NERC Tellus South West conference | 31 October 2013 | 09.45 – 15.30 | Eden Project

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Programme

9.45

Registration and refreshments

10.15

Morning session: The Tellus South West survey programme: Andy Howard, British Geological Survey (BGS)
Welcome to Tellus South West 745 KB pdf

10.30

Keynote speaker — Mike Young, Director, Geological Survey of Northern Ireland
The Tellus Effect 3.2 MB pdf

10.50

Robin Shail and Charlie Moon, University of Exeter Camborne School of Mines
The geology, mineralisation and mineral potential of Cornwall and Devon 5.3 MB pdf

11.05

Jenny Bearcock, G-BASE, BGS
UK Baseline Geochemistry: A Key Environmental Yardstick 4.7 MB pdf

11.20

Gwyn Rees, Director Environmental Informatics, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Hydrological and ecological data collection in the south west

11.35

David Beamish, BGS
Tellus South West: the preliminary airborne geophysical data 4 MB pdf

11.50

Carl Robinson, British Antarctic Survey (BAS)
TELLUS South West Regional Lidar Survey 2.6 MB pdf

12.00

Buffet lunch, networking

12.45

Tellus South West movie

13.00

Afternoon session: issues, opportunities and operations: Frances Wall, University of Exeter Camborne School of Mines

13.05

Resources

 

Richard Scrivener, Wolf Minerals (UK) Ltd
The mineralisation of the south west and Hemerdon Mine

 

Gary Staddon, Imerys Minerals Ltd
Mining in the south west 2.8 MB pdf

 

Mark Kenwright, Wardell Armstrong International Ltd

 

Tony Bennett, ESG Energy Ltd
Deep geothermal in the south west 889 KB pdf

13.30

Hazards

 

Mark Smethurst, University of Exeter Camborne School of Mines
Radon, arsenic and land contamination in the South West 675 KB pdf

 

Geoffrey Walton, DustScan Ltd
Background data for dust mapping

 

Lewis Jones, Southwest Water
The need for environmental data in the south west

 

Tony Hartwell, Environmental Sustainability Knowledge Transfer Network
NERC and EPSRC's £7 million R&D programme — security of supply of mineral resources

13.50

Environmental change and heritage

 

Robin Shail, University of Exeter Camborne School of Mines
Geological controls on coastal landsliding

 

Ainsley Cocks, Cornish Mining World Heritage Site
The Cornwall & West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site: an introduction 4.6 MB pdf

 

Cally Oldershaw, University of Exeter Camborne School of Mines
Data and opportunities for education and outreach 758 KB pdf

 

Mark Wiggins, South West Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme
Coastal Monitoring in the South West 2.1 MB pdf

 

Anita Shepherd, Rothamsted Research
Remote Sensing & Modelling for Agri-Environmental Data & Sustainable Farming on The Rothamsted Farm Platform, Devon 867 KB pdf

14.15

Break

14.35

Plenary Session — Chair: Iain Stewart, Plymouth University Discussion, selected submitted questions and 'build on' messages

15.20

Closing remarks — Andrew Bloodworth, BGS

15.30

Close

Programme PDF 290 KB pdf

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