WGCG Workshop – Practical use of geological resources and techniques
This annual WGCG workshop will include presentations from British Geological Survey (BGS) and WGCG geologists and include training in accessing and understanding geological data as well as recording it. Note - participants are asked to bring a laptop / tablet / phone so that they can access the BGS website, and also a ruler, pencils ...
Footprints from the past: the nature and value of the UK’s dinosaur track record – Kirsty Edgar
Dinosaurs were a hugely successful group of vertebrates with a wide array of morphologies and ecologies that dominated terrestrial ecosystems globally during much of the Mesozoic (~228-66 million years ago). Dinosaur tracks (footprints) are a key means of determining the palaeoecology and distribution of dinosaurs through time and highly complementary to the skeletal record. There ...
’Alpine peaks and salt intrusions – geological windows into deep Earth’s mantle – Jonathan Turner
Details to follow Register in advance to attend virtually: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAuceCgrjwrHdI7EARmlrqPJvwrSJnkDsnX Venue:St Francis Of Assisi RC Church, 110 Warwick Rd, Kenilworth CV8 1HLhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/9CGWRNdgFfttDKtd7
Ask a Geologist
Market Hall Museum Market Hall Museum, Market Pl, Warwick,, United KingdomThe WGCG shall be holding a special Ask a Geologist session at Market Hall Museum in Warwick. WGCG geological experts will be at hand to discuss geology in our everyday lives, geological careers, and geological science in general. Come along and examine specimens in super detail with our blue tooth microscope. We will have a ...
Field Trip Arden Sandstone – Stuart Burley
Details to follow.
The Triassic of Warwickshire – Joe Mazgajcyk & Kieren Quigley
Get ready to embark on a journey back in time with this presentation on the Triassic Strata of Warwickshire. Discover the range of strata formed during the Triassic Period in Warwickshire, the environments they were deposited in, and the processes that formed them. Details to follow Register in advance to attend virtually: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMocumqqzopG9HD3waV-oVESjjW1dFqXQIV Venue:St Francis ...
Ask A Geologist – Under Dippy!
Herbert GalleriesThe WGCG shall be holding a special Ask a Geologist session under Dippy at the Herbert Galleries, Coventry. WGCG geological experts will be at hand to discuss geology in our everyday lives, geological careers, and geological science in general. Come along and examine specimens in super detail with our blue tooth microscope. We will have ...
WGCG Field Trip to Shropshire – Dr Martin Whiteley
Residential Field Trip to Field Trip to Church Stretton, Shropshire to be led by Dr Martin Whiteley. For more information on this event, please view the flyer by clicking here Places are limited to 15 participants - first come, first served. If you would like to attend, please complete the below form and return it ...
Barrow Hill ‘volcano’ (west of Dudley) – Mike Allen
A day field trip to Barrow Hill 'volcano' to be led by Mike Allen. Details to follow.
Field Trip to Northumberland, N. E. England – Karl Egeland-Erikson
Residential Field Trip to Northumberland, N. E. England to be led by Karl Egeland-Erikson. This trip will include exposures at Seahouses (Snook Point ). The Cheviots (Brough Law). Holy Island (Southern coastline). Cocklawburn (Saltpan Rocks to Far Skerr). Details to follow.