Learn something new today about the world beneath your feet.

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We are delighted to congratulate department members, Professor Marian Holness, & on their awards from the Geological Society of, respectively, the Murchison Medal, the Dewey Medal & the William Smith fund for 2019

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Outcrops by ( with a cover by me ) available to pre order here - on vinyl n'all - export strength geological music from under West Yorkshire - Rockin' https://t.co/eLwR8P80U3

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Died February 22, 1875, Charles Lyell, the advocate of geology. His argument that the present geological forces can explain the past revolutionized He also popularized this young science & influenced generations of geologists, like Darwin https://t.co/ayl0PXt1lB

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Not happy with cross-sections? Smith also mapped the same geological areas from overhead, colour-coded by stratum: https://t.co/UdUt4T0apv

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This map held at , produced by civil engineer William Smith in 1817, shows the altitude and geological makeup of a cross-setion of British land, from Mt Snowdon to London. Oxford is built on "clunch clay & shale", we've learned. https://t.co/7rWAzR4fVS

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Horror Vacui, A new film by , explores the tension between human hyper-development and geological growth. Recently featured in and . https://t.co/UAChJcEgF8

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Restless Planet - Recent geological surveys confirm the existence of subterranean lakes of molten helium3 on this geologically active planet, making this a very dangerous place to be. There are those who will stop at nothing to harvest the vital substance...

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1881 Antique New Zealand Geyser Print - Science Wall Art - Geological Art Print https://t.co/C0W0Aj7s92

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1881 Antique New Zealand Geyser Print - Science Wall Art - Geological Art Print https://t.co/C0W0Aj7s92

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1970 Apatite Semiprecious Gemstones Print. Minerals Wall Art. Vintage geology Illustration. SCI ART Print. https://t.co/po74xYJN1r

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1970 Vintage Epidote Illustration. Mineral Ore Prints. Rocks Gemstone Minerals Framing home decor https://t.co/P9VbHu7YKm

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1881 Antique New Zealand Geyser Print - Science Wall Art - Geological Art Print https://t.co/C0W0Aj7s92

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The calls Charting the Divine Plan: The Art of Orra White Hitchcock (1796–1863) a "ravishing exhibition of botanical and geological illustration from the first decades of the United States." See it again or for the first time at → https://t.co/346MhrlXAi

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If Hutton’s deep time decentred humans from the Earth, repositioning us as an infinitesimal speck on an infinite geological scale, the Anthropocene’s deep time has re-situated humans smack bang in the middle of it all.

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The beauty of geological time. From the Big Bang to the Holocene (aka, now). Source: https://t.co/bvFEs40F9r

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И вновь моя любимая КНР, провинция Ганьсу, северные предгорья хребта Циляньшань, уезды Линьцзэ и Сунань, городской округ Чжанъе. Часть Великового шёлкового пути.
Чудеса природы. Национальный геопарк Чжанъе Данься (Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park), 529 км2.

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Its time for Geological time that is! My of life, death and change all sandwiched beneath our feet. See https://t.co/OFtFMbxP98 for more

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Illustrating anything in the world... also beneath it.

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March 23, 1769 marks the birthday of pioneering stratigrapher William Smith, who is credited creating the 1st true geological map & introducing the concept of index fossils to distinguish sedimentary layers https://t.co/2WGVnh9FJM

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