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Northern Lake District

A walk of about 2.5 km up the Glenderaterra valley from the car park at the Blencathra Field Centre with 4-6 stops along the path, returning the same way. The main theme is contact metamorphism and mineralisation in the Skiddaw Slate around the Skiddaw Granite. Evening meal in Threlkeld.

£40

Dalry & Saltcoats

Trilobite-bearing limestone, exotic sills, dykes and fossilised trees.

£30

Anglesey

Anglesey's rocks provide a detailed record of the events leading to the formation of southern Britain. Formed between 650 & 300 Ma, they include high grade gneisses, a granite pluton, metasediments, sandstones, mudstones and the famous Anglesey Blueschists. There are also Paleogene dykes, abundant glacial features, a number of NE–SW faults and large sandstones blocks possibly marking the location of an ancient subduction zone.

The secret life of carbon (lecture)

Dynamic Earth Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Find out from experts about the role of carbon in soils, rivers and the oceans, in this public lecture organised by Edinburgh Geological Society.

£5.00

Annual General Meeting

Lecture Theatre, Gregory Building c/o School of Geographical & Earth Sciences, Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom

The AGM will be held before the December lecture, starting at 7 pm to allow time for questions and discussion of the membership survey.