Tuesday 21 February 2012

Dates for your Diary

Thursday 1st March, 7.30p.m.
'In the shadows and over the heads of the Isle of Wight dinosaurs' Dr. Steven Sweetman, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth
Further details here

Saturday 10th March, 6.30 for 7.00p.m.
Lyme Regis Museum's special event for National Science Week - an evening with Dr Ramues Gallois, Fellow of the Geological Society - 'Ever-moving landslides of the Devon-Dorset coast'.
Large landslides are more common on the Jurassic Coast than in any other part of the UK, and erosion of the rocks between Sidmouth and Lyme Regis has produced the most spectacular active landslides in Europe. Dr Gallois poses the question, 'Why do they occur and will we ever be able to predict them?'
Come early for a glass of something before his 7o'clock talk

Sat 17th March 2012, 10.30am - 1.00am
Chalk Links in the North Wessex Downs, talk in Croft Hall, The Croft, Hungerford, RG17 0GY followed by a Guided Walk around Hungerford from 13.30 lasting about one hour to look at landscape, building materials  - -
Free event. Anyone welcome

Tuesday 20th March, 6 for 6.30p.m.
Waste Classification - WRGS  
Click here for details 

Thursday 22nd March 
Public lecture to be given by Professor Colin Pillinger, regarding his analysis of meteorites and lunar dust.
Great Hall, University of Bristol
Tickets must be reserved.

Sat 24th March 2012, 11.00am
Kintbury - Bricks & Whiting: Both bricks and the production of whiting are dependent upon chalk. A short walk on footpaths of about 2 miles around Kintbury to look at the evidence of the industrial past.
Meet at 11am outside the church at SU384670. All welcome, no booking required.

Sat 31st March 2012, 1.30pm - 4.45am
The Cathedral Rocks - the Earth materials used in the construction of Salisbury Cathedral led by Steve Hannath.
Please book for lecture and tour - Bath Geological Society

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