Glaciations of the British Isles – Jim Rose
Although our understanding of the history of the Last Glaciation in Britain (c. 35,000 to 11,000 years ago) is the best in the world, our understanding of earlier glaciations is far from secure and subject to much disagreement and controversy. Recent publications relating to the glaciation of the West Midlands, using up-to-date methods of dating ...
Christmas Social
The next evening meeting of Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group will be the Christmas Social on Thursday 12th December at St Francis' Church Hall, Warwick Road, Kenilworth at 7.30pm. There will be a quiz and a short presentation from a local artist. And there will be plenty of time to socialise. It is hoped that members ...
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 ...
AGM
AGM Evening (Members only) Agenda and voting• Welcome Chair• Apologies received Chair• Minutes of the 2023 AGM Chair• Chairman's report (TAR) Chair• Finance report Treasurer• Trustee nominations received Secretary• Members Questions / Suggestions Members / Secretary• Collate Ballot / Results Secretary• Nominations for awards Secretary Members are reminded to bring their voting slips along if they ...
Urban Geology tour of Warwick
Market Place, Warwick Market Place, Warwick, United KingdomDr John Radley will give a guided tour of historic Warwick town centre looking at the building stones used in its construction. Jon will enlighten participants with his historical snippits of information, which have literally "shaken" the town. This is a popular gentle walk commencing from the museum entrance over a distance of about 1.5 ...
Dawn of the Modern World: Life, Death and Rain in the late Triassic – Mike Simms
In November 1987 two young geologists stumbled upon evidence that the prevailing aridityof the Late Triassic was interrupted, for about a million years, by an interval of greatlyincreased rainfall that appeared synchronous with mass extinction and diversificationevents in both marine and terrestrial environments. This key episode in the evolution oftaxa from dinosaurs to dinoflagellates, coccoliths ...
Ask a Geologist
Market Hall Museum Market Hall Museum, Market Pl, Warwick,, United KingdomKicking off Earth Science Week we shall be holding a special Ask a Geologist session at Warwick Museum. WCG geological experts will be at hand to discuss geology in our everyday lives, geological careers, and geological science in general. Come along and examin specimens in super detail with our blue tooth microscope. We will have ...
Charnwood Forest Field Trip – Nick Chidlaw
Note the date: Nick Chidlaw will lead a field weekend around Charnwood commencing Friday September 20 ending Sunday 22 September 2024. Base likely to be in Loughborough. Details to follow.
Bones and Badlands – Phil Manning
Dinosaurs in some cases were awkwardly large. This led to some incredible adaptations to overcome the challenge of vast size but makes them particularly difficult to excavate and study! Some of the largest dinosaurs were the sauropods, growing up to 37 metres in length…if we are to believe some of the skeletons in museums, which ...
Ask a Geologist
Market Hall Museum Market Hall Museum, Market Pl, Warwick,, United Kingdom'Ask a Geologist' with the Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group at the Market Hall Museum in Warwick is back!!Don't miss your chance to speak to real geologists and view an incredible collection of minerals, rocks and fossils. You can even bring your own rock samples to learn more about them. To view the flyer for this ...