, visit: www.geolsoc.org.uk/bookshop DISCOUNT ON SPECIAL The Geological Society Publishing House PUBLICATIONS Unit 7 Brassmill Enterprise Centre, Brassmill Lane, Bath, BA1 3JN, UK AND MEMOIRS Tel +44 (0)1225 445046 Email: [email protected] GEOSCIENTIST CONTENTS 16 21 10 25 FEATURES IN THIS ISSUE... 10 AFTER COAL Richard Hughes (Coal Authority) describes the organisation’s continuing work after the last UK deep coal mine closes REGULARS 05 Welcome Ted Nield remembers Michael Hanlon, moving force behind Jurassica 06 Society news What your Society is doing at home and abroad, in London and the regions ON THE COVER: 09 Soapbox Arjan Reesink calls for a special forum to discuss 10 More than memorials ‘black swan rocks’ Legacy of historic UK coal mining needs 21 Letters We welcome your views continued geological input, says Coal Authority. 22 Books and arts Four books reviewed by Judi & Finn Barrett, Carla-Leanne Washbourne, David M Abbott Jr., & PeterWormald 24 People Geoscientists in the news and on the move 26 Obituary Brian Douglas Hackman 1933-2015 Stone Industries over Time – Professor NLINE John Allen digs around among the graves of 27 Calendar Society activities this month Oxford. 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