Saturday 23 November 2019

25th November to 1st December 2019


NEXT WEEKS EVENTS

25th November to 1st December 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 25TH

Geostudies - Lecture Series - Ordovician
When
Mon, 25 November, 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 26th


Wednesday 27th

Bristol Nats Lecture
When
Wed, 27 November, 19:30 – 21:00
Where
Westbury-on-Trym Methodist Church, Westbury Hill, Bristol, BS9 3AA (map)
Description
William Sanders – First President of Bristol Naturalists Society
Talk by Deborah Hutchinson – Bristol City Museum

This talk, which will be of interest to all BNS members, will focus on his life and contributions to science and in particular the production of his map of the Bristol Coal Field that forms the basis of the BNS study area today.


thursday 28th

Geostudies - Lecture Series - Miscellany
When
Thu, 28 November, 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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Talk in Wells
When
Thu, 28 November, 19:00 – 20:30
Where
Cedars Hall, Wells Cathedral School (map)
Description
Talk: Somerset’s Beastly Past
Ice Age Climates and Changing Fauna

Danielle Schreve, Professor Of Quaternary Science, Royal Holloway University, tells us about the fascinating insights into animal responses to abrupt climate change at the end of the last Ice Age.

Tickets: £8 unreserved, free for 25s and under
Book your tickets http://cedarshall.events  box office: 01749 834483

friday 29th

Geostudies - Field Course - Lake district
When
29 Nov – 2 Dec 2019
Where
Lake District (map)
Description
Geology of the Lake District 


A classic area for the study of the folded Lower Palaeozoic basement in the Central Lakes, and the unconformable Carboniferous, Permian and Triassic sequence exposed around its margins. Spectacular scenery, classic sedimentary, volcanic, structural and metamorphic geology, and a wide variety of mineralisation. 

Friday lunchtime to Monday lunchtime. 

saturday 30th

GEOSTUDIES - FIELD COURSE - LAKE DISTRICT - see Friday

SUNDAY 1st

GEOSTUDIES - FIELD COURSE - LAKE DISTRICT - see Friday

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