WOLLASTON MEDAL

Richard Sibson for revolutionary contributions to our understanding of faulting processes, earthquakes and fluid flow in the Earth's crust.

LYELL MEDAL

Bill Ruddiman for major contributions to both the theory and practical assessment of long-term and abrupt climate changes during the Cenozoic.

MURCHISON MEDAL

Randall Parrish for widespread and fundamental contributions to geoscience through isotope geochronology.

WILLIAM SMITH MEDAL

Henry Posamentier for universally applied techniques based on his pioneering contributions to sequence stratigraphy.

COKE MEDAL

Richard Selley for significant contributions to pure and applied sedimentology as researcher, author and teacher.

COKE MEDAL

Euan Clarkson for outstanding contributions to palaeontology as researcher, author and teacher.

BIGSBY MEDAL

Sara Russell for fundamental research on the formation of the solar system and planets.

PRESTWICH MEDAL

Peter Friend for contributions to our understanding of the geometry of fluvial sandstone bodies and their subsurface interpretation.

R. H. WORTH PRIZE

Dorset & East Devon Coast World Heritage Site core team for achieving UNESCO World Heritage Site designation for the ‘Jurassic Coast'.

WILLIAM SMITH FUND

Zoe Shipton for her work in using statistical methods to predict fault zone character in the subsurface.

LYELL FUND

Kirsty Penkman for reviving the role and reputation of ‘amino acid dating' in the UK, demonstrating its true viability and potential.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

Margaret Wood for her tireless work promoting geology and geoconservation through school education and the RIGS movement in Wales.

PRESIDENT'S AWARDS

Tom Gernon for his innovative work on fluidization processes in the formation of kimberlite pyroclastic deposits.

Tom Dunkley Jones for improving our understanding of the evolution and controls on the Earth's climate during the Palaeogene period.

Laura Robinson for her highly promising geochemical work.

JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY YOUNG AUTHOR OF THE YEAR 2009

Craig Barrie for his paper ‘On the growth of colloform textures: a case study of sphalerite from the Galmoy ore body, Ireland' pp. 563–582 (with A. J. Boyce, A. P. Boyle, P. J. Williams, K. Blake, J. J. Wilkinson, M. Lowther, P. McDermott & D. J. Prior).