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List of meetings and events 2007-2008 For a good source of local events all year around please take a look at http://www.yorksgeolsoc.org.uk/Circulars/circulars-index.html September - Chalk of the Lincolnshire Wolds, led by Paul Hildreth. Thursday 16th October - Dr Lynda Yorke - "Deglaciation of Northumberland: an example from the Tyne Valley " Saturday 25th October - joint afternoon meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society - "North Sea Exploration - a review" OR "Geology south of the Humber, down Lincolnshire way", starting at 2pm. Please check website for further details before attending. Thursday 6th November - Prof Mark Seaward - "The Amazing Mr. Sheppard". Thursday 11th December. - Simon Kitcher - "Holocene Palaeoenvironments of the White Peak Region, Derbyshire, Northern England". Thursday 22nd January 2009 - (lecture) "The rising waters" by Prof Lynne Frostick of Hull University and President of the Geological Society (of London) about climate change and flooding. Thursday 12th February - Prof Pete Rawson - The Lynden Emery Memorial Lecture - "The Speeton Clay" Thursday 19th March - Will Watts - "Rotunda, the William Smith Museum of Geology, its history and redevelopment" and the Annual General Meeting. Winter lecture meetings start at 7-30 p.m. and are held in the Department of Geography, University of Hull (unless otherwise stated). Non-members are welcome to attend but please arrive before the start of the meeting . If you arrive late the building may be locked for security reasons and you will not be able to get in, particularly if we are using the first floor lecture theatres. If we are in the ground floor lecture theatre you can knock on the window and we will let you in. The Microscopy Evenings are for members only , sorry ! Members should contact the Secretary for further details.Here is a link to a Map of the University of Hull campus Please contact the Society if you wish to come to a field meeting so that the leaders will know how many people to expect. The Society reserves the right to exclude people who are not wearing the necessary protective clothing/equipment. For further information 'phone 01482 346784. There is no charge for non-members attending our meetings (unless otherwise stated), but you are welcome to make a donation to Society funds.
click here for a poster which you can print and dsiplay click here for a membership application form click here for more details of the field meeetings, news about geology in our region and other events. Click here for our news archive and the recent history of the Society Click here for a list of articles published in Humberside Geologist and a price list Further information about the Society. Leaflet for special meetings (word document) Poster for special meetings Geology classes in Hull |
(Update May 1, 2007)