Journal of the Geological Society
Journal of the Geological Society; 2005; v. 162; issue.4;
p. 577-578;
DOI: 10.1144/0016-7649aw-s05
© 2005 Geological Society of London
Society Awards for 2005
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Introduction
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WOLLASTON MEDAL—Ted Irving whose seminal contributions on palaeomagnetism paved the way to the final proof of the reality of continental drift and subsequently the development of plate tectonic theory.Fig 1
LYELL MEDAL—Michael James Benton for his systematic work on archosaurs and rhynchosaurs of the Triassic, and our understanding of mass extinction events.Fig 2
MURCHISON MEDAL—Christopher Scholz for his important work at the interface between rock mechanics and earthquake seismology, combining laboratory study of friction and brittle deformation with observational seismologyFig 3
WILLIAM SMITH MEDAL—Robert Knipe for his empirical approach to structural problems and their implication for oil exploration and extraction, the physical and chemical behaviour of rocks during deformation, pioneering use of microstructural analysis and its integration into larger-scale tectonic evolution.Fig 4
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COKE MEDALS
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Michael Brown for his contribution to our understanding of how heat and mass are transferred within continents, his research within high-pressure and paired metamorphic belts, and his work on international bodies and editorial boards.Fig 5
David Gwyn Roberts whose pioneering work on the structure of the Rockall Plateau shed light on the early opening of the NE Atlantic and the evolution of volcanic and non-volcanic rifted margins.Fig 6
PRESTWICH MEDAL—Geoffrey Russell Coope for his work as founder and main exponent of the study of Pleistocene insect faunas.Fig 7
BIGSBY MEDAL—Jonathan Blundy for major contributions to experimental and theoretical igneous geochemistry.Fig 8
SUE TYLER FRIEDMAN MEDAL—Ursula Bailey Marvin for her work on the history of plate tectonics, and meteorites and impact structures, her popularizing work and for advancing the cause of women in science.Fig 9
LYELL FUND Ian Alsop for his seminal papers on the structural evolution of the Caledonides of NW Ireland, and subsequent work on the geometric and kinematic analysis of sheath and flow perturbation folds within the mid-crust.
MURCHISON FUND Peter Dominic Clift for his work on the sedimentary and tectonic geology of active plate margins, especially the marginal seas of Asia and the Western Pacific.
THE R. H. WORTH PRIZE Susan Brown for the energy and flair with which she has applied herself to the work of the GA and Rockwatch, encouraging the enthusiasm of the young - and the not so young.
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD Andrew Charles Skinner for providing the scientific basis from which has been developed a sustainable policy for protecting the UK's groundwater.
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PRESIDENT'S AWARDS
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Simon Howard Brocklehurst for his research into Quaternary landscape evolution in the UK.
Andrew Walker for his work on the use of computational mineral physics to explore deformation in the Upper Mantle.
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JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY YOUNG AUTHOR OF THE YEAR 2004
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Victoria Smith for her paper ‘Reactivation of a rhyolite magma body by new rhyolitic intrusion before the 15.8 ka Rotorua eruptive episode: implications for magma storage in the Okataina Volcanic Centre, New Zealand’ (with Phil Shane and Ian Nairn, pp. 757–772)
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Introduction
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