Friday 5 April 2019

8th to 14th April 2019


NEXT WEEKS EVENTS

8th to 14th 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 8th



TUESDAY 9th

Cardiff University Lecture - When Sea levels Change...
When
Tue, 9 April, 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
When the sea-level rises… the UK villages lost to the sea.
Claire Earlie (Caerdydd/Cardiff)

WEDNESDAY 10th

DGAG Lecture - The deep structure beneath the Dorset region
When
Wed, 10 April, 19:00 – 21:00
Where
Dorset County Hall, Colliton Park, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1XJ, United Kingdom (map)
Description
Using seismic lines, gravity, magnetics, boreholes and pure conjecture to re-construct the history from the Lower Paleozoic to the Triassic. 

Talk by Dr Malcolm Butler. 

This continues the series of Earth Science-based lectures organised by DGAG in collaboration with other groups. 
As the Dorset County Museum is closed for refurbishment, ’til summer 2020,  the lectures will take place in Committee Room 1 at County Hall. They will follow the familiar pattern of being on the second Wednesday of the month starting at 7 pm. 
Parking is available behind County Hall and is free in the evening. 

Malcolm Butler holds a BSc in geology from Aberystwyth and a PhD from Bristol.  He has had a 45-year career as an explorationist and senior executive in a range of oil and gas exploration companies, working in most parts of the World. For the past 30 years he has acted as CEO or Chairman of various small to medium-sized oil companies in North America and the UK and has also spent time as a senior investment banking advisor.  In 1994, he was founding Chairman of the UK Onshore Geophysical Library, a position he still holds, and he has played a major role in the growth and success of this organization
and its academic arm "Beneath Britain" at Oxford. He is also Chairman and CEO of AIM- listed Baron Oil Plc and Executive Director of privately-owned Corfe Energy Limited.

Since joining the oil industry, he has published on Buchan Field, Gulf of Suez geology and a number of papers on the subsurface geology of the Weald Basin, Wessex Basin and the Midlands Microcraton. He was awarded the Aberconway Medal of the Geological Society in 1994 and was appointed an Honorary Professor at Aberystwyth in
1996.

THURSDAY 11th



Friday 12th

Cheltenham Mineral and Geological Society - Lecture
When
Fri, 12 April, 19:00 – 21:00
Where
Shurdington at The Century Hall (map)
Description
' Adamas---- A very special rock  '  about the Millennium Diamond

                               Our guest speaker is       Tim Thorn

Saturday 14th

OUGS Wessex - Weekend Field Trip
When
13 – 14 Apr 2019
Where
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight (map)
Description
Geology of the Isle of Wight


Leader: Dr Steve Sweetman

Location: Yarmouth, Isle of Wight

Date: April 13th–14th, 2019

Type: Field Trip (Weekend)

Summary: Two full days in the field in this geologically rich and attractive coastal location, guided by a local geologist who is an expert in the fossils and sedimentary geology of the early Cretaceous Wessex Formation.

More info:

This trip is open to residential and day attendees. It promises stratigraphy, fossils, tectonic deformation, and stunning coastal views. The itinerary is provisional, but we hope to spend Saturday on the south-west coast examining the Cretaceous fluvial and lagoon deposits that have yielded the dinosaur fossils for which the Isle of Wight is famous. On Sunday, we expect to visit Alum Bay where the mainly vertical dipping strata reveal the 'most extensive and complete succession of the Paleogene available in the UK'. 

For accommodation and day attendee options, please see IOW_2019_Information_Sheet.pdf

We need ten confirmed expressions of interest by Wednesday 7 January 2019 to confirm that this trip is viable. 


Contact: Chris Hawkes  [chris.ougswsx@outlook.com]
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OUGS Severnside - Excursion
When
Saturday, 13 Apr 2019
Where
Woolhope, near Hereford, Herefordshire (map)
Description
Geology of the Woolhope Dome
Leader: Dave Green
Location: Woolhope, near Hereford, Herefordshire
Date: April 13th 2019 (Saturday)
Type: Field Trip (Day)
Summary: A golden opportunity to explore the Woolhope Dome inlier, an upland area of folded Silurian rocks.
More info:
Now confirmed for Saturday 13th April.

This will be a golden opportunity to explore the famous Woolhope Dome inlier, an upland area of folded Silurian rocks near Hereford that have been exposed by the erosion of younger Old Red Sandstone.

We will meet at the small village of Woolhope, in the centre of the Woolhope Dome inlier.

In the morning we will be able to see and study virtually all the main Wenlock, Ludlow and Pridoli rock units on the eastern side of the Woolhope Dome, and observe their effect on the landscape. This will entail a walk of about 3.5km, with a total ascent/descent of around 350 metres.

After lunch we will drive to three locations to investigate the Upper Llandovery sequence in the core of the dome. To end the day we will climb the small hill known to locals as "The Knob” to get a good overall view of the inlier from the south-west.

This area is difficult to access by car as the roads are narrow with few parking places, and car-sharing will organised when we initially meet at Woolhope village.

Please contact Michelle Thomas (details below) to book a place. 



Contact: Michelle Thomas (michellef-t@hotmail.co.uk)
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SWGA - Excursion
When
Sat, 13 April, 10:00 – 16:30
Where
Meet at 10.00am at Candleston Castle car park (SS 872 773), which is a Pay & Display car park (£3 all day). (map)
Description
Candleston, Newton and Merthyr Mawr; A geological ramble
Leader: Stephen Howe
Meet at 10.00am at Candleston Castle car park (SS 872 773), which is a Pay & Display car park (£3 all
day). Bring a packed lunch.
Having failed once again to find a field trip leader for April I am offering a circular 'walk with geology'
from Candleston Castle to Newton Burrows and back via Merthyr Mawr and the Ogmore estuary. We
will see various exposures as well as looking at how the underlying geology is expressed in the
landscape. The walk is approximately 8km (5 miles) long and apart from one small hill is relatively flat.
Much of the return from Newton Burrows is across the beach, saltmarsh and sand dunes

Sunday 15th


OUGS WESSEX - WEEKEND FIELD TRIP - see above

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