Winter Programme   2021/22 

Lectures start at 8pm (unless specified differently below).  They are held in Abbott Hall Social Club, Dowker's Lane, Kendal, LA9 4DN
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Visitors are welcome (£3 fee)

22nd September, 2021

Drilling into mines for heat: the UK Geoenergy Observatory in Glasgow
Dr Alison Monaghan from BGS Edinburgh

20th October, 2021

Structure and evolution of basin structures, S. E. Spain
Prof. Ernest Rutter from University of Manchester

17th November, 2021

The Langdale Caldera
Dr. Clive Boulter & Dave Haselden WGS

15th December, 2021

Start time – 7:30pm
Members’ Evening and Jacob’s Join

19th January, 2022

UV-B radiation was the terrestrial killer at the Devonian – Carboniferous boundary
Prof. John Marshall from University of Southampton

This lecture will be conducted by Zoom, starting at 7:30pm.  Click here for more information

16th February, 2022

                 Is all lava actually ash?
Dr Hugh Tuffen, Reader in Volcanology, Lancaster University (via zoom)
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16th March, 2022

Start time – 07:30pm
AGM followed by

Giant Salt Domes, how they are formed and their uses for toxic waste disposal and energy storage.
Dr. Ian Davidson from Royal Holloway, University of London
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20th April 2022

A Tour through the Geology of the Moroccan High Atlas and Atlantic Margin
Prof Jonathan Redfern, University of Manchester
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