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Amalgamation of the Department of Geology, Department of Geodesy and Geophysics and the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology
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The main location of the department is at the Downing Site, Downing St. The Bullard Laboratories, located in
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on Madingley Rd is a satellite department of the main building. The department incorporates the
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Departments in the Faculty of Earth Sciences and Geography, University of Cambridge
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in 1880, and is the oldest student run geological society in the world.
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department. First formed around 1731, the department incorporates the
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The department's history can be traced back to 1731 when the 1st
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University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences
Department of Earth Sciences (Downing Site)
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Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Earth Sciences
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
Woodwardian Professor of Geology
John Woodward
West Cambridge
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
Godwin Laboratory
Sedgwick Club
Adam Sedgwick
Simon Conway Morris
Michael Bickle
Marie Edmonds
Harry Elderfield FRS
David Hodell
Woodwardian Professor of Geology
Timothy Holland
Marian Holness
James Jackson
Nick McCave
Woodwardian Professor of Geology
Dan McKenzie FRS CH
Ekhard Salje FRS
Bob White FRS
Eric Wolff FRS

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