Some aspects of the Geology of Mayo, Western Ireland
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Peak District – From the bowels of the earth to the Garden of Eden
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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 will tell the story of Mars as seen from its rocks: First, there was a (warm?) and wet Mars that saw rivers flowing and lakes […]
Jungle Volcano
Zoom Talkgiven by Prof. Chris Jackson (Imperial College London) Rearranged from December 2020. View this talk in the Members' Section.
2020 AGM
over Zoom
Free
Science driven by conflict
Zoom TalkFollowed our 2021 AGM and given by Haydon Bailey (HGS). This talk was not recorded.
Free
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), surveyor and geologist, was born on 23th March 1769 at The Forge, Churchill, Oxfordshire, the son of the village blacksmith and educated at the village […]
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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 an incontestable fact. However there are a handful of dissenters from this supposed certainty. I am one. I will start by outlining the position of […]
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