TESTING CLASSICAL ENIGMAS
Testing Classical Enigmas
This article by Professor John Underhill of Edinburgh University has been reproduced from
Geoscientist magazine Vol. 18 No. 9 (September 2008) with the kind permission of the editor,
Dr. Ted Nield. Geoscientist is the monthly colour magazine of The Geological Society of
London, www.geolsoc.org.uk
The Author
John Underhill has been a Geological Society Fellow since 1982, an AAPG
Distinguished Lecturer and Matson Award recipient and an EAEG
Distinguished Lecturer Award winner on two occasions. He holds a BSc in
Geology from Bristol University and a PhD from the University of Wales.
He worked for Shell International for five years before joining the
University of Edinburgh in 1989, where he holds the Chair of Stratigraphy.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His primary research
interest lies in the use of geological fieldwork and geophysical methods to
investigate the structure and stratigraphy of sedimentary basins. He has been
investigating the geology of the Ionian Islands of western Greece since
1982. In his spare time John also refereed football matches to the highest
domestic and international (FIFA) level.
The Odysseus Unbound project
The award-winning book about this project is called Odysseus Unbound:
The Search for Homer’s Ithaca (Robert Bittlestone, James Diggle and John
Underhill: Cambridge University Press 2005, ISBN 0521853575). Further
information about the progress of current research in Kefalonia is available
at www.odysseus-unbound.org
Sponsorship by Fugro
A major research partnership was announced in March 2007 between
FUGRO (provider of geotechnical, survey and geoscience services), the
authors of Odysseus Unbound: The Search for Homer’s Ithaca and IGME
(Greece’s geological institute). Further details are available at
www.fugro.com and at www.odysseus-unbound.org/sponsorship.html
London Lecture, October 2 2008
“Where was Odysseus' homeland? The geological, geomorphological and
geophysical evidence for relocating Homer’s Ithaca.”
Shell London Lecture by John Underhill at the Geological Society of
London, Burlington House, London W1J 0BG.
Further details: www.odysseus-unbound.org/events.html
Bookings: alys.johnson@geolsoc.org.uk or +44 (0) 20 7432 0981
This article by Professor John Underhill of Edinburgh University has been reproduced from
Geoscientist magazine Vol. 18 No. 9 (September 2008) with the kind permission of the editor,
Dr. Ted Nield. Geoscientist is the monthly colour magazine of The Geological Society of
London, www.geolsoc.org.uk
The Author
John Underhill has been a Geological Society Fellow since 1982, an AAPG
Distinguished Lecturer and Matson Award recipient and an EAEG
Distinguished Lecturer Award winner on two occasions. He holds a BSc in
Geology from Bristol University and a PhD from the University of Wales.
He worked for Shell International for five years before joining the
University of Edinburgh in 1989, where he holds the Chair of Stratigraphy.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His primary research
interest lies in the use of geological fieldwork and geophysical methods to
investigate the structure and stratigraphy of sedimentary basins. He has been
investigating the geology of the Ionian Islands of western Greece since
1982. In his spare time John also refereed football matches to the highest
domestic and international (FIFA) level.
The Odysseus Unbound project
The award-winning book about this project is called Odysseus Unbound:
The Search for Homer’s Ithaca (Robert Bittlestone, James Diggle and John
Underhill: Cambridge University Press 2005, ISBN 0521853575). Further
information about the progress of current research in Kefalonia is available
at www.odysseus-unbound.org
Sponsorship by Fugro
A major research partnership was announced in March 2007 between
FUGRO (provider of geotechnical, survey and geoscience services), the
authors of Odysseus Unbound: The Search for Homer’s Ithaca and IGME
(Greece’s geological institute). Further details are available at
www.fugro.com and at www.odysseus-unbound.org/sponsorship.html
London Lecture, October 2 2008
“Where was Odysseus' homeland? The geological, geomorphological and
geophysical evidence for relocating Homer’s Ithaca.”
Shell London Lecture by John Underhill at the Geological Society of
London, Burlington House, London W1J 0BG.
Further details: www.odysseus-unbound.org/events.html
Bookings: alys.johnson@geolsoc.org.uk or +44 (0) 20 7432 0981
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