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SUMMARY:Geoscience\, and the World After Oil
DESCRIPTION:given by Tony Doré (Global Chief Scientist\, Energy & Geoscience Institute (EGI) agdore@gmail.com\, tdore@egi.utah.edu) \nAbstract:\nMeeting burgeoning global energy demand while mitigating anthropogenic climate change must overcome the challenges of denial and indifference\, and also the negation of some genuine attempts by industry to move towards cleaner energy.  Real progress will come not from blame and confrontation\, but from forward-looking scientific and engineering solutions. \nWe are living at a historical crisis point in the world energy balance\, in which future projections depend on a complex interplay between fossil fuels and alternative energy sources\, and where the role and type of fuels employed will be driven by geopolitics and environmental concerns. All projections to approximately three decades hence show rising global energy demand\, primarily driven by further development of emerging markets. This is coupled with a decline in legacy petroleum supply\, waning exploration and a steady reduction in new resource additions. Conventional exploration\, particularly by the International Oil Companies\, is opportunity-constrained\, and to date export of the North American experience with unconventionals has met with mixed success. \nAdditionally\, the most optimistic current projections for growth in alternative energy sources such as renewables and nuclear do not make up the demand shortfall.  Radical step changes are likely in both demand and supply\, based on world-changing events such as the current pandemic\, or technological developments.  However\, by their nature these are difficult to predict. \nBridging this energy gap\, and meeting global CO2/climate targets\, requires close international co-operation\, responsible stewardship of fossil fuel resources\, investment in alternative energy and more emphasis on critical minerals and energy storage. Progressive companies are already embracing these ideas\, and developing business models based on renewable energy phasing out petroleum\, on carbon management\, and on environmental sensitivity. This talk will discuss what role the geoscience community can – and should – play in this energy transition. \nView this talk in the Members’ Section.
URL:https://www.hertsgeolsoc.org.uk/event/geoscience-and-the-world-after-oil/
LOCATION:Zoom Talk
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211007T193000
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SUMMARY:Geoconservation - principles into practice
DESCRIPTION:given by Dr Colin Prosser (Principle Specialist in Geoconservation\, Natural England). \nRearranged from October 2020. \n\nAbstract:\nThe UK is extremely geodiverse with many geological features and sites of international\, national and local importance for research\, education\, tourism and recreation. However\, we are a small country with a large population and our geoheritage is subject to a range of threats. These include development pressure\, landfill\, coastal and river engineering\, neglect and ignorance. Retaining these features and sites for future generations requires us to take action locally\, nationally and internationally\, both to conserve them and to raise awareness amongst the public and decision makers about their value to science and society. This talk explores some of the broad principles which influence different approaches to geoconservation and drawing upon the work of local geoconservation groups and societies\, national associations\, government conservation agencies and UNESCO Global Geoparks and World Heritage Sites\, illustrates how geoconservation is being put into practice on the ground.\n\n\nView this talk in the Members’ Section.
URL:https://www.hertsgeolsoc.org.uk/event/geoconservation-principles-into-practice/
LOCATION:Zoom Talk
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210909T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210909T210000
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SUMMARY:Ammonites - mythology to modern era
DESCRIPTION:given by Dr Mick Oates (Retired: BG) \nAbstract: Ammonites are a popular subject\, as they are both common and rather attractive planispiral fossils.  So it is no surprise that they attracted interest from ancient times.  The talk will cover a lot of ground\, from early beliefs attached to these petrifactions dug from the ground to the most recent interpretations of how they evolved as molluscs and functioned as a part of Jurassic and Cretaceous ecosystems. \nView this talk in the Members’ Section.
URL:https://www.hertsgeolsoc.org.uk/event/ammonites-mythology-to-modern-era/
LOCATION:Zoom Talk
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210708T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210708T210000
DTSTAMP:20260527T001837
CREATED:20210612T141840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211021T140447Z
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SUMMARY:The Dinosaur - Bird link: A critical overview
DESCRIPTION:Given by Mike Howgate (HGS). \nAbstract: \nTo most interested lay-people and even most vertebrate palaeontologists the theory that birds arose from a group of Theropod dinosaurs is now regarded as an incontestable fact. However there are a handful of dissenters from this supposed certainty. I am one. \nI will start by outlining the position of Archaeopteryx as the quintessential example of an intermediate between two classes of organisms – reptiles and birds\, before considering the various theories which have been put forward to explain which group of reptiles could best be considered the direct ancestor of the avian lineage and whether flight could have originated from the ground – up as suggested by the ‘Dino-Bird link’ supporters. \nIn the final half of the talk will concentrate on two alleged Dino-Birds which featured prominently in the debate. Sinosauropteryx prima\, a compsognathid dinosaur which is supposed to exhibit PROTOFEATHERS and Microraptor gui the alleged four winged flying dinosaur which is an archaeopteryx-like bird and not a theropod dinosaur at all. A more parsimonious ancestor for the avian lineage will be suggested. \nView this talk in the Members’ Section.
URL:https://www.hertsgeolsoc.org.uk/event/the-dinosaur-bird-link-a-critical-overview/
LOCATION:Zoom Talk
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTAMP:20260527T001837
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SUMMARY:It's 'Ard Up North: An overview of the Chalk of the Northern Province
DESCRIPTION:given by Paul Hildreth (Yorkshire Geological Society). \nThe Chalk of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire belongs to a sedimentary basin distinct from\, and yet closely related to\, other late Cretaceous basins in southern England. For many years\, geologists attempted to fit the southern biostratigraphy onto the northern succession; rather like fitting a square peg in a round hole! A short\, though very significant\, paper was published in the Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society (PYGS) in 1978 which re-classified the northern Chalk\, exactly 100 years after the first recorded reference to its greater similarity to the succession in Germany than to those of southern England and France. Ironically perhaps\, but certainly apt for this meeting\, a co-author of the 1978 paper was a native of Hertfordshire and well known to the Hertfordshire Geological Society. \nThis talk will focus on the lithostratigraphy of the chalks of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire\, compare with some levels of the southern succession and present some thoughts on future research. I may also be able to convince you that the spectacular chalk cliffs of Flamborough Head\, which provide valuable exposures of the full Chalk succession as well as breathtaking scenery\, are well worth a visit! \nView this talk in the Members’ Section.
URL:https://www.hertsgeolsoc.org.uk/event/its-ard-up-north-an-overview-of-the-chalk-of-the-northern-province/
LOCATION:Zoom Talk
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:Smith - marks on a landscape
DESCRIPTION:given by Dr Peter Wigley (Consultant for Lynx Information Systems & co-author of Strata. – William Smith’s Geological Maps. \n\nStrata. – William Smith’s Geological Maps cover\nAbstract \nWilliam Smith (1769–1839)\, surveyor and geologist\, was born on 23th March 1769 at The Forge\, Churchill\, Oxfordshire\, the son of the village blacksmith and educated at the village school.\nIn 1787 Smith became assistant to the land surveyor Edward Webb (1751–1828) at Stow-on-the-Wold\,  learning  to  measure  and  value  land. In 1791 the young 22 year old Smith was sent by his employer to survey an estate near High Littleton in Somerset. He made the journey on foot from Stow-on-the-Wold down to Stowey in Somerset\, a distance of over 80 miles. It was in Somerset\, while surveying the course of a canal\, that Smith developed his ideas on strata and the relationship of particular fossils to specific strata. This led to his first geological maps around Bath\, Somerset and later to his pioneering 1815 geological map of England and Wales.However\, there was much more to Smith than just his maps. He made geological cross-sections\, he was a coal finder\, land drainer and improver\, he worked on land slips\, he sunk water wells and built sea defences but most importantly\, through his publications\, he laid the foundations for the science of stratigraphy. \nThrough digital technology it has been possible to combine Smith’s maps and other aspects of his work with modern remote sensing data and to visualise his enduring legacy on the landscape of England and Wales. \nView this talk in the Members’ Section.
URL:https://www.hertsgeolsoc.org.uk/event/smith-marks-on-a-landscape/
LOCATION:Zoom Talk
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210408T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210408T210000
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CREATED:20210627T142754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211021T140222Z
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SUMMARY:Percy Evans Lecture & Presidential Address "In search of Buronite in Norway"
DESCRIPTION:given by Linda Hamling. \nView this talk in the Members’ Section.
URL:https://www.hertsgeolsoc.org.uk/event/percy-evans-lecture-presidential-address-in-search-of-buronite-in-norway/
LOCATION:Zoom Talk
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210311T200000
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SUMMARY:Science driven by conflict
DESCRIPTION:Followed our 2021 AGM and given by Haydon Bailey (HGS). \nThis talk was not recorded.
URL:https://www.hertsgeolsoc.org.uk/event/science-driven-by-conflict/
LOCATION:Zoom Talk
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:Jungle Volcano
DESCRIPTION:given by Prof. Chris Jackson (Imperial College London) \nRearranged from December 2020. \nView this talk in the Members’ Section.
URL:https://www.hertsgeolsoc.org.uk/event/jungle-volcano/
LOCATION:Zoom Talk
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210114T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210114T210000
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SUMMARY:The geology of Mars and the rover missions
DESCRIPTION:given by Dr Susanne Schwenzer (Open University). \nDr Susanne P Schwenzer is a planetary scientist\, who has researched Mars geology\, petrology and mineralogy since her PhD. In her talk\, she will tell the story of Mars as seen from its rocks: First\, there was a (warm?) and wet Mars that saw rivers flowing and lakes forming. At the same time\, a period of intense impact cratering shaped the Martian landscape\, with its own effects on the mineralogy in the subsurface of the planet. About 4.2 Billion years ago\, the Martian climate changed to much dryer conditions\, and it remained that way to this day. Most of the evidence for the Martian geologic record comes from orbiters\, but landers and rovers have most recently contributed hugely important details that in turn make it possible to interpret the global picture. The talk will briefly discuss several of those missions\, especially the Curiosity rover mission and its most important findings. \nView this talk in the Members’ Section.
URL:https://www.hertsgeolsoc.org.uk/event/the-geology-of-mars-and-the-rover-missions/
LOCATION:Zoom Talk
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