A magnificent section of the glacial Neoproterozoic Port Askaig Formation with a sequence at the base which is a prime candidate for a global “golden spike” or GSSP. We will discuss the concept of snowball earth and assess how the succession here fits with that model.

A fantastic chance to visit both the Palaeobiology and Earth Systems collections held in the National Museums Scotland specialist facility.

A chance to see fossils dating back to the Silurian period, including trilobites, brachiopods, nautiloids, corals and crinoids

We will study the relationships between the Dalradian metamorphic rocks of the Highlands, the rocks associated with the Highland Boundary Fault, and the younger sedimentary fill of the adjacent Midland Valley.

A visit to Spireslack and Mainshill Wood surface coal mines to examine spectacular exposures of Carboniferous strata on a scale not seen anywhere else in the United Kingdom

This excursion will illustrate the cyclic pattern of the sedimentation of Carboniferous (Dinantian) rocks exposed between Craigielaw Point and Aberlady Point.

A chance to bring the family along to a fun day out examining beach pebbles and learning more about the geology of this Ayrshire coastal location

An off-road walk along the Kelvin River Walkway to look at rocks of the middle Carboniferous Limestone Coal Formation and Upper Limestone Formation, with the possibility of seeing plant fossils

A walk along the shore at Portencross to examine Upper and Lower Old Red Sandstone sedimentary rocks of the Devonian period and associated igneous rocks

A short tour of Holmwood House and a look at how the design of the house links with geology, including the use of earth pigments

A tour to explore the geology of Necropolis Hill and of some of the remarkable monuments in the cemetery

A walk along the foreshore at Burnmouth to study rocks of the early Carboniferous Ballagan Formation

A look at the Ordovician rocks and fossils of the Girvan southern foreshore

A 4-day excursion to study the Glenelg-Attadale Inlier, an enigmatic complex of ancient gneisses that enclose a beautiful garnet-pyroxene rock-type - eclogite - that formed at extreme pressure when this continental crust was subducted during continental collisions