NEXT WEEKS EVENTS
26th November to 2nd December 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 26TH
Course - Geology of the Bristol and Gloucester Region.
When
Mon, 26 November, 19:30 – 21:30
Where
Wynstones School, Stroud Road, Whaddon, Gloucester (map)
Description
Geology of the Bristol and Gloucester Region.
One of the most varied regions of Britain, spanning the major divisions of the Variscan Front/Bristol Channel-Bray Fault, and the Malvern fault/ Worcester Graben, incorporating rocks varying in age from late PreCambrian to Cretaceous, and three of the terranes making up the geological “jigsaw” of Britain. The course will cover roughly the area covered by the eponymous BGS publication in the British Regional Geology series (3rd edition 1992). Starts Mon 17th September for 10 weeks (not 22nd or29th Oct or 5th Nov), until 10th December Held at Wynstones School, Stroud Road, Whaddon, Gloucester from 7.30-9.30pm on Mondays. Cost £75 (including tea, coffee etc at breaktime!).
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 27th
Wednesday 28th
Bristol Nats - lecture
When
Wed, 28 November, 19:30 – 21:00
Where
room G8, Wills Memorial Building, University of Bristol, BS8 1RJ (map)
Description
TRACE FOSSILS OF THE OLD RED SANDSTONE
Professor Susan Marriott Wednesday 28 November, 7.30 p.m.
Susan Marriott is Professor of Geology at the University of the West of England and has extensively studied the Old Red Sandstone and its trace fossils.
The Old Red Sandstone of the Anglo-Welsh Basin comprises predominantly continental red bed deposits of Late Silurian to Early Devonian age. Body fossils of terrestrial faunas in these deposits are poorly preserved and often fragmentary but a diverse assemblage of trace fossils is preserved giving an insight into faunal behaviours. This talk will concentrate on the trace fossils preserved in fine-grained components of alluvial facies that include: perennial and ephemeral rivers, floodplain lakes and alluvial fans. The associated ichnocoenoses (An assemblage of trace fossils made by members of a single community.) reflect the activities of aquatic and semi-aquatic fauna and include meniscate backfilled burrows and arthropod trackways, resting and foraging traces. The stratigraphic distribution indicates an increase in diversity from the Late Silurian into the Early Devonian.
It is intended that a Field meeting next summer to examine the Old Red Sandstone rocks in the Llansteffan area of Carmarthenshire will follow the talk.
Thursday 29th
Course - Understanding Geology and Scenery around Ross-on-Wye
When
Thu, 29 November, 10:00 – 10:30
Description
Understanding Geology and Scenery around Ross-on-Wye
Starts September 21st (not 25th Oct or 8th Nov), finishes 6th December.
This 10 week course aims to introduce you to the ways in which the varied and beautiful landscape round our area has come into being. The effects of folds, faults and tectonic dip in exposing different rock types, and the past and present processes of uplift, weathering, erosion and deposition that have acted upon them, will be examined by reference to local scenery. Use will be made of local maps and cross-sections across them, both geological and topographic; together with specimens of local rocks. Contact Paul Mason on 01989 760399. Cost £60 Enrol before 15th September to ensure that the course runs.
Friday 30th
Field course - Geology of the Quantocks and West Somerset
When
30 Nov – 2 Dec 2018
Description
Field Course: 30th Nov – 2nd Dec (and possibly Monday 3rd too) Geology of the Quantocks and West Somerset
A classic area for the study of the folded Upper Palaeozoic basement in the Quantocks and Cannington Park, and the unconformable Triassic and Jurassic sequence exposed in faulted basins associated with the Bristol Channel fault. What is the evidence for and against massive Variscan movement of formerly widely separated terranes along this fault? Excellent exposures, particularly of the Mesozoic rocks at and near the coast.
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
saturday 1st December
FIELD COURSE - GEOLOGY OF THE QUANTOCKS AND WEST SOMERSET - see Friday
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OUGS Severnside - Day of Lectures
When
Saturday, 1 Dec 2018
Where
National Museum of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP (map)
Sunday 2nd
FIELD COURSE - GEOLOGY OF THE QUANTOCKS AND WEST SOMERSET - SEE FRIDAY
Course - Geology of the Bristol and Gloucester Region.
When
Mon, 26 November, 19:30 – 21:30
Where
Wynstones School, Stroud Road, Whaddon, Gloucester (map)
Description
Geology of the Bristol and Gloucester Region.
One of the most varied regions of Britain, spanning the major divisions of the Variscan Front/Bristol Channel-Bray Fault, and the Malvern fault/ Worcester Graben, incorporating rocks varying in age from late PreCambrian to Cretaceous, and three of the terranes making up the geological “jigsaw” of Britain. The course will cover roughly the area covered by the eponymous BGS publication in the British Regional Geology series (3rd edition 1992). Starts Mon 17th September for 10 weeks (not 22nd or29th Oct or 5th Nov), until 10th December Held at Wynstones School, Stroud Road, Whaddon, Gloucester from 7.30-9.30pm on Mondays. Cost £75 (including tea, coffee etc at breaktime!).
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
Bristol Nats - lecture
When
Wed, 28 November, 19:30 – 21:00
Where
room G8, Wills Memorial Building, University of Bristol, BS8 1RJ (map)
Description
TRACE FOSSILS OF THE OLD RED SANDSTONE
Professor Susan Marriott Wednesday 28 November, 7.30 p.m.
Susan Marriott is Professor of Geology at the University of the West of England and has extensively studied the Old Red Sandstone and its trace fossils.
The Old Red Sandstone of the Anglo-Welsh Basin comprises predominantly continental red bed deposits of Late Silurian to Early Devonian age. Body fossils of terrestrial faunas in these deposits are poorly preserved and often fragmentary but a diverse assemblage of trace fossils is preserved giving an insight into faunal behaviours. This talk will concentrate on the trace fossils preserved in fine-grained components of alluvial facies that include: perennial and ephemeral rivers, floodplain lakes and alluvial fans. The associated ichnocoenoses (An assemblage of trace fossils made by members of a single community.) reflect the activities of aquatic and semi-aquatic fauna and include meniscate backfilled burrows and arthropod trackways, resting and foraging traces. The stratigraphic distribution indicates an increase in diversity from the Late Silurian into the Early Devonian.
It is intended that a Field meeting next summer to examine the Old Red Sandstone rocks in the Llansteffan area of Carmarthenshire will follow the talk.
Course - Understanding Geology and Scenery around Ross-on-Wye
When
Thu, 29 November, 10:00 – 10:30
Description
Understanding Geology and Scenery around Ross-on-Wye
Starts September 21st (not 25th Oct or 8th Nov), finishes 6th December.
This 10 week course aims to introduce you to the ways in which the varied and beautiful landscape round our area has come into being. The effects of folds, faults and tectonic dip in exposing different rock types, and the past and present processes of uplift, weathering, erosion and deposition that have acted upon them, will be examined by reference to local scenery. Use will be made of local maps and cross-sections across them, both geological and topographic; together with specimens of local rocks. Contact Paul Mason on 01989 760399. Cost £60 Enrol before 15th September to ensure that the course runs.
Field course - Geology of the Quantocks and West Somerset
When
30 Nov – 2 Dec 2018
Description
Field Course: 30th Nov – 2nd Dec (and possibly Monday 3rd too) Geology of the Quantocks and West Somerset
A classic area for the study of the folded Upper Palaeozoic basement in the Quantocks and Cannington Park, and the unconformable Triassic and Jurassic sequence exposed in faulted basins associated with the Bristol Channel fault. What is the evidence for and against massive Variscan movement of formerly widely separated terranes along this fault? Excellent exposures, particularly of the Mesozoic rocks at and near the coast.
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
FIELD COURSE - GEOLOGY OF THE QUANTOCKS AND WEST SOMERSET - see Friday
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OUGS Severnside - Day of Lectures
When
Saturday, 1 Dec 2018
Where
National Museum of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP (map)
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