NEXT WEEKS EVENTS
8th to 14th July 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
Course - The Practical Study of Minerals
When
Mon, 8 July, 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 9th
Cardiff University Lecture - When Sea levels Change...
When
Tue, 9 July, 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)
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Dave Green - Geology and Landscape
When
Tue, 9 July, 19:00 – 21:00
Description
Geology and Landscape of Gloucestershire and surroundings
A weekly field-based introductory course.
No previous knowledge of geology is assumed Tuesday evenings 28thMay to 16th July 2019
Gloucestershire is one of the most geologically diverse counties in Britain.
The aim of this field-based course is to take you towards an
understanding of local scenery. We will look at the components
- the highly diverse rocks and their structure; and processes
- weathering, slope forming and erosion - which have combined to produce this equally varied landscape - the materials from
which the scenery has been sculpted and the processes that have acted upon them since the area emerged from the sea 65 million years ago
(about the same time that the dinosaurs became extinct)
No special equipment is necessary, apart from stout footwear and possibly waterproofs - although we will hopefully have six balmy
summer evenings! Meetings are held on Tuesdays each week,
(apart from breaks on Tuesday 4th and 11th June), meeting at 7.00 pm and finishing
at 9.00 pm or later (whenever the party feels in need of refreshment !!) at the following meeting points (see over)
Cost: £50 for 6 week course
or £10 per session
For further details see over or telephone
Dave Green on 01594 860858
Email Davegeostudies@gmail.com
Website Geostudies.co.uk
9th July The Avon Gorge
Possibly the most famous landscape in our area, but one whose origin is still the subject of hot debate! Why does the River Avon cut through the hard Carboniferous and Upper Old Red Sandstone ridge forming hills like Clifton Down, and the steep sides of the gorge, when it could easily have reached the Severn either to the north (via Bradley Stoke) or south (via Nailsea) of Bristol? Why are the Downs so flat?
Meet at the car park in the old quarry on the eastern (away from river) side of the A4 Portway below Clifton Down. ST 561 740, from where we will ascend a footpath “The Gully” to Durdham Down to gain a view and walk along towards the suspension bridge before returning to the car park
Wednesday 10th
Thursday 11th
DIGS - Meeting
When
Thu, 11 July, 17:00 – 18:00
Where
Swanworth Quarries, Worth Matravers, Swanage BH19 3LE, UK (map)
Description
Swanworth Liaison Meeting with quarry owners, Suttles, Swanworth Quarry, Worth Matravers. Thursday 11th July at 5pm
Friday 12th
Cheltenham Mineral and Geological Society - Lecture
When
Fri, 12 July, 19:00 – 21:30
Where
Shurdington at The Century Hall (map)
Description
' Members Evening '
Saturday 13th
Sunday 14th
NEXT WEEKS EVENTS
Course - The Practical Study of Minerals
When
Mon, 8 July, 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, 9 July, 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)
-----------------------------------
Dave Green - Geology and Landscape
When
Tue, 9 July, 19:00 – 21:00
Description
Geology and Landscape of Gloucestershire and surroundings
A weekly field-based introductory course.
No previous knowledge of geology is assumed Tuesday evenings 28thMay to 16th July 2019
Gloucestershire is one of the most geologically diverse counties in Britain.
The aim of this field-based course is to take you towards an
understanding of local scenery. We will look at the components
- the highly diverse rocks and their structure; and processes
- weathering, slope forming and erosion - which have combined to produce this equally varied landscape - the materials from
which the scenery has been sculpted and the processes that have acted upon them since the area emerged from the sea 65 million years ago
(about the same time that the dinosaurs became extinct)
No special equipment is necessary, apart from stout footwear and possibly waterproofs - although we will hopefully have six balmy
summer evenings! Meetings are held on Tuesdays each week,
(apart from breaks on Tuesday 4th and 11th June), meeting at 7.00 pm and finishing
at 9.00 pm or later (whenever the party feels in need of refreshment !!) at the following meeting points (see over)
Cost: £50 for 6 week course
or £10 per session
For further details see over or telephone
Dave Green on 01594 860858
Email Davegeostudies@gmail.com
Website Geostudies.co.uk
9th July The Avon Gorge
Possibly the most famous landscape in our area, but one whose origin is still the subject of hot debate! Why does the River Avon cut through the hard Carboniferous and Upper Old Red Sandstone ridge forming hills like Clifton Down, and the steep sides of the gorge, when it could easily have reached the Severn either to the north (via Bradley Stoke) or south (via Nailsea) of Bristol? Why are the Downs so flat?
Meet at the car park in the old quarry on the eastern (away from river) side of the A4 Portway below Clifton Down. ST 561 740, from where we will ascend a footpath “The Gully” to Durdham Down to gain a view and walk along towards the suspension bridge before returning to the car park
DIGS - Meeting
When
Thu, 11 July, 17:00 – 18:00
Where
Swanworth Quarries, Worth Matravers, Swanage BH19 3LE, UK (map)
Description
Swanworth Liaison Meeting with quarry owners, Suttles, Swanworth Quarry, Worth Matravers. Thursday 11th July at 5pm
Cheltenham Mineral and Geological Society - Lecture
When
Fri, 12 July, 19:00 – 21:30
Where
Shurdington at The Century Hall (map)
Description
' Members Evening '
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