Geo-natter
Kelvin Hall 1445 Argyle Street, Glasgow, United KingdomA chance to look at rocks and fossils, chat informally to others, ask questions about geology and find out what's happening locally
Founded 1858 | Promoting public interest in geology and advancing geological knowledge
Founded 1858
A chance to look at rocks and fossils, chat informally to others, ask questions about geology and find out what's happening locally
Two zoom presentations from students who recently received grants from the Society: Kiara Brooksby, Camborne School of Mines, Exeter University and Ella Davis, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech.
Leaders: Iain Alison and Katie Strang *children welcome and free with an adult* This guided walk will use the Strathclyde geoconservation group's leaflet but in the reverse direction. This half-day trip will take an entirely off-road route along the Kelvin River Walkway taking in the geology along the way. Many exposures can be seen across […]
Leaders: Austen Brown and David Webster The rocks exposed around Portencross are mainly sandstones (known across the UK as the ‘Old Red Sandstone’ (ORS) dating back to the Devonian Period (420 to 360 million years ago). The ‘Lower Old Red Sandstone’ was deposited in desert environments in the aftermath of the Caledonian Orogeny when Scotland […]
A chance to look at rocks and fossils, chat informally to others, ask questions about geology and find out what's happening locally
Leaders: Kevin Farrell and Neil Clark A Geological Look at Holmwood House. Holmwood House is a Victorian villa designed by Alexander 'Greek' Thomson, with a kitchen garden and courtyard tearoom. If the weather allows we will walk down into Linn Park to look at some fossil trackways before heading back to the house for a […]
A chance to look at rocks and fossils, chat informally to others, ask questions about geology and find out what's happening locally
Leader: Margaret Greene Necropolis Hill is one of the highest points of Glasgow. It stands proud simply because it is the outcrop of an intrusion of more resistant igneous rock into the surrounding weaker sandstone. The igneous rock is a type of basaltic lava, known as dolerite. This can be seen in the quarry at […]
A chance to look at rocks and fossils, chat informally to others, ask questions about geology and find out what's happening locally
Leader: Katie Strang The rocks exposed along the foreshore at Burnmouth in the Scottish Borders are early Carboniferous in age and belong to the Ballagan Formation. They were deposited in a low-lying vegetated coastal wetland around 350 million years ago, when Scotland as we know it was a very different place! During this time we […]