BGA-sponsored Meetings
The BGA aims to organise three meetings a year, and in addition invites members to organise meetings on geophysics-relevant subjects (see Organising a Meeting ). The three meetings are:
- Bullerwell Lecture To be given each year by an outstanding young British geophysicist. List of past Bullerwell lecturers
- Bullerwell Lecturer 2010 Nomination Form (MS Word format)
- New Advances in Geophysics A two-day meeting to be organised each year as the Royal Astronomical Society's February "G" meeting, the theme to be a "hot topic" of geophysics, chosen each year.
- Postgraduate Research in Progress in Geophysics A one- or two-day meeting to be held at a university with an active postgraduate geophysics programme, in September or October of each year.
Planned meetings:
2010 Postgraduate Research in Progress meeting
This year's meeting will take place at Bristol University. Postgraduate research students are invited to present talks or posters about their research. Prizes will be offered for the best talk and best poster. There will be an eminent geophysicist as visiting speaker and the Bullerwell Lecture will be repeated. Watch this space for details.
Website for Postgraduate Meeting
2011 Bullerwell Lecture - nominations now open
The 2011 Bullerwell Lecture will be given by an outstanding young or early-career UK-based geophysicist, at the European Geosciences Union Annual Assembly in Vienna, 3-8 April 2011 (exact date and time of lecture to be agreed with EGU organisers).
CALL for NOMINATIONS - deadline 10th September 2010
We look to the geophysics community to nominate candidates for the prestigious Bullerwell lectureship. Please look at the call for nominations and fill in the form below.
2011 Bullerwell call for nominations (PDF Format)
2011 Bullerwell Nomination Form (MS Word format)
2011 Bullerwell Nomination Form(PDF format)
Magma Emplacement and Storage in the Earth's Crust
11/12 February 2010, The Geology Society, Burlington House, London.
Organisers:Tim Wright (Leeds), John Blundy (Bristol), Bob White (Cambridge), Joe Cann
(Leeds emeritus)
Magma plays a critical role in governing the mechanics of seafloor spreading, continental rifting, and in the formation of continental crust at subduction zones. Yet, until recently, few direct observations had been made of magma emplacement and storage. This meeting will discuss new inter-disciplinary observations and models of magma emplacement and storage, and the implications for volcanism.
Recent Meetings organised by the BGA
2009 Postgraduate Research in Progress meeting.
10/11 Sept. 2009, Imperial College, London.
Keynote Speakers: Bullerwell Lecturer Sebastian Rost (Leeds) and Ed Llewellin (Durham). Abstract of Bullerwell Lecture 2009
New Advances in Geophysics 2-day conference, 12-13 February 2009, Geological Society, Burlington House
"New Views on the Earth's Interior"
Jointly with the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain, Mineral Physics Group
Principal Organiser: John Brodholt, University College, London.
Speakers: Dr. Arwen Deuss (Cambridge), Prof. Alex Halliday (Oxford), Prof. Thorne Lay (University of California Santa Cruz), Dr. Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (UCL), Prof. Graham Pearson (Durham), Prof. Andreas Rietbrock (Liverpool), Prof. Paul Tackley (ETH), Dr. Lidunka Vocadlo (UCL), Prof. Don Weidner (SUNY-Stony Brook), Dr. Guillaume Fiquet (Paris)
Link to meeting website for programme and abstracts
Dr. Sebastian Rost (Leeds) presented the 2009 Bullerwell Lecture on Thursday 12th February at 4.45 pm, entitled Seismic constraints on Earth's small-scale structure.
Abstract of Bullerwell Lecture 2009
2008 Postgraduate Research in Progress Meeting
The 2008 Postgraduate Research in Progress (PRIP) meeting took place at Durham University on 1st-2nd September 2008. Guest speakers were Tavi Murray (repeating the Bullerwell Lecture - see below) and Lars Stixrude (University College, London/University of Michigan, http://www.es.ucl.ac.uk/people/stixrude.html), who spoke on "From Minerals to Mantles: the Planetary Mosaic".
New Advances in Geophysics 2008, "Geophysics of Global Climate Change"
This year's"New Advances in Geophysics" conference on Thursday 7th - Friday 8th February 2008 was a great success
Meeting Programme (as at 28/1/2008)
Bullerwell Lecture
The annual British Geophysical Association Bullerwell Lecture was given during the meeting onThursday 7th February, by Prof. Tavi Murray of Swansea University (http://geography.swan.ac.uk/glaciology/people/tmurray/)
"Beneath the Ice: Geophysical Observations at Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica"
2008 Bullerwell Lecture abstract
Geophysics Mailing List
BGA has a mailing list on the Jiscmail Academic Mailbase, on which meeting announcements and other items of interest to the geophysical community are posted. Go to Geophysics Jiscmail Homepage for information on subscribing and posting to this list.
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