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One of the great advantages of publishing Deposits online is that an article does not disappear once the next issue comes along. Everything we publish remains available on the website, creating an ever-growing archive of articles, covering geology, palaeontology and the wider Earth sciences. However, as that archive grows, there … Read More
It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Roy Bullard, who died on the 12th of May 2025 after a long and courageous battle with health issues. Roy was the joint founder and former editor of Deposits magazine, a publication he helped launch with Alister Cruickshanks in 2004. Together, they built a platform that became a valued voice in the geological and palaeontological communities—one that welcomed contributions from professional academics, undergraduate students, and dedicated amateurs alike. Roy retired from Deposits and its parent company UKGE in 2016 due to health reasons, but his legacy and influence have remained ever-present.
Today (14 December 2024), we start a four-part series on the geology and chemistry of Lake Superior agates, by Dr Wayne Sukow (USA), who these days is a retired physicist from the National Science Foundation in the USA. Wayner wrote these articles a while ago for us, and provided some … Read More
I know the Met Office considers the first of December to be the beginning of winter, but I always feel the season doesn’t really start until the beginning of the new year. So, on that thought and to cheer us all up with a bit of geological ‘sun’, this week … Read More
This is just a short note to explain what Alister has recently been working hard on. That is, he has been improving how readers can print and change the PDF elements of Deposits articles.
Today, we start a short two-part series on Indian fossils and, on 6 September 2020, we start a major series of articles on dinosaur footprints in the area around Whitby, on the north Yorkshire coast.
Today, we start a major five part series on on the ‘Chain of Craters Road’ on Hawaii’s Big Island. The articles are in the form of a road trip that you can follow, if and when you are lucky enough to go to this wonderful part of the world to … Read More
Today and tomorrow, we are lucky enough to be publishing some exceptionally interesting articles. Today, we publish an article (Flints in the Late Cretaceous Chalk of NW Europe) by Professor Rory Mortimore. I have been lucky enough to have met Rory on a number of occasions and I can report … Read More
If you are coming to this post after having read Alister’s message (A message from Alister and the Deposits team), you will know why the team at Deposits has decided to move the magazine online. While it is a shame that this has had to be done so suddenly, I … Read More
These have been extraordinary times, but, unlike other times of international and national crises, the pandemic has touched each and everyone of us in some shape or form, and will force big changes going forward. Deposits has always been a not-for-profit undertaking and has run at a loss for several … Read More
