Russell Lawley’s Biography
- 2023 β present: Geologist BGS Product Development
- 2023 β 2010: Team lead: Properties and Resources products
- 2006β present:Project leader various commissioned projects (Earthing parameters for power systems, power network hazard assessment, climate change adaptation for railways)
- 2003β present: Project leader various digital products and services (Superficial deposit thickness model, Soil Parent Materials, BGS Civils, BGS Geology, UK soil observatory)
- 1993 β 2011: GIS and 3D Systems developer
- 1990 β 1997: Geologist, 51ΑΤΖζ
- 1985 β 1988: Undergraduate study, BSc (Hons), University of Leeds
Research interests
- Digital geoscience products: How and why we create digital geoscience products to solve problems
- Integration of geo-data with ecological information to derive natural capital assessments of our landscape: How we value the natural capital or ecosystem services afforded to us by the geology beneath our feet
- Soils and weathering-zone characterisation of the UK: Analysis of geological factors that drive the development of soils in our landscape
- Spatial modelling (terrain analysis and spatial distribution of soil-geology characteristics): How we map and portray soil and geology characteristics across our landscape
Current projects and collaborations
- : a multi-centre portal of soil information for UK
- 51ΑΤΖζ Geology: the digital geological map of Great Britain
- 51ΑΤΖζ Civils: geotechnical mapping for the shallow subsurface
- 51ΑΤΖζ Radon: a model of radon potential across the UK
- Soil Parent Material model: Parent materials: the geological substrate to soils
- 51ΑΤΖζ SDTM: The superficial thickness model (depth to bedrock/rockhead)
- Collaboration: Centre for Ecology and Hydrology –
Published outputs
Skills
- Geological interpretation
- Project management
- Spatial data analysis