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@BritGeoSurvey holds 400+ datasets, including environmental monitoring data, digital databases, borehole core, rocks, minerals, fossils, records & archives 🔬
United Kingdom
Joined March 2016
RT @BritGeoSurvey: Our lives are intrinsically linked with the Earth 🌎 . Since 1835, we've been at the forefront of geological research, he….
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A fantastic resource for the professional or the curious.
We've just published photos of every sample of our Scottish building stone quarries collection. Can you spot which stone your house, favourite building or local area is made from?@HESEngineShed @HistEnvScot @BGS_Collections @BGSphotographic.
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It was great hosting you both. Glad we could help. The specimens are packed & almost ready for collection 😁.
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BBC News - Impact crater may be dinosaur killer's baby cousin.
bbc.co.uk
Is this the companion to an asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago wiping out the dinosaurs?
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What better time to show this block of stone from our Building Stones collection than the 190th anniversary of Sir Walter Scott's death? MC5845 from the Binny Quarry, the source of the building materials for the spectacular Scott Monument.
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RT @chrojackson: We're looking for 3 hydrogeologists to join @BritGeoSurvey @BGSGroundwater. Lots of interesting projects seeking to unders….
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Belladrum rocks! and is the BGS archive 🤘😁 Sample S44098 from Balblair pit near Beauly is a Hornblende Granodiorite. See more details @BelladrumFest
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Nice to see the excellent work on the casting and moulding of the originals by @BGS_Collections staff being worked with such amazing results.
Palaeontologists have found the fossil of the earliest known animal predator, throwing into question when complex animal life began on Earth. BGS palaeontologist Dr Phil Wilby is one of the scientists who made the find. #AuroraluminaAttenboroughii.
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On a related theme, in nearby Largoward the oldest hickory shafted golf club manufacturer in the world (The St Andrews Golf Company) has a factory, not far from a Dinantian To Westphalian Olivine-basalt Sill of which this is an example.
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Presenting a photo from our recently completed image collection of the Scottish Systematic Collection of rocks ( to celebrate the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews. Limestone. 'Encrinite Bed'. Witch Lake, St Andrews.
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Many congratulations and very well done Kirstie @rocksandwiggles and Henk @northsea_henk. Recognition of your hard work in sourcing and preparing the material for distribution.
Congratulations @NorthSeaCore on the 2022 R H Worth Medal in recognition of achievements in outreach, public engagement and/or education!."We are delighted to receive this award and hope it will bring attention to our initiative so we can continue making geoscience accessible" ⭐
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Many congratulations to both recipients, but especially the BGS' @DrAMonaghan 😁.
Congratulations to @DrAMonaghan and @DrNatashaDowey on receiving our 2022 Coke Medals for significant service to geoscience resulting in benefits to the community!
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RT @BritGeoSurvey: In 2019, the @FiveDeeps Expedition provided a rare and exciting opportunity to explore and observe the biodiversity and….
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Looking forward to hearing about the dives and the science that follows.
OceanGate ramps up the research for its second deep-sea expedition to the Titanic - summary of our science plans with @iAtlanticEU and @ednatecinc via @GeekWire.
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The not so glamorous side of core viewing. Putting the material back on the shelves. It's a bit like unpacking after a great holiday: essential but you could do without it 😁
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RT @TheJR: We need a new, state-of-the-art U.S. drilling vessel. Apply *now* to attend the May 17-18 community workshop that will develop S….
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Just taken the 150,000th drill core image @BritGeoSurvey Keyworth! Images are made available at under Open Govt Licence. Well done to all our technicians who work hard to produce these images!
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