• 2025 Leeds Geological Association AGM and Conversazione

    Maurice Keyworth Building, Lecture Theatre G.02 Maurice Keyworth Building, Woodhouse, Leeds, United Kingdom

    The Leeds Geological Association Annual General Meeting followed by member's talks, specimens and food, drink and chat!

  • Space weather and geomagnetically induced currents

    Maurice Keyworth Building, Lecture Theatre G.31 Maurice Keyworth Building, Woodhouse, Leeds, United Kingdom

    Space Weather encompasses a wide variety of physical phenomena that are ultimately driven by solar activity. The charged particles of the solar wind can disrupt satellite communications in space, create auroral displays, and interfere with telecommunications. At ground level, magnetic fluctuations induce electric currents that...

  • Presentations from School of Earth and Environment final year students

    Maurice Keyworth Building, Lecture Theatre G.31 Maurice Keyworth Building, Woodhouse, Leeds, United Kingdom

    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.

  • Scale of human impact in the Anthropocene

    Maurice Keyworth Building, Lecture Theatre G.31 Maurice Keyworth Building, Woodhouse, Leeds, United Kingdom

    Scale of human impact in the Anthropocene. Lecture given by Professor Colin Waters, University of Leicester and Yorkshire Geological Society.

  • Roundhay Park Geology Trail

    Thursday. June 11th (evening) Leader: Bill Fraser LGA A guided tour of the geology trail in Roundhay Park which will explain the story the rocks (Millstone Grit Group Rough Rock & Coal Measures Group, Elland Flags). Numbers limited to 15 please email lga.sec@btinternet.com to book...

  • Holme Park and Trowbarrow Quarries

    Leader: Carolina Goodship. Cumbria GeoConservation Group We will be visiting two very different sites in and around the Arnside & Silverdale National Landscape to examine a variety of geological features in the Lower Carboniferous limestones, including their lithology, fossil record, palaeokarst, Quaternary karst features and...

  • Flamborough: Sewerby – South Landing

    Leader: Richard Myerscough. FEAST Chalk succession through the Upper Flamborough Formation with several regionally and nationally important biozones and marker horizons. Overlying are the glaciogenic and glaciofluvial Devensian and post Devensian tills, sands, and gravels. The interglacial Ipswichian Buried cliff cuts through the chalk sequence...

  • Yons Nab (Cayton Bay)

    Leader: Steve Livera Contact the LGA secretary on lga.sec@btinternet.com for more information if you wish to attend.