BOSCORF ran a two-day training course on 'Advanced Techniques in Sediment Core Analysis and Core Data Visualisation' funded by the NERC Doctoral Training Scheme on 24-25 March. The course which focused on non-destructive core logging, data presentation and analysis, was aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers, particularly those using these techniques in their research. Expert lecturers from industry (Geotek Ltd.) and academia (Universities of Cambridge and Southampton), together with BOSCORF staff, gave a very full two-day programme of lectures, laboratory demonstrations and practical exercises. The course was attended by Ph.D. students and doctoral researchers from the Universities of Swansea, Nottingham, Durham, London, Cardiff, Bangor, Cambridge, Keele, Hull, Bristol and Southampton. Applications to attend the course were oversubscribed and it is hoped the course will become at least an annual event, with perhaps two courses in future held back-to-back to accommodate demand. The overwhelming sentiment from the workshop appraisal forms was the course should be longer!
Students and lecturers from the BOSCORF advanced training course on core logging held at NOC on 24-25 March
Simon Crowhurst from the University of Cambridge lectures on the AVAATECH XRF core scanner.
John Roberts and James Shreeve of Geotek Ltd. demonstrate the Geotek core loggers in the BOSCORF laboratories.
Students test their understanding of multi-sensor core logging under guidance from Geotek Ltd. staff.