Journal of the Geological Society (JGS) aims to publish the most topical and highest quality papers, summarizing the results of recent research across the full range of the Earth Sciences. Papers are frequently interdisciplinary in nature, often refer to regional studies and should emphasize the development of understanding of fundamental geological processes. The implications of regional studies should extend beyond their geographical context. Alternatively more specialized papers can be submitted, but they should be written in a style that is easily understood by non-specialists to illustrate the progress being made in that specific area of the Earth Sciences. Reviews on topics of current interest are also welcome, but they too should be written to cater for non-specialist readers. Specials are short papers on topical or controversial issues in Earth Sciences and receive fast-track reviewing procedures, allowing publication in less than 6 months.
A short biography of pioneering scientist Mary Anning, written in the final ten years of her life, has been made public for the very first time.
Other
Jan 11, 2023
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Ever stumbled upon a huge fossil on your holiday? That's what happened to me and two friends in January 2018, on a beach in Howick in the north of England,while on a geological road-trip across England and Wales. It was pure ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Jan 28, 2022
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The largest-ever fossil of a giant millipede—as big as a car—has been found on a beach in the north of England.
Paleontology & Fossils
Dec 20, 2021
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A new study has found that the minerology of the rocks that a meteorite hits, rather than the size of the impact, determines how deadly an impact it will have.
Planetary Sciences
Dec 14, 2021
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Mars explorers searching for signs of ancient life could be fooled by fossil-like specimens created by chemical processes, research suggests.
Planetary Sciences
Nov 16, 2021
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A new study using leading edge technology has shed surprising light on the ancient habitat where some of the first dinosaurs roamed in the UK around 200 million years ago.
Paleontology & Fossils
Feb 26, 2021
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A new paper has revealed an ancient trackway, found imprinted on a block of sandstone from the base of Hardraw Force Waterfall in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, is the oldest record of amphibian tracks in the UK dating back ...
Archaeology
Dec 13, 2019
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Studies of marine microfossils, known as conodonts, have allowed a team of researchers from Australia and China to map extreme global warming which coincided with the most severe mass extinction on Earth approximately 252 ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 7, 2019
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Evidence for the ancient, 1.2 billion years old, meteorite strike, was first discovered in 2008 near Ullapool, NW Scotland by scientists from Oxford and Aberdeen Universities. The thickness and extent of the debris deposit ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 10, 2019
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The discovery provides a new characteristic 'biosignature' to track the remains of ancient life preserved in rocks which are significantly altered over billions of years and could help identify life elsewhere in the Solar ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 8, 2019
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