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  • The Triassic of Warwickshire – Joe Mazgajcyk & Kieren Quigley

    Kieren and Joe will provide an overview of part of the geological succession of the Triassic geology comprising the Helsby Sandstone Formation (Sherwood Sandstone Group) and the formations of the Mercia Mudstone Group relevant to the Warwickshire region. During the talk we will set the scene during the Triassic: Provide findings from recent field trips ...

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  • Glaciations of the British Isles – Jim Rose

    Although our understanding of the history of the Last Glaciation in Britain (c. 35,000 to 11,000 years ago) is the best in the world, our understanding of earlier glaciations is far from secure and subject to much disagreement and controversy.  Recent publications relating to the glaciation of the West Midlands, using up-to-date methods of dating ...

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  • Christmas Social

    The next evening meeting of Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group will be the Christmas Social on Thursday 12th December at St Francis' Church Hall, Warwick Road, Kenilworth at 7.30pm. There will be a quiz and a short presentation from a local artist. And there will be plenty of time to socialise. It is hoped that members ...

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  • AGM

    AGM Evening (Members only) Agenda and voting• Welcome Chair• Apologies received Chair• Minutes of the 2023 AGM Chair• Chairman's report (TAR) Chair• Finance report Treasurer• Trustee nominations received Secretary• Members Questions / Suggestions Members / Secretary• Collate Ballot / Results Secretary• Nominations for awards Secretary Members are reminded to bring their voting slips along if they ...

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  • Dawn of the Modern World: Life, Death and Rain in the late Triassic – Mike Simms

    In November 1987 two young geologists stumbled upon evidence that the prevailing aridityof the Late Triassic was interrupted, for about a million years, by an interval of greatlyincreased rainfall that appeared synchronous with mass extinction and diversificationevents in both marine and terrestrial environments. This key episode in the evolution oftaxa from dinosaurs to dinoflagellates, coccoliths ...

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  • Ask a Geologist

    Market Hall Museum Market Hall Museum, Market Pl, Warwick,, United Kingdom

    Kicking off Earth Science Week we shall be holding a special Ask a Geologist session at Warwick Museum. WCG geological experts will be at hand to discuss geology in our everyday lives, geological careers, and geological science in general. Come along and examin specimens in super detail with our blue tooth microscope. We will have ...

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  • Charnwood Forest Field Trip – Nick Chidlaw

    Note the date: Nick Chidlaw will lead a field weekend around Charnwood commencing Friday September 20 ending Sunday 22 September 2024. Base likely to be in Loughborough. Details to follow.

  • Bones and Badlands – Phil Manning

    Dinosaurs in some cases were awkwardly large. This led to some incredible adaptations to overcome the challenge of vast size but makes them particularly difficult to excavate and study! Some of the largest dinosaurs were the sauropods, growing up to 37 metres in length…if we are to believe some of the skeletons in museums, which ...

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