Burnmouth
A walk along the foreshore at Burnmouth to study rocks of the early Carboniferous Ballagan Formation
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
A leisurely guided geology walk around Rouken Glen Park, lasting around 1.5 hours
A 2 day geology/palaeontology themed residential excursion in the Cromarty area. The excursion is framed around recent research on Hugh Miller's work.
One or two places may remain available on this excursion (depending on room sharing, etc). Please contact Lindsay Smith (excursions@gsocg.org) to get your name added to the reserve list if you would be interested in joining this excursion.