Understanding the spatial variability of sedimentary deposits (lecture)
Thursday, 13 Feb 2020 07:30pm
Dr Amanda Owen, University of Glasgow
Events
February 2020
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
Ardnamurchan
Start date: Friday, 08 May 2020 12:00pm
End date: Monday, 11 May 2020 12:00pm
Exposures of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks associated with the Ardnamurchan “textbook volcano”, with examples of mixed magma, ash flows, ring dykes, cone sheets and airfall rocks.
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
A series of short oral presentations by society members, followed by desktop presentations, nibbles and drinks