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SUMMARY:Kenilworth Cutting - Geoconservation Work
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a light maintenance session at Kenilworth Cutting to maintain an excellent exposure of the Kenilworth Sandstone Formation (LGS 97). Because this exposure is already in good condition\, we anticipate only about an hour of light work to get it looking its best. \n\n\n\nBonus Site Visit: If we finish ahead of schedule\, we’ll take the opportunity to head over to the Gibbet Hill Quarry (LGS 22). This site is a local geological highlight and well worth the visit if you haven’t experienced it yet. It’s a fantastic “two-for-one” opportunity to see some of the area’s best geology in a single afternoon! \n\n\n\nMeeting Place: what3words ///causes.trees.tent (bottom of slope to pedestrian bridge over Coventry Road) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe WGCG has a long history of undertaking such geoconservation work. So\, if you’re interested in being part of this latest undertaking and making some new friends then please register your interest with julieharrald@gmail.com as soon as possible. \n\n\n\nFurther details will be sent out to interested persons nearer the date.
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/kenilworth-cutting-geoconservation-work/
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SUMMARY:WGCG Workshop - Turbidites- recognising and recording these economically important deposits
DESCRIPTION:This is a workshop not to be missed! Turbidites are a large and economically important part of the sedimentary record. The workshop will include an excellent video presentation from industry experts explaining these deposits and their features in the field and in borehole core. To complement this\, we will have two hands-on sessions with first-hand instructions from experts. \n\n\n\nThe morning session will be led by Michal Brooks\, creator of GeoExplore software\, taking you through how to use this powerful\, convenient and easy to handle software tool to capture information when examining an outcrop. Using their mobile phone\, by the end of the session delegates will be able to create a project\, add photos\, measurements\, notes and recordings to their project and then view and extract entered data from their project. \n\n\n\nMembers will learn how to use this freely available software to take measurements and record geological information. Using our recently purchased section of core\, delegates will be shown how to identify and describe the core or outcrops and through sedimentological features\, determine the depositional setting. \n\n\n\nWGCG have acquired a 5m section of turbidite core cut from the North Sea Buzzard Field. Stuart Burley will lead a hands-on session examining and describing the core. \n\n\n\nFor more details on the Workshop Programme and details on how to register please view the event flyer by clicking here \n\n\n\nVenue:Kenilworth Senior Citizens’ Club\, Abbey End\, Kenilworth CV8 1QJhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/mwy1WDFQmGJLu4Rs5
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/wgcg-workshop-field-skills-and-logging-techniques/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260219T193000
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SUMMARY:Stoer Group (Torridonian) - Peter Gutteridge
DESCRIPTION:Microbially-mediated carbonates in the Mesoproterozoic Stoer Group; earliest evidence of life in Britain?Carbonates within the Stoer Group\, previously interpreted as abiogenic structures\, are reinterpreted as microbial stromatolites. Stromatolites form by a combination of sediment trapping\, binding and precipitation of carbonates associated with microbial activity. They take the form of mats and domical structures a few tens of cm in size that grew in water a few cm deep around the margins of lakes. Some larger stromatolitic structures\, several tens of metres across\, formed in the deeper parts of lake margins and over the front of coarse-grained deltas as they built out into lakes. These stromatolites are also associated with sedimentary structures that bound the sediment during deposition\, but without carbonate precipitation. These may indicate the present of a range of calcifying and non-calcifying microbial communities during deposition of the Stoer Group. \n\n\n\nPeter Gutteridge – BiographyI first discovered the carbonates within the Stoer Group when I mapped the Stoer Peninsula as an undergraduate at Leeds University. Afterwards\, I did a Ph.D. at Manchester University on Dinantian carbonates in Derbyshire and since then spent my professional career looking at carbonate systems of all ages from all over the world. I am a visiting lecturer at Manchester University\, researching Dinantian carbonates\, carbonate breccia systems\, evaporites and Precambrian carbonates. \n\n\n\nPeter Gutteridge\n\n\n\nThis lecture will be offered in a hybrid format. Please join us in person if you can\, or register to attend virtually via zoom using the link below. \n\n\n\nRegister in advance to attend virtually:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ySvT3aSJTiiqxk3a4-cqAA \n\n\n\nVenue:St Francis Of Assisi RC Church\, 110 Warwick Rd\, Kenilworth CV8 1HLhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/9CGWRNdgFfttDKtd7
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/stoer-group-torridonian-peter-gutteridge/
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SUMMARY:North Woodloes Quarry - Geoconservation Work
DESCRIPTION:Help us preserve a stunning exposure of the Helsby Sandstone Formation. This hands-on event focuses on maintaining the clarity of the rock face by removing encroaching saplings and clearing moss to reveal the geological detail beneath. \n\n\n\nAccess & Arrival: Warwickshire Gold Club Greenkeepers Compound: We have permission to park at the Greenkeepers compound (///keep.stored.coasting) but please supply your registration number to Jane Allum by the 14th February if you wish to do this. If you park elsewhere please make your own way to the site or contact Jane Allum on the day . \n\n\n\nWhat to Bring: Please wear sturdy footwear and bring gloves if you have them. Whether you’re a geology enthusiast or just love the outdoors\, your help is vital in protecting this local treasure. \n\n\n\nWalking route: We have agreement that we can walk around the perimeter of the golf course and as you can see on the figure below there is a public footpath which is in good condition that crosses the golf course. So if tripping over tree roots and wading through mud is not your thing you might consider taking the golf course routes\, albeit they are probably longer in distance terms. \n\n\n\nWalking route from Leek Wootton to North Woodloes Quarry exposure\n\n\n\nThe WGCG has a long history of undertaking such geoconservation work. So\, if you’re interested in being part of this latest undertaking and making some new friends then please register your interest with julieharrald@gmail.com as soon as possible. \n\n\n\nFurther details will be sent out to interested persons nearer the date.
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/north-woodloes-quarry-geoconservation-work/
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SUMMARY:Blackford Hill\, Henley-in-Arden - Geoconservation Work
DESCRIPTION:We’re organising a mid‑week conservation trip to Henley‑in‑Arden to help preserve a beautiful exposure of the Arden Sandstone Formation. Students from the University of Birmingham have kindly volunteered to assist with the heavier tasks (mainly soil removal and wheelbarrowing)\, but we’re still looking for additional volunteers to help carefully clean and uncover the rock face. \n\n\n\nThe work involved is similar to light gardening therefore nothing too strenuous. If you can bring tools such as a trowel or small spade\, secateurs\, or even a wallpaper scraper (great for removing moss)\, that would be very helpful. Don’t forget gloves! \n\n\n\nMeeting point: Meadows Lane\, Henley in Arden at What3Words: ///fevered.inclines.tornado \n\n\n\nWe’d love to see you there and appreciate any help you can offer in preserving this remarkable geological feature. \n\n\n\nThe WGCG has a long history of undertaking such geoconservation work. So\, if you’re interested in being part of this latest undertaking and making some new friends then please register your interest with julieharrald@gmail.com as soon as possible. \n\n\n\nFurther details will be sent out to interested persons nearer the date.
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/blackford-hill-henley-in-arden-geoconservation-work/
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