Geologist, outdoor sports enthusiast and rare breed sheep farmer. Current research focus on the application of Virtual Outcrop methods in geology 🏴
Aberdeen, Scotland
Joined July 2017
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Thrilled to see Aberdeen ranked 1st in the UK for Earth Sciences and for Human Geography, and 1st in Scotland for Forensic and Archaeological Sciences based on positive responses in the NSS. A remarkable testament to our amazing students and staff! abdn.ac.uk/news/23346/
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The R H Worth Medal is awarded to Professor John Howell!
John is a Professor of Virtual Geoscience @aberdeenuni, where he communicates the natural world to a wider audience. This medal recognises achievements in outreach, public engagement and education. Well done @Virtualgeol!
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So you thought we’d reached Peak Brexit? Watch British Paratroopers who after being dropped into Sannerville, France, to commemorate D-Day, had to show their passports to the French Douane…
@Nigel_Farage musty be so proud…
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The UK has never been a member of the EU’s passport free Schengen area. The UK has always had passport controlled travel with France. Both the UK and Ireland secured Schengen opt outs in the Treaty of Amsterdam. ukandeu.ac.uk/the-uk-and-the…
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So excited to be running this fantastic event again, please share far and wide!
🚨 Registration is now open 🚨 be sure to get your place booked as spaces are limited! We have an amazing set of speakers and workshops this year. Register via: forms.office.com/e/W9LgKsxx8… and travel bursaries can be applied for via: forms.office.com/e/td4Bcce0T…
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Cognitive Skills Linked to Brexit Votes - Neuroscience News neurosciencenews.com/cogniti…
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🚨New article🚨
Exploring how salt detachment geometry controls the development of thrust salients, our work compares analogue modelling results with the South-Central Pyrenees thrust salient. @IRGeomodels @DeptDto @aapgsaltbasins
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Very honoured to receive this award, exactly 20 yrs since I taught my first geophysics practical. Thanks to all students & colleagues along the way @abdngeology @aberdeenuni @SEELeeds @GeologyLeics Will continue promoting #geophysics #mentalhealth #STEMeducation #disabilities
The 2024 RAS Higher Education Award goes to Dr David Cornwell of @aberdeenuni for making an outstanding and sustained contribution to undergraduate and postgraduate geophysics teaching over a number of years.
Well done Dr Cornwell!
#RASawards
ALT The 2024 RAS Higher Education Award goes to Dr David Cornwell.
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Last night was something else!
Heard this clip was going around on X so better get it from the source. Sharing is caring ❤️ – at Iceland
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How a coastline 100 million years ago influences modern election results in Alabama
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Detailed evolution of the Ebro river mouth (NW Mediterranean sea) between 1984-2022
#DeltadelEbre #DeltadelEbro #EbroDelta #geomorphology #coastal
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Examine the late Silurian to late early Devonian continental succession exposed south of the Highland Boundary Fault on the coast between Stonehaven and Arbroath south of Aberdeen #ias2024 @sedimentology
iasaberdeen2024.org/
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Are looking for a PhD project and are interested in marine geology, geomophology and sediment mobility, all that in the context of energy transition? Look no further!
findaphd.com/phds/project/qu… @Seismic_Newts
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Abstract deadline rapidly approaching... some common themes emerging... AI in sedimentology seems popular, also continental sediments, terrestrial to marine transitions, ichnology, evapororites, shallow and deep clastics, carbonates, and lots more! @JSedimentology @sedimentology
You can find key information about all things @IAS_Aberdeen on our website at iasaberdeen2024.org/
@sedimentology #ias2024
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📢❗️🚨Please consider submitting your abstract to the interdisciplinary session our session at @EuroGeosciences AGM in Vienna #EGU24:
ITS3.9/ERE6. Geosciences for Offshore Renewable Energy in Complex Geological Settings
meetingorganizer.copernicus.…
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Iceland volcano: What could happen if and when the Iceland volcano on the Reykjanes peninsula erupts? Volcanologist Prof Malcolm Hole from our School of Geosciences explains.