Geoconservation training
Online eventA free online training course in geoconservation, consisting of three weekly sessions and run by the Scottish Geology Trust
Founded 1858 | Promoting public interest in geology and advancing geological knowledge
Founded 1858
A free online training course in geoconservation, consisting of three weekly sessions and run by the Scottish Geology Trust
A workshop to present the results of an eight-year field programme on a world-class example of the deposits of an ancient ice age
Tours of the Fossil House and the quarry and activities for children
The festival will feature visitor and virtual events, including field trips, online exhibitions, fossil hunting and talks.
David Webster
1800 Ma gneiss, Precambrian metasediments and fossil stromatolites, the famous Port Askaig Tillite (possible "Snowball Earth"?), low grade metamorphic Dalradian rocks retaining original sedimentary structures, reactivated and reversed extensional faults, substantial mineralisation, 60 Ma igneous intrusions (opening of the Atlantic Ocean) and a large selection of Quaternary Ice Age features.
Tours of the Fossil House and the quarry and activities for children
Tours of the Fossil House and the quarry and activities for children
Professor Mike Searle, University of Oxford
Tours of the Fossil House and the quarry and activities for children