Events

This section contains details of all the forthcoming lectures and excursions organised by the society, as well as other Scottish events of a geological nature that the society has heard about.

September 2017

The Causeway Coast and Glens

Start: Friday, 8 September 2017 | 12:00PM
End: Monday, 11 September 2017 | 12:00PM

An excursion along the coast of County Antrim, where we will see rocks ranging in age from the Precambrian to the Quaternary and including the North Atlantic Igneous Province.

The Old Red: Hugh Miller's Geological Legacy

Start: Saturday, 9 September 2017 | 9:00AM
End: Sunday, 10 September 2017 | 5:00PM

This conference is aimed at geologists and palaeontologists internationally, and all who have a general interest in Hugh Miller, fossils and the natural world.

Doors Open Day at Fossil Grove

Date: Saturday, 16 September 2017 | 10:00AM

As part of Glasgow's Doors Open Days festival for 2017, Glasgow Geological Society members Margaret Greene and David Webster will be providing guided tours and children's activities at Fossil Grove on Saturday September 16.

October 2017

Scotland's Geoheritage Festival

Start: Sunday, 1 October 2017 | 12:00AM
End: Tuesday, 31 October 2017 | 11:59PM

Scotland's first national Geoheritage Festival runs from 1-31 October 2017 with a range of more than 40 family events, guided walks and talks across the country.

April 2018

Raasay, Inner Hebrides

Start: Friday, 27 April 2018 | 12:00PM
End: Monday, 30 April 2018 | 12:00PM

We will examine a range of rocks within the Hebridean Terrane, ranging from Archaean gneisses of the Lewisian Complex and the overlying Proterozoic sedimentary rocks of the Torridonian Supergroup through to glacial deposits of the Pleistocene epoch.