Web: https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/lyell18
Convenors: Paul Wignall (p.b.wignall@leeds.ac.uk), David Bond (d.bond@hull.ac.uk)
The study of mass extinctions is one of the most interdisciplinary research areas within Earth and environmental sciences. Recent, major advances have come from a broad spectrum of fields, including atmospheric modelling, high-precision age dating, volcanology, geochemistry, stratigraphy and palaeontology.