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July 2018
Wealden excursion
Leader: Pete Austen This trip will be to one of the working pits in the Wealden Clay of south-east England. The venue has now been confirmed as Smokejacks, just south of Walliswood (4 km southwest of Ockley), Surrey. The entrance is signed as Wienerberger Limited – Ewhurst Works.
Find out more »September 2018
Festival of Geology Photocompetition Deadline
A great opportunity for imaginative photography! Geology is all around us impacting on our daily lives. It’s in our shopping baskets, our homes and our streets as well as on mountains, volcanoes, beaches and quarries.
Find out more »Celebrate the South West – HOGG Event
Celebrate the South West 18-19 September, at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath From Roman Baths to building stones, fossil finds to mineral mines, amateur, professional and academic geologists and collectors have played key roles in unravelling the fascinating geology and resources of the SW of Britain. Many of their names and achievements are now forgotten. A meeting about Collectors, Collections and the Geology of South West Britain, jointly organised by the History of Geology Group (HoGG) and…
Find out more »October 2018
GA Lecture – October 5 2018
October 5th – Redrawing the geological map of South Wales - Professor John C. W. Cope
Find out more »GA Conference 2018 – The Geology of ‘Mordor’
The Geology of 'Mordor' Geoscience and Geoconservation in the West Midlands. Lapworth Museum 19-21 October 2018 GA Annual Conference supported by Elsevier.
Find out more »November 2018
Festival of Geology 2018 Walks and Trips
As part of the GA Festival of Geology, a series of walks and trips are offered to both GA and non-GA members. More details here: geologistsassociation.org.uk/festival/
Find out more »AGS North London Mineral, Gem and Fossil Show
AGS North London Mineral, Gem and Fossil Show
Find out more »December 2018
GA Lecture – December 7
Hyoliths - where they fit in Dr Martin Smith
Find out more »January 2019
GA Lecture
January 4 – Control the Drainage: the Gospel Accorded to Sinkholes Dr Tony Waltham
Find out more »February 2019
GA Lecture
February 1 – Henry Stopes Lecture The Climate, palaeogeography and early human settlement of Britain Prof Nick Ashton
Find out more »March 2019
GA Lecture
March 8 – Halstead Lecture *Note 2nd Friday* The secret Life of salt giants: 3d seismic data reveals new insights into the structural evolution of salt-influenced passive margins Sian Evans
Find out more »April 2019
Geological Highlights of Morocco
Led by: Mr Mohamed Segaoui (Moha) (Morocco-Geo-Travel) www.atlasgeotours.com & Professor David Martill (University of Portsmouth) The Morocco trip for 2019 is full but please email to be on waiting list.
Find out more »GA Lecture
April 5 – Minerals from the English Midlands Roy Starkey
Find out more »GA Devon Weekend Field Trip
This weekend trip will examine the Devonian and Permian rocks south of Torbay and towards Start Point. Starting with the Devonian succession, near Brixham, including stromatoporoid reef limestones with local fissure-filling infills of Permian red-beds.
Find out more »May 2019
GA Lecture
May 3 – AGM and Presidential Address Risky Business –Exploring for Hydrocarbons Nick Pierpoint
Find out more »GA Yorkshire Coast weekend fieldtrip
This GA weekend FieldTrip is being held to celebrate the recent publication of a new edition of GA Guide 34, “The Yorkshire Coast”, and forms part of “Yorkshire Geology Month”. Jurassic, Cretaceous and Pleistocene localities in the vicinity of Scarborough will be visited, and members should book accommodation in Scarborough, where there is a wide range of hotels and B&Bs.
Find out more »June 2019
The Shetlands
Leaders: Allen Fraser and Robina Barton Our first three days will be spent on the islands of Unst and Fetlar where we will examine aspects of the Shetland Ophiolite nappes. These will include depleted mantle and magma chamber rocks, inter-nappe sheared conglomerates and a later granite intrusion. We will also visit abandoned chromite quarries from the 19th. and 20th. centuries and a restored horse-driven ore crushing circle.
Find out more »GA Lecture
June 7 – Virtual Reality and Drone Mapping- Geological Applications of Immersive Learning Claudia Ruiz-Graham
Find out more »July 2019
GA Lecture
July 5 – Cretaceous amber: bits of ancient ecosystems Dr Ricardo Perez-De-La-Fuente
Find out more »The Wealden Excursion
Leaders: Peter Austen & Ed Jarzembowski Location: Wealden – exact location to be decided. This trip continues the popular annual Wealden excursions and again will visit one of the sites in the Weald Clay of south-east England. The venue will be confirmed later so as to take advantage of conditions at the time. Attendees will need to be sure they can safely cope with the conditions to be found in working quarries.
Find out more »August 2019
GA trip: North Lincolnshire weekend field trip
Leaders: Dr. Michael Oates and Paul Hildreth This GA weekend Field Trip will focus on the Jurassic and Cretaceous rocks of North Lincolnshire. Access to a large working quarry has been obtained guaranteeing unobscured geology. PPE is essential and full requirements will be shared in the joining instructions. Meeting points and further details will be communicated to participants nearer the time. Participants are to arrange their own transport, accommodation and meals. Also suggest bring your own packed lunch into the…
Find out more »September 2019
Behind the scenes geology store tour
During 2019 we hope to celebrate the publication of the new GA guide to the geology of the Bristol area. This trip will take a ‘behind the scenes tour of the library and geology store’ at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery revealing some of the unseen treasures. We are limited to a maximum tour size of 10 people, however it can be run more than once in the afternoon if required.
Find out more »Jurassic geology around Bath/Bristol, Bath
Prof. Maurice Tucker is one of the authors, in the soon to be published and updated, GA guide to the geology of the Bristol area. The Saturday trip will visit Brown’s Folly near Bath and Midford to examine the rocks of the Great Oolite Group and Inferior Oolite.
Find out more »October 2019
GA Lecture
October 4 – Searching for an impact crater in Scotland Dr Mike Simms
Find out more »GA Annual Conference
Geological Resources in the North West: Past, Present and Future
Find out more »November 2019
Festival of Geology
Free event for everyone interested in the Earth and its origins.
Find out more »Festival of Geology Walks
Saturday 2 November Festival of Geology at UCL As part of the GA Festival we will be offering a free Building Stones Walk as well as free lectures. The walk will be led by Ruth Siddall of University College and will be a tour of the Campus and local streets. Meet 11.00 am at the GA stand. No advance booking required
Find out more »Festival of Geology Trips – 3rd November 2019
Sunday 3 November Festival trips Non-GA Members and Beginners welcome but booking is essential using the links below. There is a charge of £5 per person per trip. For further details and to register for any of the trips below please contact fieldtrips@geologistsassociation.org.uk, telephone 020 7434 9298 or use the links below to register online via the GA website: www.geologistsassociation.org.uk/festival.html 1. City Building Stones Walk from Cannon Street to the Tower led by Dr Matthew Loader 2. Geotrail along the…
Find out more »December 2019
GA Lecture
December 6 – The Secret Life of the starfish: The origin of asterozoan echinoderms in the Ordovician Dr Aaron Hunter
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