Seawater chemistry and mass extinctions Speaker: Dr Rob Newton, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds. An image of a Sabkha environment from the middle east where we have modern day deposition of gypsum: Changes in the deposition of gypsum from the ocean through...

The Geology of the Isle of Man. Speaker: Prof. Paul Wignall, SEE, University of Leeds.

Little 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. 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. Speaker: Dr Sarah Metcalf. Scarborough Sixth Form College and University of Bristol.

LGA 150th Anniversary Day at Leeds City Museum. Details of speakers TBC.

Here be sea monsters: New perspectives on fossil marine reptiles. Speaker: Dr Rebecca Bennion, University of Liege and YGS.

Rosie 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. Lecture given by Professor Chris Clark, University of Sheffield.

Our 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.