Stephen Lokier
@lokier.bsky.social
Geologist @ University of Derby
Programme lead MSc GeoEnergy; @SedsOnline.bsky.social Founder; AE Sedimentology; EGU_SSP division; geology, earth sciences, sediments, carbonates, evaporites, stratigraphy, paleoenvironments, enhanced weathering, CCS ⚒️🧪🌍
Programme lead MSc GeoEnergy; @SedsOnline.bsky.social Founder; AE Sedimentology; EGU_SSP division; geology, earth sciences, sediments, carbonates, evaporites, stratigraphy, paleoenvironments, enhanced weathering, CCS ⚒️🧪🌍
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Stephen Lokier
@lokier.bsky.social
· Oct 9
Our new #OpenAccess paper 'Sediment-stressed reefs over the past 420 Myr', led by Tanja Unger, has been published in The Depositional Record
Understanding natural and anthropogenic sediment influx to reef systems is critical to planning protection strategies
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Understanding natural and anthropogenic sediment influx to reef systems is critical to planning protection strategies
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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We have an excellent line up for this weeks Seds Online Student Webinar....
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
We have an excellent line up for this weeks Seds Online Student Webinar....
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Scientists feel that the pressure to publish is rising, but that the time and resources they have to do the necessary research are falling, according to a survey of 3,200 researchers
go.nature.com/4hNDvuN
go.nature.com/4hNDvuN
Pressure to publish is rising as research time shrinks, finds survey of scientists
Researchers feel that pressures to publish are increasing, but the time and resources available to do research are decreasing, according to a survey by Elsevier.
go.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Scientists feel that the pressure to publish is rising, but that the time and resources they have to do the necessary research are falling, according to a survey of 3,200 researchers
go.nature.com/4hNDvuN
go.nature.com/4hNDvuN
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It’s #RadonAwarenessWeek.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKSHA) recommends that radon levels should be reduced in homes where the annual averages is at or above 200 becquerels per cubic metre.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKSHA) recommends that radon levels should be reduced in homes where the annual averages is at or above 200 becquerels per cubic metre.
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It’s #RadonAwarenessWeek.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKSHA) recommends that radon levels should be reduced in homes where the annual averages is at or above 200 becquerels per cubic metre.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKSHA) recommends that radon levels should be reduced in homes where the annual averages is at or above 200 becquerels per cubic metre.
Submission is open for our session
'Carbonates - archives of time, space and change'
at the the EGU General Assembly (3-8 May 2026)
Join Karolina Bienko, Arnaud Gallois and I for some lively discussions about all things carbonate!
Submit here: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/abstra...
'Carbonates - archives of time, space and change'
at the the EGU General Assembly (3-8 May 2026)
Join Karolina Bienko, Arnaud Gallois and I for some lively discussions about all things carbonate!
Submit here: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/abstra...
November 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Submission is open for our session
'Carbonates - archives of time, space and change'
at the the EGU General Assembly (3-8 May 2026)
Join Karolina Bienko, Arnaud Gallois and I for some lively discussions about all things carbonate!
Submit here: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/abstra...
'Carbonates - archives of time, space and change'
at the the EGU General Assembly (3-8 May 2026)
Join Karolina Bienko, Arnaud Gallois and I for some lively discussions about all things carbonate!
Submit here: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/abstra...
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Had a lovely day in Buxton with @derbyuni.bsky.social Water Resources students visiting Nestlé Buxton Water and sampling water from Hogshaw Brook; the UofD borehole and St Anne’s Well.
@derbyuniearth.bsky.social
@derbyuniearth.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Had a lovely day in Buxton with @derbyuni.bsky.social Water Resources students visiting Nestlé Buxton Water and sampling water from Hogshaw Brook; the UofD borehole and St Anne’s Well.
@derbyuniearth.bsky.social
@derbyuniearth.bsky.social
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30 October 1846: a newspaper reported that a fund had been set up by the geologists at that year's @britsciassoc.bsky.social meeting in Southampton to raise money for ailing fossil dealer #MaryAnning, 'an old woman' (she was 47), following a fire at her home in Lyme Regis.
October 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
30 October 1846: a newspaper reported that a fund had been set up by the geologists at that year's @britsciassoc.bsky.social meeting in Southampton to raise money for ailing fossil dealer #MaryAnning, 'an old woman' (she was 47), following a fire at her home in Lyme Regis.
Fabulous to see our @EarthSciences students out there sampling the delights of @Derbyshire
Had a lovely day in Buxton with @derbyuni.bsky.social Water Resources students visiting Nestlé Buxton Water and sampling water from Hogshaw Brook; the UofD borehole and St Anne’s Well.
@derbyuniearth.bsky.social
@derbyuniearth.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Fabulous to see our @EarthSciences students out there sampling the delights of @Derbyshire
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The deadline has been extended!! Submit your abstract by tomorrow, 22nd of October lnkd.in/dBBx7Pne!
#fluvial, #sedimentology, #morphodynamics, #geomorphology
#fluvial, #sedimentology, #morphodynamics, #geomorphology
October 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
The deadline has been extended!! Submit your abstract by tomorrow, 22nd of October lnkd.in/dBBx7Pne!
#fluvial, #sedimentology, #morphodynamics, #geomorphology
#fluvial, #sedimentology, #morphodynamics, #geomorphology
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PHD OPPORUNITY: Feeding strategies and symbiosis of marine calcifiers in a changing ocean (University of Southampton, UK)
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#coralreefs #calcification #phd #phdopportunity #careers #coral #nutrients #coralreefecology #coralscience #marinebiology
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#coralreefs #calcification #phd #phdopportunity #careers #coral #nutrients #coralreefecology #coralscience #marinebiology
October 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
PHD OPPORUNITY: Feeding strategies and symbiosis of marine calcifiers in a changing ocean (University of Southampton, UK)
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#coralreefs #calcification #phd #phdopportunity #careers #coral #nutrients #coralreefecology #coralscience #marinebiology
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#coralreefs #calcification #phd #phdopportunity #careers #coral #nutrients #coralreefecology #coralscience #marinebiology
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Some stromatolites to get your Saturday started. El Paso Formation (Ordovician; roadcut along Scenic Drive in El Paso) ⚒️
October 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Some stromatolites to get your Saturday started. El Paso Formation (Ordovician; roadcut along Scenic Drive in El Paso) ⚒️
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@sumikotsuka.bsky.social and I are looking for a postdoc (2 yrs) to work w/ us at @uni-jena.de and LIAG Hannover on constraining exhumation rates in #Albania using calcite/dolomite thermoluminescence thermochronology. www.structures.uni-jena.de/en/1012/open.... @paleoseismicity.bsky.social @dfg.de
Open Postdoc position
two-years full-time postdoc position open in our team, starting 1 January, 2026.
www.structures.uni-jena.de
October 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
@sumikotsuka.bsky.social and I are looking for a postdoc (2 yrs) to work w/ us at @uni-jena.de and LIAG Hannover on constraining exhumation rates in #Albania using calcite/dolomite thermoluminescence thermochronology. www.structures.uni-jena.de/en/1012/open.... @paleoseismicity.bsky.social @dfg.de
University of Derby Student Geological Society Annual Quiz starting soon…..
October 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
University of Derby Student Geological Society Annual Quiz starting soon…..
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#MolluscMonday: Rather nice example of the Lower Lias bivalve Gryphaea in life position, Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire.
October 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
#MolluscMonday: Rather nice example of the Lower Lias bivalve Gryphaea in life position, Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire.
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All hands on the great unconformity in the Sandias, New Mexico. Pennsylvianian limestones on 1.4 billion years A type granites. @riceuniversity.bsky.social geology trip.
October 12, 2025 at 3:47 AM
All hands on the great unconformity in the Sandias, New Mexico. Pennsylvianian limestones on 1.4 billion years A type granites. @riceuniversity.bsky.social geology trip.
Our new #OpenAccess paper 'Sediment-stressed reefs over the past 420 Myr', led by Tanja Unger, has been published in The Depositional Record
Understanding natural and anthropogenic sediment influx to reef systems is critical to planning protection strategies
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Understanding natural and anthropogenic sediment influx to reef systems is critical to planning protection strategies
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
October 9, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Our new #OpenAccess paper 'Sediment-stressed reefs over the past 420 Myr', led by Tanja Unger, has been published in The Depositional Record
Understanding natural and anthropogenic sediment influx to reef systems is critical to planning protection strategies
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Understanding natural and anthropogenic sediment influx to reef systems is critical to planning protection strategies
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
STARTING NOW!!!
We open the 6th #Seds_Online Season with a talk by Frank Heitmuller from the University of Southern Mississippi:
🗓 8 October, 4:00 PM (UK time)
🎙 “Clogged Sieve? – Floodplain sedimentation above the deltaic apex of the Lower Mississippi River”
🔗 More details and registration: sedsonline.com
🗓 8 October, 4:00 PM (UK time)
🎙 “Clogged Sieve? – Floodplain sedimentation above the deltaic apex of the Lower Mississippi River”
🔗 More details and registration: sedsonline.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
STARTING NOW!!!
Starting in 20 minutes
Starting in 40 minutes!
We open the 6th #Seds_Online Season with a talk by Frank Heitmuller from the University of Southern Mississippi:
🗓 8 October, 4:00 PM (UK time)
🎙 “Clogged Sieve? – Floodplain sedimentation above the deltaic apex of the Lower Mississippi River”
🔗 More details and registration: sedsonline.com
🗓 8 October, 4:00 PM (UK time)
🎙 “Clogged Sieve? – Floodplain sedimentation above the deltaic apex of the Lower Mississippi River”
🔗 More details and registration: sedsonline.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Starting in 20 minutes
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Starting in 40 minutes!
We open the 6th #Seds_Online Season with a talk by Frank Heitmuller from the University of Southern Mississippi:
🗓 8 October, 4:00 PM (UK time)
🎙 “Clogged Sieve? – Floodplain sedimentation above the deltaic apex of the Lower Mississippi River”
🔗 More details and registration: sedsonline.com
🗓 8 October, 4:00 PM (UK time)
🎙 “Clogged Sieve? – Floodplain sedimentation above the deltaic apex of the Lower Mississippi River”
🔗 More details and registration: sedsonline.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Starting in 40 minutes!
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Join us at 18.00 BST on Friday 10th October at Burlington House in London for our next free talk - Thames Through Time: Cornish Flavour by Ian Mercer
This will be a hybrid event: in-person and online via Zoom. For those attending in person, tea will be served in the Lower Library from 17.30 BST
This will be a hybrid event: in-person and online via Zoom. For those attending in person, tea will be served in the Lower Library from 17.30 BST
October 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Join us at 18.00 BST on Friday 10th October at Burlington House in London for our next free talk - Thames Through Time: Cornish Flavour by Ian Mercer
This will be a hybrid event: in-person and online via Zoom. For those attending in person, tea will be served in the Lower Library from 17.30 BST
This will be a hybrid event: in-person and online via Zoom. For those attending in person, tea will be served in the Lower Library from 17.30 BST
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Everybody makes money out of academic authors except the authors...News.
Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.
Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.
Wiley set to earn $44m from AI rights deals, confirms “no opt-out" for authors
The US publisher is the latest to capitalise on deals to give tech firms access to its authors’ content to train their Large Language Models (LLMs).
www.thebookseller.com
September 19, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Everybody makes money out of academic authors except the authors...News.
Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.
Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.
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Calling MSc & PhD students working on fluvial sedimentary systems.
Apply to present at the 12th #SedsOnline Student Webinar.
Take this opportunity to share your research & get feedback.
Submit your abstract by 15 Oct. here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Apply to present at the 12th #SedsOnline Student Webinar.
Take this opportunity to share your research & get feedback.
Submit your abstract by 15 Oct. here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 4, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Calling MSc & PhD students working on fluvial sedimentary systems.
Apply to present at the 12th #SedsOnline Student Webinar.
Take this opportunity to share your research & get feedback.
Submit your abstract by 15 Oct. here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Apply to present at the 12th #SedsOnline Student Webinar.
Take this opportunity to share your research & get feedback.
Submit your abstract by 15 Oct. here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reposted by Stephen Lokier
We open the 6th #Seds_Online Season with a talk by Frank Heitmuller from the University of Southern Mississippi:
🗓 8 October, 4:00 PM (UK time)
🎙 “Clogged Sieve? – Floodplain sedimentation above the deltaic apex of the Lower Mississippi River”
🔗 More details and registration: sedsonline.com
🗓 8 October, 4:00 PM (UK time)
🎙 “Clogged Sieve? – Floodplain sedimentation above the deltaic apex of the Lower Mississippi River”
🔗 More details and registration: sedsonline.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We open the 6th #Seds_Online Season with a talk by Frank Heitmuller from the University of Southern Mississippi:
🗓 8 October, 4:00 PM (UK time)
🎙 “Clogged Sieve? – Floodplain sedimentation above the deltaic apex of the Lower Mississippi River”
🔗 More details and registration: sedsonline.com
🗓 8 October, 4:00 PM (UK time)
🎙 “Clogged Sieve? – Floodplain sedimentation above the deltaic apex of the Lower Mississippi River”
🔗 More details and registration: sedsonline.com