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  • November 2025

  • Thu 13

    The Onset of Modern-Style Plate Tectonic

    13 November 2025:7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
    Zoom Talk

    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 […]

  • December 2025

  • Thu 11

    The value & potential of the UK’s dinosaur track sites

    11 December 2025:7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
    Zoom Talk

    Talk by Richard Butler, Professor of Palaeobiology, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham Due to unforeseen circumstances Richard was unable to give this talk so it will […]

  • January 2026

  • Thu 8

    Stratigraphy & Sedimentology of Northern European Chalks

    8 January:7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
    over Zoom

    given by Dr Haydon Bailey, HGS Chairman, Past GA president & geological advisor to the Chiltern Society Abstract: The Upper Cretaceous Chalks of Northern Europe appear, on the face of […]

  • Thu 8

    Postponed Critical minerals from geology to circular economy: a matter of national security

    8 January:7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
    over Zoom

    talk given by Associate Professor Kathryn Moore, University of Exeter Abstract: With the imminent release of a new Critical Minerals Strategy, the UK is updating its approach to national security. […]

  • February 2026

  • Thu 12

    The end-Triassic mass extinction and its aftermath

    12 February:7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
    over Zoom

    talk given by Professor Paul WIgnall, University of Leeds

  • April 2026

  • Thu 9

    49th Percy Evans Lecture: The Geology of the Lower Chess Valley & where does all that water go?

    9 April:7:45 pm - 9:45 pm
    Redbourne Parish Centre The Park, Redbourne, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    given by Dr. Haydon Bailey, HGS Chairman   

  • May 2026

  • Thu 14

    Geology of Stonehenge and the bluestone controversy

    14 May:7:45 pm - 9:45 pm
    Redbourne Parish Centre The Park, Redbourne, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    talk given by Prof. Peter Worsley, Emeritus Professor of Quaternary Geology, University of Reading

  • June 2026

  • Thu 11

    The Chalk Sea Ecosystem Project

    11 June:7:45 pm - 9:45 pm
    Redbourne Parish Centre The Park, Redbourne, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    talk given by Dr James Witts, Senior Post Doctoral Researcher, Natural History Museum London

  • July 2026

  • Thu 9

    Researching the Puddingstone Book

    9 July:9:45 pm
    Redbourne Parish Centre The Park, Redbourne, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    talk given by Gerald Lucy, Essex Rock & Mineral Society & Mike Howgate, AGS & HGS

  • September 2026

  • Thu 10

    The Deep Geology beneath southern England (TBC)

    10 September:9:45 pm
    Redbourne Parish Centre The Park, Redbourne, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    talk given by Dr. Chris Pullen, Director, CP Exploration

  • October 2026

  • Thu 8

    Book Presentation – The Meteorites

    8 October:7:45 pm - 9:45 pm
    Redbourne Parish Centre The Park, Redbourne, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    given by Helen Gordon, Hertfordshire University & Author

  • November 2026

  • Thu 12

    Alpine peaks and salt intrusions – Geological windows into Earth’s mantle

    12 November:7:45 pm - 9:45 pm
    over Zoom

    given by Dr. Jonathan Turner, Geologists’ Association Field Guide Editor

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