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SUMMARY:Social Evening (Kenilworth)
DESCRIPTION:Christmas Social. Venue: St Francis Church Hall\, Warwick Road (Kenilworth main street)\, Kenilworth CV8 1HL
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/social-eveneing/
LOCATION:St Francis\, 110 Warwick Road\, Kenilworth\, CV8 1HL
ORGANIZER;CN="Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group (WGCG)":MAILTO:warwickshiregcg@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211124T193000
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SUMMARY:LLPS: Volcanic Tsunamis: Krakatau\, 1883 and 2018.
DESCRIPTION:LLPS Zoom talk by Dr Seb Watt
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/llps-volcanic-tsunamis-krakatau-1883-and-2018/
LOCATION:Zoom Video Talk
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211117T190000
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SUMMARY:Evening Lecture (Kenilworth)
DESCRIPTION: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 \n\n\n\n7.00pm for a 7.30 pm start. Venue: St Francis Church Hall\, Warwick Road (Kenilworth main street)\, Kenilworth CV8 1HL
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/evening-lecture/
LOCATION:St Francis\, 110 Warwick Rd\, Kenilworth\, CV8 1HL
ORGANIZER;CN="Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group (WGCG)":MAILTO:warwickshiregcg@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211027T070000
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SUMMARY:LLPS Lecture (Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:WGCG Members are invited to a talk by Dr Katie Strang\,Scottish Geology Trust. Celebrating Scotland’s geological heritage with the Scottish Geology Trust. \n\n\n\nThe Scottish Geology Trust was launched in 2020 with the key objective of inspiring people everywhere to understand\, love and care for Scotland’s incredible geological heritage\, and its role in creating a sustainable future. From the 1st of September to the 17th October the Trust and partners will deliver a packed programme of activities as part of the Scottish Geology Festival from Stranraer to Shetland that will showcase and celebrate Scotland’s geology. Join the Trust’s Secretary Dr Katie Strang for a virtual tour around Scotland’s most loved geological sites and the fantastic festival events that are taking place around the country\, and to hear more about the work the Trust has been doing to inspire and engage people with the rocks beneath their feet\, and how important these are for exploring our future
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/llps-lecture-zoom/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211020T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211020T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T095129
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SUMMARY:AGM (Kenilworth)
DESCRIPTION:AGM    followed by a short talk on ten years of the Holloway Bequest by Ian Fenwick and Brian Ellis \n\n\n\n7.00pm for a 7.30 pm start. Venue: St Francis Church Hall\, Warwick Road (Kenilworth main street)\, Kenilworth CV8 1HL
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/agm/
LOCATION:St Francis\, 110 Warwick Road\, Kenilworth\, CV8 1HL
ORGANIZER;CN="Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group (WGCG)":MAILTO:warwickshiregcg@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211003T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211003T163000
DTSTAMP:20260418T095129
CREATED:20210917T103940Z
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SUMMARY:Birmingham City Centre Building Stones walk - Trail 1
DESCRIPTION:Birmingham City Centre has some of the finest and most exotic building stones adorning its buildings from the UK and around the world. This tour was conceived by Julie Schroder of the BCGS and constructed by Ruth Siddall of University College London\, a recognised expert in this field.  This event is free to attend for members and guests. Trail Guide download \n\n\n\nTo register for this walk\, please email Julie Harrald at JulieHarrald@gmail.com by Sunday 26th September\, stating your name and any mobile phone number you will use on the day. Participants should gather at the statue of Queen Victoria\, Victoria Square\, Birmingham at 2.15pm to allow the walk to start at 2.30pm
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/birmingham-city-centre-building-stones-walk-trail-1/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210929T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210929T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T095129
CREATED:20210923T171312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210923T171315Z
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SUMMARY:LPS Zoom Lecture: Dinosaurs and Deserts in South Wales - presented by Cindy Howells National Museum Wales
DESCRIPTION:Leicester geology group invite WGCG members to a talk on “Dinosaurs and Deserts in South Wales” – presented by Cindy Howells National Museum Wales. To register for this talk use the following link
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/lps-zoom-lecture-dinosaurs-and-deserts-in-south-wales-presented-by-cindy-howells-national-museum-wales/
LOCATION:Zoom Video Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210921T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210921T150000
DTSTAMP:20260418T095129
CREATED:20210912T124719Z
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SUMMARY:Geoconservation Henley in Arden
DESCRIPTION:WGCG volunteers will be clearing the Arden Sandstone exposure along the A4189 Warwick Road\,  (Blackford Hill)\, in Henley in Arden. If you would like to be involved please get in touch with Max Down or send an email to warwickshiregcg@gmail.com
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/geoconservation-henley-in-arden/
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SUMMARY:Visit to Bockley Quarry
DESCRIPTION:Blockley Quarry visit led by Jon Radley. This was rescheduled from 31 July 2021.
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/visit-to-bockley-quarry/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210915T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210915T203000
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SUMMARY:Evening Lecture (Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Jonathan Paul of Royal Holloway University of London – Subsurface engineering and water resources of Greater London \n\n\n\nRegister in advance for this meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYscuuorj4rHNzT-FnYm-O_VQQNoZVGXib5
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/evening-lecture-zoom/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210820T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210823T150000
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SUMMARY:WGCG 3-Night Residential Field Trip to North Lincolnshire
DESCRIPTION:This is a WGCG residential field trip to North Lincolnshire in August 2021. We are fortunate to have obtained the services of Paul Hildreth\, sitting President of the Yorkshire Geological Society\, who lives in the area and knows the geology (especially the Chalk) well\, with a background in oil exploration and teaching. \n\n\n\nDurationFormal leadership will commence on the Friday afternoon (20th August) and end around lunchtime on the Monday (23rd August). RegistrationThere will be an upper limit of 20 participants and places will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. A minimum number of 6 participants will be required to make the trip viable.WGCG membership is open to all and is free for those in full-time education. \n\n\n\nItinerary / Geology \n\n\n\nItinerary / GeologyPaul has suggested the following provisional itinerary\, subject to receiving access permissions where required. \n\n\n\nFriday p.m. Claxby (complete\, but attenuated\, patchy hillside succession of Lower Cretaceous stratigraphy with                   emphasis on the former Claxby Ironstone industry – including industrial archaeology) \n\n\n\nSaturday a.m. South Ferriby Quarry (Cretaceous L/M Chalk\, Red Chalk and Carstone unconformable on late                       Jurassic Oxfordian & Kimmeridgian Clay……highly fosiliferous…..site of a 2018 Pliosaur discovery)Saturday p.m. Conesby Quarry (last exposure of the L. Jurassic Frodingham Ironstone…..former important local steel                       industry…….“everyone guaranteed a fossil”!) \n\n\n\nSunday a.m. Kirton in Lindsey (M. Jurassic Lincolnshire Limestone – ‘Inferior Oolite’ equivalent)Sunday p.m. Ulceby Vale (‘Middle Chalk’…..Turonian Flint Maximum……detailed stratigraphy of part of the Chalk) \n\n\n\nMonday a.m. Welton-le-Wold (Pleistocene Sites of importance: Devensian and older tills (?Wolstonian) on Hoxnian gravels) \n\n\n\nFuller notes will be provided as a handout closer to the occasion. Paul may also be able to engage local specialists for particular locations we visit. \n\n\n\nThe info. shown here is a summary. For more details\, members should contact Julie Harrald. The e-mail for WGCG is: warwickshiregcg@gmail.com
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/wgcg-field-trip-to-north-lincolnshire/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210731T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210731T150000
DTSTAMP:20260418T095129
CREATED:20210530T091917Z
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SUMMARY:WGCG Members' Field Visit to Blockley Quarry
DESCRIPTION:Blockley Brickpit (now re-named Wellacre Quarry) is owned by Northcot Brick Ltd.\, who allowparties to visit the site under supervision. Dale Moss will be our guide for the day.The location is near Moreton-in-the-Marsh\, Gloucestershire about a mile NE of Blockley village on the B4479.WGCG Member\, Jon Radley\, has agreed to lead the trip\, and is familiar with the geology and history of thesite.Geology: It is a well known and much celebrated SSSI site\, exposing a small part of the Lower Lias clay\,which is especially well developed at this location. It has been of much scientific importance inestablishing ammonite evolutionary trends\, helping to construct a detailed zonal sequence for theJurassic Period.It is particularly fossiliferous at Blockley\, with many other invertebrate groups also preserved\,offering good possibilities for specimen collecting.However\, be warned that the site is muddy (especially if wet). Minimum safety wear requiredby the operators is hi-vis vests\, hard hats and strong protective boots (preferably steel-cappedsafety boots). You should also bring clothing appropriate for the weather expected.Pre-booked WGCG members are asked to assemble at 10.00 a.m. at the entrance to the site. They will need to make their own travel arrangements in accordance with whatever Covid arrangements are in force at the time of our visit. We hope to be able to spend up to around 4-5 hours on the site….until “mid afternoon” (? 3 p.m. max).Members will need to provide their own picnic lunch / drinks and collecting paraphernalia! For once\, theuse of hammers on loose material is permitted. \n\n\n\nPlease note that places are limited to 20 overall\, and we have also invited BCGS members to attend. Initially the first 15 places will be offered to WGCG members in strict order of application. Please indicate if you wish to be placed on a waiting list if further places become available. For insurance purposes\, you must be a fully paid up member of WGCG or BCGS.WGCG membership is open to all and is free for those in full-time education.The info. shown here is a summary. For more details\, members should contact Julie Harrald. The e-mail for WGCG is: warwickshiregcg@gmail.com
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/field-visit-to-blockley-quarry-for-wgcg-members/
LOCATION:Northcot Brick Blockley\, Moreton-in-the-Marsh GL56 9LH
ORGANIZER;CN="Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group (WGCG)":MAILTO:warwickshiregcg@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210616T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210616T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T095129
CREATED:20210429T115840Z
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SUMMARY:Talk: Mary Anning\, The Fossil Woman by Tom Sharpe
DESCRIPTION:Mary Anning\, Courtesy of The Geological Society.\n\n\n\n\n\nMary Anning collecting with her father (An1869 image)\n\n\n\n\n\nIntroduction: It has been said that more has been written about Mary Anning\, the fossil dealer of Lyme Regis\, than about any other geologist\, apart from Charles Darwin. But how much do we really know? How much is speculation? And how much is myth that has developed through the uncritical telling and retelling of her tale over the course of two centuries? Are we seeing a new Anning myth in the making\, thanks to a recent film? Separating the facts from the fictions about Mary Anning can be challenging\, but her story is a remarkable tale in its own right. This talk will examine what we know of the life of this extraordinary woman\, her famous – and less well-known – discoveries\, and her part within the wider network of the developing science of palaeontology in the early nineteenth century\, and will seek to dispel at least a few of the Mary myths. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPicture by Mary Anning in 1823 of her plesiosaur. Courtesy: Wellcome Collection\n\n\n\n\n\nTom Sharpe’s biography of Mary Anning\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nA virtual Zoom talk.\n\n\n\nRegistration: Please click link \n\n\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrc-CpqTMsE9Acd11C4VbONNMR2971cvBl \n\n\n\nIt’s is free. No charge. Open to all.  When you click the link you will be asked for your name and e-mail address and you will receive a link to join the talk from 7:00 pm. The talk will start promptly at 7:30 pm and conclude with an audience question session.A video recording of the talk will be available to WGCG members or named contacts with an access code for up to one month after the talk\,Membership is open to all at £12/year and free to those in full-time education. See more \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTom Sharpe\, Author: The Fossil Woman. A Life of Mary Anning\n\n\n\n\n\nTom Sharpe is a geologist who now works as an expedition travel geology lecturer and guide\, mainly in the polar regions. A graduate of the universities of Glasgow and Leicester\, he was formerly Curator of Palaeontology and Archives at the National Museum of Wales and taught geology in the lifelong learning departments of both Cardiff and Bristol universities. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society\, the Royal Geographical Society and the Museums Association\, and is a former Chair of the Geological Curators’ Group and History of Geology Group. He has long had an interest in the history of geology\, and has published on the work of the geologists Henry De la Beche and William Smith and on the history of the geological exploration of Antarctica. He is the author of The Fossil Woman. A Life of Mary Anning\, published by The Dovecote Press in November 2020. \n\n\n\nSee more of Tom Sharpe ion Twitter: Twitter @tomsharperocks  \n\n\n\n\n\nMore about WGCGWGCG programmes include talks\, currently virtual\, field walks and residential field visits. WGCG creates and publishes trail guides and interpretation panels. We survey local geological sites (LGS) and works to conserve some of them. We can provide bursaries via the Holloway Award. We invite you to take a look at the geology\, geodiversity\, iceage history revealed in the Brandon Wall. We hope you will find great interest in The Geology of Warwickshire provided by the Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group (WGCG) including Meriden Shafts\, Stratford Trail Guide\, Solihull\, Rugby\, Guides to Building Stones in many towns\, Corley Rocks and The Burton Dassett Hills Country Park. Come and see the Warwickshire’s Jurassic rocks and fossils including ammonites and belemnites. \n\n\n\nAlthough this is a talk on Zoom\,  we normally meet in the church hall of: St Francis Of Assisi R C Church\, 110 Warwick Rd\, Kenilworth CV8 1HL \n\n\n\nEvent URL: https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/talk-mary-anning-the-fossil-woman-by-tom-sharpe
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/talk-mary-anning-the-fossil-woman-by-tom-sharpe/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom or YouTube)\, Zoom as if from - St Francis of Assisi R C Church\, Kenilworth\, Warwickshire\, CV8 1HL\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210519T210000
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SUMMARY:Talk: Iapetus No More – The continental collision that shaped Scotland by Angus Miller
DESCRIPTION:Iapetus No More – The continental collision that shaped Scotland by Angus Miller\n\n\n\n\n\nTalk Outline:  Five hundred million years ago\, the Iapetus Ocean lay between three continents in the southern hemisphere. The tectonics of the next 100 million years brought different segments of continent together\, formed the grain of the land and created the building blocks of much of Scotland’s landscape. This talk will explore the closure of the Iapetus Ocean\, the formation of most of the metamorphic and igneous rocks of the Highlands and Southern Uplands\, and the complex events that together make the most significant event in Scotland’s geological history.More at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iapetus_Ocean \n\n\n\nMore at: EarthWisehttp://earthwise.bgs.ac.uk/index.php/Early_Palaeozoic_Iapetus_Ocean\,_South_of_Scotland \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur speaker: Dr Angus MillerAngus has been leading Geowalks since 1998\, including day walks\, walking holidays and group excursions exploring Scotland’s geology and its influence on landscape & people. He teaches adult education courses for the Centre for Open Learning at the University of Edinburgh and is the Promotion Coordinator for the Edinburgh Geological Society. He’s also been involved as a volunteer for Lothian and Borders GeoConservation\, particularly in public outreach events and leaflets. He was chair of the Scottish Geodiversity Forum from 2011-2020\, responsible for publishing and promoting Scotland’s Geodiversity Charter\, and is now a trustee of the new Scottish Geology Trust. \n\n\n\n\n\nThis is a ‘virtual’ Zoom talk. Here is the Registration Link:- \n\n\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvf–hrz0pGNz9zDF0GzMIDvFjpw71AHL_ \n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \n\n\n\n\n\nMore about WGCGWGCG programmes include talks\, currently virtual\, field walks and residential field visits. WGCG creates and publishes trail guides and interpretation panels. We survey local geological sites (LGS) and works to conserve some of them. We can provide bursaries via the Holloway Award. We invite you to take a look at the geology\, geodiversity\, iceage history revealed in the Brandon Wall. We hope you will find great interest in The Geology of Warwickshire provided by the Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group (WGCG) including Meriden Shafts\, Stratford Trail Guide\, Solihull\, Rugby\, Guides to Building Stones in many towns\, Corley Rocks and The Burton Dassett Hills Country Park. Come and see the Warwickshire’s Jurassic rocks and fossils including ammonites and belemnites. \n\n\n\nAlthough this is a talk on Zoom\,  we normally meet in the church hall of: St Francis Of Assisi R C Church\, 110 Warwick Rd\, Kenilworth CV8 1HL \n\n\n\nEvent URL: https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/iapetus-no-more-the-continental-collision-that-shaped-scotland-by-angus-miller/
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/iapetus-no-more-the-continental-collision-that-shaped-scotland-by-angus-miller/
LOCATION:Zoom Video Talk
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210421T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210421T210000
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SUMMARY:Talk: ‘Henry Clifton Sorby – Sheffield’s Greatest Scientist’ by Noel Worley
DESCRIPTION:Wed 21 April 2021: ‘Henry Clifton Sorby\, Microscopist & Geologist – Sheffield’s Greatest Scientist’ by Noel Worley\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIntroduction \n\n\n\nHenry Clifton Sorby\, Microscopist & Geologist. ‘Outside Sheffield\, and outside geology and metallurgy the name Henry Clifton Sorby is little known and even within these circles all that is known by many is the name.  This is not surprising but it is regrettable for apart from his outstanding achievements in a wide variety of scientific fields the life of the man is interesting from a number of viewpoints.’ wrote Norman Higham in 1961 in his biography.  Sorby’s geological accomplishments have since undergone a reprise with international scientific recognition in the fields sedimentology\, fluid inclusion geochemistry\, structural geology and cosmology.  R L Folk\, the famous American sedimentologist and holder of the International Association of Sedimentologists Sorby Medal when listing the variety of scientific topics that were fathered by Sorby remarked ‘… a truly imposing patrimony for a life-long bachelor.’ \n\n\n\nSorby was a gentleman of independent means\, and whilst well educated had no formal training.  He devoted the whole of his life to scientific enquiry working solidly until his death in 1908.  He was motivated by the spirit of original investigation and never sought the attention that his achievements merited. His averseness to specialisation led to criticism by some of his contemporaries in the scientific establishment.  They suggested that he merely ‘showed the way’ rather than exhausting the possibilities of a discovery. \n\n\n\n\n\nSorby\, Microscopist & Geologist\n\n\n\n\n\nSamples re Henry Clifton Sorby\n\n\n\nSamples re Henry Clifton Sorby \n\n\n\nThe purpose of the talk is to review his principle successes\, to examine the circumstances surrounding Henry Clifton Sorby’s life in Sheffield between 1826 to his death in 1908; and to explain the key influences that led him along the path of scientific discovery. His greatest triumphs were undoubtedly in the development and application of microscopic techniques and he is regarded throughout the world as the father of petrography\, metallography and sedimentology.  He unleashed the power of the microscope in the investigation of meteorites and his work in this area has never been bettered. He was the first to use the microscope in forensic science and the first to study inclusions in crystals. \n\n\n\nSorby devoted the whole of his life to scientific enquiry working solidly until his death.  He was motivated by the spirit of original investigation and never sought the attention that his achievements merited. He was a powerful force in the development of higher education in Sheffield whose university he helped to establish and was a pioneer in the promotion of the provision of facilities for original scientific research. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur speaker: Noel Worley \n\n\n\nNoel Worley is a geologist having worked within the industrial minerals sector at British Gypsum until retirement in 2012. He has been president of the Yorkshire Geological Society and deputy chairman of the CBI Minerals Group. His main interests and publications concern the geology of the north of England including mineralization and karst in the South Pennines\, evaporites\, microscopy\, and the work of H.C.Sorby. \n\n\n\n\n\nMore about WGCGWGCG programmes include talks\, currently virtual\, field walks and residential field visits. WGCG creates and publishes trail guides and interpretation panels. We survey local geological sites (LGS) and works to conserve some of them. We can provide bursaries via the Holloway Award. We invite you to take a look at the geology\, geodiversity\, iceage history revealed in the Brandon Wall. We hope you will find great interest in The Geology of Warwickshire provided by the Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group (WGCG) including Meriden Shafts\, Stratford Trail Guide\, Solihull\, Rugby\, Guides to Building Stones in many towns\, Corley Rocks and The Burton Dassett Hills Country Park. Come and see the Warwickshire’s Jurassic rocks and fossils including ammonites and belemnites. \n\n\n\n\n\nZoom Talk \n\n\n\nYou are invited to a Zoom meeting. You can join the meeting on Wed 21 April 2021 from 7:00 pm i.e.\, up to 30 minutes beforehand. \n\n\n\nTalk starts promptly at 7:30 pm \n\n\n\nPlease register well in advance of the evening of Wed 21 April 2021 with this Registration Link  \n\n\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvd–prT0tGdGCtfWEjTC13MRLNFhjtqjR \n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting with a link to be used on the night. \n\n\n\n– Queries and Enquiries to: warwickshiregcg@gmail.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue: Virtual (Zoom or YouTube) Zoom as if from – St Francis of Assisi R C Church\, Kenilworth
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/april-2021-talk-henry-clifton-sorby-sheffields-greatest-scientist-by-noel-worley/
LOCATION:Online Via Zoom or YouTube
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SUMMARY:March 2021: Stuart Blake: An introduction to The Geology of Iceland
DESCRIPTION:Wed 17 March 2021: Stuart Blake: “An Introduction to the Geology of Iceland”\n\n\n\n\n\nIntroductionThe geology of Iceland is unique. Situated on the divergent boundary between the Eurasian plate and the North American plate\, it also lies above a hotspot\, the Iceland plume. The plume is believed to have caused the formation of Iceland itself\, the island first appearing over the ocean surface about 16 to 18 million years ago.  Upwelling commenced in the early Tertiary and sea bed core evidences 55 million year old rock.  The result is an island characterized by repeated volcanism – Surtsey\, a new volcanic island was formed in 1967. Geothermal phenomena such as geysers are a great natural resource \n\n\n\nOur speaker: Stuart Blake Stuart Blake is an Instructor and the Director at the Lochranza Centre https://www.lochranzacentre.co.uk. He arrived on Arran some 38 years ago as a graduate and teacher of geology to take on the role of an instructor. He has taught geology and acted as a mountain leader\, both on Arran and overseas in Iceland for most of that time. He also enjoys visiting and sampling geology from other areas – his most recent excursions having been to the Azores\, the Caribbean and Ireland. \n\n\n\nThe Lochranza Centre employs six staff as instructors and the Geopark has a coordinator\, all sadly furloughed at the moment.Since the Geopark and the Lochranza Centre are not in receipt of any government or Council funding they have try to raise the money to keep going. The Centre provides accommodation and/ or tuition to people of all ages\, from primary school age to those in the U3A. Teaching covers the geology\, geography and biology of this island home. Activity courses are run offering gorge walking\, mountain biking and abseiling\, to name but a few of the activities available. The centre offers accommodation for people attending courses or just wanting to visit the island. \n\n\n\nLink to Arran Geopark http://www.arrangeopark.co.uk \n\n\n\nAn Introduction to the Geology of Iceland\, Stuart Blake for WGCG\, 17 March 2021\n\n\n\nAn Introduction to the Geology of Iceland\, Stuart Blake for WGCG\, 17 March 2021\n\n\n\nAn Introduction to the Geology of Iceland\, Stuart Blake for WGCG\, 17 March 2021\n\n\n\nAn Introduction to the Geology of Iceland\, Stuart Blake for WGCG\, 17 March 2021\n\n\n\nAn Introduction to the Geology of Iceland\, Stuart Blake for WGCG\, 17 March 2021 \n\n\n\nShort promo video on YouTube \n\n\n\nMore about WGCGWGCG programmes include talks\, currently virtual\, field walks and residential field visits. WGCG creates and publishes trail guides and interpretation panels. We survey local geological sites (LGS) and works to conserve some of them. We can provide bursaries via the Holloway Award. We invite you to take a look at the geology\, geodiversity\, iceage history revealed in the Brandon Wall. We hope you will find great interest in The Geology of Warwickshire provided by the Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group (WGCG) including Meriden Shafts\, Stratford Trail Guide\, Solihull\, Rugby\, Guides to Building Stones in many towns\, Corley Rocks and The Burton Dassett Hills Country Park. Come and see the Warwickshire’s Jurassic rocks and fossils including ammonites and belemnites. \n\n\n\n\n\nZoom Talk \n\n\n\nYou are invited to a Zoom meeting. You can join the meeting on Wed 17 March 2021 from 7:00 pm i.e.\, up to 30 minutes beforehand. \n\n\n\nTalk starts promptly at 7:30 pm \n\n\n\n– Queries and Enquiries to: warwickshiregcg@gmail.com
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/march-2021-stuart-blake-an-introduction-to-the-geology-of-iceland/
LOCATION:Zoom Video Talk
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SUMMARY:Feb 2021 Talk: “Geological Time and the Anthropocene.” by Ian Fairchild
DESCRIPTION:Geological Time and the Anthropocene by Ian Fairchild\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOutline:– There is little doubt that mankind’s impact on the natural environment has increased dramatically in recent decades but … are we now living in a new epoch of geological time: the Anthropocene? Concepts from Earth System Science agree with stratigraphic markers that we went outside the range of conditions of the Holocene in the last 70 years\, but does the term Anthropocene belong to geologists anyway? \n\n\n\nThis presentation is in two parts.  Geological Time and the Anthropocene examines the way in which geologists establish stratigraphic golden spikes that represent particular instants in geological history\, using examples throughout the record.  The particular issues from the idea of an Anthropocene Epoch are then examined. A key idea is that the Earth System is now operating outside its range of the Holocene Epoch\, representing the time since the Ice Age. In the second part\, we move to a scripted dialogue between the speaker and members of the audience called Introducing the Anthropocene in which different voices question the ideas surrounding the formal establishment of an Anthropocene Epoch \n\n\n\nIan FairchildEmeritus Professor\, University of Birmingham and Chair\, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust. \n\n\n\nIan Fairchild started his career as a geologist with specialism in sedimentology\, but diversified into fields such as glacial geomorphology\, karst science and environmental chemistry including contemporary environmental and climatic change. He is currently a member of the Anthropocene Working Group which is developing a proposal for the formal establishment of an Anthropocene Epoch as the youngest element in the geological column. Ian is Emeritus Professor at the University of Birmingham and Chair of the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust. \n\n\n\nMore info on our speaker: Ian Fairchild and here is Ian’s Research Portal \n\n\n\n\n\nSee some relevant slides \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore about WGCGWGCG programmes include talks\, currently virtual\, field walks and residential field visits. WGCG creates and publishes trail guides and interpretation panels. We survey local geological sites (LGS) and works to conserve some of them. We can provide bursaries via the Holloway Award. We invite you to take a look at the geology\, geodiversity\, iceage history revealed in the Brandon Wall. We hope you will find great interest in The Geology of Warwickshire provided by the Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group (WGCG) including Meriden Shafts\, Stratford Trail Guide\, Solihull\, Rugby\, Guides to Building Stones in many towns\, Corley Rocks and The Burton Dassett Hills Country Park. Come and see the Warwickshire’s Jurassic rocks and fossils including ammonites and belemnites. \n\n\n\n\n\nZoom Talk \n\n\n\nYou are invited to a Zoom meeting. You can join the meeting on Wed 17 Feb 2021 from 7:00 pm i.e.\, up to 30 minutes beforehand. \n\n\n\nTalk starts promptly at 7:30 pm \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n– Queries and Enquiries to: warwickshiregcg@gmail.com
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/feb-2021-talk-geological-time-and-the-anthropocene-by-ian-fairchild/
LOCATION:Zoom Video Talk
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SUMMARY:Jan 2021 Talk: New Ordovician fossil discovery in Wales
DESCRIPTION:Castle Bank: A new Ordovician Burgess Shale-type fauna in Wales\, by Dr Joe Botting\n\n\n\n” … most important fossil discovery since Fezouata Biota [1990s] … potential to revolutionise our view of Ordovician evolution & ecosystems\,” Dr Joe Botting. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOutline \n\n\n\nThe Burgess Shale-type faunas of the Cambrian provide one of the best windows into ancient ecosystems\, preserving a remarkable range of soft-bodied organisms in extraordinary detail. Most remarkably\, they represent the extremely diverse\, normal marine assemblages of the open shelf sea floor\, and have therefore revealed the Cambrian Explosion (arguably the most important interval in animal evolution) in previously unimaginable detail. There are two known Early Ordovician faunas of this type (in Wales and Morocco)\, but after that the window seems to have closed. Later Ordovician exceptionally preserved fossil assemblages are more constrained and limited in scope often representing odd environments or specialist ecosystems. \n\n\n\nDuring the lockdown of 2020\, a new Burgess Shale-type fauna was discovered in Middle Ordovician rocks of the Builth Inlier\, central Wales. The fauna is in the preliminary stages of excavation and interpretation\, but has already yielded a remarkable range of lightly mineralised and soft-bodied taxa\, including sponges\, arthropods\, several phyla of worms\, molluscs and many other groups. The fauna is the most important Ordovician fossil discovery since the Fezouata Biota\, and has the potential to revolutionise our view of Ordovician evolution and ecosystems. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoe & Lucy Botting with the new microscope & camera\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWGCG contributed to an appeal to crowdfund a high-quality Leica S8 APO photomicroscope to aid study of these fauna. See: WGCG 2020 Autumn Newsletter – Pages 29 & 30 – Click image to enlarge. \n\n\n\nDr Joe Botting \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFitting camera to microscope\n\n\n\n\n\nAll-focus\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Dr. Joseph P. Bottingis a palaeontologist specialising in the evolution of sponges\, echinoderms\, and Ordovician ecosystems. He is currently a Guest Scientist at the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology\, and an Honorary Research Fellow at the National Museum Wales\, but lives primarily in central Wales. Brought up in Hereford\, he holds degrees from the University of Cambridge (MA in Natural Sciences) and the University of Birmingham (PhD)\, and has worked at the University of Cambridge\, the Natural History Museum (London)\, Leeds Museum\, and the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology. He has around 75 published papers (including in major journals such as Nature\, Current Biology\, Science Advances and Geology) and book chapters\, has given multiple keynote lectures at international conferences\, and is at least partly responsible for the discovery of several of the known Ordovician Konservat-Lagerstätten. \n\n\n\nMore about WGCGWGCG programmes include talks\, currently virtual\, field walks and residential field visits. WGCG creates and publishes trail guides and interpretation panels. We survey Local Geological Sites (LGS) formerly RiGS and do works to conserve some of them. We can provide bursaries via the Holloway Award. We invite you to take a look at the geology\, geodiversity\, iceage history revealed in the Brandon Wall. We hope you will find great interest in The Geology of Warwickshire provided by the Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group (WGCG) including Meriden Shafts\, Stratford Trail Guide\, Solihull\, Rugby\, Guides to Building Stones in many towns\, Corley Rocks and Burton Dassett Hills. Come and see the Warwickshire’s Jurassic rocks and fossils including ammonites and belemnites. \n\n\n\n\n\nZoom Talk \n\n\n\n• Registration Closed! • Unfortunately we can not accept any further Registrations for this talk • \n\n\n\n– Queries and Enquiries to: warwickshiregcg@gmail.com
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/jan-2021-talk-new-ordovician-fossil-discovery-in-wales-registration-closed/
LOCATION:Zoom Video Talk
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SUMMARY:Dec 2020 Talk: History & Hidden Gems of the Lapworth Museum of Geology\, Aerona Moore
DESCRIPTION:History and Hidden Gems of the Lapworth Museum of Geology\, Aerona Moore\n\n\n\n\n\nRoary at the Lapworth Museum of Geology. \n\n\n\nOutline \n\n\n\nThe Lapworth Museum of Geology holds the finest and most extensive collections of fossils\, minerals and rocks in the Midlands. Dating back to 1880\, it is one of the oldest specialist geological museums in the UK. Enabling visitors to explore life over the past 3.5 billion years\, the Lapworth Museum showcases exceptional objects of both scientific and historical importance. \n\n\n\nThis talk will reveal the Museums fascinating history and its recent transformational redevelopment. Hear about the influential geologists who have contributed to the Museum’s collections\, including Charles Lapworth whom the Museum is named after. Explore some of the Museums hidden gems\, favourite objects and the fascinating stories they tell. \n\n\n\n\n\nAerona Moore\, Learning and Engagement Officer at the Lapworth Museum of Geology. \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker \n\n\n\nAerona Moore\, Learning and Engagement Officer at the Lapworth Museum of Geology. \n\n\n\nAerona has nearly 10 years of experience in engaging people of all ages with geology. After completing her undergraduate in Geoscience at the University of St Andrews\, she completed a research Masters in mid ocean ridge volcanism in Canada. She has since worked in some iconic geological places\, including the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site and Arran Geopark\, before starting at the Lapworth Museum in 2018. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZoom Talk \n\n\n\nYou are invited to a Zoom meeting. You can join the meeting on Wed 9 Dec 2020 from 7:00 pm i.e.\, up to 30 minutes beforehand. \n\n\n\nTalk starts promptly at 7:30 pm \n\n\n\n– Queries and Enquiries to: warwickshiregcg@gmail.com
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/dec-2020-talk-history-hidden-gems-of-the-lapworth-museum-of-geology-aerona-moore/
LOCATION:Zoom Video Talk
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SUMMARY:Nov 2020 Talk: The Jurassic Coast: The biggest story on Earth\, Richard Edmonds
DESCRIPTION:This evening’s Zoom Talk will be preceded by WGCG AGM at 7:00pm\, for 30 mins \n\n\n\nWGCG 2020 AGM – Zoom will open at 06:30 pm for a 7.00 pm start for the AGM.  The lecture will follow at 7.30 pm. The Annual Report for the AGM has been e-mailed to members. All members are encouraged to participate. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDescription: A look at the Dorset and East Devon coast World Heritage Site; 185 million years of the Earth’s geological history explored in the global context of plate tectonics\, extinction events and the evolutionary steps that eventually led to us. \n\n\n\nThis is England’s only natural World Heritage Site. \n\n\n\nHere is a PDF of this page to download or printJurassic_Coast-Richard_Edmonds-18/11/20 \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nRichard Edmonds is a geologist and fossil collector\, former Earth Science Manager for the Site and the first warden of the Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZoom Talk \n\n\n\nYou are invited to a Zoom meeting. You can join the meeting on Wed 18 Nov 2020 from 7:00 pm i.e.\, up to 30 minutes beforehand. \n\n\n\nTalk starts promptly at 7:30 pm \n\n\n\nPLEASE NOTE: This evening’s Zoom Talk will be preceded by WGCG AGM\, of interest to members\, at 7:00pm\, for 30 minsWGCG 2020 AGM– Zoom will open at 06:30 pm for a 7.00 pm start for the AGM.  The lecture will follow at 7.30 pm. The WGCG 2020 Annual Report for the AGM has been e-mailed to members. All members are encouraged to participate. \n\n\n\n– Queries and Enquiries to: warwickshiregcg@gmail.com
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/nov-2020-talk-the-jurassic-coast-the-biggest-story-on-earth-richard-edmonds/
LOCATION:Zoom Video Talk
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SUMMARY:Oct 2020 Talk: From Coprolites to Cholera\, the life of William Buckland\, by Peter Lincoln
DESCRIPTION:To WGCG Members\, Friends and Guests\,We are pleased to have another talk via Zoom on Wed 21 Oct 2020 at 7.00 for a prompt 7:30 pm start.The talk will be at 7:30 pm followed by the WGCG 2020 AGM \n\n\n\nFrom Coprolites to Cholera – the extraordinary life of William Buckland\, Presented by Peter Lincoln \n\n\n\n\n\nFrom Coprolites to Cholera – the extraordinary life of William Buckland\nPresented by Peter Lincoln\n\n\n\n\nAbstractWilliam Buckland (1784-1856)\, Oxford’s first ‘Professor’ of geology\, was a central figure of the ‘heroic’ foundational age of geological investigation. Buckland was a meticulous scientist and a devout\, if sometimes rather too down-to-earth\, clergyman. A charismatic lecturer\, his flamboyant delivery stimulated his admirers and scandalised his detractors and\, as a result\, he was both venerated and vilified in life and\, since his death\, his eccentricities have often been more remembered than his achievements. However\, Buckland’s foundational work in stratigraphy and palaeontology – his explanation of hyena den at Kirkdale won him the Royal Society’s Copley Medal – and his early acceptance of glacial theory put him firmly at the forefront of early nineteenth century geological endeavour. Equally at home with queens and quarrymen\, William Buckland’s humanity shone through in everything he did. Appointed Dean of Westminster in 1845\, he did not hesitate to use his new position to advocate scientific solutions to the problems of famine and disease. In this talk I shall aim to restore the memory of this geological hero by describing his long and eventful life and outlining some of his many achievements\, both in geology and in the wider world. \n\n\n\nOther reading – Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Buckland \n\n\n\n\n\nPeter Lincoln\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPeter LincolnPeter Lincoln retired from careers in shipbuilding and school science-teaching to pursue his interests in history of science.A UCL MSc dissertation project on the foundation of Ipswich Museum lead to a fascination with the person and character of William Buckland\, whose life and work now form the focus of his further studies towards a PhD at the University of East Anglia. \n\n\n\nHere is the info in this screen page on a PDF to enable download and/or printing \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZoom TalkYou are invited to a Zoom meeting. Please register directly via Zoom by clicking the link below.You can join the meeting on Wed 21 Oct 2020 from 7:00 pm i.e.\, up to 30 minutes beforehand. \n\n\n\nTalk starts promptly at 7:30 pm \n\n\n\n– Queries and Enquiries to: warwickshiregcg@gmail.com  \n\n\n\nVideo info at: https://youtu.be/h3sJqYGBGOU
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/oct-2020-talk-from-coprolites-to-cholera-the-life-of-william-buckland-by-peter-lincoln/
LOCATION:Zoom Video Talk
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SUMMARY:Oct 2020 Talk: 50 Years of Plate Tectonics
DESCRIPTION:To WGCG Members\, Friends and Guests\,We are pleased to have another talk via Zoom on Wed 14 October 2020 at 7.00 for a prompt 7:30 pm start. \n\n\n\nFull title: Fifty years of plate tectonics: past\, current and future questions presented by Marco Maffione \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOutline \n\n\n\nPlate tectonics is the most unifying theory in Earth Sciences and one of the top five most relevant theories in the Sciences. Plate tectonics is the simple and elegant explanation of how our planet has been\, is\, and will be shaped by the continuous movements and interactions of tectonic plates. I will guide you through the long journey of scientific discoveries that brought several scientists with different backgrounds to contribute to the birth of the plate tectonics theory\, ultimately formulated just over 50 years ago. Since then we have understood much of how our planet works\, which helped in the ‘90s to reach a new important discovery on how our oceans expand. Today we still have several questions about key processes\, such as the formation of new subduction zones\, which represent new challenges for the current and future generations of Earth scientists. \n\n\n\nImage drawn by Isacks et al. (1968) representing the first graphical description of how plate tectonics works.\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Marco Maffione\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nProfile of Dr Marco Maffione \n\n\n\nMarco is a Lecturer in tectonics and structural geology at the University of Birmingham\, where he studies large-scale tectonic processes at plate boundaries using structural geology and palaeomagnetism. \n\n\n\nHe is author of 30 publications in the field of global tectonics and is currently leading a £200k project focused on understanding subduction initiation processes. \n\n\n\nHere is the info in this screen page on a PDF to enable download and/or printing \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZoom TalkYou are invited to a Zoom meeting. Please register directly via Zoom by clicking the link below.You can join the meeting from 7:00 pm i.e.\, up to 30 minutes beforehand. \n\n\n\nTalk starts promptly on Wed 14th October 2020 at 7:30 pm \n\n\n\nPlease register well in advance with this link:- \n\n\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqf-qvrDkuG9DxwnvRhLrVPArn3ag8OcrW \n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting with a link to be used on the night. \n\n\n\n– Other Queries and Enquiries to: warwickshiregcg@gmail.com 
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/oct-2020-talk-50-years-of-plate-tectonics/
LOCATION:Zoom Video Talk
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SUMMARY:Sept 2020 Talk: Life & Death in the Jurassic Sea of Dorset\, Malcolm Hart
DESCRIPTION:To WGCG Members\, Friends and Guests\,We are pleased to have another talk via Zoom on Wed 16 Sept 2020 at 7.15 for a prompt 7:30 pm start. \n\n\n\nFull title: Jurassic calamari: new research on fossil squid-like cephalopods from the Wessex Basin.’Malcolm Hart (Emeritus Professor\, University of Plymouth). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbstractDiscoveries of some exquisite specimens of soft parts of squid-like cephalopods have been found in the fossil record in the Wessex Basin. They are around 190–160 million years’ old\, and there is exceptional preservation of eyes\, ink sacks\, beaks and arm hooks. Balancing organs\, ‘statoliths’\, of aragonite have also survived and show internal (daily?) growth lines. \n\n\n\nThere are specimens of fossil squid-like cephalopods in the Natural History Museum (London) and Lyme Regis Museum\, some collected by both Mary Anning and Henry De La Beche. When the GWR railway was built from Swindon to Bristol\, local palaeontologist Joseph Pearce uncovered fossils at Christian Malford that caused great excitement as soft parts of squid-like animals were preserved. The ink sacks and the muscle scars survived and reconstruction of the creatures from the arms\, some with pairs of hooks could be attempted. A specimen from Bristol Museum & Art Gallery has non-paired hooks so there is a potential for identifying species. Scattered statoliths have been recorded but cannot be linked to a named species. It has been argued that the white discs with hooks could have been suckers\, but it is difficult to understand that a sucker with a hook in its centre could function effectively. The Christian Malford beds were re-opened in 2008 by the BGS and a core from the ‘squid bed’ was found to have earbones\, or ‘statoliths’\, scattered throughout it. There is a need to relate these to a species\, so CT scanning of specimens from Christian Malford in the Natural History Museum is taking place to see if this can be achieved. Different shaped hooks are now thought to exist on the same animal\, as one specimen from Germany shows five different kinds\, and there are interesting questions on the evolution of the hooks that we see in the geological record. \n\n\n\nAn ichthyosaur specimen in the Etches Collection appears to show hooks as stomach contents\, but it is possible that these may have fallen onto the specimen after death. \n\n\n\nThe exceptional preservation of material is exciting and there is plenty more research to be done. Recently new specimens have been found and cleaned\, clearly showing the arrangement of hooks in the arms. An old specimen\, from the BGS collections\, has been shown to record the capture\, and presumed feeding\, of a squid-like cephalopod holding a fish (Dorsetichthys bechei); one of the earliest records of cephalopod predation. \n\n\n\nThe published paper at The Geologists Association is:M.B. Hart\, et al.\, Life and death in the Jurassic seas of Dorset\, Southern England\, Proc. Geol. Assoc. (2020)is online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2020.03.009and available as a PDF download from this website here \n\n\n\nFor that paper this is the Abstract: The Jurassic succession of the Wessex Basin\, especially that cropping out along the Dorset Coast\, contains important Lagerstätten for coleoid cephalopods. The Blue Lias and Charmouth Mudstone formations have\, since the nineteenth century\, provided large numbers of important body fossils that inform our knowledge of coleoid palaeontology. In many of these mudstones specimens of palaeobiological significance have been found\, especially those with the arms and hooks with which the living animals caught their prey. This is particularly true in the case of a specimen of Clarkeiteuthis sp. cf. C. montefiorei (Buckman\,1879) found in the nineteenth century with a fish in its jaws and which appears to have caused the death\, and subsequent preservation\, of both animals. © 2020 The Geologists’ Association. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMalcolm HartFollowing ‘official’ retirement from the University of Plymouth in 2010\, Malcolm is now Emeritus Professor of Micropalaeontology. He graduated with a degree in Geology at Imperial College (London) in 1966 and remained in the college to undertake PhD research. Having worked weekends in the Channel Tunnel Laboratory in Dover Castle during 1965/66\, his research was to extend work on the Lower Chalk westwards to Southern and South-West England. His first teaching post was as a Junior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle; returning to his birthplace in Northumberland. In 1972\, with the potential closure of the Department being considered\, he moved to Plymouth Polytechnic and has remained in the South-West since that time. Over the years\, up to retirement\, he has been Research Coordinator\, Head of Department of Geological Sciences\, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research)\, and – finally – associate Dean of Research in the Faculty of Science. Author of ~270 research papers and an editor of several books (including the definitive work on the Channel Tunnel)\, Malcolm has supervised 37 PhD students and undertaken research all around the world (and in the world’s oceans). In 1983 he was shipboard micropalaeontologist on the Glomar Challenger\, drilling a series of cores in the Bermuda Triangle! He is still an active member of several learned societies and is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association\, as well as being Editor of Geoscience in South-West England and the Transactions of the Devonshire Association. \n\n\n\nKeywords: Lower Jurassic\, Clarkeiteuthis\, Diplobelida\, Cephalopoda\, Predation\, Taphonomy \n\n\n\nHere is the info in this screen page on a PDF to enable download and/or printing \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZoom TalkYou are invited to a Zoom meeting. Please register directly via Zoom by clicking the link below.You can join the meeting from 7:15 pm i.e.\, up to 15 minutes beforehand. \n\n\n\nTalk starts promptly at 7:30 pm \n\n\n\nPlease register well in advance with this link: \n\n\n\n– Queries and Enquiries to: warwickshiregcg@gmail.com  \n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting with a link to be used on the night. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExample images from the paper and talk\,The paper can be seen as a PDF below.
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/sept-2020-talk-life-death-in-the-jurassic-sea-of-dorset-malcolm-hart/
LOCATION:Zoom Video Talk
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SUMMARY:Aug 2020 Talk: Mining in North Wales\, Rob Vernon
DESCRIPTION:Metal Mining in North Wales\, a talk by Rob VernonTo WGCG Members\, Friends and Guests\,We are pleased to have another talk via Zoom on Wed 19 Aug at 7.15 for a prompt 7:30 pm start. \n\n\n\n\n\nGilfach Copper mine – Caernarfonshire 1989\n\n\n\nRob Vernon will begin with an introduction to the geology of the area before discussing the most important minerals worked (copper\, lead\, gold\, slate\, coal and a few “miscellanea”). He will then take us on a round trip of the various mining districts\, including perhaps the best known copper mine in Wales  (at Parys Mountain on Anglesey)\, as well as the Parc lead and zinc mine at Aberconwy and the Gilfach copper mine in Caernarvonshire\, among many others. \n\n\n\nRob worked for 24 years in the U.K. Coal Mining Industry (deep mines) before embarking on research in archaeological prospection at Bradford University\, where he presented his doctoral thesis on British Sites of Smelting. Since then he has written extensively on Mining History\, especially of Wales and the Iberian Peninsula\, and is currently investigating the history of British Mining Technology introduced into Japan during the Meiji Restoration. \n\n\n\nRob will be known to some WGCG members as the leader of a walk around the Bredon Hill outlier\, near his home\, as part of last summer’s field programme. \n\n\n\nParys Mountain Copper Mine – Anglesey 2008\n\n\n\nParc Mine – Lead and Zinc – Aberconwy 1969\n\n\n\n\n\nZoom TalkYou are invited to a Zoom meeting: 19 Aug 20Talk starts promptly at 7:30 pmYou can join the meeting from 7:15 pm i.e.\, up to 15 minutes beforehand. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nQueries and Enquiries to: warwickshiregcg@gmail.com 
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/aug-2020-talk-mining-in-north-wales-rob-vernon/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom or YouTube)\, Zoom as if from - St Francis of Assisi R C Church\, Kenilworth\, Warwickshire\, CV8 1HL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:July 2020 Talk: Contrasting Islands: The Geology of Eigg & Rum
DESCRIPTION:Contrasting islands: the geology of Eigg and Rum by Angus Miller \n\n\n\nTo WGCG Members and Friends\,We are pleased to have another talk via Zoom on Wednesday 8th July at 7.30 pm. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbstract: The Hebridean islands of Eigg and Rum are separated by just a few miles of sea\, but could hardly be more different in their scenery\, topography and land use. Of course this is due to the underlying geology. Both islands have a basement of sedimentary rocks (formed 800 million years apart!). Then\, 60 million years ago\, this area was a focus of volcanic activity: Eigg is mostly formed by the eroded remains of extensive basalt lava flows\, whereas Rum was the site of a central volcano. It is a fascinating clash of rock types and morphologies that has formed two contrasting islands. \n\n\n\nAngus Miller has been leading Geowalks since 1998\, including day walks\, walking holidays and group excursions covering many aspects of the geology of Scotland. He’s also been involved as a volunteer in Lothian and Borders GeoConservation\, particularly in public outreach events and leaflets. He was chair of the Scottish Geodiversity Forum from 2011-2020\, responsible for publishing and promoting Scotland’s Geodiversity Charter\, and is now Secretary of the new Scottish Geology TrustA talk outline with images (as above)\, as a PDF\, is attached here. \n\n\n\n\n\nZoom TalkYou are invited to a Zoom meeting. Please register directly via Zoom by clicking the link below.You can join the meeting from 7:15 pm up to 15 minutes beforehand. \n\n\n\nTalk starts prompt at 7:30 pm
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/july-2020-talk-contrasting-islands-the-geology-of-eigg-rum/
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SUMMARY:June 2020 Talk: The Geology of Arran
DESCRIPTION:An online Zoom talk for WGCG by Stuart Blake – Wednesday 17th June 2020 at 7:30 pm• Isle of Arran … A landscape & geological delight \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Geology of Arran\, overseas without going overseas! \n\n\n\nVarious educational research has revealed that 1 in 7 of people who study geology visit the island of Arran. This is the reason why the Lochranza (field education) Centre has joined forces with the National Trust for Scotland and the Arran Heritage Museum to form the Arran Geopark. The function of the Geopark is threefold: to educate people about our amazing landscape\, to conserve what we have and look after it\, and finally to try to make it a sustainable resource. This well-illustrated talk will highlight the vast amount of different geology and landscapes to be enjoyed by a visit to this little island and show why it is such a popular destination for geologists and tourists alike. \n\n\n\nStuart Blake is an Instructor and the Director at the Lochranza Centre. He arrived on Arran some 38 years ago as a graduate and teacher of geology to take on the role of an instructor.He has taught geology and acted as a mountain leader\, both on Arran and overseas in Iceland for most of that time. He also enjoys visiting and sampling geology from other areas – his most recent excursions having been to the Azores\, the Caribbean and Ireland. \n\n\n\nThe Lochranza Centre employs six staff as instructors and the Geopark has a coordinator\, all sadly furloughed at the moment. Since the Geopark and the Lochranza Centre are not in receipt of any government or Council funding they have try to raise the money to keep going. The Centre provides accommodation and / or tuition to people of all ages\, from primary school age to those in the U3A. Teaching covers the geology\, geography and biology of this island home. Activity courses are run offering gorge walking\, mountain biking and abseiling\, to name but a few of the activities available. The centre offers accommodation for people attending courses or just wanting to visit the island. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCir Mhor and Sleeping Warrior \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKildonnan dykes \n\n\n\n\n\nZoom Talk \n\n\n\nTo participate\, please register for the talk by Mon 15 June at warwickshiregcg@gmail.com The Zoom meeting code will be circulated. \n\n\n\nWe can help you.If you are unfamiliar with using Zoom\, please do not be daunted. It is very easy and a practice session can be arranged in advance of the talk (including talking you through things on the phone if needs be). If you want to sign up for the practice\, please register by Saturday 13th June at warwickshiregcg@gmail.com
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/june-2020-talk-the-geology-of-arran/
LOCATION:Zoom Video Talk
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SUMMARY:May 2020\, Talk: Fracked or Fiction (via Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Title:  Fracked or Fiction  Speaker:  Martin Carruthers\, Shropshire Geological Society Date:  Wed. 13 May at 19.30  Event: Evening Lecture  Location: Zoom – For details\, please scroll to foot of this screen page\n\n \n\nFracked or Fiction?Hydraulic FracturingEnergy Saviour / Environmental Nightmare?Will our water be poisoned and the ground subside? What about earthquakes?Is the dawn of a new and prosperous hydrocarbon age?A comprehensive and balanced presentation. A talk illustrated with images \n\nMartin Curruthers B.Sc. (Hons) FGSMartin graduated as a geologist from the Victoria University of Manchester in 1982 and entered the oil and gas industry two years later.In a career spanning three decades\, Martin worked in both onshore and offshore drilling and production sites in the UK\, Europe and the Middle East.He has extensive knowledge and hands-on experience of drilling for and producing hydrocarbonsParticular areas of expertise include geology\, rock pressure and fracture evaluation\, drilling engineering\, safe working practices\, oilfield software development and administration. \n\nZOOM participation details \nIn order to participate members will need to have a free programme called Zoom on a computer / tablet. Then prior to the lecture\, we will email a pass code that will allow members to join the meeting on the night. \n\nAs Zoom may be new to some of some\, it is proposed that a practice session to allow members to check that they have Zoom set up and a familiarisation tutorial to help members understand the controls in Zoom (e.g. how to type comments or adjust the speaker or camera settings) will take place some days prior to the lecture. \nAll that we need to know from you now\, is whether you would like to participate in all of this – so that we can send you the invitation and pass code (called a Meeting ID) for the practice and actual sessions. \nMembers are asked to reply to Julie\, WGCG admin assistant\, by SUNDAY 3rd MAY if they would like to participate. \nA date for the practice session/s (which will be led by Ray Pratt and/or Ian Fenwick) will then be set and the participation details sent. \nIf members want to get ahead of the curve and have a go with Zoom sooner\, it can be downloaded here: https://zoom.us/download
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/may-2020-talk-fracked-or-fiction-via-zoom/
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SUMMARY:Feb 2020 – Workshop: Making Sense of Geological Maps
DESCRIPTION:Read\, interpret and understand geological maps and appreciate and enjoy geology in three dimensions \n\n\n\nThe complexities of real geology displayed on maps and sections may seem daunting. The aim of this workshop is to provide basic rules and techniques than can be applied to interpret these maps and appreciate geology in three dimensions. The Geological Maps interpreting workshop will be directed by Norman Dutton. \n\n\n\nApproximate times: \n\n\n\n9.45 am Welcome and coffee10.00 am Looking for patterns on geological maps11.00 am Coffee break11.20 am Drawing geological sections1.00 pm Lunch break1.45 pm Establishing successions and sequences of events followed by an integrated geological map exercise.3.15 p.m. Workshop finishes \n\n\n\nThose attending will need pencils\, eraser and 30 cm ruler. If you have a small protractor\, bring it; but this item can be supplied. \n\n\n\nThe course fee is £10. \n\n\n\nVenue: Kenilworth Senior Citizens’ Club\, Abbey End\, Kenilworth\, Warwickshire CV8 1LB \n\n\n\nThese workshops are relaxed\, friendly and enjoyable. \n\n\n\nEnquiries: warwickshiregcg@gmail.com
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/feb-2020-workshop-making-sense-of-geological-maps/
LOCATION:Kenilworth Senior Citizens Club\,
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SUMMARY:Feb 2020 Talk: “Geology & Wine in Southern France”
DESCRIPTION:Talk: “Geology & Wine in Southern France” Roger Suthren (Derby Univ.)  \n\n\n\nThere will be a wine tasting session with nibbles after the talk and members are invited to give a donation of £2 to cover the cost of this.For some\, when tasting wine\, terroir is very important but where does terroir come from and how did it get there? We hope to find out. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCôtes du Roussillon vines growing in poor soils on Pleistocene river gravels\, France. Image: Roger Suthren\n\n\n\n\n\nGeology and Wine in Southern France – Roger Suthren\, University of Derby – AbstractLanguedoc-Roussillon is the largest wine-producing region in the world. Its varied geology andstructure provide a great range of terroirs and microclimates for vine growing\, resulting in a broadrange of wine styles. Two E-W trending mountain belts – the Pyrenees in the south\, and theMontagne Noire-Cévennes in the north – are separated by the Languedoc Foreland Basin\, filled byLate Cretaceous to Eocene continental and shallow marine sediments. Basin sediments wereinvolved in N-S compression during Pyrenean mountain building: the resultant E-W ridges andvalleys are exploited for viticulture. Post- Pyrenean sedimentary basins and Quaternary volcanoesprovide added interest. Superb outcrops and scenery\, combined with the Mediterranean climateand fine food and wine\, make for memorable fieldwork experiences. \n\n\n\n• Booking: Visitors please e-mail warwickshiregcg@gmail.com to say how many are coming have your place confirmed. Thank you. \n\n\n\nMore info\, see: Geology and Wine\, a web page with many links maintained by Roger SuthrenLink: http://virtual-geology.info/wine/ \n\n\n\nRecent publications by Roger SuthrenSuthren\, R.J.\, Fowler\, M.B. & Guion\, P.D. 2006 Terroir\, wine and geoscience fieldwork education in Languedoc-Roussillon\, southern France In Macqueen\, R.W. and Meinert\, L.D. (eds.): Fine Wine and Terroir\, The Geoscience Perspective. Geoscience Canada Reprint Series 9\, 233-246 \n\n\n\nRoger Suthern is a volcanologist and French geo-wine expert. \n\n\n\n WGCG Twitter Link – https://twitter.com/WGCG_UK/status/1228627652971462656 \n\n\n\n WGCG Facebook Link – https://www.facebook.com/events/1201526730036280/ \n\n\n\nVenue infoTalks are in the Church Hall at St Francis RC Church\, 110 Warwick Road\, Kenilworth CV8 1HLDoors open at 7.00 pm for coffee before a 7.30 pm start.Talks are free for WGCG members. Non-member visitors and guests are welcome and pay £2.00 per talk on the door. Free for those in full-time education.Ample free parking and good and easy accessibility.
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/feb-2020-talk-geology-wine-in-southern-france/
LOCATION:St Francis of Assisi R C Church
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SUMMARY:Jan 2020 Talk: Meteorites (Tom Barratt)
DESCRIPTION:Talk: ‘Meteorites’ – An illustrated talk by Tom Barratt for WGCG.  \n\n\n\nNon-technical preview:  \n\n\n\nIt’s Raining Rocks! Meteorites!   \n\n\n\n Meteorites provide a window into the history of the Solar System and are key to understanding its formation and evolution. Recent studies of water\, chlorine and fluorine (volatile elements\, which influence how planets form) in Moon and Martian rocks have changed our understanding of the amount of volatiles in the inner Solar System and hence the formation and evolution of these planetary bodies \n\n\n\nMost meteorite samples come from small parent bodies (asteroids). Fewer are from larger bodies such as the Moon or Mars.The variety of meteorites’ composition and age enables us to study different parts of the Solar System as well as different points in its evolution.\n\n\n\nThe Howardite-Eucrite-Diogenite (HED) meteorites are some of the oldest igneous rocks in the solar system. Remaining relatively unaltered since their formation\, just 8 – 20 Ma after the solar system itself formed\, they offer insight into planetary accretion processes. They represent the largest suite of crustal rocks available from a differentiated basaltic asteroid and account for between 2-3% of all meteorites collected globally.\n\n\n\n>Knowing precisely when water came together under the influence of gravity in the inner solar system also has implications for how and when life emerged on Earth and possibly beyond. \n\n\n\nThe talk is entitled: ‘Volatile Elements in the Inner Solar System’ Abstract is shown below.< \n\n\n\nVisitors welcome\, £2 on door. Free to members and students in full-time education.Visitors: Please e-mail warwickshiregcg@gmail.com to say how many are coming\n\n\n\n\nMeteorites – A talk by Tom Barratt for WGCG \n\n\n\n\nTalks are in the Church HallAmple Free parking \n\n\n\nAbstract: Volatile Elements in the Inner Solar System \n\n\n\nVolatile elements play a fundamental role in planetary formation and evolution through their influence on a number of processes. Recent in situ measurements of volatiles (H2O\, Cl and F)\, particularly in lunar and Martian samples\, have changed our understanding of the volatile inventory of the inner Solar System. Whilst this has provided a wealth of data for these planetary bodies\, currently little is known about the history of volatiles in other bodies in the inner Solar System. \n\n\n\nMeteorites provide a window into the history of the Solar System and are key to understanding its formation and evolution. The majority of these samples come from a variety of small parent bodies (asteroids) whilst a small fraction originate from larger bodies such as the Moon or Mars. The variety of meteorites\, both in terms of composition and age\, enables us to study different parts of the Solar System as well as different points in its evolution. \n\n\n\nThe Howardite-Eucrite-Diogenite (HED) suite of meteorites represents the largest suite of crustal rocks available from a differentiated basaltic asteroid and account for between 2-3% of all meteorites collected globally. This group of meteorites are also some of the oldest igneous rocks in the solar system\, remaining relatively unaltered since their formation ~8 to 20 Ma after the formation of the solar system\, and offer insight into the planetary accretion process(es). \n\n\n\nBy investigating the abundance and source(s) of volatiles in the HEDS we can begin to constrain the timing of when water (H2O) existed in the inner Solar System. Knowing precisely when water accreted in the inner solar system also has implications for how and when life emerged on Earth and possibly beyond. \n\n\n\nEnquiries: warwickshiregcg@gmail.com
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/jan-2020-talk-meteorites-tom-barratt/
LOCATION:St Francis of Assisi R C Church
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