Event Reminder: An update on geological investigations to underpin development of the UK GDF *PLEASE NOTE REVISED MEETING ARRANGEMENTS*

WHEN

Wednesday, 12 February, 2025 starts at 19:30

WHERE

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DETAILS

Speaker: Dr David Schofield

*Please note that there’s been a change to the meeting arrangements.* This meeting will now be held via Microsoft Teams. You don’t need a Teams account. You will be able to join by using the link above – the meeting will open in your browser in a similar way to Zoom.

Meeting opens at 19:20, 10 minutes before scheduled start.

Details if prompted:

Meeting ID: 339 826 984 49

Passcode: hU9Fr3UH

Dr David Schofield is the Chief Geologist at Nuclear Waste Services. He is a  Chartered Geologist with over 27 years professional experience much of which has been spent in the survey geology and international development fields. Throughout this experience David has contributed to geological aspects of a number of nuclear sector safety cases including leading a significant task withing the National Geological Screening process as part of the current Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) development.

Illustrative example of a GDF © gov.uk

 

Event Reminder: An update on geological investigations to underpin development of the UK GDF

WHEN

Wednesday, 12 February, 2025 starts at 19:30

WHERE

Click here to open Teams Meeting




DETAILS

Speaker: Dr David Schofield

*Please note that there’s been a change to the meeting arrangements.* This meeting will now be held via Microsoft Teams. You don’t need a Teams account. You will be able to join by using the link above – the meeting will open in your browser in a similar way to Zoom.

Meeting opens at 19:20, 10 minutes before scheduled start.

Details if prompted:

Meeting ID: 339 826 984 49

Passcode: hU9Fr3UH

Dr David Schofield is the Chief Geologist at Nuclear Waste Services. He is a  Chartered Geologist with over 27 years professional experience much of which has been spent in the survey geology and international development fields. Throughout this experience David has contributed to geological aspects of a number of nuclear sector safety cases including leading a significant task withing the National Geological Screening process as part of the current Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) development.

Illustrative example of a GDF © gov.uk

 

Event Reminder: Geology of the Hebrides *PLEASE NOTE REVISED DATE*

WHEN

Wednesday, 22 January, 2025 starts at 19:30

WHERE

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DETAILS

Speaker: Dr Con Gillen

Zoom meeting. Opens 19:20, 10 minutes before the scheduled event start time.

Dr Con Gillen did a structural geology PhD at the University of Glasgow. His notable publications include the popular ‘Geology and Landscapes of Scotland’. He is Director of Lifelong Learning at the University of Edinburgh.

Village Bay, St. Kilda
Village Bay, St. Kilda

This talk will take you on a geological journey across Scotland’s west coast islands, from St Kilda in the north to Ailsa Craig in the south. The route covers the ancient rocks of the Lewisian complex in the Outer Hebrides, to Moine rocks of the Northern Highlands ‘terrane’, then Dalradian of the Grampian and Argyll Highlands and Old Red Sandstone, Carboniferous and Permian-Triassic rocks of the Midland Valley. We will cross the Outer Hebrides Fault, the Moine Thrust and the Great Glen and Highland Boundary faults. Highlights include the volcanic and intrusive igneous rocks of the Hebridean province, of Paleogene age, with the famous Fingal’s Cave on Staffa and the Black Cuillin gabbro hills of Skye. The islands showcase some of Scotland’s best geology and landscapes.

Fingals Cave
Fingals Cave    

Origin of mixed magma ring intrusions

Members may be interested in a forthcoming zoom talk for Edinburgh Geological society on 15 January at 7 pm by Linda Cotterill (formerly Marshall).

The title is “Origin of mixed magma ring intrusions- implications for their extrusive, explosive ignimbrite equivalents in the BPIP, West Scotland.

Further details from the EGS website https://www.edinburghgeolsoc.org/lectures/#toggle-id-7

The zoom link for this talk will be https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8962221717?pwd=akOgU7siMVoT9OoaN9SOLDGC2UuL6R.1&omn=86592733041
Meeting ID: 896 222 1717
Passcode: EGS

The talk will also be available later on the EGS Youtube channel.



Event Reminder: Larvikite – a Unique Norwegian Rock

WHEN

Wednesday, 11 December, 2024 starts at 19:30

WHERE

Crosthwaite Parish Rooms
Main Street
Keswick
CA12 5NN

DETAILS

Speaker: Alan Smith


Larvikite is the popular name for a group of igneous rocks from the Larvik area  of S E Norway. In its polished form it is renowned throughout the world as a particularly attractive ornamental stone.

The talk will explain the geology of this unique rock and will be illustrated with material from a field visit to the area by the speaker early this year.

The second part of the talk will illustrate locations where it can be seen in the buildings and other places in Cumbria.

A table has been booked at the Casa Bella restaurant in Keswick for 6 people including the speaker before the lecture.  We are now unable to book a large table together so if anyone wants to organise booking their own table there is an easy online booking system at   www.casabellakeswick.co.uk The booking form has a ‘Notes’ box so it might be worth filling it in to ask for a table near the table that’s already booked for the Speaker. (Quote the  Booking Reference RL7Y4M in the name of Helen James from 17.45pm) Depending on the positions of the tables we are given on the night it may hopefully work out that we can all chat together.