Preliminary observations and implications of a new Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) lagerstätte in Wiltshire, UK
Oaklands College Sapsed Room (SR), Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdomwith 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 revealed and was publicised last year as one of the most important Jurassic echinoderm localities in the world. Excavation of the site has produced thousands […]
BBC Radio 4 – In Touch
BBC Radio 4Tune in to In Touch to hear HGS member Mike Lambert talking about access to museums.
The Anthropocene: a new epoch of geological time characterised by humans
Oaklands College Sapsed Room (SR), Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdomgiven 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 especially since the 1950s, the human footprint on the Earth has grown very substantially. Thus, human population grew from circa 1 billion in 1800 to […]
HGS Summer Event – Is it flat or bent? The Chalk around Royston
Royston Cave Katherine’s Yard, Melbourne Street, Royston, Hertfordshire, United KingdomMorning at Royston Cave. Park in one of the town centre car parks & walk to Royston Cave. Royston Cave interior Come and explore the amazing Royston Cave; check out the theories and get an update on the latest geological dates produced by the Herts. Geol. Society Lunch – local pub - The Tally Ho!, […]
Understanding large igneous provinces and volcanic rift margins
Oaklands College Sapsed Room (SR), Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdomgiven 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, they have left a great footprint on the geology of the planet. This talk will present a number of examples from around the globe looking […]
Flamborough Head – Excursion
Sefton Hotel The Sefton Hotel, Bridlington, Yorkshire, United KingdomPaul Hildreth of the Yorkshire Geological Society will lead this 3-day trip to the delights of Flamborough Head. Itinerary: Thursday 29 September Introductory talk over drinks at 8pm. Friday 30 September North Landing(Welton/Burnham Chalk boundary and variations in flint form) followed by Selwick’s Bay (Burnham/Flamborough Chalk boundary, Flamborough Fault zone and syncline) with lunch at […]
GA Lecture
Zoom TalkThe rise and fall of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet given by Prof Chris Clark.
The first day of the Cenozoic: Insights from the Chicxulub impact crater
Oaklands College Sapsed Room (SR), Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdomgiven 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 20 km/s. This event had a profound influence on the history of life on Earth - causing the extinction of around 75% of all species […]
The Stegosaurian Dinosaurs
over Zoomgiven 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 spines that extend from the neck to the end of the tail. They are known from the Middle Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous and have […]
AGM
Venue TBAfollowed by Talk on Hertfordshire RIGS
Below the Bonnie Banks – investigating Lock Lomond’s subaqueous Quaternary landscape
over Zoomgiven 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 the Highland Boundary Fault. From a Quaternary geological perspective, the wider Loch Lomond basin has a long history of research and forms a type area […]