A new article on the website describes James Croll’s connections with the Geological Society of Glasgow during and after his stay in Glasgow.
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A new article on the website describes James Croll’s connections with the Geological Society of Glasgow during and after his stay in Glasgow.
Fossils that seem to be sponges, one of the first groups of animals to evolve, have been found in rocks from north-west Canada that formed 890 million years ago.
The society’s lecture programme for Session 164 (2021-2022) has now been arranged.
Iceland could be the only exposed part of an entire continent that is mostly submerged beneath the Atlantic Ocean.
A consultation process into possible alternative routes for the A83 in the vicinity of the Rest and Be Thankful has been taking place.
A companion volume to A Guide to the Geology of Islay has now been published.
We are tentatively planning to run a residential excursion to Islay from Friday September 10 to Monday September 13 2021.
An obituary for Allan Hall, who was a past president of the society and died in January 2021, is now available on the website.
The society now has a formal method for dealing with requests from individuals or organisations for financial support, involving the use of a grant application form.
Analysis of recently fallen meteorites suggests that space rocks might have delivered water to Earth’s surface throughout its history.