• Here be sea monsters: New perspectives on fossil marine reptiles.

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

    Here 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 Kingdom

    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

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

    The 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 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.

  • Ecosystem recovery following the Permo-Triassic mass extinction

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

    Ecosystem 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...

  • Updating the geological map of the Yorkshire Wolds aquifer.

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

    Updating the geological map of the Yorkshire Wolds aquifer. Lecture by Laura Austin-Sydes and Dr Laura Burrel-Garcia, British Geological Survey.

  • Water on Mars – including the longest river in the solar system

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

    Water on Mars - including the longest river in the solar system. Lecture given by Professor Jeff Peakall, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment. Abstract We will look at the history of water on Mars which is strongly linked to the main geological...