The day excursions programme for 2024 is now over. The following excursions were held.
An opportunity to see behind the scenes of the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre and view geology specimens not currently on display.
A fantastic chance to visit both the Palaeobiology and Earth Systems collections held in the National Museums Scotland specialist facility.
A chance to see fossils dating back to the Silurian period, including trilobites, brachiopods, nautiloids, corals and crinoids.
We will study the relationships between the Dalradian metamorphic rocks of the Highlands, the rocks associated with the Highland Boundary Fault, and the younger sedimentary fill of the adjacent Midland Valley.
A visit to Spireslack and Mainshill Wood surface coal mines to examine spectacular exposures of Carboniferous strata on a scale not seen anywhere else in the United Kingdom.
In this joint field trip with the Edinburgh Geological Society we will study the cyclic pattern of the sedimentation of Carboniferous (Dinantian) rocks exposed between Craigielaw Point and Aberlady Point.
A chance to bring the family along to a fun day out examining beach pebbles and learning more about the geology of this Ayrshire coastal location.