NEXT WEEKS EVENTS
11TH TO 17TH JUNE 2018
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 11TH
Dave Green - Planetary Geology
When
Mon, 11 June, 19:30 – 21:30
Description
Planetary Geology. Monday 16th April, for 10 weeks, until 9th July (not 7th nor 28th May). The state of knowledge of the planets of the solar system has improved vastly in the past 40 years as a result of space missions and improved technology for observation and analysis. The course will examine the results of this activity and evidence for these interpretations in terms of the internal structure, magnetism and geophysics of these bodies; their tectonics and volcanism, the effects of impacting bodies, and the surface conditions –atmospheres, oceans, sedimentary features and biology. Held at Wynstones School, Stroud Road, Whaddon, Gloucester from 7.30-9.30pm on Mondays. Cost £70.
Dave Green, Joys Green Farm, Forge Hill, Lydbrook, Glos GL17 9QU Tel 01594 860858
davegeostudies@gmail.com
Tuesday 12th
Dave green, Field Course - Geology and Landscape in Gloucestershire
When
Tue, 12 June, 19:00 – 21:00
Where
Meet at the car park for the picnic site at Coaley Peak GR SO 794014 (map)
Description
Geology and Landscape in Gloucestershire (evening field course Tuesdays 7-9 First meeting point:- Frocester Hill: Meet at the car park for the picnic site at Coaley Peak GR SO 794014 . Further sessions on website, separate leaflet, and/or by contacting Dave Green.
Dave Green, Joys Green Farm, Forge Hill, Lydbrook, Glos GL17 9QU Tel 01594 860858
davegeostudies@gmail.com
Wednesday 13th
Thursday 14th
Friday 15th
Saturday 16th
OU Geol Soc Wessex - Excursion, Geology of the Winscombe Area
When
Saturday, 16 Jun 2018
Where
Winscombe, Somerset (map)
Description
Winscombe area Geology, Mendip Hills, Somerset
Andy Bradley grew up in Winscombe and was a keen caver in his late teens and this started his interest in geology and geomorphology in general and West Mendip in particular. He moved away at eighteen to study maths at university but he retained his interest and attended a wonderful university extension course in geology at the then Goldsmith College, University of London. For many years he spent all his holidays walking, climbing and travelling with geographers and geologists. Over the last ten years it has slowly dawned on him that the landscape in which he grew up, and which he took for granted, has a uniquely fascinating story to tell and is a geological and geomorphological gem.
Andy says that, although there will be an opportunity to look at the lower formations of the Carboniferous Limestone (Black rock Limestone & Burrington Oolite), the main emphasis will be on the structure of the pericline, its erosion in the Triassic and subsequent recent exhumation. He hopes to convince you that much of the modern landscape in the West Mendip and its surrounds is essentially Triassic in origin. In Burrington Coombe we shall see more evidence of the ancient landscape juxtaposed with Pleistocene features and the role of geology in cave formation.
Wonderful scenery, excellent geology with an enthusiastic leader
Leader Andy Bradley
Contact Jeremy Cranmer
wessexdaytrips@ougs.org
tel. 01305 267133
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Rockwatch at Etches Collection
When
Saturday, 16 Jun 2018
Where
Etches Collection Museum, Dorset BH20 5PE (map)
Description
Etches Collection Museum and Kimmeridge field trip, Dorset BH20 5PE
Private tour and workshop at this new immersive museum of locally found fossils plus a beach visit giving you an opportunity to find your own fossils! Go back to a time before humans existed, before our planet was formed as we know it today and a time when parts of Dorset were under the sea. Visit the Exhibition Gallery and experience a laboratory of the senses as you are taken on an immersive journey through life underwater in the tropical seas of Kimmeridge 150 million years ago, surrounded by wonderful, if not weird creatures, some of which have long vanished from the face of our Earth. Book through the website
www.rockwatch.org.uk
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SWGA Excursion - Penderyn: disturbed Ground, with Alan Bowring
When
Sat, 16 June, 10:00 – 16:00
Where
Meet at 10.00am at the car park beside the Red Lion pub at the top of the hill in Penderyn (SN 946 087 / CF44 9JR). (map)
Description
Meet at 10.00am at the car park beside the Red Lion pub at the top of the hill in Penderyn (SN 946
087 / CF44 9JR).
From here we will walk around and over Moel Penderyn looking at aspects of the Neath
Disturbance and the legacies of the limestone and silica rock quarrying that fed the Hirwaun
Ironworks. If there is time we will also visit Sgwd yr Eira waterfall, which is nearby. There will be
some rough walking in parts. Finish about 4.00pm
Sunday 17th
Dave Green - Planetary Geology
When
Mon, 11 June, 19:30 – 21:30
Description
Planetary Geology. Monday 16th April, for 10 weeks, until 9th July (not 7th nor 28th May). The state of knowledge of the planets of the solar system has improved vastly in the past 40 years as a result of space missions and improved technology for observation and analysis. The course will examine the results of this activity and evidence for these interpretations in terms of the internal structure, magnetism and geophysics of these bodies; their tectonics and volcanism, the effects of impacting bodies, and the surface conditions –atmospheres, oceans, sedimentary features and biology. Held at Wynstones School, Stroud Road, Whaddon, Gloucester from 7.30-9.30pm on Mondays. Cost £70.
Dave Green, Joys Green Farm, Forge Hill, Lydbrook, Glos GL17 9QU Tel 01594 860858
davegeostudies@gmail.com
Dave green, Field Course - Geology and Landscape in Gloucestershire
When
Tue, 12 June, 19:00 – 21:00
Where
Meet at the car park for the picnic site at Coaley Peak GR SO 794014 (map)
Description
Geology and Landscape in Gloucestershire (evening field course Tuesdays 7-9 First meeting point:- Frocester Hill: Meet at the car park for the picnic site at Coaley Peak GR SO 794014 . Further sessions on website, separate leaflet, and/or by contacting Dave Green.
Dave Green, Joys Green Farm, Forge Hill, Lydbrook, Glos GL17 9QU Tel 01594 860858
davegeostudies@gmail.com
OU Geol Soc Wessex - Excursion, Geology of the Winscombe Area
When
Saturday, 16 Jun 2018
Where
Winscombe, Somerset (map)
Description
Winscombe area Geology, Mendip Hills, Somerset
Andy Bradley grew up in Winscombe and was a keen caver in his late teens and this started his interest in geology and geomorphology in general and West Mendip in particular. He moved away at eighteen to study maths at university but he retained his interest and attended a wonderful university extension course in geology at the then Goldsmith College, University of London. For many years he spent all his holidays walking, climbing and travelling with geographers and geologists. Over the last ten years it has slowly dawned on him that the landscape in which he grew up, and which he took for granted, has a uniquely fascinating story to tell and is a geological and geomorphological gem.
Andy says that, although there will be an opportunity to look at the lower formations of the Carboniferous Limestone (Black rock Limestone & Burrington Oolite), the main emphasis will be on the structure of the pericline, its erosion in the Triassic and subsequent recent exhumation. He hopes to convince you that much of the modern landscape in the West Mendip and its surrounds is essentially Triassic in origin. In Burrington Coombe we shall see more evidence of the ancient landscape juxtaposed with Pleistocene features and the role of geology in cave formation.
Wonderful scenery, excellent geology with an enthusiastic leader
Leader Andy Bradley
Contact Jeremy Cranmer
wessexdaytrips@ougs.org
tel. 01305 267133
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Rockwatch at Etches Collection
When
Saturday, 16 Jun 2018
Where
Etches Collection Museum, Dorset BH20 5PE (map)
Description
Etches Collection Museum and Kimmeridge field trip, Dorset BH20 5PE
Private tour and workshop at this new immersive museum of locally found fossils plus a beach visit giving you an opportunity to find your own fossils! Go back to a time before humans existed, before our planet was formed as we know it today and a time when parts of Dorset were under the sea. Visit the Exhibition Gallery and experience a laboratory of the senses as you are taken on an immersive journey through life underwater in the tropical seas of Kimmeridge 150 million years ago, surrounded by wonderful, if not weird creatures, some of which have long vanished from the face of our Earth. Book through the website
www.rockwatch.org.uk
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SWGA Excursion - Penderyn: disturbed Ground, with Alan Bowring
When
Sat, 16 June, 10:00 – 16:00
Where
Meet at 10.00am at the car park beside the Red Lion pub at the top of the hill in Penderyn (SN 946 087 / CF44 9JR). (map)
Description
Meet at 10.00am at the car park beside the Red Lion pub at the top of the hill in Penderyn (SN 946
087 / CF44 9JR).
From here we will walk around and over Moel Penderyn looking at aspects of the Neath
Disturbance and the legacies of the limestone and silica rock quarrying that fed the Hirwaun
Ironworks. If there is time we will also visit Sgwd yr Eira waterfall, which is nearby. There will be
some rough walking in parts. Finish about 4.00pm
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