Thursday 25 April 2019

Lochaber Geopark Crowdfunding

Lochaber Geopark Crowdfunding

A valuable source forwarded this to me, unfortunately too late for my weekly posting. But I think it merits an additional posting.



Crowdfunding Campaign Launch

Lochaber Geopark is a Scottish not-for-profit charity, largely run by volunteers, and we need your support to tell the story of Lochaber’s formation. Our mission is to enhance the understanding, appreciation and experiences of visitors to the area, as well as that of local residents, in respect of our geological heritage, classical geological localities and outstanding scenery. We’ve been based in Fort William since 2004 and had government support to help us achieve our steadily expanded activities over they years. Unfortunately, this line of support has now ceased and therefore we are appealing to you to help support us via a Crowdfunding campaign to help us become self-sustaining. To find out more, and to make a pledge, please visit our Crowdfunding page here:



Thank you to Paul Murton for fronting our Crowdfunding campaign.

29th April to 19th May 2019


NEXT WEEKS EVENTS

29th April to 19th May 2019

THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXTRACT FROM BRISTOL AND WEST COUNTRY GEOLOGY CALENDARS

MORE DETAILS CAN BE FOUND IN THE BRISTOL AND THE WEST COUNTRY CALENDARS AND ON THE WEB SITES OF THE RELEVANT SOCIETY OR ORGANISATION.


MONDAY 29th

WEGA - EXCURSION NW HIGHLANDS
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Course - The Practical Study of Minerals
When
Mon, 29 April, 19:30 – 21:30
Where
Wynstones School, Stroud Rd, Whaddon, Gloucester (map)
Description
The Practical Study of  Minerals . 
How to identify minerals using techniques based on both physical (crystallographic, twinning, cleavage, hardness, density, streak, colour, lustre, acid reaction, taste etc) and optical properties under the petrological microscope  (relief, pleochroism, birefringence, extinction etc) Monday 29th April, for 10 weeks, until 15th July (not 6th nor 27th May). Held at Wynstones School, Stroud Rd, Whaddon, Gloucester from 7.30-9.30pm on Mondays. Cost £75.

Contact Dave Green by email at davegeostudies@gmail.com, by phone at 01594 960858 and by post at Dave Green, Joys Green Farm, Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, GL17 9QU

TUESDAY 30th

WEGA - EXCURSION NW HIGHLANDS

WEDNESDAY 1st

WEGA - EXCURSION NW HIGHLANDS

THURSDAY 2nd

WEGA - EXCURSION NW HIGHLANDS
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Bath Geol Soc - Lecture
When
Thu, 2 May, 19:30 – 21:00
Where
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, 16 Queen Square, Bath (map)
Description
Professor Phillip Toms, Gloucester University

Mineral analysis dating hominim evolution and climate change 

FRIDAY 3rd

WEGA - EXCURSION NW HIGHLANDS
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Glamorgan Heritage Coast: DGAG Residential weekend
When
3 – 5 May 2019
Where
Premier Inn, Pencoed, Bridgend, Dorset, CF35 5HY, United Kingdom 

Description
DGAG Residential weekend 2019
 
This year we are visiting the Glamorgan Heritage Coast (south-east Wales). Dates: Fri.3rd May to Sunday 5th May. Some may want to stay over Sunday night and do more on Monday. Leaders: John Scott and Kelvin Huff 
Come and view the results of Dinantian storms (Lower Carboniferous), the effects of the Variscan and later orogenies, Triassic desert wadis and lakes where early dinosaurs roamed. See the Triassic/Jurassic boundary and unconformities, a rare Jurassic rocky shoreline and island edge plus spectacular faulting. This is all topped off by Pleistocene and Recent deposits. 
Suggested accommodation is at the Premier Inn, Bridgend CF35 5HY. (M4 Jct.35) This is near Pencoed, make sure you don’t book at Bridgend Central. Book early as it’s a Bank Holiday Weekend. A Table restaurant/pub and a McDonald’s (if desperation creeps in) are nearby. 
Cindy Howells of the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff has offered to show us  ‘behind the scenes’ on Friday 3rd. May. We’ll make a stop here on our way to Pencoed. Timings to follow along with further trip details. 
There will be a small charge to cover leaders’ expenses and handouts. 
Please let Kelvin know if you want to come along and he’ll add you to the list. 


SATURDAY 4th

GLAMORGAN HERITAGE COAST: DGAG RESIDENTIAL WEEKEND
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Lyme Regis Earth, Sea and Fossil Festival
When
4 – 5 May 2019
Where
Lyme Regis, Lyme Regis, Dorset, United Kingdom (map)
Description
Lyme Regis Fossil Festival 2019, will be held from Saturday 4 to Sunday 5 May. To reflect current initiatives and concerns it is rebranded as the Earth, Sea and Fossil Festival and will have talks and events in the run-up to, and throughout, the festival reflecting this. 
For the latest information, events and bookings see: www.fossilfestival.co.uk 
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Bath Geol Soc. - Excursion
When
Sat, 4 May, 11:00 – 14:00
Where
Meet at the Bay car park for 11 am. (map)
Description
The Etches Collection & Kimmeridge Bay
Leader: Graham Hickman, Bath Geological Society
The Etches collection in the Museum of Jurassic marine life is the largest, single collection of Kimmeridge fossils in the UK. Graham Hickman will lead our visit to Kimmeridge Bay, SSI, in the morning where most of the collection was discovered. We will have lunch in Kimmeridge, and after lunch will visit the Museum.

Meet at the Bay car park for 11 am. Car park fee: £5.00. Museum entrance fee: £6.00 per person (min.10 people), otherwise £8.00 per person (includes 12 months complimentary admission to The Etches Collection), and free parking.
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GeoWeek 2019
When
4 – 12 May 2019
Where
Dorset (map)
Description
Active Geoscience 4-12 May 
Get involved – run a GeoWeek event 
https://www.geoweek.org.uk 


Sunday 5th

GLAMORGAN HERITAGE COAST: DGAG RESIDENTIAL WEEKEND
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GEOWEEK 2019
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LYME REGIS EARTH, SEA AND FOSSIL FESTIVAL

MONDAY 6th

GEOWEEK 2019

TUESDAY 7th

GEOWEEK 2019

WEDNESDAY 8th

GEOWEEK 2019

THURSDAY 9th

GEOWEEK 2019
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Wiltshire Geology Group - Field visit
When
Thu, 9 May, 10:00 – 15:30
Where
10.00 Meet at the Cathedral Close parking attendants box just beyond the Town Gate inside the Close. (Parking for the day in the Close will cost £7 and is the best value in town other than using the Park & Rides.) (map)
Description
A field visit has been organised for Thursday 9th May 2019 as part of the national GeoWeek activities. The morning will involve visiting the Harnham Water Meadows in Salisbury where Dr Hadrian Cook, the Trust’s official ‘drowner’, will walk us round the meadows explaining the geology, hydrology and social history of the meadows. After lunch Steve Hannath will lead an interpretative walk round the Cathedral Close focussing on the geology and the local earth materials used in the construction of the buildings including the Cathedral.

Details for the visit outlined above are now as follows:
 
·         10.00 Meet at the Cathedral Close parking attendants box just beyond the Town Gate inside the Close. (Parking for the day in the Close will          cost £7 and is the best value in town other than using the Park & Rides.)

·         Walk to Rose Cottage (HQ of the Harnham Water meadow Trust) along Town Path. (About 1 mile)

·         10.30 Meet Hadrian Cook, the ‘official drowner’ for a walk and talk around the meadows.

·         12.15 Lunch – local pubs and restaurants, Cathedral cafes, Museum café or sit by the river to eat own sandwiches.

·         1.45 pm Meet outside the Salisbury Museum in the Cathedral Close for interpretative walk around the Close.

·         3.15 pm Finish and depart


All times are approx. Strong boots are recommended for the water meadows.

Please indicate your interest in joining us for the day by replying to harrington_clare@hotmail.com. Offered both to members of WGG and other geology groups so please respond quickly.

FRIDAY 10th

GEOWEEK 2019
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Cheltenham Mineral and Geological Society - Lecture
When
Fri, 10 May, 19:00 – 21:00
Where
Shurdington at The Century Hall (map)
Description
' Exploring caves in the Tower Karst of Guangxi Province , China '                                                                 
Our guest  speaker is Arthur Champion

SATURDAY 11th

GEOWEEK 2019
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SGMRG - Walk
When
Saturday, 11 May 2019
Description
Outing 1-Walking the sites of Bristol’s Coal Mines

Events, Exhibitions & Publications: Roger Gosling 01454 883607

SUNDAY 12th

GEOWEEK 2019
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Oxford Mineral & Fossil Show
When
Sun, 12 May, 10:00 – 16:00
Where
Exeter Hall, Kidlington, OX5 1AB (map)

MONDAY 13th

OUGS Severnside Field Trip (longer)
When
13 – 20 May 2019
Where
Bavaria, Germany (map)
Description
Solnhofen

Leader: Dr John Nudds

Location: Bavaria, Germany

Date: May 13th–20th, 2019

Type: Field Trip (Longer)

Summary: We will see seven of the twelve Archaeopteryx specimens, visit the recently discovered Specimen 12 at the new Dinosaur Park, and travel to the Ries Crater and Nordlingen.
WAITING LIST ONLY

More info:
The proposed schedule is as follows:

 Monday 13th May: Fly to Munich. Meet at the Hotel Hallbergerhof, Hallbergmoos.

Tuesday 14th May: Morning visit to the Palaeontological Museum in Munich (Richard-Wagner-Straße 10, 80333 München) for tour of galleries and stores with Dr Oliver Rauhut.  We will see Archaeopteryx Nos. 7 and 8, the counterpart of the original feather, and the only specimen of the theropod dinosaur Compsognathus.  Lunch in Muncih and then drive to Eichstatt possibly via Mornsheim Quarry for collecting.  Approx 120 km, I hour 45 mins. Stay at Landgasthof Hotel Proll, Am Haselberg 1, Eichhstatt.

Wednesday 15th May: Morning visit to the Jura Museum, Eichstatt.  We will see Archaeopteryx No. 5 and the only specimen of the theropod dinosaur Juravenator. Lunch on the museum terrace and afternoon visit to the nearby Berger Museum at Harthof, with collecting from the adjacent quarry.

Thursday 16th May: Morning drive to Solnhofen along the Altmuhl Valley (27 km, 30 mins) and visit to the Burgermeister Muller Museum with Dr Martin Roeper, to see Archaeopteryx Nos. 6, 9 and 11 and the only specimen of the theropod dinosaur Sciurumimus albersdoerferi.  Lunch in Solnhofen and afternoon visit to Haardt Quarry for collecting.

Friday 17th May:  Visit to Nordlingen to examine the Ries Crater (66 km, 1 hour 15 mins) both in the field and in the Nordlingen Museum. Climb to the top of the tower of St George's Church (built of Suevite), to view crater.

Saturday 18th May: Visit to the new Dinosaurier-Park Altmuehltal at Denkendorf (30 km, 40 mins) for tour with Raimund Albersdoerfer, to see the new Archaeopteryx No 12 and new specimen of Tyrannosaurus.

Sunday 19th May: Drive to Munich for flights home.

Contact: Jan Ashton-Jones   [janaj1009@gmail.com]
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Course - The Practical Study of Minerals
When
Mon, 29 April, 19:30 – 21:30
Where
Wynstones School, Stroud Rd, Whaddon, Gloucester (map)
Description
The Practical Study of  Minerals . 
How to identify minerals using techniques based on both physical (crystallographic, twinning, cleavage, hardness, density, streak, colour, lustre, acid reaction, taste etc) and optical properties under the petrological microscope  (relief, pleochroism, birefringence, extinction etc) Monday 29th April, for 10 weeks, until 15th July (not 6th nor 27th May). Held at Wynstones School, Stroud Rd, Whaddon, Gloucester from 7.30-9.30pm on Mondays. Cost £75.

Contact Dave Green by email at davegeostudies@gmail.com, by phone at 01594 960858 and by post at Dave Green, Joys Green Farm, Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, GL17 9QU

TUESDAY 14th

OUGS SEVERNSIDE FIELD TRIP (LONGER)
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Cardiff University Lecture - When Sea levels Change...
When
Tue, 14 May, 18:30 – 20:00
Where
The 2018-2019 monthly Tuesday evening lectures in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences will be held in the Wallace Lecture Theatre (0.13), Main Building, Cardiff University, Park Place, CF10 3AT. Lectures begin at 18.30. Booking is not needed. (map)
Description
Flooding today and tomorrow--- title tbc
Ceri Davies (Natural ResourcesWales)
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WEGA AGM and Lecture
When
Tue, 14 May, 19:00 – 21:00
Where
Wills Memorial Tower, Bristol (map)
Description
Richard D. Pancost, Head of School Earth Sciences and Professor of Biogeochemistry (Earth Systems) will be talking about the Mars Insight Mission.

WEDNESDAY 15th

OUGS SEVERNSIDE FIELD TRIP (LONGER)

THURSDAY 16th

OUGS SEVERNSIDE FIELD TRIP (LONGER)
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Thornbury Geology Group, 7.30pm, The Chantry, Thornbury
When
Thu, 16 May, 19:00 – 21:30
Description
Thornbury Geology Group, 7.30pm at The Chantry, Thornbury, and every 3rd Thursday in the month.  
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SMFS Field Trip to S. Devon
When
16 – 21 May 2019
Where
Liskeard. (map)
Description
Field Trip – six-day mineral collecting field trip to South Devon – planning to visit at least 7 locations.
Further details including confirmation of sites from the Field Trip Secretary

FRIDAY 17th

OUGS SEVERNSIDE FIELD TRIP (LONGER)
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SMFS FIELD TRIP TO S. DEVON

SATURDAY 18th

OUGS SEVERNSIDE FIELD TRIP (LONGER)
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SMFS FIELD TRIP TO S. DEVON
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SWGA - Excursion
When
Sat, 18 May, 09:30 – 16:00
Where
Meet at 0930 in the lower part of the large car park near the youth hostel at Broad Haven (North), to the west of Haverfordwest (SM 863 140), where we will condense the cars to as few as possible. (map)
Description
Bolton Hill Quarry, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
Leader: Sid Howells
Due to limited parking at the site meet at 0930 in the lower part of the large car park near the youth
hostel at Broad Haven (North), to the west of Haverfordwest (SM 863 140), where we will condense the
cars to as few as possible. Bring a packed lunch.
The quarry is operated by a local company (GD Harries & Sons Ltd) and is working the Johnston Diorite
Complex of late Precambrian age, which was subsequently intruded by basaltic dykes. Effects of
magmatic mixing and hydrothermal alteration can be seen and there is also an interesting exposure of
the Johnston Thrust where Coal Measures form the footwall below the diorite. Weathering has
penetrated quite deeply into some parts of the diorite and glacial till forms the overburden. The quarry
produces most of the road stone used in west Wales as well as concrete. Diorite boulders are used for
coastal protection and a recent contract involved the supply of high specification rock armour for
Hinkley Point taken by barge from Pembroke Dock.
If there is time we might also visit Syke Quarry where the Benton Volcanics (also late Precambrian) are
faulted-bounded within Silurian sandstones.
IMPORTANT: Booking for this trip is essential: Safety helmets, high vis tops and steel toe-capped
boots must be worn and the group will need to be under supervision at all times. For those who don't have
these, they can be hired for the day for £3 per item, but we need to know in advance what is needed including
size for boots and also jackets (S, M, L, XL, XXL) as they have to be brought in from elsewhere. When
booking please let me know if you require any safety clothing and, if so, the sizes.

SUNDAY 19th

OUGS SEVERNSIDE FIELD TRIP (LONGER)
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SMFS FIELD TRIP TO S. DEVON


Tuesday 23 April 2019

A drive in the country - What could possibly go wrong?

Dangers are Everywhere!


The video below shows what happens on pleasant drive in the country in Taiwan - during a minor (6.1 magnitude) earthquake.





You can read all about it HERE. If you listen to the audio you will find that English seems to get everywhere.

Saturday 20 April 2019

22nd to 28th April 2019


NEXT WEEKS EVENTS

22nd to 28th April 2019

THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXTRACT FROM BRISTOL AND WEST COUNTRY GEOLOGY CALENDARS

MORE DETAILS CAN BE FOUND IN THE BRISTOL AND THE WEST COUNTRY CALENDARS AND ON THE WEB SITES OF THE RELEVANT SOCIETY OR ORGANISATION.


MONDAY 22nd



TUESDAY 23rd



Wednesday 24th



Thursday 25th



Friday 26th



Saturday 27th

WEGA - Excursion NW Highlands
When
27 Apr – 3 May 2019
Description
Excursion to the North west Highlands of Scotland. based in Ullapool and guided by Pete Harrison of the NW Highlands Geopark
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SMFS Field Trip to Herne Bay
When
Sat, 27 April, 10:00 – 16:00
Where
Herne Bay, Kent. (map)
Description
Further details from the Field Trip Secretary.
Low tide at 12.30

Sunday 28th

WEGA - EXCURSION NW HIGHLANDS


Saturday 13 April 2019

15th to 21st April 2019


NEXT WEEKS EVENTS

15th to 21st April 2019

THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXTRACT FROM BRISTOL AND WEST COUNTRY GEOLOGY CALENDARS

MORE DETAILS CAN BE FOUND IN THE BRISTOL AND THE WEST COUNTRY CALENDARS AND ON THE WEB SITES OF THE RELEVANT SOCIETY OR ORGANISATION.


MONDAY 15TH



TUESDAY 16TH

Geol Soc Western - Lecture
When
Tue, 16 April, 18:00 – 20:00
Where
The Hub, Aztec West (map)
Description


The 19th Glossop Medal Winner

“The lines of evidence approach to challenges
faced in engineering geological practice”

Dr Kevin Privett, University of Portsmouth
16th April 2019

The Hub, Aztec West, Bristol.
Refreshments at 6pm for 6:30pm Start



All details of the upcoming WRG meetings, events and news can be found on the website at: https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/wrg
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SMFS Evening Meeting
When
Tue, 16 April, 19:30 – 21:30
Where
The Friends' Meeting House, 1A, Ordnance Rd, Southampton. SO15 2AZ (map)
Description
“The Virtuous Lady” – presentation by our Field Trip Secretary, Barry Pitt.

Members’ Display Table: Minerals & Fossils from Devon.

Details at http://www.sotonminfoss.org.uk/smfsprog.htm

Wednesday 17th



Thursday 18th

Thornbury Geology Group, 7.30pm, The Chantry, Thornbury
When
Thu, 18 April, 19:00 – 21:30
Description
Thornbury Geology Group, 7.30pm at The Chantry, Thornbury, and every 3rd Thursday in the month.

Friday 19th



Saturday 20th



Sunday 21st