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Lectures
Little bits of Gold: how to find them, what’s inside and what it tells us.
Maurice Keyworth Building, Lecture Theatre G.02 Maurice Keyworth Building, Woodhouse, Leeds, United KingdomLittle bits of Gold: how to find them, what's inside and what it tells us. Speaker: Dr Rob Chapman. SEE, University of Leeds.
Relict periglacial geohazards in the United Kingdom.
Maurice Keyworth Building, Lecture Theatre G.02 Maurice Keyworth Building, Woodhouse, Leeds, United KingdomRelict periglacial geohazards in the United Kingdom. Speaker: Tom Berry, Tunnelling and Ground Engineering, Jacobs Ltd. Almost all areas of the UK have been affected by periglaciation during the Quaternary and, as such, relict periglacial geohazards can provide a significant technical and commercial risk for...
The real Jurassic world – Frog Earths in the Middle Jurassic.
Maurice Keyworth Building, Lecture Theatre G.02 Maurice Keyworth Building, Woodhouse, Leeds, United KingdomThe real Jurassic world - Frog Earths in the Middle Jurassic. Speaker: Dr Sarah Metcalf. Scarborough Sixth Form College and University of Bristol.
LGA 150th Anniversary Day at Leeds City Museum.
LGA 150th Anniversary Day at Leeds City Museum. Details of speakers TBC.
Here be sea monsters: New perspectives on fossil marine reptiles.
Maurice Keyworth Building, Lecture Theatre G.02 Maurice Keyworth Building, Woodhouse, Leeds, United KingdomHere be sea monsters: New perspectives on fossil marine reptiles. Speaker: Dr Rebecca Bennion, University of Liege and YGS.
Monitoring community exposures to volcanic emissions on Montserrat, Eastern Caribbean.
Maurice Keyworth Building, Lecture Theatre G.02 Maurice Keyworth Building, Woodhouse, Leeds, United KingdomRosie Lewis, SEE, University of Leeds. The Soufrière Hills volcano releases around 440 tonnes of sulphur dioxide (SO₂) gas every day, while ash deposits from past eruptions (1999-2011) are regularly disturbed by ash mining activities. This talk will present the first high-resolution study of how...
The rise and fall of the last British – Irish ice sheet
Maurice Keyworth Building, Lecture Theatre G.02 Maurice Keyworth Building, Woodhouse, Leeds, United KingdomThe rise and fall of the last British - Irish ice sheet. Lecture given by Professor Chris Clark, University of Sheffield.
Presentations from School of Earth and Environment final year students
Maurice Keyworth Building, Lecture Theatre G.02 Maurice Keyworth Building, Woodhouse, Leeds, United KingdomOur annual lectures given by final year students from the University of Leeds School of Earth and Environment. These are always excellent talks given by earth scientists of the future and cover a wide and interesting range of topics.
Ecosystem recovery following the Permo-Triassic mass extinction
Maurice Keyworth Building, Lecture Theatre G.02 Maurice Keyworth Building, Woodhouse, Leeds, United KingdomEcosystem recovery following the Permo-Triassic mass extinction. Lecture given by Annabel Nichols, University of Leeds School of Earth and Environment. The Permo-Triassic mass extinction (PTME ~252Ma) was the most catastrophic biotic event of the Phanerozoic and recovery was protracted due to environmental instability through the...
The Visean evolution of the Askrigg Block to Craven Basin transition, Pateley Bridge district.
Maurice Keyworth Building, Lecture Theatre G.02 Maurice Keyworth Building, Woodhouse, Leeds, United KingdomThe Visean evolution of the Askrigg Block to Craven Basin transition, Pateley Bridge district Lecture given by Professor Colin Waters, University of Leicester.
Updating the geological map of the Yorkshire Wolds aquifer.
Maurice Keyworth Building, Lecture Theatre G.02 Maurice Keyworth Building, Woodhouse, Leeds, United KingdomUpdating the geological map of the Yorkshire Wolds aquifer. Lecture by Laura Austin-Sydes and Dr Laura Burrel-Garcia, British Geological Survey.