SVOLUMECIENTIS 27 NO 2 ◆ MARCH 2017 ◆ WWW.GEOLSOC.ORG.UK/GEOSCIENTISTT GEThe Fellowship Magazine of theO Geological Society of London UK / Overseas where sold to individuals: £3.95 READ GEOLSOC BLOG! [GEOLSOC.WORDPRESS.COM] Adrian Wilkinson on point-cloud surveys captured from ground and air TALE OF TWO MAGMAS ONLINE SPECIAL VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! Ascension Island’s zoned Malcolm Hart on UNESCO’s Time to cast your ballots for pyroclastic airfall deposits Global Geoparks conference President Elect and Council Corporate Supporters: Registration Open Subsurface sand remobilization and injection: implications for oil and gas exploration and development 22-23 March 2017 The Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London Convenors: Andrew Hurst University of Aberdeen Simone Silcock Statoil Hugh Dennis Origo Exploration w crustal processes is increasingly Mads Huuse common in outcrop and subsurface studies. 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