Species loss, community collapse and ecosystem recovery during times of mass extinction
Lecture Room 407, Boyd Orr Building University Avenue, Glasgow, United KingdomDr Alex Dunhill, University of Leeds
Dr Alex Dunhill, University of Leeds
by David Webster
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.
A talk by Dr. Katie Strang of the Hunterian on the 330-million-year history of the University of Glasgow’s Gilbert Scott Building.
David Webster
Dr David Bond, University of Hull.
A (fairly light-hearted) assessment of whether mass extinctions in the geological record, especially the end-Permian extinction, cast light on today's impending crisis.
Dr Iain Neill, University of Glasgow
Elsa Panciroli, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Keyron Hickman Lewis, GSG Grant Awardee, Birkbeck College, London
The spectacular remnants of Paleocene lava fields in the Inner Hebrides are dominated by thick sequences of simple (sheet-like) flows and more complex compound flows. Understanding the architecture of these volcanic and interbedded sedimentary systems allows us to get a glimpse into the dynamic development of these lava fields.