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  • Evening Lecture: Stromatolites: Making Mountains out of Microbes – Prof Ian Fairchild

    St Francis 110 Warwick Road, Kenilworth

    For 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 ...

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  • Field Trip: Hill Farm, Maxstoke & Corley Rocks

    Field Trip leader will be Mike Allen or Stuart Burley. In addition to the main sites, there is some Quaternary interest and the topographic expression of the Western Boundary Fault of the Coventry Horst is visible. More information will be posted as it becomes available. Please contact Julie Harrald to register interest [email protected]

  • Guy’s Cliffe SSSI field excursion

    Guys Cliffe Centre, Coventry Rd, Warwick CV34 5YD Coventry Rd, Warwick, United Kingdom

    We will explore the spectacular Guy’s Cliffe exposures of the Warwick Sandstone on the banks of the river Avon, recently conserved by the Friends of Guys Cliffe volunteers. The Helsby Sandstone, (formally the Warwick, or Bromsgrove Sandstone), exhibits outstanding examples of cross-bedding giving participants the opportunity to unravel the type and size of the rivers ...

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  • Weekend Field Trip: Flamborough Coast (Yorkshire), led by Paul Hildreth

    This weekend Field trip will commence on Friday evening with a presentation of the geology of the area followed by dinner. Saturday and Sunday will be spent in the field, ending around 16:00 hrs Sunday 9/7/23. The Flamborough headland coast is celebrated for its Chalk scenery, geomorphology and tectonics. There are also some superficial glacial ...

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  • An urban geology walk around Warwick

    Jon Radley will lead a 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. The length of the walk will be approximately 1-2 miles. Participants are ...

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  • Deep time travel through Kenilworth

    The car park - Abbey Fields Bridge Street, Kenilworth

    Ray Pratt will lead participants around the urban geology trail compiled by Ian Fenwick. Participants to meet at 12:15 at Abbey Fields car park for a 12:30 start. (Ray will be wearing a yellow fluorecent vest). This event has been organised on behalf of Kenilworth Council and their Nature Week initiative Pre registration is requested ...

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    Free

  • WGCG Public Engagement Stall

    Talisman square Kenilworth Talisman Square, Kenilworth

    As part of Kenilworth Nature Week an Geo-Week activities, WGCG will have a stall in Talisman Square, Kenilworth. The aim is to engage with the general public on the importance of geology in their daily lives. We will have a selected number of specimens available to help engage with the public and lots of brochures ...

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    Free

  • The geology of the Chilterns and the potential impact of HS2 – by Haydon Bailey

    St Francis 110 Warwick Road, Kenilworth

    This talk will be held at St Francis of Assisi church hall in Kenilworth. We will also attempt to broadcast this talk live on Zoom. To Join the Zoom Meeting copy this path into your web browser.https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86471101420?pwd=dTc4M1lBeVZjWlowd1Z2UDlFT0o0UT09 Alternatively, log into Zoom using the following Meeting ID: 864 7110 1420 and Passcode: 643942