Founded 1874. To further knowledge and experience of geological matters
Exceptional Preservation of Dinosaur Eggs and Embryos from the Cretaceous of China and Argentina. Dr John Nudds, Manchester University Dinosaur eggs have been known for almost 100 years, but it is still exceptionally rare to find eggs containing any remains of their tiny embryos. I...
The Geology of Islay, David Webster. The Islay archipelago has a great variety of geology: 2-billion-year old gneisses of the Rhinns Complex, a lightly metamorphosed late-Precambrian sedimentary succession including the world-famous Port Askaig Tillite deposited by ice during the time of a ‘Snowball Earth’,...
Its over 200 years since William Smith and his nephew John Phillips started to document the lay of the land and publish geological maps. However, before that the Romans and later the monks, miners and canal builders had used their knowledge and experience to develop...
The Origin and early evolution of land plants Dr Charles Wellman, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield The origin of land plants was one of the most important events in the history of life on Earth. It is of immense evolutionary significance as it represents...
Field visit leader - Bill Fraser, LGA.
The Oklo natural nuclear reactors Dr Gareth Martin, Leeds Geological Association Geology has many weird and wonderful curiosities, probably none more so than the Oklo natural nuclear reactors. Back in December 1942 humans created what was then thought to be the first controlled nuclear chain...
Field visit leader - Gareth Martin, LGA.
Evening field visit. Field visit leader - Cris Little, Leeds University.
Field visit leader - Bill Fraser, LGA. Two visits, Sunday am and pm.