Saturday 17 February 2018

19th to 25th February 2018

Next WEEKS EVENTS
19th to 25th February 2018

The following is an extract from Bristol and West Country Geology Calendars

More details can be found in the Bristol and the West Country Calendars and on the web sites of the relevant Society or organisation.

  
Monday 19th



Tuesday 20th

Geol Soc Western - Lecture
When
Tue, 20 February, 18:00 – 20:00
Where
The Hub, Aztec West (map)
Description
Dr Chris Mundell, Atkins

Subject:- TBC

"18:00 to 18:30 - networking and refreshments
18:30 to 19:30 - Lecture
19:30 - Questions"
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OUGS Oxford - Lecture
When
Tue, 20 February, 19:30 – 21:00
Where
St Peters Church Hall, 43 Church Rd, Earley, Reading RG6 1EY, UK (map)
Description
 Geology of County Clare and West Kerry, Ireland 

Speaker: Dr Brian Williams 

Venue: St Peter's Church Hall, Church Rd, Earley, Reading, RG6 1EY 

Date: February 20th 2018 (Tuesday) 

Type: Evening Talk 

Summary: An introduction to the geology of West Ireland and as a scene-setter for the Field Trip, led by Brian, later in the year. 

More info:
A new, but easy to find, venue with ample on-site parking at Earley St Peter's Church Hall, Church Road, Earley, Reading, Berkshire RG6 1EY. Details at:

http://www.earley-stpeter.org.uk/hall.htm

http://www.earley-stpeter.org.uk/visitingus.htm

Doors open at 7.30 pm for a prompt start at 8.00 pm

If you arrive late, phone 07900 675338 to be let in

Cost: £2 per person, to cover expenses

Tea, coffee, soft drinks and biscuits will be served after the talk.



Wednesday 21st




Thursday 22nd

OUGS Wessex - Field Meeting
When
Thursday, 22 Feb 2018
Where
NOC Southampton (map)
Description
BOSCORF visit at the NOC 

Leaders: M Watts and Dr S Maclachlan 

Location: NOC Southampton 

Date: February 22nd 2018 (Thursday) 

Summary: A detailed tour of the British Oceanic Sediment Core Research Facility at Southampton. It is a leading research centre and this is an opportunity to discover more about equipment, techniques as well 

More info:
We visited this facility on 30 November 2017. It was fascinating. The event was so popular that some members were unable to attend and remained on the waiting list. The NOC have very kindly invited us to a second visit. 

Our guide will be Millie Watts. She obtained her BSc at the Open University and her MSc at Swansea University. She is currently completing her PhD on "Submarine mega-landslides from the Storegga Slide complex, and their relationship to climatic change" at Southampton University where she is a curatorial assistant at the NOC. The Facility`s curator, Dr Suzanne Maclachlan, PhD, will also be showing us around. 
We shall view the core storage facility, the logging laboratory, core scanning equipment, the thin section laboratory, and have a tour of the research facility. The cores are taken from various places worldwide and are of sediments from the continental shelves, continental slopes and the abyss. 

After lunch there will be a lecture by one of the academic staff of the NOC. 

This will be a fascinating day. The number of those attending is limited to twenty seven. If you are already on the waiting list there is no need to re-apply.
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Dave Green - Mountain Building
When
Thu, 22 February, 19:30 – 21:30
Where
The Chantry, Thornbury (map)
Description
This 10 week course aims to introduce you to the geological processes that produce mountains, mainly by the study of different examples, both past (e.g. the Caledonian and Variscan belts) and present (e.g. the Alps and Andes). This includes the classic collisional orogenies, such as the Himalayas, Urals and Pyrenees; the accretionary orogenies, such as Taiwan, the Southern Uplands and the Andes; but also mountain ranges produced by very different tectonic forces, such as the East African Highlands, the Cantabrian Range and the Scottish Highlands. Held at The Chantry, Thornbury. First meeting 7.30 – 9.30, Thurs 11th January until March 22nd (not Thurs 15th Feb) in the ?TBA Room.Cost £75
February 2018

Contact Dave Green, Joys Green Farm, Forge Hill, Lydbrook, Glos GL17 9QU Tel 01594 860858
davegeostudies@gmail.com

Here are some further details and a link to a formidable reading list!

Mountain Building

This 10 week course aims to introduce you to the geological processes that produce mountains, mainly by the study of different examples, both past (e.g. the Caledonian and Variscan belts) and present (e.g. the Alps and Andes). This includes the classic collisional orogenies, such as the Himalayas, Urals and Pyrenees; the accretionary orogenies, such as Taiwan, the Southern Uplands and the Andes; but also mountain ranges produced by very different tectonic forces, such as the East African Highlands, the Cantabrian Range and the Scottish Highlands. Held at The Chantry, Thornbury. First meeting 7.30 – 9.30, Thurs 11th January until April 12th (not Thurs 18th Jan, 15th Feb, 15th, 22nd March) in the ?TBA Room. Cost £75

Course Programme

Introduction and early ideas about the origins of mountain ranges

Plate Tectonics and an overview of the anatomy of a “typical” orogenic belt, in plan and in section. Tectonic zones, arcs and oroclines. Uplift and collapse.

Island Arc – continent orogenies such as Taiwan today and the Palaeozoic Grampian Highlands.

Andean (Cordilleran) mountain belts, such as the Andes, Rockies today or the Cadomian (Ediacaran-Cambrian) orogeny in the past

Continental Collision Zones, such as the Himalayas and Alps today, or the Caledonian (mid Palaeozoic) and late Palaeozoic Variscan belts.

Intracontinental  orogenic belts, such as the Tienshan and Petermann belts today. The status of mountainous areas like Norway, the Cantabrian Range of Northern Spain and the East African Highlands.

Metamorphism and Plutonism in orogenic belts

Orogenic collapse, Channel Flow, Gneiss domes. The instability of Mountains.

Erosion and Exhumation of Orogenic Belts.

Historical change in the processes of mountain building, and the role of the supercontinent cycle

Useful Reading:

There is a [very good] text book exclusively about this subject “Orogenesis – the making of Mountains” by Michael Johnson and Simon Harley, published by Cambridge 2012.

A useful little book in the “Very Short Introduction“ series, published by Oxford 2015 is “Plate Tectonics” by Peter Molnar

Another useful book, not just for this course, is “The Making of Europe – a geological history” by Graham Park, published by Dunedin 2014.

In addition/alternatively, I enclose a dropbox link to various relevant books and articles, of varying degrees of accessibility:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gmamp2paomihg3e/AAC7WgJrU8K3UnbaHvwXmi0ba?dl=0



Friday 23rd




Saturday 24th

OUGS Severnside - Aberystwyth Weekend
When
24 – 25 Feb 2018
Where
Aber Park Hotel, Aberystwyth (map)
Description
Aberystwyth weekend 

Leader: Charlie Bendall 

Venue: Aber Park Hotel, Aberystwyth 

Date: February 24th–25th, 2018 

Type: Weekend Trip 

Summary: Microscope work and Techniques in Structural geology 

Click here for contact info and additional details.  

Bring your own Microscopes otherwise prepare to share.

Bed and breakfast at the Park Lodge hotel.

Work from 9-5 on Saturday 24th February and Sunday 25th February 2018


Sunday 25th


OUGS Severnside - Aberystwyth Weekend
When
24 – 25 Feb 2018
Where
Aber Park Hotel, Aberystwyth (map)
Description
Aberystwyth weekend 

Leader: Charlie Bendall 

Venue: Aber Park Hotel, Aberystwyth 

Date: February 24th–25th, 2018 

Type: Weekend Trip 

Summary: Microscope work and Techniques in Structural geology 

Click here for contact info and additional details.  

Bring your own Microscopes otherwise prepare to share.

Bed and breakfast at the Park Lodge hotel.

Work from 9-5 on Saturday 24th February and Sunday 25th February 2018


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