Talk by Dr. Emma Nicholls, Oxford University Museum of Natural History Abstract: The full-scale excavation in 2021 uncovered the largest near-complete reptile skeleton ever found in Britain. The animal nicknamed […]
Desiccated Reading Formation clays around the London Underground Jubilee Line between Baker Street and Bond Street stations. Image is in the public domain at Bowers, Keith, and Neil Moss, 2018. […]
Talk by Emeritus Professor Ian Fairchild, University of Birmingham Abstract: The Port Askaig Formation were the first Precambrian rocks interpreted as glacial in origin, anywhere in the world. Now we […]
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48th Percy Evans Lecture given by Mike Lambert, HGS Honorary President As a child, Epping Forest was my playground, where I climbed trees, made dams and rode my bike. But there […]
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Talk by Dr. Colin Summerhayes, Emeritus Associate, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge Abstract: Given the magnitude and rapid rise of greenhouses gases(including water vapour), their long lifetime in the […]
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Talk Dr Sarah Sherlock, Senior Research Fellow, The Open University Abstract: My current preoccupation is to find new ways in which we can increase the spatial resolution of Ar/Ar laserprobe […]
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Talk by Ian Mercer from the Essex Rock & Mineral Society. Abstract: Ian Mercer reveals the story of the Thames across Essex by digging into the landscape in and around […]
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Talk by Emeritus Professor Hazel Rymer, The Open University Abstract Volcanism on Iceland is both a source of geothermal & tourism revenue but also a hazard. Geophysical data can be […]
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Talk by Dr Luke Mander, Senior Lecturer, The Open University Abstract Luke’s works with both living plants and material from the plant fossil record, which represents a vast archive of […]
Talk by Professor Craig Storey, University of Portsmouth Abstract Since the 1960s we have accepted the plate tectonic paradigm as being central to how our planet operates at the present […]
Talk by Richard Butler, Professor of Palaeobiology, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham Abstract: Dinosaur tracks provide important data on the distribution of dinosaurs through time and […]