Annual General Meeting
Thursday, 12 Dec 2019 07:00pm
The AGM will be held before the December lecture, starting at 7 pm to allow time for questions and discussion of the membership survey.
Events
December 2019
Green gold? How to get metals out of the ground in a “green” and sustainable way (lecture)
Thursday, 12 Dec 2019 07:30pm
Professor Gawen Jenkin, University of Leicester
January 2020
Engineering geology of the Queensferry Crossing (lecture)
Thursday, 09 Jan 2020 07:30pm
John Brown, Arup, Edinburgh
February 2020
Understanding the spatial variability of sedimentary deposits (lecture)
Thursday, 13 Feb 2020 07:30pm
Dr Amanda Owen, University of Glasgow
March 2020
Burning planet: the story of fire through time (lecture)
Thursday, 12 Mar 2020 07:30pm
Andrew Scott, Royal Holloway, University of London
April 2020
Breaching of the Dover Strait and the creation of “Island Britain” (lecture)
Thursday, 09 Apr 2020 07:30pm
Jenny Collier, Imperial College
Islay
Start date: Friday, 24 Apr 2020 12:00pm
End date: Monday, 27 Apr 2020 12:00pm
1800 Ma gneiss, Precambrian metasediments and fossil stromatolites, the famous Port Askaig Tillite (possible “Snowball Earth”?), low grade metamorphic Dalradian rocks retaining original sedimentary structures, reactivated and reversed extensional faults, substantial mineralisation, 60 Ma igneous intrusions (opening of the Atlantic Ocean) and a large selection of Quaternary Ice Age features.
May 2020
Members’ Night
Thursday, 14 May 2020 07:30pm
A series of short oral presentations by society members, followed by desktop presentations, nibbles and drinks