Evening Lecture (Zoom)
2021-09-15 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London)
Dr Jonathan Paul of Royal Holloway University of London – Subsurface engineering and water resources of Greater London

Register in advance for this meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYscuuorj4rHNzT-FnYm-O_VQQNoZVGXib5

Visit to Bockley Quarry
2021-09-18 10:00 - 15:00
Blockley Quarry visit led by Jon Radley. This was rescheduled from 31 July 2021.

Geoconservation Henley in Arden
2021-09-21 10:00 - 15:00
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

LPS Zoom Lecture: Dinosaurs and Deserts in South Wales - presented by Cindy Howells National Museum Wales
2021-09-29 19:30 - 21:00 | Zoom Video Talk
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

Birmingham City Centre Building Stones walk - Trail 1
2021-10-03 14:30 - 16:30
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

To 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

AGM (Kenilworth)
2021-10-20 19:00 - 21:00 | St Francis, 110 Warwick Road, Kenilworth, CV8 1HL
AGM followed by a short talk on ten years of the Holloway Bequest by Ian Fenwick and Brian Ellis

7.00pm for a 7.30 pm start. Venue: St Francis Church Hall, Warwick Road (Kenilworth main street), Kenilworth CV8 1HL

LLPS Lecture (Zoom)
2021-10-27 07:00 - 21:00
WGCG Members are invited to a talk by Dr Katie Strang,Scottish Geology Trust. Celebrating Scotland’s geological heritage with the Scottish Geology Trust.

The 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

Evening Lecture (Kenilworth)
2021-11-17 19:00 - 21:00 | St Francis, 110 Warwick Rd, Kenilworth, CV8 1HL
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

7.00pm for a 7.30 pm start. Venue: St Francis Church Hall, Warwick Road (Kenilworth main street), Kenilworth CV8 1HL

LLPS: Volcanic Tsunamis: Krakatau, 1883 and 2018.
2021-11-24 19:30 - 21:00 | Zoom Video Talk
LLPS Zoom talk by Dr Seb Watt

Social Evening (Kenilworth)
2021-12-08 07:00 - 09:00 | St Francis, 110 Warwick Road, Kenilworth, CV8 1HL
Christmas Social. Venue: St Francis Church Hall, Warwick Road (Kenilworth main street), Kenilworth CV8 1HL

Evening Lecture in Kenilworth and online via Zoom
2021-12-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Kenilworth Methodist Church, 60 Priory Rd,, Kenilworth, CV8 1LQ
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.

LLPS: The secret life of the starfish/crinoid
2022-01-12 19:30 - 21:00 | Zoom Video Talk
LLPS Zoom Lecture by Dr Aaron Hunter

Mining on the Iberian Peninsula (Zoom & KMC)
2022-01-19 19:30 - 21:00 | Kenilworth Methodist Church, 60 Priory Rd,, Kenilworth, CV8 1LQ
Talk by: Rob Vernon.

Hybrid meeting held at KMC & Via Zoom:

LLPS: Ethiopian volcanics
2022-02-09 19:30 - 21:00 | Zoom Video Talk
Dr Ben Clarke

The Kilchrist Caldera, Skye (Zoom & KMC)
2022-02-16 19:30 - 21:00 | Kenilworth Methodist Church, 60 Priory Rd,, Kenilworth, CV8 1LQ
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 fill which largely fringes the Eastern Red Hills on Skye. Magma was supplied to the growing caldera via the Moine-related Kishorn Thrust fault, and ponded against pre-existing Paleocene rocks of the Cuillin and Western Red Hills Centres. Silicic magma reservoirs which fed the Kilchrist Caldera were frequently replenished with basic magma. Such replenishment triggered eruptions. Later eruptions typically deposited extremely coarse ignimbrites, demonstrating catastrophic collapse of the caldera. Collapse was followed by caldera resurgence and formation of the Eastern Red Hills Granite Centre.

Within the caldera sequence, ignimbrites at Kilchrist have been dated at 56.15 Ma. This date is precisely coincident with the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM). We suggest that the North Atlantic atmospheric temperature increases during the PETM were intimately linked to consumption of surrounding dolostone country rock by the Kilchrist caldera. We calculate such consumption released between ~5.32 – 8.52 Gt of CO2 into the Paleocene atmosphere. Our study provides the first unequivocal evidence of large-scale eruptions within the North Atlantic Igneous Province on the PETM.

Biography: Simon Drake is a research associate (and former associate lecturer) at Birkbeck College, University of London and was recently appointed North Downs Way Ambassador leading Geo walks on the North Downs Way and advising re Geopark status. Previously, Simon was part of the Metropolitan Police working on the Diplomatic Protection Group at Downing Street during the Major and Blair Premierships.

Geo Conservation, Rowington Canal Cutting
2022-02-26 09:30 - 16:00 | St Lawrence, Old Warwick Road, Rowington, CV35 7AB, United Kingdom
This pre clearance video gives an idea of the scope of the work to be undertaken. We will initially concentrate our efforts on a 20m section on the north side of the canal. This is a safe and easily accessable exposure. If we have time and sufficient volunteers we would like to get a start of clearing a section on the south side. Please wear suitable clothing and bring with you your own tools and refreshments. Meet in the car park opposite St Lawrence church between 09:45-10:00 hrs. All are welcome.

Wine, Whisky and Beer – the role of geology (Zoom & KMC)
2022-03-16 19:30 - 21:00 | Kenilworth Methodist Church, 60 Priory Rd,, Kenilworth, CV8 1LQ
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).

Geohazards - A Recipe for Disaster (Zoom & KMC)
2022-04-20 19:30 - 21:00 | Kenilworth Methodist Church, 60 Priory Rd,, Kenilworth, CV8 1LQ
Talk by Sekbal Hussain – BGS. Hybrid meeting held at KMC & via Zoom

Field Outing Dudley Archives & Wrens Nest
2022-05-07 10:00 - 16:00
Contact: julieharrald@googlemail.com

Llandrindod Wells, Builth inlier, Weekend Field Trip led by Dr Joe Botting & Dr lucy Wells
2022-05-13 08:00 - 2022-05-15 16:00
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 from Joe and Lucy’s own collections)

Saturday p.m. Visit to the nearby Llanfawr Quarries – a Konservat-Lagerstatte with historically important igneous intrusions [which I have heard referred to as “bun-laccoliths”]

Sunday a.m. / Geological tour around Llandrindod Wells – mineral springs, Silurian sediments,

early p.m. erratics, Ordovician volcanics and general scenery

For more information please contact warwickshiregcg@gmail.com

Field Outing: Cannock Chase - leader is Ian Stimpson - Keele University
2022-06-26 10:00 - 16:00

Field Outing to Cleeve Hill. Leader - Nick Chidlaw
2022-07-16 10:00 - 16:00

Mendips Field Trip - Weekend Field Trip
2022-07-29 08:00 - 2022-07-31 17:00
The trip will be Led by Dr Martin Whiteley. The cost will include field notes, lunch and 2 days of mini bus travel around the study area. For more details email warwickshiregcg@gmail.com

To register contact: julieharrald@googlemail.com

Warwickshire Arden Sandstone Field Trip
2022-08-07 10:00
Leader: Stuart Burley

Stuart will take participants to 3 of 4 exposures of the Arden Sandstone to look at the sedimentary depositional setting of this locally important building stone – details to be announced. (An ice cream in Henley in Arden is very probable).

Contact: julieharrald@googlemail.com

Talk: Mike Benton. :‘Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost World’
2022-09-20 19:30 - 21:00 | St Francis, 110 Warwick Rd, Kenilworth CV8 1HL, 110 Warwick Road, Kenilworth, CV8 1HL, United Kingdom
Mike Benton. :‘Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost World’

This lecture will be held at St Francis of Assisi in Kenilworth. We will also attempt to share this on Zoom for those unable to make it in person. We will be trying out new technology and may incur technical hitches, therefore we recommend attending in person if at all possible.

Poster

Zoom Registration

WGCG is delighted to host this evening lecture by Mike Benton, bringing some of his latest research on dinosaur appearance and evolution. Dinosaurs are not what you thought they were, or at least, they didn’t looklike you think they did. Rapid advances in technology and astounding new fossil finds have changed the way we visualise dinosaurs forever. This talk builds on Prof Benton’s latest book ‘New visions of a lost World’, which isillustrated by acclaimed palaeoartist Bob Nicholls, to display the latest and most exciting dinosaur discoveries in vibrant colour. Bob Nicolls also produced the Mid-Triassic and Jurassic reconstructions for Warwick Museum, supported by WGCG.

Mike Benton is an award-winning professor of vertebrate palaeontology in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol. His extensive published work has concentrated on the evolution of Triassic reptiles, but hehas also worked on extinction events and faunal changes in the fossil record. Mike has written many books on dinosaurs, including some for children and a non-specialist audience. A rhynchosaur (Bentonyx) is named in his honour! He was appointed OBE in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to palaeontology and community engagement.

Lickey Hills Geo Walk
2022-10-09 10:30 - 12:30 | Lickey Hills Visitor Centre, Warren Lane, Lickey, Worcestershire, B45 8ER
A free guided walk for all the familyThe history of the Earth is written in the rocks beneath your feet.Your guide will take you back almost 500 million years to an ancient shoreline, when Britain lay in the southern hemisphere. You will explore the evidence for the convulsions the rocks suffered as Britain collided with North America, and see pebbles washed by rivers from France and deposited in a desert only 250 million years ago.Meet at the Lickey Hills Country Park Visitor Centre in time for a 10.30 start. No booking necessary. The walk is about 1.5 miles and may be rough and muddy in places.

AGM
2022-10-17 19:30 - 20:30 | St Francis, 110 Warwick Rd, Kenilworth, CV8 1HL
WGCG AGM – Members only event. Details to follow

Talk: The NW Highlands controversy: Geology, geologists and social climbing in Victorian times. Talk by Dr Peter Gutteridge
2022-11-17 19:30 - 21:00 | St Francis, 110 Warwick Rd, Kenilworth, CV8 1HL
The NW Highlands of Scotland probably has the best scenery and geology in the world. You can find the oldest rocks in the British Isles, the first evidence of life, ancient landscapes carved out by preCambrian rivers and beautifully exposed Lower Palaeozoic clastic and carbonate sediments.

These all form part of a major fold and thrust belt on which the metamorphosed Moine schists were emplaced.

However, geologist Roderick Impy Murchison saw this as a conformable succession. It is worth asking the question, why did Victorian geologists so completely miss evidence that is so obvious to geologists today?

The answers lie in the state of geological science at the time, geopolitics and social climbing. Resolution of the Moine thrust controversy was a turning point in the history of geology gave us the foundations of the science of geology as we now know it.

View the promotional video for this talk

Biography: As a carbonate sedimentologist Dr Gutteridge has worked on carbonate systems from all parts of the geological column throughout the world. He did his first degree at Leeds, which had a strong structural emphasis at that time. This included numerous lectures and field trips to NW Scotland, particularly to the Moine thrust. Dr Gutteridge has been back there many times since and this lecture offers a new perspective on an old controversy.

The talk will be given live at St Francis of Assisi in Kenilwoth. Members and guests are encouraged to attend in person if possible. Registration is not required and there is plenty of free car parking available at the venue.

We will attempt to transmit this talk live over Zoom to those who are unable to attend the venue. Zoom participants must register in advance using the following link;

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkc-ygrTosHN1ORd5Zkt_eWbPyrTqnUoEm

WGCG Christmas Social
2022-12-08 19:00 - 21:00 | St Francis of Assisi R C Church

LLP: New fossil finds in the Middle Jurassic of the Cotswolds: Tim Ewen
2023-01-11 19:00 - 21:00
LLP Talk: the presentations will be live, in theatre at the Leicester University campus, from whence they will be broadcast on-line via Zoom. More details to follow
