The geology of Mars and the rover missions
Zoom Talkgiven by Dr Susanne Schwenzer (Open University). Dr Susanne P Schwenzer is a planetary scientist, who has researched Mars geology, petrology and mineralogy since her PhD. In her talk, she […]
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Talks
Jungle Volcano
Zoom Talkgiven by Prof. Chris Jackson (Imperial College London) Rearranged from December 2020. View this talk in the Members' Section.
Science driven by conflict
Zoom TalkFollowed our 2021 AGM and given by Haydon Bailey (HGS). This talk was not recorded.
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Percy Evans Lecture & Presidential Address “In search of Buronite in Norway”
Zoom Talkgiven by Linda Hamling. View this talk in the Members' Section.
Smith – marks on a landscape
Zoom Talkgiven by Dr Peter Wigley (Consultant for Lynx Information Systems & co-author of Strata. - William Smith's Geological Maps. Strata. - William Smith's Geological Maps cover Abstract William Smith (1769–1839), […]
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It’s ‘Ard Up North: An overview of the Chalk of the Northern Province
Zoom TalkThe Chalk of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire belongs to a sedimentary basin distinct from, and yet closely related to, other late Cretaceous basins in southern England. For many years, geologists attempted to fit the southern biostratigraphy onto the northern succession; rather like fitting a square peg in a round hole!
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The Dinosaur – Bird link: A critical overview
Zoom TalkGiven by Mike Howgate (HGS). Abstract: To most interested lay-people and even most vertebrate palaeontologists the theory that birds arose from a group of Theropod dinosaurs is now regarded as […]
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Ammonites – mythology to modern era
Zoom Talkgiven by Dr Mick Oates (Retired: BG) Abstract: Ammonites are a popular subject, as they are both common and rather attractive planispiral fossils. So it is no surprise that they […]
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Geoconservation – principles into practice
Zoom Talkgiven by Dr Colin Prosser (Principle Specialist in Geoconservation, Natural England). Rearranged from October 2020. Abstract: The UK is extremely geodiverse with many geological features and sites of international, national […]
Geoscience, and the World After Oil
Zoom Talkgiven by Tony Doré (Global Chief Scientist, Energy & Geoscience Institute (EGI) agdore@gmail.com, tdore@egi.utah.edu) Abstract: Meeting burgeoning global energy demand while mitigating anthropogenic climate change must overcome the challenges of […]
The last British Ice Sheet
Zoom Talkgiven by Dr Bethan Davies (Royal Holloway, University of London) Abstract: Understanding how the last British-Irish Ice Sheet behaved in response to external climatic forcing may be used as an […]
Mammal miniaturisation during Paleogene hyperthermals: a new palaeodietary perspective
over Zoomgiven by Dr. Neil Adams (University of Oxford Natural History Museum) Abstract: A repeated response to abrupt climate warming among vertebrates is body size reduction, which has been observed in […]