BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Geological Society of Glasgow - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Geological Society of Glasgow
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Geological Society of Glasgow
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Europe/London
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:BST
DTSTART:20150329T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:GMT
DTSTART:20151025T010000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:BST
DTSTART:20160327T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:GMT
DTSTART:20161030T010000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:BST
DTSTART:20170326T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:GMT
DTSTART:20171029T010000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:BST
DTSTART:20180325T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:GMT
DTSTART:20181028T010000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:UTC
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:UTC
DTSTART:20130101T000000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170603T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170603T190000
DTSTAMP:20260421T164527
CREATED:20170602T230000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220921T204233Z
UID:10001165-1496480400-1496516400@geologyglasgow.org.uk
SUMMARY:Kilewnan Burn and Dunmore from Fintry village
DESCRIPTION:Joint Excursion with the Edinburgh Geological Society\n\nLeader: Dr Con Gillen\n\nWalk on footpaths\, 4km total; hill ascent to 250m; walk along stream section; visit to old quarry. Walk to and along Kilewnan Burn. Walk up hill to top of Dunmore\, then downhill and across hillside slope towards Fintry quarry.\nThe Fintry Hills are part of the Clyde Plateau Volcanic Formation to the south-west of Stirling\, and show good examples of varied basaltic igneous rocks that formed close to eruptive centres\, in a landscape of craters and cinder cones. As well as the igneous rocks\, we shall also be looking at Carboniferous sedimentary rocks of the Clyde Sandstone Formation and the Ballagan Beds (cement stones).\nToilets will be available in Fintry at the start and finish of the excursion.\nThe excursion will be followed by high tea at the Fintry Sports and Recreation Club\, in company with our Edinburgh colleagues.\nSee Excursion 10 in the Stirling & Perth Guide (Browne & Gillen\, 2015\, EGS).\n\n£30 deposit. This is set at a level to recover the anticipated costs of the trip and also the cost of the high tea. This is set at a level to recover the anticipated costs of the trip. A small financial adjustment may be made on the bus on the day of the trip. \nLeaving Gregory Building at 9:00\, returning at 19:00\, travelling by coach
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/kilewnan-burn-and-dunmore-from-fintry-village/
CATEGORIES:Excursions
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170505T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170508T120000
DTSTAMP:20260421T164527
CREATED:20170504T230000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220922T104811Z
UID:10001163-1493985600-1494244800@geologyglasgow.org.uk
SUMMARY:Morvern & Ardgour\, Lochaber
DESCRIPTION:Leader: Jim Blair\, Lochaber Geoconservation \nField days: Friday/Saturday/Sunday/Monday \nWe hope to be based in the Ardgour area where we would have access to Morvern and Ardgour.  We could meet at the Tourist Info Centre (beside the Ballachulish Slate Quarry) perhaps\, at 11.30 am/12 noon\, with road stops to see Strontian granite\, Moine rocks\, perhaps the Ballachulish Slide & the Lochaline working silica mine (has to be a weekday after 4.30 pm\, wellington boots\, hard hats\, high vis jackets required). Over the weekend we also hope to see lavas from the Mull volcano in Morvern\, Tennyson’s waterfall (off the lavas)\, Jurassic fossil beds at Lochaline\, a possible P/T Boundary\, an unconformity between Moine/Devonian and another between Moine and Permo/Trias\, hopefully an old lead mine and other things! \nTravel will be by shared private cars – less expensive and better than a coach on single track roads. \nThis is the second weekend on which this excursion is being run. The first weekend\, April 21 to April 24\, is now fully booked\, but there are still places available for this second weekend. If you are interested in joining this second excursion\, please contact restrips@gsocg.org as soon as possible.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/morvern-amp-ardgour-lochaber/
CATEGORIES:Excursions
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170421T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170424T120000
DTSTAMP:20260421T164527
CREATED:20170420T230000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220921T202858Z
UID:10001162-1492776000-1493035200@geologyglasgow.org.uk
SUMMARY:Morvern & Ardgour\, Lochaber
DESCRIPTION:Leader: Jim Blair\, Lochaber Geoconservation \nField days: Friday/Saturday/Sunday/Monday \nWe hope to be based in the Ardgour area where we would have access to Morvern and Ardgour.  We could meet at the Tourist Info Centre (beside the Ballachulish Slate Quarry) perhaps\, at 11.30 am/12 noon\, with road stops to see Strontian granite\, Moine rocks\, perhaps the Ballachulish Slide & the Lochaline working silica mine (has to be a weekday after 4.30 pm\, wellington boots\, hard hats\, high vis jackets required). Over the weekend we also hope to see lavas from the Mull volcano in Morvern\, Tennyson’s waterfall (off the lavas)\, Jurassic fossil beds at Lochaline\, a possible P/T Boundary\, an unconformity between Moine/Devonian and another between Moine and Permo/Trias\, hopefully an old lead mine and other things! \nTravel will be by shared private cars – less expensive and better than a coach on single track roads. \nThe logistics of this excursion require the number in the party to be limited to 20\, and this weekend is now fully booked. However\, because of the interest in the excursion\, it is being run again on a second weekend\, May 5 to May 8 2017. If you are interested in joining this second excursion\, please contact restrips@gsocg.org as soon as possible.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/morvern-ardgour-lochaber/
CATEGORIES:Excursions
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20161002T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20161002T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T164527
CREATED:20161001T230000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220318T181158Z
UID:10001034-1475402400-1475427600@geologyglasgow.org.uk
SUMMARY:Balmaha
DESCRIPTION:Joint excursion with the Geologists’ Association \nLeaders: Dr Chris Burton & Dr Simon Cuthbert \nThe Geologists’ Association (in London) are visiting Glasgow for a “behind the scenes” visit to the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre. They have asked that we assist them with organising a local field trip and we have suggested a joint trip to Balmaha to examine the Highland Border Complex which here has great diversity in lithologies.  We will also examine both the Lower and Upper Old Red Sandstone rocks with a view to determining the nature of their accumulation and provenance. \nTheir group size is normally 20 to 25\, comprising older/retired adults with a keen interest in geology\, although varied levels of knowledge. We think this would be a good opportunity to meet some fellow enthusiasts. \nCould you please note that the original plan to have high tea in the Oak Tree Inn has had to be cancelled? (The inn will be too busy to cater for our group because of a festival taking place in Balmaha on the weekend of the excursion.) \nThere will be no charge for this excursion. \nMeet Geologists’ Association group in Forestry Commission car park at Balmaha at 10:00. \nThis excursion is now fully booked.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/balmaha/
CATEGORIES:Excursions
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160902T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160905T180000
DTSTAMP:20260421T164527
CREATED:20160901T230000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220922T103759Z
UID:10001031-1472806800-1473098400@geologyglasgow.org.uk
SUMMARY:North-east Ireland
DESCRIPTION:This trip will explore the British and Irish Palaeogene Igneous Province surrounding Carlingford Lough at Slieve Gullion\, Carlingford and Mourne\, including a range of volcanic features\, from a caldera-forming ring complex to spectacular cone-sheets. We will see a variety of igneous rock types\, including basalt\, rhyolite\, gabbro and granite and explore the textures that form during magma mixing. We will also look at some of the regional geology\, including the local Silurian metasedimentary rocks\, formed on the floor of the Iapetus Ocean and deformed during the Caledonian Orogeny\, when northern and southern Ireland became joined together. We will see the effect the hot magmas had on these rocks\, baking and melting them around the intrusions. More details and some pictures can be seen here. \nThere are still places available on this trip; if you would like to join it\, or wish to have further details\, please email the residential excursion secretary. \nThe price will be announced when the numbers are known and the accommodation arranged. \nWe will travel by private car and ferry\, in order to keep costs to a minimum. Accommodation will be B&B in the Carlingford area (3 nights).
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/north-east-ireland/
CATEGORIES:Excursions
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160716T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160716T180000
DTSTAMP:20260421T164527
CREATED:20160715T230000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220922T103427Z
UID:10001029-1468659600-1468692000@geologyglasgow.org.uk
SUMMARY:Aberfoyle area
DESCRIPTION:Leader: Dr Iain Allison \nThe Highland Boundary Fault passes through Aberfoyle and brings up the low grade metamorphic rocks of the Dalradian succession against the upturned conglomerates of Lower Devonian age. Slivers of Highland Border Complex rocks occur in the fault zone. The greywackes and slates of the Southern Highland Group of the Dalradian here form the downward closing synform of the major Aberfoyle anticline. On this excursion we shall examine the various rock types and their sedimentary and tectonic structures in order to confirm the accepted view\, first expounded over 40 years ago by Shackleton\, that the major structures have been overturned. Some of the walking will be along forestry tracks but there will also be rougher boggy and heathery ground to traverse. \n£15 deposit. This is set at a level to recover the anticipated costs of the trip. In addition\, please be aware that any balance of costs will be recovered by a small surcharge on the day of the excursion. \nLeaving Gregory Building at 9:00\, travelling by coach
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/aberfoyle-area/
CATEGORIES:Excursions
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160625T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160625T190000
DTSTAMP:20260421T164527
CREATED:20160624T230000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200522T164814Z
UID:10001028-1466845200-1466881200@geologyglasgow.org.uk
SUMMARY:Berwickshire Coastal Path
DESCRIPTION:Joint Excursion with the Edinburgh Geological Society \nLeader: Dr Angus Miller \nWe will visit Cove Harbour to view Carboniferous sedimentary rocks\, then return to the cliff top to follow the Berwickshire Coastal Path around to Pease Bay (lunch stop\, view Devonian sedimentary rocks). We will then continue along the coastal path to Siccar Point. You can view Siccar Point safely from the viewpoint above\, or\, if conditions permit\, descend a steep grassy slope that may be slippery. Siccar Point itself is rocky and potentially slippery underfoot.  Participants should only descend to Siccar Point if they are physically fit\, properly equipped with walking boots and the conditions are suitable: grass not too wet\, not too windy. We will then return the short distance to the Siccar Point car park for coach pickup around 4pm. The excursion will be followed by high tea\, in company with our Edinburgh colleagues\, and we will aim to return to Glasgow by around 19:00. \n£20 deposit. This is set at a level to recover the anticipated costs of the trip. In addition\, please be aware that any balance of costs will be recovered by a small surcharge on the day of the excursion. There will also be an additional charge for the high tea.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/thberwickshire-coastal-path/
CATEGORIES:Excursions
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160618T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160618T180000
DTSTAMP:20260421T164527
CREATED:20160617T230000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220412T185525Z
UID:10001027-1466236800-1466272800@geologyglasgow.org.uk
SUMMARY:Garabal Hill-Glen Fyne Igneous Complex
DESCRIPTION:Leaders: Dr Chris Burton & Dr Jim MacDonald \nThis complex\, close to the head of Loch Lomond\, together with the Arrochar Igneous Complex forms part of a group of post-orogenic intrusions known as the South Grampians Suite\, which were intruded into the Southern Highland Group during the mid-Silurian (ca 425 Ma). The rocks of the complex are dominantly dioritic and high in potassium\, but with  an extraordinary petrological range from ultrabasic picrites to acid granodiorites\, this wide range being the result of magmas derived\, unusually\, from not one but several parental lithologies\, including both crustal and mantle types. \nThe excursion will be confined to the area immediately to the east of the Garabal Fault\, between Lochan Beinn Damhain and Garabal Hill itself. Here picrites\, gabbros\, hornblendites and a range of pyroxene-rich diorites and granodiorites and the relationships between them can be seen\, all under the thermally-metamorphosed roof of the intrusion. \nNB: The area is accessed from the A82 near Beinglas Farm along a relatively easy but fairly long ATV track followed by a short hill-traverse. The distance from the A82 is ca 4.6 km (2.85 miles). There will be some rough terrain on Garabal Hill itself. Given the distances\, the excursion will be a long one and will require an 8 am start. \nLeaving Gregory Building at 8:00\, travelling by coach \n£15 deposit. This is set at a level to recover the anticipated costs of the trip. In addition\, please be aware that any balance of costs will be recovered by a small surcharge on the day of the excursion.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/garabal-hill-glen-fyne-igneous-complex/
CATEGORIES:Excursions
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160610T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160610T123000
DTSTAMP:20260421T164527
CREATED:20160610T230000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220412T185128Z
UID:10001026-1465554600-1465561800@geologyglasgow.org.uk
SUMMARY:Glasgow Museums Resource Centre
DESCRIPTION:Leaders: GMRC staff \nThis morning excursion is a guided tour of the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre. Museum staff will be showing us some of the many items in the geology collection which are not on public display. Because of restricted space within the building\, numbers will be limited to 15 but\, in the event of higher demand\, a further trip will be offered on another occasion. \nMeet at 10:15 at the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre\, 200 Woodhead Road\, South Nitshill Industrial Estate\, Glasgow G53 7NN. The centre is about 5 minutes walk from Nitshill railway station. \nThere will be no charge for this excursion. \nThis excursion is now fully booked. \n 
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/glasgow-museums-resource-centre/
CATEGORIES:Excursions
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160416T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160418T130000
DTSTAMP:20260421T164527
CREATED:20160415T230000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220412T183820Z
UID:10001023-1460797200-1460984400@geologyglasgow.org.uk
SUMMARY:Knapdale
DESCRIPTION:Leader: Dr Iain Allison (University of Glasgow) \nThe middle Dalradian Argyll group rocks are well exposed on coastal sections in Knapdale and the Tayvallich peninsula. Here the metamorphic effects are low and sedimentary structures can easily be seen in the deformed rocks. The rocks are folded on a variety of scales from metre to many kilometres scales.  The relationships between bedding and the tectonic fabrics is very well displayed and the relationship between layer thickness and fold wavelength can be demonstrated. \nThere is a wide variety of rock types present in this area. Massive pebbly sandstones are found adjacent to well-cleaved phyllites which were formerly mud rocks. Limestones\, now converted to marble\, are present and towards the top of the stratigraphic section the pillow lavas of the Tayvallich volcanics occur. Not all of the magma reached the surface and many sills occur within the sedimentary sequence. These dolerites are now chlorite-epidote greenstones and often form the high ground. \nThis excursion will examine the rocks in the Kilmory Bay – Point of Knap section and on the west side of the Tayvallich peninsula. \n \n  \n  \nPhoto: S. Leishman \n  \n  \n  \n  \nWe would like to have an indication of interest in this trip; so if you would like to join it\, or wish to have further details\, please e-mail the residential excursion secretary. \nWe will travel by private car\, and accommodation will be B&B in the Knapdale area (3 nights). Travel arrangements will be made when the numbers are known and the accommodation arranged. \nThe price will be announced when the numbers are known and the accommodation arranged.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/knapdale/
CATEGORIES:Excursions
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20140719T000000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20140719T000000
DTSTAMP:20260421T164527
CREATED:20190425T132821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190510T091641Z
UID:10001152-1405728000-1405728000@geologyglasgow.org.uk
SUMMARY:Rock Around + Building Stones of the University of Glasgow
DESCRIPTION:Leader: Maggie Donnelly \nWe will locate and identify 16 boulders that have been placed around the campus\, and draw a simple geological map. We will also investigate the university’s building stones\, using the recently revised guide. \nLeaving Gregory Building at 12:00
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/ae%cb%9crock-aroundae-building-stones-of-the-university-of-glasgow-2/
CATEGORIES:Excursions
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/017_070__gsglogo_1402180725_original.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR