British Society for Geomorphology
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The British Society for Geomorphology (BSG), formerly the British Geomorphological Research Group (BGRG), is the professional association for geomorphologists in the United Kingdom
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- The BSG promotes the field of geomorphology, encouraging interests in: earth surface process, and the erosion, deposition and formation of landformLandformA landform or physical feature in the earth sciences and geology sub-fields, comprises a geomorphological unit, and is largely defined by its surface form and location in the landscape, as part of the terrain, and as such, is typically an element of topography...
s and sediments. Foci include the physical geography of our river, valley, glacier, mountain, hill, slope, coast, desert and estuary environments; alongside responses to HoloceneHoloceneThe Holocene is a geological epoch which began at the end of the Pleistocene and continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Quaternary period. Its name comes from the Greek words and , meaning "entirely recent"...
, PleistocenePleistoceneThe Pleistocene is the epoch from 2,588,000 to 11,700 years BP that spans the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek and ....
or QuaternaryQuaternaryThe Quaternary Period is the most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the ICS. It follows the Neogene Period, spanning 2.588 ± 0.005 million years ago to the present...
environmental change. These pages outline BSG activities, and include details of:- forthcoming meetings, conferences and field excursions; publications (the Geophemera newsletter and the academic journalAcademic journalAn academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
Earth Surface Processes and LandformsEarth Surface Processes and LandformsEarth Surface Processes and Landforms is the journal of the British Society for Geomorphology , formerly the British Geomorphological Research Group. The journal was founded in 1976 as Earth Surface Processes and obtained its present name in 1981...
); research funding; educational resources for schools; and membership details.