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Lecture: Geology & Caves of N / NE Greenland -physical record – Paul Smith
St Francis 110 Warwick Road, KenilworthCarbonate rocks of Neoproterozoic to Silurian age are abundantly distributed around the coasts of North and North-East Greenland. Large cave entrances are distributed across the whole caves distributed across the whole of North Greenland, an ice-free larger than England, from 80–82.5°N and they constitute the northernmost documented karst caves globally. Data relating to the caves ...
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Lecture: La Palma Eruption by Dougal Jerram
St Francis 110 Warwick Road, Kenilworth'Volcanoes in the spotlight; Exciting examples from La Palma, Stromboli and the ancient rock record.' Recent advances in the capture of 3D geological data has re-invigorated the way in which we study volcanoes and their deposits. The recent eruption on La Palma, on going active volcanoes such as Sromboli act as modern day laboratories to ...
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Xmas Social (Members Only)
St Francis 110 Warwick Road, KenilworthDetails to follow
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Lecture: The birds and rocks of Flamborough Head – Paul Hildreth
St Francis 110 Warwick Road, KenilworthFlamborough Head is England’s most northerly outcrop of the Late Cretaceous Chalk Group and is home to the highest chalk sea cliffs and the only mainland gannet colony in the UK. In recognition of these latter claims, the RSPB has established the very popular and successful Bempton Cliffs reserve which sees around half a million ...
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AGM (members only event)
St Francis 110 Warwick Road, KenilworthThe AGM will be held at 7pm and is expected to take C.20 minutes. This will be followed by a slide show and a short talk given by a guest speaker. (Details to follow).
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Geo Conservation: Kenilworth Cutting / Greenway
Join our team of volunteers in a clearence session of our LGS exposure in Kenilworth Cutting. This is one of the very few exposures of the Permian Kenilworth sandstone, an important site for geological education. A major benefit of participating in clearance sessions is that you get to examine details within the outcrop that may ...
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Urban Geology of Warwick
Jon Radley of WGCG will lead an urban geology walk around Warwick starting and finishing at the entrance to the Market Hall Museum. The tour will focus on Warwick's building stones with emphasis on the locally sourced examples and what they can tell us about ancient Warwickshire. Fossils, minerals, climate change and ancient environments will ...
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Field Trip: Cleeve Hill, Gloucestershire. Led by Dr Nick Chidlaw
The location has the most complete stratigraphic succession of the Middle Jurassic InferiorOolite Group in the Cotswolds. A lot of sections were re-exposed by Gloucestershire GeologyTrust some years ago. Post-glacial landforms will be described.The scenery from this location is fabulous with great views over the Severn Valley to theMalverns and beyond on a clear day. ...
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Field Trip: Moorwood (Nuneaton) CANCELLED
This trip has been cancelled as geo-conservation work is required on the exposures prior to a field visit. We will rechedule this visit for 2024.
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Evening Lecture: Stromatolites: Making Mountains out of Microbes – Prof Ian Fairchild
St Francis 110 Warwick Road, KenilworthFor most of Earth history the only macroscopic evidence of life are the intricately layered rocks called stromatolites. Like trace fossils they record an interaction between organisms and sedimentary processes. The key players are the cyanobacteria, formerly known as blue-green algae, which played a vital role in oxygenating the Earth through their photosynthesis. Build-up of ...