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Acknowledgements

Thanks to Phil Chapman for casually suggesting to said ‘there were shades of Doug Shearman in the
the teenage younger brother of his friend Roger talk you gave today’.) Peter Friend provided under-
Nichols that he might like to study geology at ‘A’ stated guidance to me as PhD project supervisor:
level: this turned out to be the best piece of advice I could not have a better academic pedigree than as
I ever received. The late Doug Shearman was an a former research student of Peter. It has been a great
inspirational lecturer in sedimentology when I was a pleasure to work with many different people in many
student at Imperial College, London, and he unwit- different countries, all of whom have in some way
tingly made me committed to the idea of being an provided me with some inspiration. Most importantly,
academic sedimentologist. (The greatest professional they have made my whole experience of 25 years in
compliment ever paid to me was by Rick Sibson, a geology a lot of fun. Thanks also to Davina for just
former colleague of Doug, who, after I had given a about everything else.
presentation at a conference nearly 20 years later,