Born in 1773, he was elected one of the first members of the recently founded Geological Society of London in 1808, and served as its president from 1816 to 1818.

News Published: 26 June 1948 Geology at Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Dr. T. S. Westoll Nature 161, 1003–1004 (1948) Cite this article ...

A recent study unravels why North America, despite its comparable geographical setting to East Asia, lacks a distinct rainy season like that of East Asia. Led by scientists from the Institute of ...

To create the map, the researchers amassed over 2,000 stress orientations taken across North America, of which 300 are brand new. These measurements were taken from boreholes—long, narrow shafts ...