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Modelling the Atmospheres of Tidally-locked Terrestrial Exoplanets
over ZoomTalk by Dr. Andrew Rushby, Birkbeck College, University of London unfortunately had to be cancelled. We hope to reschedule the talk and include it in our 2025 programme. Abstract The […]
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The Geology of the Albert Memorial
Oaklands College Sapsed Room (SR), Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United KingdomTalk by Professor John Cosgrove, Imperial College London. Which will be followed by a visit to the Albert Memorial on Saturday 5 October 2024.
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Visit to the Albert Memorial and a journey through time
The Albert Memorial Kensington Gardens, London, United Kingdomled by Professor John Cosgrove, Imperial College London. This visit follows on from the talk on the same subject given by John on the previous Thursday. If you’re intending to […]
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Unveiling the geology of Mars with robotic explorers
over ZoomTalk by Dr Joe McNeil, Natural History Museum, London. Abstract: Before the first observations of Mars by orbiting spacecraft in the 1970s, it was widely thought that the red planet […]
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The Rutland Ichthyosaur: Digging up a ‘Dragon’
over ZoomTalk 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 […]
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More adventures in the Lambeth Group – how understanding stratigraphy helps engineering understanding
Zoom TalkDesiccated 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. […]
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Scotland’s Greatest Ice Age
Zoom TalkTalk 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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AGM & Launch of the Hertfordshire 50th anniversary book
Oaklands College Sapsed Room (SR), Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United KingdomAnnual General Meeting followed by refreshments & The Launch of the Hertfordshire 50th anniversary book
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Epping Forest through geological time
Oaklands College Sapsed Room (SR), Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom48th 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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Sea Level Change in the Anthropocene
Oaklands College Sapsed Room (SR), Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United KingdomTalk 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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Adventures of an Argon geochronologist: Why do we date rocks?
Oaklands College Sapsed Room (SR), Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United KingdomTalk 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 […]