Prof. Jim Best was awarded the 2018 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Medal by the European Geosciences Union at the EGU annual meeting in Vienna, April 9th, 2018.
The Lamarck Medal was established by the EGU Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Paleontology Division, in recognition of the scientific achievement of Jean Baptiste Lamarck. It is awarded to scientists for their exceptional contributions to stratigraphy, sedimentology or palaeontology. The Medal is awarded to Prof. Best this year for "major contributions to our understanding of physical sedimentary processes and their products in the geological record."