• Llandrindod Wells, Builth inlier, Weekend Field Trip led by Dr Joe Botting & Dr lucy Wells

    WGCG residential field trip to Llandrindod Wells led by Joe and Lucy, who are are independent researchers working on ‘Burgess-Shale-type’ discoveries in Mid-Wales. Programme: Friday eve.       Introductory talk on the ‘Builth Inlier’ - palaeontological and geological importance Saturday a.m.   Visit to the Radnorshire Museum (in Llandrindod Wells) to see their substantial                                             displays (much ...

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  • Wine, Whisky and Beer – the role of geology (Zoom & KMC)

    Kenilworth Methodist Church 60 Priory Rd,, Kenilworth

    Alex Maltman. Hybrid meeting held at KMC & via Zoom. We read that the taste of wine is affected by the geology of the vineyard and that whisky is influenced by the rocks the water encountered on its way to the distillery....(Download Poster).

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  • The Kilchrist Caldera, Skye (Zoom & KMC)

    Kenilworth Methodist Church 60 Priory Rd,, Kenilworth

    Talk by Simon Drake. Hybrid meeting at KMC and via Zoom 'Catastrophic caldera forming eruptions spanning the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum at Kilchrist and Belig, Isle of Skye, NW Scotland' Highly silicic Paleocene-Eocene ignimbrite deposits, and mafic lavas at Kilchrist and Belig, Isle of Skye, NW Scotland, form part of a ~800m thick extensive caldera ...

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  • Evening Lecture in Kenilworth and online via Zoom

    Kenilworth Methodist Church 60 Priory Rd,, Kenilworth

    Emeritus Professor Stuart Burley, Keele University – A very British summer in the late Triassic: torrential rain, the Arden Sandstone and the dawn of the dinosaurs. To participate via Zoom please register in advance for this meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIkceytpjwrHtMmd_OWisTQFk5ldHA-66TI After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.