Progress so far; understanding the risks; and how technology, planning and logistics help address the challenges of tunnelling through a highly fractured chalk aquifer. given by David Eve (ALIGN, Head […]
Oaklands College
Sapsed Room (SR), Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
given by Dr. Tony Waltham, travelling geologist. Abstract: A long and varied history of great canal construction extended throughout the 1800s, and included the first attempt at a canal across […]
Oaklands College
Sapsed Room (SR), Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
with a focus on the micropalaeontology and geochemistry given by Dr. Steve Stukins (Senior Curator Micropalaeontology, Natural History Museum, London) Abstract: A new UK Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) lagerstätte has been […]
Oaklands College
Sapsed Room (SR), Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
given by Prof. Mark Williams (University of Leicester). Abstract: The Holocene Epoch was a time of growing human population, urbanisation, agriculture and industry. But over the past 200 years, and […]
Oaklands College
Sapsed Room (SR), Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
given by Dr Dougal Jerram (DougalEARTH Ltd) Abstract Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) represent some of the largest eruptive episodes on the planet and along with their associated volcanic rifted margins, […]
Oaklands College
Sapsed Room (SR), Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
given by Dr. Auriol Rae (Junior Research Fellow in Earth Sciences Trinity College, University of Cambridge) Abstract: 66 Million years ago, a 14 km-diameter meteoroid struck the Earth at approximately […]
given by Dr Susannah C. R. Maidment (Senior Researcher, Natural History Museum, London) Abstract: Stegosaurs are a group of dinosaurs characterized by the possession of two rows of plates and […]
given by Dr. Andrew Finlayson (Quaternary Geologist, BGS Edinburgh) Abstract: Loch Lomond is an iconic part of Scotland’s scenery, spanning landscapes of both Highland and Lowland character on either side of […]
given by Prof Bridget Wade (Department of Earth Sciences, University College London) Abstract: Numerous oceanic, climatic, and biotic conditions relating to biogeochemical cycles and environmental change impact the composition and distribution […]
given by Prof. Peter Scott (Emeritus Professor, Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter) Abstract: Clay minerals, such as kaolinite, illite and montmorillonite, are the essential components of clays. Their […]
Hartoak Room, Mansion House, Oaklands College
St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
given by Clive Maton (Honorary President, HGS) Abstract The Norber Erratics are well known and are featured in geological text books and numerous local guides to the Yorkshire Dales. This […]