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The Geological Society of London was delighted to again host the Shell London Lecture Series throughout 2013. These monthly public lectures were all held at the Geological Society's Piccadilly apartments in Burlington House.
The presentation from each lecture is available to view online - click on the lecture title below.
9 January Reconciling Past and Future Worlds: Geology and Ground Engineering Speaker: Jackie Skipper (Geotechnical Consulting Group)
27 March Exceptionally preserved fossils: Windows on the Evolution of Life Speaker: David Siveter (University of Leicester)
17 April Rivers under the Sea Speaker: Jeffrey Peakall (University of Leeds)
29 May CCS: capturing global opportunities and injecting fresh energy into the oil and gas industry? Speaker: Paul Garnham , CCS Project Manager (Shell)
3 July Life at deep sea hydrothermal vents: biodiversity in a new resource frontier Speaker: Adrian Glover (Natural History Museum)
11 September Dwarfism in Animals on Islands Speaker: Victoria Herridge (Natural History Museum)
9 October The Mars Science Lab Mission Speaker: Prof Sanjeev Gupta (Imperial College)
20 November Shearwater: Geology Under Pressure Speaker: Caroline Gill, Senior Production Geologist (Shell)
18 December Lakes Beneath the Ice Speaker: Martin Siegert (University of Bristol)