Edinburgh, Sir Charles Lyell collection updates

Dear supporters and friends,We have good news to share. The past few years of wide ranging work at the University of Edinburgh is helping to transform and share the remarkable collection of Sir Charles Lyell. A free major exhibition Time Traveller: Charles Lyell at Work | Through Lyell’s Eyes (ed.ac.uk) at the University’s Main Library, from 10.00-6.00; Monday …

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Horsts and Grabens:  A field trip to Cleeve Hill , Gloucester with Nick Cridlaw.  8th Oct 2023

by Jane Allum Towards the end of the Palaeozoic (c.290m years ago), the north south trending Severn Basin began to form between what is now the Malverns, the Birmingham area and the Gloucestershire Oxfordshire border. Subsidence of the basin continued as sediments were deposited  through the Triassic and early Jurassic. At that time the UK …

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Urban Geology of Warwick  led by Jon Radley – Oct 13th – Earth Science Week event

Despite a very gloomy weather forecast, a full party of 16 turned up at the museum for this public engagement event.  We were very fortunate that the weather stayed dry for our building stones trip. This trip took a different and shorter tour than the tour in June, finishing with a guided tour of the …

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WGCG host the GA “geology from your sofa” (GFYS) for October

The GFYS monthly circulation was initiated by the Geologists Association (GA) during the Covid lockdown period when normal activities were suspended. This has proved very popular and highlights the large amount of diverse geoscience material available on the internet. With the return of field trips and meetings the GA decided to cease circulating the GFYS …

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