Breaching of the Dover Strait and the creation of “Island Britain” (lecture)
Thursday, 09 Apr 2020 07:30pm
This lecture has been cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak. We hope to reschedule it for autumn 2020.
Events
April 2020
May 2020
Ardnamurchan
Start date: Friday, 08 May 2020 12:00pm
End date: Monday, 11 May 2020 12:00pm
This excursion has been cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak. We hope to reschedule it for 2021.
Port Askaig 2020
Start date: Tuesday, 12 May 2020 09:00am
End date: Wednesday, 13 May 2020 05:00pm
Presentations of the results of a long-term field campaign on the 1100 m thick Port Askaig Formation focused on the exposures in the Garvellach Islands and Islay
Members’ Night
Thursday, 14 May 2020 07:30pm
This event has been cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak.
June 2020
Onich Shore
Saturday, 06 Jun 2020 09:00am
A classic east-west cross-section through folded Dalradian metasediments: part of the Appin Syncline, including Appin Phyllite, Limestone and Quartzite, with Ballachulish Slates and some minor basic dykes and intrusive bodies.
Great Cumbrae
Saturday, 13 Jun 2020 09:00am
A great opportunity to view the wonderfully varied geology of this small island.
Queensferry
Saturday, 27 Jun 2020 09:00am
Accessible exposures along the shore to the east of South Queensferry, including the Lower Carboniferous West Lothian Oil-Shale Formation and the older Gullane Formation below this (both Strathclyde Group).
July 2020
Hessilhead
Saturday, 11 Jul 2020 09:00am
A visit to a disused quarry to see the fossils and rocks of the Lower Limestone Group of Ayrshire. The site is also abundant in wildlife and plants.
August 2020
Charlestown Lime Centre
Saturday, 01 Aug 2020 09:00am
A presentation on the history of the lime industry in Charlestown and the geology and palaeontology of the Blackhall Limestone, followed by a walk to examine outcrops of the Blackhall Limestone and the Early Carboniferous Visean Limestone, with a chance to look for fossils in quarry spoil heaps.