The PESGB thank the YP Sig for sponsoring this Aberdeen Evening Lecture

The Billion Dollar Volcano: Iceland, Volcanic Rocks and our future

Dougal Jerram, Durham University
www.dougalearth.com

Tuesday 31 August 2010, 6pm for 6.30pm presentation
Copthorne Hotel, 122 Huntly Street, Aberdeen AB10 1SU

As the dust settles from the recent volcanic crisis, this talk takes a brief look at just what happened during the recent volcanic activity, an event which brought volcanology to the coffee tables of the world. But what role do volcanic rocks have in our future? The topical exploration and production targets at the fringes and underneath the volcanic margins in the North Atlantic and beyond may have the answers. Volcanic margins form the main focus of the presentation where ancient volcanic activity from the Iceland plume may hold the key to some new discoveries in possibly the final frontier of the UK key petroleum industry. 

This lecture will be repeated in London on 14 September.

Photo courtesy of Henrik Thorburn - Eyjafjallajokull volcano plume 2010 04 18 Wikipedia	Photo courtesy of Eyjόlfur Magnύsson, University of Iceland