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SUMMARY:Deformed dirt: the deformation caused by glaciers and ice sheets (lecture)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Emrys Phillips\, British Geological Survey\, Edinburgh \nHigh resolution seismic data from the Dogger Bank in the central southern North Sea has revealed that the Dogger Bank Formation records a complex history of sedimentation and penecontemporaneous\, large-scale\, ice-marginal to proglacial glacitectonic deformation. The internal structure of the Dogger Bank thrust-moraine complexes can be directly related to ice sheet dynamics\, recording the former positions of a highly dynamic\, oscillating Weichselian ice sheet margin as it retreated northwards at the end of the Last Glacial Maximum. \nFurther Reading \nPhillips\, E. et al. 2018. Large-scale glacitectonic deformation in response to active ice sheet retreat across Dogger Bank (southern central North Sea) during the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews\, 179\, 24-47. \nEmrys graduated in 1984 from Manchester University and undertook an MSc there on high T/P metamorphism in the Lewisian. Subsequently he did a PhD at Cardiff on the Monian rocks of Anglesey and then joined BGS in 1990. He is currently Co-leader of Theme 1: Landscape Form\, Use and Change: a Dynamic Earth\, Scottish Alliance for Geoscience\, Environment and Society (SAGES). He has been a an Editor of the Scottish Journal of Geology and is a past-President of the Westmorland Geological Society. \nThis lecture will be held as a Zoom meeting. Society members for whom we have email addresses will be sent an invitation a few days before the event. If you are a member but are not on our email list\, or a non-member who would like to join the meeting\, please email the society’s meetings secretary to request an invitation.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/deformed-dirt-the-deformation-caused-by-glaciers-and-ice-sheets-lecture/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211209T194500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211209T213000
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SUMMARY:The Hunterian and the Geological Society of Glasgow (lecture)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Neil Clark\, Hunterian Museum (Retiring Presidential Address) \nThe Hunterian at the University of Glasgow has long been closely associated with the Geological Society of Glasgow. It is important that we celebrate the early historical links and recognise that it has not always been smooth. From the early keepers of the Hunterian such as Henry Darwin Rogers\, who refused to even join the Geological Society of Glasgow\, to his successor John Young (the bad)\, Ethel Currie and Ian Rolfe\, who all became president of the society\, the Hunterian has always had an influence on the society. Where will the future of the Society take us post pandemic and is there a future for geology at the Hunterian and Glasgow? \nThe lecture will be preceded by the society’s AGM. \nNeil studied geology at Edinburgh University where he became a part-time research assistant travelling around southern Scotland looking for rare Carboniferous fossil crustaceans. At the same time\, he began working as a part-time assistant curator at the Hunterian before starting his PhD in 1985. He completed his PhD on the world-famous Carboniferous Bearsden arthropod fauna in 1989 before working in interactive science centres in Edinburgh\, Halifax and Glasgow. In 1990\, he began working as part of a team of geological curators at the Hunterian as a result of the Earth Science Review process that amalgamated several university geology departmental collections in Scotland with the Hunterian. \nIn 1989\, Neil began a public engagement exercise to promote geology in Scotland by instituting a national geology week. This soon evolved into a major undertaking with hundreds of events being organised across Scotland during the month of September until 2011. \nMuch of his early work at the Hunterian was dinosaur-related\, beginning with the discovery of a four-toed track from the Jurassic of northern England in 1990\, and he was described by the Glasgow Herald as “worth his weight in sand”. Since then he has been working on dinosaur eggs from China as well as Scotland’s first dinosaurs. From 1996 to the present day\, there have been new discoveries of Scottish dinosaurs\, nearly every year\, all from the Isle of Skye. In 2006 he appeared in the book of Guinness World Records with his discovery of the world’s smallest dinosaur footprint. He has now published several dinosaur books for Dorling Kindersely and Readers Digest\, as well as having worked on several encyclopedia and a book on Baltic amber. He works on all aspects of Scotland’s fossil heritage and because of his work on Scottish Jurassic dinosaurs was nicknamed Jurassic Clark by the Times Educational Supplement. \nThis lecture will be held as a Zoom meeting. Society members for whom we have email addresses will be sent an invitation a few days before the event. If you are a member but are not on our email list\, or a non-member who would like to join the meeting\, please email the society’s meetings secretary to request an invitation.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/the-hunterian-and-the-geological-society-of-glasgow-lecture/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211209T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211209T194500
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20211201T174350Z
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SUMMARY:Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The AGM agenda & the minutes of last year’s AGM can be seen in the December newsletter. The council officers’ reports can be seen in the Proceedings for Session 163. \nThe AGM will be held as a Zoom meeting. Society members for whom we have email addresses will be sent an invitation a few days before the event. If you are a member but are not on our email list\, please email the society’s meetings secretary to request an invitation. \nThe AGM will be followed by the December lecture. \n 
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/annual-general-meeting-4/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211017T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211017T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20210824T133004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210824T133004Z
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SUMMARY:Fossil Grove Open Day
DESCRIPTION:This event will consist of tours of the Fossil House and the quarry and activities for children. It is part of the Scottish Geology Festival.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/fossil-grove-open-day-4/
LOCATION:Fossil Grove\, 51 Victorial Park Drive South\, Glasgow\, G14 9QR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211014T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211014T213000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20210809T133438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211005T132902Z
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SUMMARY:Tectonics and mountain building in the Himalaya (lecture)
DESCRIPTION:Professor Mike Searle\, University of Oxford \nThe crash of the Indian plate into Asia is the biggest known collision in geological history\, and it continues today. The result is the Himalaya and Karakoram – one of the largest mountain ranges on Earth. The Karakoram has half of the world’s highest mountains and a reputation as being one of the most remote and savage ranges of all. This talk will present a rich account of the geological forces that were involved in creating these mountain ranges. Using his personal accounts of extreme mountaineering and research in the region\, he pieces together the geological processes that formed such impressive peaks. \nBackground reading. Mike’s book “Colliding Continents”is highly recommended. \nMike is Professor of Earth Sciences and Senior Research Fellow\, at Worcester College\, Oxford. He researches the tectonic\, structural\, metamorphic and magmatic evolution of mountain belts\, in particular the Himalayan ranges of Pakistan\, India\, Nepal\, Bhutan and south Tibet\, and the Karakoram and Hindu Ranges. He also specialises in the tectonics of the Oman – United Arab Emirates mountain range in Arabia\, the Worlds’ largest and best exposed ophiolite. He has spent more than 35 years carrying out fieldwork in these mountain ranges. During the last 15 years he has also worked extensively in Burma (Myanmar)\, Thailand\, Malaysia\, Vietnam and Yunnan\, as well as specific projects in the Cyclades Islands\, Greece\, Northern Scotland\, and SW England. He retired in 2021 and continues to do active research\, mainly in Nepal\, Oman\, Greece\, Scotland and Cornwall. \nMike has been in the Department of Earth Sciences\, Oxford University since 1989\, first as a Post-Doctoral Research fellow\, then as a Professor. He is a Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College\, Oxford\, and an Honorary Professor at Camborne School of Mines in Penryn\, Cornwall\, part of the University of Exeter. He has written three books\, Geology and Tectonics of the Karakoram Mountains (1991; J. Wiley)\, Colliding Continents (2013\, 2017; OUP)\, and Geology of the Oman Mountains\, Eastern Arabia (2019; Springer). He has written more than 240 peer-reviewed papers and has published several geological maps\, including the Geological Map of the Central Karakoram Ranges (1991)\, and the Geological Map of the Mount Everest – Makalu area\, Nepal and South Tibet (2003\, 2007). He has co-edited six books\, all Special Publications of the Geological Society\, London. \nThis lecture will be held as a Zoom meeting. Society members for whom we have email addresses will be sent an invitation a few days before the event. If you are a member but are not on our email list\, or a non-member who would like to join the meeting\, please email the society’s meetings secretary to request an invitation.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/tectonics-and-mountain-building-in-the-himalaya-lecture/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210919T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210919T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20210824T132325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210824T132403Z
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SUMMARY:Fossil Grove Open Day
DESCRIPTION:This event will consist of tours of the Fossil House and the quarry and activities for children. It is part of the Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/fossil-grove-open-day-3/
LOCATION:Fossil Grove\, 51 Victorial Park Drive South\, Glasgow\, G14 9QR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210918T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210918T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20210824T131824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210824T132859Z
UID:10001389-1631966400-1631980800@geologyglasgow.org.uk
SUMMARY:Fossil Grove Open Day
DESCRIPTION:This event will consist of tours of the Fossil House and the quarry and activities for children. It is part of the Scottish Geology Festival.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/fossil-grove-open-day-2/
LOCATION:Fossil Grove\, 51 Victorial Park Drive South\, Glasgow\, G14 9QR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210910T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210913T120000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20210426T220120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251210T180316Z
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SUMMARY:Islay
DESCRIPTION:Leader: David Webster \nField days: Friday (afternoon)/ Saturday/ Sunday/ Monday (morning) \nAfter having had to cancel our “2nd Islay trip” of last April due to Covid-19\, we are now tentatively planning to run it from Friday September 10 to Monday September 13 2021. This trip is a repeat of that of April 2019 in which we visited key localities with the aid of A Guide to the Geology of Islay by David Webster\, Roger Anderton & Alasdair Skelton (see report in the Proceedings of Session 161). However\, we may also include a sail over to the island of Jura. \nThe geology of Islay is amazingly varied – 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. \nThe excursion was not advertised earlier because the limited places were offered to people on the reserve list for the 2019 excursion. \nAccommodation will be B&B in Bowmore. \nWe will use shared private cars\, (no minibus) and\, as parking is tight at most localities\, we are restricting the number of people to 16. Some Covid restrictions may also still apply. \nThe trip is now almost full. However\, anyone interested should contact Maggie Donnelly at restrips@gsocg.org.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/islay-3/
CATEGORIES:Excursions
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210909T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210909T210000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20210809T132756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210809T135350Z
UID:10001386-1631215800-1631221200@geologyglasgow.org.uk
SUMMARY:Geology Of Islay (online lecture)
DESCRIPTION:David Webster \nThis will be a Zoom talk aimed at those going on the September excursion\, but all members are welcome. A link will be circulated to society members and there will be the chance for a social catchup as well.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/geology-of-islay-online-lecture/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210901T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211017T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20210824T134154Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211010T094021Z
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SUMMARY:Scottish Geology Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Scottish Geology Festival 2021\, which has been organised by the Scottish Geology Trust\, will run from 1 September to 17 October. It features a programme of activities from Stranraer to Shetland that will showcase and celebrate Scotland’s geology. Events range from coastal walks to fossil hunting to online talks and even boat trips to Siccar Point\, where James Hutton found proof of an ancient Earth. You can explore extinct volcanoes in Edinburgh or the UNESCO Global Geopark in the North West Highlands\, find evidence of ancient tropical seas and coral reefs in Fife\, and learn how the recent ice age helped shaped our incredible Scottish landscapes. \nFurther details\, including a full list of events\, can be found on the Scottish Geology Trust website.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/scottish-geology-festival-3/
LOCATION:Online and various venues
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210822T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210822T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20210819T075415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210819T081753Z
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SUMMARY:Fossil Grove Open Day
DESCRIPTION:This event will consist of tours of the Fossil House and the quarry and activities for children.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/fossil-grove-open-day/
LOCATION:Fossil Grove\, 51 Victorial Park Drive South\, Glasgow\, G14 9QR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210526T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210527T180000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20210426T182242Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210426T182409Z
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SUMMARY:Cryogenian glaciation: the extraordinary Port Askaig record
DESCRIPTION:This international workshop is in association with the Cryogenian Working Group of the International Stratigraphic Commission. For the latest details see: \nhttps://www.cryogenian.org/science-conferences.html \nThe workshop is designed to allow full presentations of the results of a long-term field campaign on the 1100 m thick Port Askaig Formation focussed on the extraordinarily complete exposures in the Garvellach Islands and Islay\, Scotland. Presentations will include virtual fieldtrips. These world-class rocks represent the best permanent exposures of ice age deposits in the British Isles. \nAdmission to the event is free. You can register on the Eventbrite website.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/cryogenian-glaciation-the-extraordinary-port-askaig-record/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210520T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210520T180000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20210430T134519Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T151503Z
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SUMMARY:Geoconservation training
DESCRIPTION:The Scottish Geology Trust is running a free online training course in geoconservation\, in partnership with Geoconservation UK. The course consists of three sessions that will give an overview of geoconservation in Scotland and the monitoring and designation of Local Geodiversity Sites. The sessions will take place on three consecutive Thursday afternoons\, on May 6\, 13 & 20. All sessions will be on Zoom\, and will include exercises and time for discussion. Sessions will be recorded and available afterwards for anyone who cannot attend the live sessions. \nDetails of the programme can be found on the Scottish Geology Trust website. \nYou can register for the meeting on the Zoom website. \n 
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/geoconservation-training/2021-05-20/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210513T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210513T210000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20201201T194021Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210426T223056Z
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SUMMARY:Members' Night (online event)
DESCRIPTION:In a departure from the normal format\, Members’ Night this year will consist of a quiz organised by the society’s president\, Neil Clark. \nThis event will be held as a Zoom meeting. Society members for whom we have email addresses will be sent an invitation a few days before the event. If you are a member but are not on our email list\, or a non-member who would like to join the meeting\, please email the society’s meetings secretary to request an invitation.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/members-night-online-event/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210513T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210513T180000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20210430T134519Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T151503Z
UID:10001384-1620921600-1620928800@geologyglasgow.org.uk
SUMMARY:Geoconservation training
DESCRIPTION:The Scottish Geology Trust is running a free online training course in geoconservation\, in partnership with Geoconservation UK. The course consists of three sessions that will give an overview of geoconservation in Scotland and the monitoring and designation of Local Geodiversity Sites. The sessions will take place on three consecutive Thursday afternoons\, on May 6\, 13 & 20. All sessions will be on Zoom\, and will include exercises and time for discussion. Sessions will be recorded and available afterwards for anyone who cannot attend the live sessions. \nDetails of the programme can be found on the Scottish Geology Trust website. \nYou can register for the meeting on the Zoom website. \n 
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/geoconservation-training/2021-05-13/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210506T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210506T180000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20210430T134519Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T151503Z
UID:10001383-1620316800-1620324000@geologyglasgow.org.uk
SUMMARY:Geoconservation training
DESCRIPTION:The Scottish Geology Trust is running a free online training course in geoconservation\, in partnership with Geoconservation UK. The course consists of three sessions that will give an overview of geoconservation in Scotland and the monitoring and designation of Local Geodiversity Sites. The sessions will take place on three consecutive Thursday afternoons\, on May 6\, 13 & 20. All sessions will be on Zoom\, and will include exercises and time for discussion. Sessions will be recorded and available afterwards for anyone who cannot attend the live sessions. \nDetails of the programme can be found on the Scottish Geology Trust website. \nYou can register for the meeting on the Zoom website. \n 
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/geoconservation-training/2021-05-06/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210428T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210428T200000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20210425T211116Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210425T211657Z
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SUMMARY:Book launch: A Guide to the Geology of Islay\, Jura and Colonsay
DESCRIPTION:This is an event to launch A Guide to the Geology of Islay\, Jura and Colonsay\, Volume 2\, written by David Webster\, Roger Anderton and Alasdair Skelton. This is a  companion volume to A Guide to the Geology of Islay\, published in 2015\, which describes twelve geological excursions on Islay. \nThis new volume contains six excursions on Jura\, three on Colonsay and a further four on Islay\, that tell the fascinating story of the islands’ geological past from 2 billion-year-old gneiss to the Ice Age. The geology of each excursion is explained at an introductory level with maps and photographs\, and the walks range from leisurely rambles to more demanding treks and sea-kayak expeditions. \nYou can register for the launch event on the Eventbrite website and the book can be pre-ordered on the Ringwood website. \nA revised edition of the original guide is also available. This has some updates and improvements to key excursions and a revised geological framework section. You can order both volumes at a special price on the Ringwood website. \n 
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/geology-of-islay-jura-and-colonsay-book-launch/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210408T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210408T210000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20201201T193739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210227T192416Z
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SUMMARY:Catching a Shooting Star (online lecture)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Queenie Chan\, Royal Holloway\, University of London \nIt is not easy to catch a shooting star\, but when we find one\, we make the most out of it by studying it in every detail to learn its secrets. Although the building blocks of life in meteorites could be vulnerable to extreme conditions\, e.g. toasty temperature during a meteorite’s fiery entry into the atmosphere\, the interiors of meteorites are buffered from those conditions. Trapped liquid water and life’s precursor molecules could have been preserved like “mosquito in amber” and therefore studied in the laboratory.\nQueenie Chan is a planetary scientist. Her work involves the analysis of the chemical and organic contents of astromaterials including meteorites and asteroidal/cometary samples returned by space missions. In this talk\, she will discuss how water and life’s simple building blocks were delivered to the early Earth. \nQueenie completed her PhD in Planetary Science at Imperial College in 2011\, and undertook post-doctoral assignments at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and NASA Johnson Space Center. Until 2020 she was with the Open University and has recently been appointed Technology Lecturer at Royal Holloway\, University of London. \nThis lecture will be held as a Zoom meeting. Society members for whom we have email addresses will be sent an invitation a few days before the event. If you are a member but are not on our email list\, or a non-member who would like to join the meeting\, please email the society’s meetings secretary to request an invitation.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/catching-a-shooting-star-online-lecture/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210311T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210311T210000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
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SUMMARY:Terrane tectonics in southern Britain (online lecture)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Dave Schofield\, British Geological Survey\, Edinburgh \nDuring the 1970s\, the recognition of allochthonous terranes as discrete lithospheric fragments gave geologists a new tool kit to help describe the mosaic-like complexity of orogenic belts. Understanding that terranes could be dispersed and recombined accompanied realisation that strike-slip translation contributed significantly to orogenic development. \nIn applying this to understanding the\, largely concealed\, late Neoproterozoic and Lower Palaeozoic record of southern Britain\, conflicts in nomenclature\, scales of observation and focus of the geologist’s themselves has led to a confusing picture where terranes are essentially reduced to snapshots in time rather than lithospheric entities evolving in both time and space. \nThis talk takes a look at this problem and uses summaries of isotopic data to contrast Neoproterozoic rocks with their Cambrian cover successions in southern Britain and those in the Caledonian-Appalachian Orogen as a whole\, and looks at when the component terranes may have been assembled and largely stabilised. \nEarlier interpretations of the orogeny compare southern Britain with Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland based on the similarity of their Cambrian shelfal sedimentary successions and cold water faunas\, known as East and West Avalonia respectfully. However\, isotopic studies of the Precambrian basement to southern Britain show that it more closely resembles that of other terranes that formed around the continental margin of West Gondwana\, Meguma of Nova Scotia and Ganderia of Central Newfoundland and New Brunswick of the northern Appalachians. \nSimilarly\, U-Pb zircon provenance studies of the overlying Cambrian cover successions show that North Wales and the Midland Platform of England most closely resemble Meguma while those of Anglesey (Monian Composite Terrane) and the Leinster-Lakesman Terrane most closely resemble Ganderia. While in the northern Appalachians these terranes largely travelled separately before their accretion in a piecemeal fashion onto the continental margin of Laurentia; in the UK they were juxtaposed during the Early Ordovician Monian Orogeny\, after which southern Britain and Ireland probably travelled as a single terrane before arriving on Laurentia during the Silurian. \nDavid undertook a PhD at Keele University in 1995 and has worked with the BGS in various roles since then. Currently he is Director\, Energy Systems and Basin Analysis\, having previously been Chief Geologist\, Wales. \nThis lecture will be held as a Zoom meeting. Society members for whom we have email addresses will be sent an invitation a few days before the event. If you are a member but are not on our email list\, or a non-member who would like to join the meeting\, please email the society’s meetings secretary to request an invitation.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/terrane-tectonics-in-southern-britain-online-lecture/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210211T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210211T210000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20201128T175319Z
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SUMMARY:Large-scale CO2 removal via enhanced rock weathering (online lecture)
DESCRIPTION:Professor David Beerling\, University of Sheffield \nEnhanced silicate rock weathering (ERW)\, deployable with croplands\, has potential use for atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) removal (CDR)\, which is now necessary to mitigate anthropogenic climate change. ERW also has possible co-benefits for improved food and soil security\, and reduced ocean acidification. The talk will discuss the challenges and opportunities of ERW deployment\, including the potential for excess industrial silicate materials (basalt mine overburden\, concrete\, and iron and steel slag) to obviate the need for new mining\, as well as uncertainties in soil weathering rates and land–ocean transfer of weathered products. \nFurther Reading \nBeerling\, D.J. 2020. Potential for large-scale CO2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands. Nature\, 583\, 242–248. \nDavid is the Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation and Sorby Professor of Natural Sciences in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences (APS) at the University of Sheffield.\nHe has written two popular science books: “The Emerald Planet” and “Making Eden”. \nThis lecture will be held as a Zoom meeting. Society members for whom we have email addresses will be sent an invitation a few days before the event. If you are a member but are not on our email list\, or a non-member who would like to join the meeting\, please email the society’s meetings secretary to request an invitation.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/large-scale-co2-removal-via-enhanced-rock-weathering-online-lecture/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210204T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210204T210000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20210115T130335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210116T105454Z
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SUMMARY:The geology of the Mendip Hills (online lecture)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Doug Robinson\, University of Bristol (retired) \nSomerset is a unique county with more geological periods present than most other English counties. The city of Wells is well known as England’s smallest city but within its immediate backdrop the rocks record a longer geological history than any other English city – a 200 million year (Devonian to Jurassic)\, 6\,000 km journey from the southern tropics across the equator into northern latitudes. \nThis lecture will be held as a Zoom meeting. Society members for whom we have email addresses will be sent an invitation a few days before the event. If you are a member but are not on our email list\, or a non-member who would like to join the meeting\, please email the society’s meetings secretary to request an invitation.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/the-geology-of-the-mendip-hills-online-lcture/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210114T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210114T210000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20201127T122617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201201T202257Z
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SUMMARY:Palaeosols as evidence of terrestrial climate change at major Palaeozoic vertebrate evolutionary events (online lecture)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Tim Kearsey\, British Geological Survey\, Edinburgh \nClimate change is a major driver of evolution. Palaeosols (fossil soils) are one of the few direct indicators of terrestrial climate and provide a record of climate changes and landscape architecture\, and are critical in understanding the terrestrialization of vertebrates in the Carboniferous and the Earth’s largest mass extinction at the end of the Permian. \nFurther Reading \nOtoo\, B.\, Clack\, J.\, Smithson\, T.\, Bennett\, C.\, Kearsey\, T. & Coates\, M. 2019. A fish and tetrapod fauna from Romer’s Gap preserved in Scottish Tournaisian floodplain deposits. Palaeontology\, 62\, 225-253. \nTim is a survey geologist and sedimentologist with BGS in Edinburgh. He has research interests in Palaeozoic stratigraphy and sedimentology; palaeosols and palaeo-environmental reconstruction; and geostatistics. \nThis lecture will be held as a Zoom meeting. Society members for whom we have email addresses will be sent an invitation a few days before the event. If you are a member but are not on our email list\, or a non-member who would like to join the meeting\, please email the society’s meetings secretary to request an invitation. \n 
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/palaeosols-as-evidence-of-terrestrial-climate-change-at-major-palaeozoic-vertebrate-evolutionary-events-online-lecture/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201210T204500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201210T211500
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
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SUMMARY:Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The society’s 2020 AGM will be an online event and will be held immediately after the December lecture. A link to the AGM papers and an invitation to the meeting will be circulated before the event.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/annual-general-meeting-3/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201210T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201210T204500
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20200922T093528Z
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SUMMARY:Bird evolution from the Late Cretaceous onwards (online lecture)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Daniel Field\, University of Cambridge \nDaniel will talk about evolution of birds across mass extinctions\, and the timescale of the modern bird radiation. The end-Cretaceous (K–Pg) mass extinction dramatically affected vertebrate life worldwide. He and his colleagues are trying to decipher how this event affected birds and other vertebrates through fieldwork and lab-based studies. When in Earth history did the first evolutionary divergences among modern birds take place? How old are the major avian clades? \nFurther Reading \nField\, D.J.\, Benito\, J.\, Chen\, A.\, Jagt\, J.M.W.\, Ksepka\, D.T. 2020. Late Cretaceous neornithine from Europe illuminates the origins of crown birds. Nature\, 579 397-401.\nField\, D.J.\, Berv\, J.S.\, Hsiang\, A.Y.\, Lanfear\, R.\, Landis\, M.J.\, Dornburg\, A. 2020. Timing the extant avian radiation: The rise of modern birds\, and the importance of modeling molecular rate variation. PeerJ Preprint of in-review manuscript: https://peerj.com/preprints/27521/ \nDaniel is an evolutionary palaeobiologist at the University of Cambridge (Department of Earth Sciences). He hails from Alberta\, Canada and is a graduate from the University of British Columbia. He did his PhD at Yale and worked at the Smithsonian and Denver before coming to Cambridge in 2018. He uses the vertebrate fossil record to help answer questions about how\, where\, and when Earth’s modern biodiversity arose. He is passionate about natural history\, evolution\, and science outreach\, and enjoys studying and photographing Earth’s vertebrate biodiversity in the field. \nThis lecture will be held as a Zoom meeting. Society members for whom we have email addresses will be sent an invitation a few days before the event. If you are a member but are not on our email list\, or a non-member who would like to join the meeting\, please email the society’s meetings secretary to request an invitation.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/bird-evolution-from-the-late-cretaceous-onwards-online-lecture/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201210T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201210T140000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20201208T211526Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201210T104207Z
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SUMMARY:Mapping a remarkable life: a virtual introduction to the Lyell Collection
DESCRIPTION:This event is being organised by the Centre for Research Collections\, University of Edinburgh. It will reveal the exciting work currently being carried out at the university with the geological collection of Sir Charles Lyell\, which includes his notebooks\, family papers\, and geological specimens. \nElise Ramsay\, Project Archivist\, will introduce Lyell and show several key pieces of the collection using the Centre for Research Collection’s new innovative visualizer technology. This collection includes specimens collected by Charles Darwin\, letters between Lyell and Darwin\, and notebooks in Lyell’s own hand during his fateful tours to France and Italy. Dr. Gillian McCay\, from the Cockburn Geological Museum at the Grant Institute\, will connect Lyell’s legacy to modern scientific perspectives. Each will discuss adapting working practices over the past year to continue opening up this rich collection of earth science material. \nThis is a free event. For further details and to register\, visit the Eventbrite website. \n 
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/mapping-a-remarkable-life-a-virtual-introduction-to-the-lyell-collection/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201112T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201112T210000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20200902T160436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200902T204114Z
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SUMMARY:The Argyll Group: two beauts (online lecture)
DESCRIPTION:Professor Bruce Levell\, University of Oxford \nThe Neoproterozoic Argyll Group (Dalradian Supergroup)\, is a well-exposed\, 10 km thick\, sequence recording a transition from glacial through shallow marine to slope and deep-water sediments and pillow lavas. It probably represents the rift-to-drift sequence of the Laurentide margin of Iapetus. \nTwo units are presented: the Port Askaig Formation\, probably the Sturtian phase of “Snowball Earth”\, and the Jura “Quartzite”\, a 5 km thick cross-bedded\, sandstone. These allow general points to be made about “Snowball Earth” and preservation bias in the sedimentary record respectively. \nBruce has a DPhil from the University of Oxford. He worked for Royal Dutch Shell from 1978 to 2013\, when he became a visiting professor back at the University of Oxford. With Shell he worked as an explorer in Sarawak\, Sabah\, USA\, UK and Oman\, and as a researcher on basin modelling\, seismic stratigraphy\, and regional geology. He was variously Exploration Manager in Petroleum development Oman\, VP of New Ventures in Shell Global Exploration\, VP Emerging Technologies in Shell Research and Shell Group Chief Scientist for Geology. Within Shell he led several advanced training programmes in geology and in leadership. He was awarded the Silver Medal of the Petroleum Group\, Geological Society of London\, in 2009. He is currently editing a sedimentology textbook as well as being engaged in research projects in Scotland\, Oman\, and Zambia. \nThis lecture will be held as a Zoom meeting. Society members for whom we have email addresses will be sent an invitation a few days before the event. If you are a member but are not on our email list\, or a non-member who would like to join the meeting\, please email the society’s meetings secretary to request an invitation.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/the-argyll-group-two-beauts-online-lecture/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20201012T201316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201013T084330Z
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SUMMARY:Return of the Rock Docs (online event)
DESCRIPTION:Neil Clark and John Faithfull will be hosting an online event to help you identify your summer finds. If you have a picture of a rock\, mineral\, fossil or geological structure that you would like identified and explained\, email the picture beforehand to pres@gsocg.org. All welcome\, all ages (Precambrian to Recent). \nIf you don’t have a specimen for identification but would like to join the meeting to see the specimens being discussed\, you would welcome to do so. \nThis event is part of the Scottish Geology Festival and will be held as a Zoom meeting. Society members for whom we have email addresses have been sent an invitation. If you are a member but are not on our email list\, or a non-member who would like to join the meeting\, please email the society’s meetings secretary to request an invitation.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/return-of-the-rock-docs/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201008T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201008T210000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20200902T150426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200902T204029Z
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SUMMARY:New isotopic age determinations from the Northern Highlands and their implications (online lecture)
DESCRIPTION:Professor Matthew Thirlwall\, Royal Holloway\, University of London \nOver the last 15 years we have carried out a large number of new age determinations on metamorphic rocks from the Moine and its basement inliers. Some of these are published and some not. They include Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd ages on garnets and Rb-Sr ages on white mica and biotite. Lu-Hf garnet ages are probably close to crystallization ages\, while Sm-Nd garnet ages in most cases represent stages on a cooling trajectory. This can clearly be demonstrated on a few samples where core Sm-Nd ages are younger than rim Lu-Hf ages. White mica ages are in some cases substantially younger than Sm-Nd garnet\, and in other cases agree well. \nWe see a long record of Proterozoic events\, but there are few if any Archean ages on the basement inliers. There are almost no Silurian ages\, neither from garnets\, nor from white micas\, implying that Scandian events did not result in substantial new garnet or mica growth. White mica ages largely cluster in the late Ordovician around 445Ma\, and are clearly too old to reflect final collision. \nBackground reading: Bird\, Anna; Cutts\, Kathryn; Strachan\, Rob; Thirlwall\, Matthew F.; Hand\, Martin. (2018): First evidence of Renlandian (c. 950–940 Ma) orogeny in mainland Scotland : Implications for the status of the Moine Supergroup and circum-North Atlantic correlations. Precambrian Research\, 305\, p. 283-294. \nMatthew was an undergraduate in Oxford and did his PhD in Edinburgh\, on the Late Caledonian volcanic rocks. Since 1984 he’s been employed by Royal Holloway University of London\, and the last few years has enjoyed only 20% employment. \nThis lecture will be held as a Zoom meeting. Society members for whom we have email addresses will be sent an invitation a few days before the event. If you are a member but are not on our email list\, or a non-member who would like to join the meeting\, please email the society’s meetings secretary to request an invitation.
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/new-isotopic-age-determinations-from-the-northern-highlands-and-their-implications-online-lecture/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200930T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200930T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20200905T165004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200905T170113Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual walk round Glasgow Necropolis
DESCRIPTION:Margaret Greene will present this online event. It will consist of a virtual walk round part of the Glasgow Necropolis\, following the geological trail devised by Strathclyde Geoconservation Group. Margaret will describe the geological context of the site and show examples of the types of rock used in the monuments. \nThis event is part of the Scottish Geology Festival and will be held as a Zoom meeting. Society members for whom we have email addresses will be sent an invitation a few days before the event. If you are a member but are not on our email list\, or a non-member who would like to join the meeting\, please email the society’s meetings secretary to request an invitation. \n 
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/virtual-walk-round-glasgow-necropolis/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200924T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200924T210000
DTSTAMP:20260421T172252
CREATED:20200823T191024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200922T095729Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual field trip to the Braid & Blackford Hills
DESCRIPTION:Dr Angus Miller of Edinburgh University will present this virtual excursion. \nThe Braid and Blackford Hills\, which dominate the landscape of south Edinburgh\, are two large tapered masses of volcanic rock. In this virtual geology walk\, we’ll travel across the hills to discover two main lava flows of different composition with a thin layer of ash in between. We will explore the volcanic history of the area\, the story of erosion and glaciation\, and the views from the summits. The deep valley of the Hermitage of Braid between the hills also has an interesting origin\, with ice and meltwater picking out the contrasts between different rock types. \nThis event is part of the Scottish Geology Festival and will be held as a Zoom meeting. Society members for whom we have email addresses will be sent an invitation a few days before the event. If you are a member but are not on our email list\, or a non-member who would like to join the meeting\, please email the society’s meetings secretary to request an invitation. \n 
URL:https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/virtual-field-trip-to-braid-blackford-hills/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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