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Professor Rachel Wood, Chair of Carbonate Geoscience, University of Edinburgh
Organised by the Geological Society of London's Geoconservation Committee and the Scottish Geodiversity Forum, the Gathering aims to bring together those working in geoconservation and other key stakeholders.
An informal, partly outdoor workshop exploring a Local Geodiversity Site in Edinburgh
Professor Ian Fairchild, Professor of Geosystems, University of Birmingham
Professor Tony Fallick, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
Dr Stephen Brusatte, Chancellor's Fellow, University of Edinburgh
Professor Rebecca Lunn, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Strathclyde
Dr Diarmad Campbell, British Geological Survey
Anyone interested in geoconservation is invited to attend this meeting.
Dr Derek Fabel, University of Glasgow
Professor Iain Stewart, Professor of Geoscience Communication at Plymouth University
Professor John Parnell, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen
We will see a fascinating variety of rocks covering a huge span of geological time, ranging from the Moine to the Palaeogene. We will also see rocks from the Ordovician, Silurian, Carboniferous, Triassic and Jurassic periods.
