Events

Help us preserve a stunning exposure of the Helsby Sandstone Formation. This hands-on event focuses on maintaining the clarity of the rock face by removing encroaching saplings and clearing moss to reveal the geological detail beneath. Access & Arrival: Warwickshire Gold Club Greenkeepers Compound: We have permission to park at the Greenkeepers compound (///keep.stored.coasting) but ...

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Microbially-mediated carbonates in the Mesoproterozoic Stoer Group; earliest evidence of life in Britain?Carbonates within the Stoer Group, previously interpreted as abiogenic structures, are reinterpreted as microbial stromatolites. Stromatolites form by a combination of sediment trapping, binding and precipitation of carbonates associated with microbial activity. They take the form of mats and domical structures a few ...

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This is a workshop not to be missed! Turbidites are a large and economically important part of the sedimentary record. The workshop will include an excellent video presentation from industry experts explaining these deposits and their features in the field and in borehole core. To complement this, we will have two hands-on sessions with first-hand ...

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Join us for a light maintenance session at Kenilworth Cutting to maintain an excellent exposure of the Kenilworth Sandstone Formation (LGS 97). Because this exposure is already in good condition, we anticipate only about an hour of light work to get it looking its best. Bonus Site Visit: If we finish ahead of schedule, we’ll ...

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The Charnwood Terrane revisited: A new model for Ediacaran crustal evolution in southern Britain A new model is presented for the Ediacaran (635-541 Ma) evolution of the crust of southern Britain. Charnian magmatic activity (at 570-560 Ma) occurred towards the end of this phase of crustal evolution when southern Britain lay south of the Equator, ...

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The next evening meeting of Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group will be the Christmas Social on Thursday 11th December at Kenilworth Senior Citizens' Club, Abbey End, Kenilworth CV8 1QJ at 7.00pm. There will be a quiz and a short presentation. And there will be plenty of time to socialise. It is hoped that members can share ...

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The 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 ...

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Deep geothermal fluids: From the hottest of the hot to dissolved resources We stand at the cusp of a revolution in deep geothermal exploitation, as technological improvements enable economic exploitation of hot waters from great depths in areas of lower thermal gradient, such as in the UK. These advances also allow access to super-hot resources ...

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The AGM followed by a talk on the Warwick Sandstone, presented by Xiang Yan, a PhD student at Imperial College London. Reconstructing Triassic landscapes and rivers in the Warwick Sandstone The Warwick Sandstone, known more generally as the Helsby Sandstone Formation (HSF), was deposited by large rivers and aeolian dunefields approximately 240 million years ago ...

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The 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 ...

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