NEXT WEEKS EVENTS
16th to 22nd September 2019
NEXT WEEKS EVENTS
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 16TH
Geostudies - Lecture Series - Ordovician
When
Mon, 16 September, 19:30 – 21:30
Where
Wynstones School, Stroud Road, Whaddon, Gloucester (map)
Description
Geology of the Ordovician Period.
The last Phanerozoic geological period to be named, after a bitter struggle between Murchison and Sedgwick. Lasting from
485 to 444Ma ago, this period saw the enormous radiation of new forms of life and the earliest colonisation of the land by primitive plants “The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event” . The two halves of Britain were separated by the Iapetus Ocean, but both were tectonically extremely active. The supercontinent of Gondwana drifted across the South Pole, possibly triggering a short and unusual (high CO2) glaciation and the second biggest mass extinction of life at the end of the period. As usual there is considerable debate about aspects of this period.
Starts Mon 16th September for 10 weeks (not 28th Oct nor 4th Nov nor 2nd Dec), until 9th December Held at Wynstones School, Stroud Road, Whaddon, Gloucester from 7.30-9.30pm on Mondays.
Cost £75 (including tea, coffee etc at break time!).
TUESDAY 17TH
Geol Soc Western - Lecture
When
Tue, 17 September, 18:00 – 18:30
Where
The Hub, 500 Park Ave, Aztec W, Almondsbury, Bristol BS32 4RZ, UK (map)
Description
Applications of geophysics in industry Dr George Tuckwell,
RSK
Contact Biju.saimen@soils.co.uk
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SMFS Evening Meeting
When
Tue, 17 September, 19:30 – 21:30
Where
The Friends' Meeting House, 1A, Ordnance Rd, Southampton. SO15 2AZ (map)
Description
“How does nature make good mineral specimens? Insights into mineral formation” – presentation by Dr Nic Holland, Taranis Mineral
Members’ Display Table: Crystallised minerals.
Details at http://www.sotonminfoss.org.uk/smfsprog.htm
Wednesday 18th
Thursday 19th
Geostudies - Lecture Series - Miscellany
When
Thu, 19 September, 18:30 – 20:30
Where
John Kyrle High School, Ledbury Rd, Ross-on-Wye HR9 7ET, UK (map)
Description
Understanding the Earth – a Geological Miscellany
Thursday September 19th, 6.30-8.30pm, running for 10 weeks at the Adult Education Centre, John Kyrle High School until 12th December (missing out 24th, 31st October and 7th November) covering the following topics: Geological maps and structures, and their relationship to landscape development; Tectonics, mountain building and their effects on landforms; Geological resources – formation , occurrence and exploitation; Climate change in a geological context.
Cost £75, including drinks at break time.
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Thornbury Geology Group, 7.30pm, The Chantry, Thornbury
When
Thu, 19 September, 19:00 – 21:30
Description
Thornbury Geology Group, 7.30pm at The Chantry, Thornbury, and every 3rd Thursday in the month.
Friday 20th
Bath - Geology Walk with Maurice Tucker
When
Fri, 20 September, 11:00 – 13:00
Where
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath BA1 2HN, UK (map)
Description
JOIN LEADING SEDIMENTOLOGIST – MAURICE TUCKER AT THE BRLSI FOR A GUIDED GEOLOGY TRAIL AROUND BATH. - Friday September 20th at 11am
As a conclusion to their Heritage Open Days celebrations the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution in conjunction with Bath Geological Society will be holding a guided walking trail throughout the city at the end of the summer. Professor Maurice Tucker will be leading the Bath
Geology Trail on Friday 20th September and hoping for an extension of the sunshine while he does so.
Book your place and come along to BRLSI reception for Maurice’s illuminating introduction to the trail which departs at 11am. Participants will then begin upon a trip around the city which will endeavour to help them to identify and explore the various stones from which Bath was constructed.
The walk will take approximately one hour, and those taking part will need to be wearing sensible footwear and feel confident negotiating the hillsides and cobbled streets of the city. All you need to do is sign up on Eventbrite!
Maurice Tucker is a leading British sedimentologist, specialising in limestones. From 1993-2011 he was Professor of Geological Sciences at Durham University and from 1998 – 2011 Master of University College, Durham. Currently, Maurice is working at the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol and you might recently have read his article ‘Bath Rocks’ in the July 2019 issue of Bath Magazine and wished you could get to ask him some questions about it. This is your chance to come and spend the morning with a leading geologist and allow him to transform your image of the city and its foundations.
And what is it with Bath and geology? Considered the Cradle of English Geology due to its links to William Smith and his creation of the world’s first stratigraphical map, Bath was once surrounded on all sides by quarries exploiting stone and these were used for storage during the second world war, or for the growing of mushrooms! Many of them are now blocked to prevent access, but the evidence of the relationship to stone can still be seen from all around.
But that still doesn’t quite explain why BRLSI is the natural departure point for such a walk. The BRLSI founded in 1824 became the natural home for many of the amazing geological finds that made their way to the city in the light of Bath’s geological reputation and to this day houses its own rich and extensive geological collection. It is the natural home for many local groups such as the Bath Geological Society and the Bath and Counties Archaeological Society and sells its own self-guided trail which celebrates the geological significance of Bath.
The walk on the 20th September at once celebrates Bath’s heritage but at the same time its own. BRLSI hope you can join the celebrations.
The walk will be a circular one taking in many familiar streets but exploring them by way of their building stones and their ancient geological origins.
All walkers will receive a free coffee. To book
30 Places available.
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Mendip Rocks! - “The Buried Treasure of Fairyland”
When
Fri, 20 September, 19:00 – 21:00
Where
Priddy Village Hall, Priddy, Wells BA5 3BE, UK (map)
Description
“The Buried Treasure of Fairyland” A film premiere presenting Fairy Cave Quarry Fri 20th Sept, 7-9pm at Priddy Village Hall 7-9pm
ALL EVENTS TO BE BOOKED via Eventbrite link: www.mendiphillsaonb.org.uk details 01749 840156.
Saturday 21st
Mendip Rocks! - Fossil Fun at Writhlington, Radstock
When
Sat, 21 September, 14:00 – 16:00
Where
Parking on Waterloo Road,and town centre. Meet opposite Radstock Museum. (map)
Description
Fossil Fun at Writhlington, Radstock– Sat 21st Sept – SESC/Simon Carpenter –2-4pm. Parking on Waterloo Road,and town centre. Meet opposite Radstock Museum.
ALL EVENTS TO BE BOOKED via Eventbrite link: www.mendiphillsaonb.org.uk details 01749 840156.
Sunday 22nd
Geostudies - Lecture Series - Ordovician
When
Mon, 16 September, 19:30 – 21:30
Where
Wynstones School, Stroud Road, Whaddon, Gloucester (map)
Description
Geology of the Ordovician Period.
The last Phanerozoic geological period to be named, after a bitter struggle between Murchison and Sedgwick. Lasting from
485 to 444Ma ago, this period saw the enormous radiation of new forms of life and the earliest colonisation of the land by primitive plants “The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event” . The two halves of Britain were separated by the Iapetus Ocean, but both were tectonically extremely active. The supercontinent of Gondwana drifted across the South Pole, possibly triggering a short and unusual (high CO2) glaciation and the second biggest mass extinction of life at the end of the period. As usual there is considerable debate about aspects of this period.
Starts Mon 16th September for 10 weeks (not 28th Oct nor 4th Nov nor 2nd Dec), until 9th December Held at Wynstones School, Stroud Road, Whaddon, Gloucester from 7.30-9.30pm on Mondays.
Cost £75 (including tea, coffee etc at break time!).
Geol Soc Western - Lecture
When
Tue, 17 September, 18:00 – 18:30
Where
The Hub, 500 Park Ave, Aztec W, Almondsbury, Bristol BS32 4RZ, UK (map)
Description
Applications of geophysics in industry Dr George Tuckwell,
RSK
Contact Biju.saimen@soils.co.uk
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SMFS Evening Meeting
When
Tue, 17 September, 19:30 – 21:30
Where
The Friends' Meeting House, 1A, Ordnance Rd, Southampton. SO15 2AZ (map)
Description
“How does nature make good mineral specimens? Insights into mineral formation” – presentation by Dr Nic Holland, Taranis Mineral
Members’ Display Table: Crystallised minerals.
Details at http://www.sotonminfoss.org.uk/smfsprog.htm
Geostudies - Lecture Series - Miscellany
When
Thu, 19 September, 18:30 – 20:30
Where
John Kyrle High School, Ledbury Rd, Ross-on-Wye HR9 7ET, UK (map)
Description
Understanding the Earth – a Geological Miscellany
Thursday September 19th, 6.30-8.30pm, running for 10 weeks at the Adult Education Centre, John Kyrle High School until 12th December (missing out 24th, 31st October and 7th November) covering the following topics: Geological maps and structures, and their relationship to landscape development; Tectonics, mountain building and their effects on landforms; Geological resources – formation , occurrence and exploitation; Climate change in a geological context.
Cost £75, including drinks at break time.
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Thornbury Geology Group, 7.30pm, The Chantry, Thornbury
When
Thu, 19 September, 19:00 – 21:30
Description
Thornbury Geology Group, 7.30pm at The Chantry, Thornbury, and every 3rd Thursday in the month.
Bath - Geology Walk with Maurice Tucker
When
Fri, 20 September, 11:00 – 13:00
Where
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath BA1 2HN, UK (map)
Description
JOIN LEADING SEDIMENTOLOGIST – MAURICE TUCKER AT THE BRLSI FOR A GUIDED GEOLOGY TRAIL AROUND BATH. - Friday September 20th at 11am
As a conclusion to their Heritage Open Days celebrations the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution in conjunction with Bath Geological Society will be holding a guided walking trail throughout the city at the end of the summer. Professor Maurice Tucker will be leading the Bath
Geology Trail on Friday 20th September and hoping for an extension of the sunshine while he does so.
Book your place and come along to BRLSI reception for Maurice’s illuminating introduction to the trail which departs at 11am. Participants will then begin upon a trip around the city which will endeavour to help them to identify and explore the various stones from which Bath was constructed.
The walk will take approximately one hour, and those taking part will need to be wearing sensible footwear and feel confident negotiating the hillsides and cobbled streets of the city. All you need to do is sign up on Eventbrite!
Maurice Tucker is a leading British sedimentologist, specialising in limestones. From 1993-2011 he was Professor of Geological Sciences at Durham University and from 1998 – 2011 Master of University College, Durham. Currently, Maurice is working at the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol and you might recently have read his article ‘Bath Rocks’ in the July 2019 issue of Bath Magazine and wished you could get to ask him some questions about it. This is your chance to come and spend the morning with a leading geologist and allow him to transform your image of the city and its foundations.
And what is it with Bath and geology? Considered the Cradle of English Geology due to its links to William Smith and his creation of the world’s first stratigraphical map, Bath was once surrounded on all sides by quarries exploiting stone and these were used for storage during the second world war, or for the growing of mushrooms! Many of them are now blocked to prevent access, but the evidence of the relationship to stone can still be seen from all around.
But that still doesn’t quite explain why BRLSI is the natural departure point for such a walk. The BRLSI founded in 1824 became the natural home for many of the amazing geological finds that made their way to the city in the light of Bath’s geological reputation and to this day houses its own rich and extensive geological collection. It is the natural home for many local groups such as the Bath Geological Society and the Bath and Counties Archaeological Society and sells its own self-guided trail which celebrates the geological significance of Bath.
The walk on the 20th September at once celebrates Bath’s heritage but at the same time its own. BRLSI hope you can join the celebrations.
The walk will be a circular one taking in many familiar streets but exploring them by way of their building stones and their ancient geological origins.
All walkers will receive a free coffee. To book
30 Places available.
----------------------------------------------
Mendip Rocks! - “The Buried Treasure of Fairyland”
When
Fri, 20 September, 19:00 – 21:00
Where
Priddy Village Hall, Priddy, Wells BA5 3BE, UK (map)
Description
“The Buried Treasure of Fairyland” A film premiere presenting Fairy Cave Quarry Fri 20th Sept, 7-9pm at Priddy Village Hall 7-9pm
ALL EVENTS TO BE BOOKED via Eventbrite link: www.mendiphillsaonb.org.uk details 01749 840156.
When
Sat, 21 September, 14:00 – 16:00
Where
Parking on Waterloo Road,and town centre. Meet opposite Radstock Museum. (map)
Description
Fossil Fun at Writhlington, Radstock– Sat 21st Sept – SESC/Simon Carpenter –2-4pm. Parking on Waterloo Road,and town centre. Meet opposite Radstock Museum.
ALL EVENTS TO BE BOOKED via Eventbrite link: www.mendiphillsaonb.org.uk details 01749 840156.
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