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Registration is now open for 2 new residential field trips.
The first will take place in Mid Wales 13-15th May to be led by Drs Joe Botting and Lucy Weir. The second will be in the Mendips 29-31st July to be led by Dr Martin Whiteley For more details email [email protected]
Llandrindod Wells, Builth inlier, Weekend Field Trip led by Dr Joe Botting & Dr lucy Wells
WGCG residential field trip to Llandrindod Wells led by Joe and Lucy, who are are independent researchers working on ‘Burgess-Shale-type’ discoveries in Mid-Wales. Programme: Friday eve. Introductory talk on the ‘Builth Inlier’ – palaeontological and geological importance Saturday a.m. Visit to the Radnorshire Museum (in Llandrindod Wells) to see their substantial displays (much …
Mendips Field Trip – Weekend Field Trip
The trip will be Led by Dr Martin Whiteley. The cost will include field notes, lunch and 2 days of mini bus travel around the study area. For more details email [email protected] To register contact: [email protected]
Geohazards – A Recipe for Disaster (Zoom & KMC)
Talk by Sekbal Hussain – BGS. Hybrid meeting held at KMC & via Zoom
Wine, Whisky and Beer – the role of geology (Zoom & KMC)
Alex Maltman. Hybrid meeting held at KMC & via Zoom. We read that the taste of wine is affected by the geology of the vineyard and that whisky is influenced by the rocks the water encountered on its way to the distillery….(Download Poster).
The Kilchrist Caldera, Skye (Zoom & KMC)
Talk by Simon Drake. Hybrid meeting at KMC and via Zoom ‘Catastrophic caldera forming eruptions spanning the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum at Kilchrist and Belig, Isle of Skye, NW Scotland’ Highly silicic Paleocene-Eocene ignimbrite deposits, and mafic lavas at Kilchrist and Belig, Isle of Skye, NW Scotland, form part of a ~800m thick extensive caldera …