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Interacting Palaeocene volcanism and sedimentation on the islands of Canna and Sanday, Inner Hebrides, NW Scotland. Speaker: Dr Ian Williamson, Independent researcher.
Purpose: To examine sedimentary rocks and structures in the Carboniferous age rocks of the Bowland sub-Basin (part of the more extensive, Craven Basin) The rocks vary with shales, mudstone, siltstones, limestones and sandstone belonging to the Craven and Millstone Grit Groups all being exposed. Fossils...
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New techniques used in the study of fossils Speaker: Dr Russell Garwood, Manchester University.
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.