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  • Epping Forest through geological time

    Oaklands College Sapsed Room (SR), Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    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 […]

  • Sea Level Change in the Anthropocene

    Oaklands College Sapsed Room (SR), Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    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 […]

  • Adventures of an Argon geochronologist: Why do we date rocks?

    Oaklands College Sapsed Room (SR), Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    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 […]

  • Thames Through Time – with a Cornish flavour

    Oaklands College Sapsed Room (SR), Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    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 […]

  • Golden Anniversary Dinner

    The Wellington 1 High Street, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    Details to follow nearer the time

  • Update on Icelandic volcanism

    Oaklands College Sapsed Room (SR), Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    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 […]

  • HGS Field Trip Excursion to the Isle of Wight

    Wight Hotel 11 Avenue Road, Sandown, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

    Numbers and arrangements now finalised for this excursion. Wednesday 24 September arrive on island Embark from Southampton @ 1 pm on Red Funnel Ferries arriving East Cowes 2 pm. Please […]

    £415

  • Angiosperms: pollen, evolution and ecosystems

    Oaklands College Sapsed Room (SR), Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    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 […]

  • The Onset of Modern-Style Plate Tectonic

    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 […]

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

    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 […]