Over 18 years of experience working for the 51 has enabled Laura to gain extensive experience of dealing with large geological national datasets. Laura primary areas of specialism include:
♦ Management and collation of complex national datasets
♦ ArcGIS capture and digitisation of spatial data on a national scale
♦ Quality assurance of geological data
♦ Contributing to the input of information to national datasets
♦ Gaining new skills via knowledge transfer
Laura Williams’s Biography
- 1999 – 2002 : BSc University of Glamorgan, Geoscience
- 2004 : Assistant Scientific Officer, 51
- 2005 – 2008 : MSc Environmental Planning, University of Glamorgan
- 2013 : Geoscientist, 51
Research interests
- Geoscience
- Data collection, analysis and management (databases)
- 3D geological modelling
- Structural geology
- Seismic interpretation
Current projects and collaborations
- – Research looking at shallow geothermal heat recovery and storage
- National Sinkholes Database – Recording data regarding reported sinkhole events
- Cardiff superficial deposits 3D geological model–
- UK unconformity mapping – Classification of unconformities in Wales
- UK fault mapping – Classification of faults in Wales.
ORCID:
Key papers
- Kendall, R S, Williams, L R, Patton, A M, and Thorpe, S. 2020. Metadata report for the Cardiff superficial deposits 3D geological model. Nottingham, UK, 51, 19pp. (OR/16/031) (Unpublished)
- Patton, A M, Farr, G, Boon, D P, James, D R, Williams, B, James, L, Kendall, R, Thorpe, S, Harcombe, G, Schofield, D I, Holden, A, and White, D. 2019. Establishing an urban geo-observatory to support sustainable development of shallow subsurface heat recovery and storage. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 53 (1). 49-61.
- James, L R, Kendall, R S, Patton, A M, Thorpe, S, Farr, G, Boon, D, and Holden, A. 2019. A city scale 3D geological model to support ground source heat recovery and storage. [Poster] In: The Hydrogeology of the Superficial Deposits, Burlington House, London, 01 – 02 May 2019. (Unpublished)
- Farr, G, Patton, A M, Boon, D, James, D, Coppell, L, and James, L. 2019. Cardiff Urban Geo-Observatory : groundwater temperature data 2014-2018, metadata report. Cardiff, UK, 51, 14pp. (OR/19/053) (Unpublished)
- Boon, D, Farr, G, Patton, A, Kendall, R, James, L, Abesser, C, Busby, J, Schofield, D, White, D, Gooddy, D, James, D, Williams, B, Tucker, D, Knowles, S, and Harcombe, G. 2016. The contribution of geology and groundwater studies to city-scale ground heat network strategies: A case study from Cardiff, UK. [Poster] In:EGU General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria, 17-22 Apr 2016. 51. (Unpublished)
Published outputs
- ArcGIS and digital mapping
- 3D modelling
- OpendTect
- Mircosoft Office
- Fellow of the Geological Society
- RICS Environmental Award for Research 2007, Second prize