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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