Marjorie Sweeting Dissertation Prize

This is presented to the best undergraduate geomorphological dissertation undertaken at a UK university.

Invitation for entries are requested for this annual Award Adobe PDF format

Recent winners

The BSG are pleased to announce that the 2009 Marjorie Sweeting Award has been won jointly by Alexander Lane (Southampton) and Sally Tyldesley (Sheffield).

Alexander Lane (Southampton): "A study into the extent of variations in channel morphology associated with a geological transition along the River Meon, Hampshire."

Sally Tyldesley (Sheffield): "Balance-velocity modelling of the spatial complexity of Antarctica ice sheet flow."

With commendations to the also excellent runners-up.

Hancock, Llew (Gloucestershire) 'Palaeohydraulic reconstruction of a glacial outburst event using HEC-RAS in the Ferpecle Valley, Val d'Herens, Switzerland.

Harrison, Peter (Bristol): An Investigation Into The Retreat Of Helheim And Kangerdlugssuaq Glaciers In Greenland Using Satellite Derived Synthetic Aperture Radar Data.

Milne, Hannah (Aberdeen): Climate of the Loch Lomond Stadial in Perthshire and the Cairngorms.

Previous winners

2008 Ellen Flint (Cambridge) and Helen Miller (Edinburgh).

Ellen Flint (Cambridge): "Natural and Anthropogenic Controls on Salt marsh Accretion History: the Dee Estuary, NW."

Helen Miller (Edinburgh): "What is the Estuarine Sedimentation of Waiwera River Estuary since the Early Holocene Epoch."