Events

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...