NEXT WEEKS EVENTS
10th to 16th June 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 10th
Course - The Practical Study of Minerals
When
Mon, 10 June, 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 11th
Cardiff University Lecture - When Sea levels Change...
When
Tue, 11 June, 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
It’s all relative: the ups, downs, tilting and rebounds of ancient
sea level.
Peter Burgess (Liverpool)
Wednesday 12th
Thursday 13th
Saltford Geology Walk
When
Thu, 13 June, 19:00 – 21:00
Where
War Memorial at the junction of Beech Road and Norman Road, Saltford. For Beech Road turn left off the A4 in the middle of Saltford between Davies and Way Estate Agents and the Vauxhall Garage. The War Memorial is at the bottom of Beech Road on the left. (map)
Description
Simon Carpenter will be leading two geology walks in and around Saltford as part of the Saltford biennial Festival.
Simon's description of the event is as follows: 180 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period, much of the UK was covered by a warm, shallow sea including the area occupied by Saltford. Many of the creatures that inhabited this watery world are preserved as fossils in the local rocks and the walk leader will also bring a selection of his own fossils for participants to view. This will be a circular walk, lasting a couple of hours, and visiting a number of local rock exposures.
There is a charge of £2.00 payable at the meeting point.
Friday 14th
Saltford Geology Walk
When
Fri, 14 June, 14:30 – 16:30
Where
War Memorial at the junction of Beech Road and Norman Road, Saltford. For Beech Road turn left off the A4 in the middle of Saltford between Davies and Way Estate Agents and the Vauxhall Garage. The War Memorial is at the bottom of Beech Road on the left. (map)
Description
Simon Carpenter will be leading two geology walks in and around Saltford as part of the Saltford biennial Festival.
Simon's description of the event is as follows: 180 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period, much of the UK was covered by a warm, shallow sea including the area occupied by Saltford. Many of the creatures that inhabited this watery world are preserved as fossils in the local rocks and the walk leader will also bring a selection of his own fossils for participants to view. This will be a circular walk, lasting a couple of hours, and visiting a number of local rock exposures.
There is a charge of £2.00 payable at the meeting point.
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Cheltenham Mineral and Geological Society - Lecture
When
Fri, 14 June, 19:00 – 21:00
Where
Shurdington at The Century Hall (map)
Description
'Rumble in the Jungle Natural Nuclear Reactions in Gabon'
Our guest speaker is Dr Michael Doel
Saturday 15th
SWGA _ Excursion
When
Sat, 15 June, 10:30 – 16:00
Where
Meet at 10.30am at the Llandegfedd Reservoir Car Park (ST 328 985) which is on the road between the reservoir dam and the village of Coed y paen. (map)
Description
The Usk Inlier Leader: Lesley Cherns
Meet at 10.30am at the Llandegfedd Reservoir Car Park (ST 328 985) which is on the road between
the reservoir dam and the village of Coed y paen. Depending upon numbers attending we may have
to leave some cars here (free parking) as parking at some of the sites to be visited have limited
parking space. Bring a packed lunch.
The Silurian Usk inlier exposes rocks laid down on the south-eastern shelf of the Welsh Basin,
including the southern edge of the Wenlock reef belt where the Limestone is thin. We will visit
localities showing small patch reefs with rich and diverse fossil assemblages as well as laterally
equivalent sandy bioclastic limestones of inner shelf inter-reef areas. We will also look at the overlying Ludlow age shelly siltstones that replaced carbonate sedimentation. Some localities are
currently being restored by the RIGS group.
Sunday 16th
OUGS Severnside - Excursion
When
Sunday, 16 Jun 2019
Where
Amroth, South-West Wales (map)
Description
The Carboniferous Rocks of South Pembrokeshire
Leader: Dr Geraint Owen
Location: Amroth, South-West Wales
Date: June 16th 2019 (Sunday)
Type: Field Trip (Day)
Summary: We will explore the Carboniferous coal measures exposed along the picturesque coast at Amroth, and see folding and faulting from the Variscan orogeny.
Contact: Teresa Jenkins [teresajenkins1953@gmail.com]
Please contact the organiser of this event for booking information
NEXT WEEKS EVENTS
Course - The Practical Study of Minerals
When
Mon, 10 June, 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
Cardiff University Lecture - When Sea levels Change...
When
Tue, 11 June, 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
It’s all relative: the ups, downs, tilting and rebounds of ancient
sea level.
Peter Burgess (Liverpool)
Saltford Geology Walk
When
Thu, 13 June, 19:00 – 21:00
Where
War Memorial at the junction of Beech Road and Norman Road, Saltford. For Beech Road turn left off the A4 in the middle of Saltford between Davies and Way Estate Agents and the Vauxhall Garage. The War Memorial is at the bottom of Beech Road on the left. (map)
Description
Simon Carpenter will be leading two geology walks in and around Saltford as part of the Saltford biennial Festival.
Simon's description of the event is as follows: 180 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period, much of the UK was covered by a warm, shallow sea including the area occupied by Saltford. Many of the creatures that inhabited this watery world are preserved as fossils in the local rocks and the walk leader will also bring a selection of his own fossils for participants to view. This will be a circular walk, lasting a couple of hours, and visiting a number of local rock exposures.
There is a charge of £2.00 payable at the meeting point.
Saltford Geology Walk
When
Fri, 14 June, 14:30 – 16:30
Where
War Memorial at the junction of Beech Road and Norman Road, Saltford. For Beech Road turn left off the A4 in the middle of Saltford between Davies and Way Estate Agents and the Vauxhall Garage. The War Memorial is at the bottom of Beech Road on the left. (map)
Description
Simon Carpenter will be leading two geology walks in and around Saltford as part of the Saltford biennial Festival.
Simon's description of the event is as follows: 180 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period, much of the UK was covered by a warm, shallow sea including the area occupied by Saltford. Many of the creatures that inhabited this watery world are preserved as fossils in the local rocks and the walk leader will also bring a selection of his own fossils for participants to view. This will be a circular walk, lasting a couple of hours, and visiting a number of local rock exposures.
There is a charge of £2.00 payable at the meeting point.
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Cheltenham Mineral and Geological Society - Lecture
When
Fri, 14 June, 19:00 – 21:00
Where
Shurdington at The Century Hall (map)
Description
'Rumble in the Jungle Natural Nuclear Reactions in Gabon'
Our guest speaker is Dr Michael Doel
SWGA _ Excursion
When
Sat, 15 June, 10:30 – 16:00
Where
Meet at 10.30am at the Llandegfedd Reservoir Car Park (ST 328 985) which is on the road between the reservoir dam and the village of Coed y paen. (map)
Description
The Usk Inlier Leader: Lesley Cherns
Meet at 10.30am at the Llandegfedd Reservoir Car Park (ST 328 985) which is on the road between
the reservoir dam and the village of Coed y paen. Depending upon numbers attending we may have
to leave some cars here (free parking) as parking at some of the sites to be visited have limited
parking space. Bring a packed lunch.
The Silurian Usk inlier exposes rocks laid down on the south-eastern shelf of the Welsh Basin,
including the southern edge of the Wenlock reef belt where the Limestone is thin. We will visit
localities showing small patch reefs with rich and diverse fossil assemblages as well as laterally
equivalent sandy bioclastic limestones of inner shelf inter-reef areas. We will also look at the overlying Ludlow age shelly siltstones that replaced carbonate sedimentation. Some localities are
currently being restored by the RIGS group.
OUGS Severnside - Excursion
When
Sunday, 16 Jun 2019
Where
Amroth, South-West Wales (map)
Description
The Carboniferous Rocks of South Pembrokeshire
Leader: Dr Geraint Owen
Location: Amroth, South-West Wales
Date: June 16th 2019 (Sunday)
Type: Field Trip (Day)
Summary: We will explore the Carboniferous coal measures exposed along the picturesque coast at Amroth, and see folding and faulting from the Variscan orogeny.
Contact: Teresa Jenkins [teresajenkins1953@gmail.com]
Please contact the organiser of this event for booking information
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