21st - 23rd September 2010
Geological Society, Burlington House, London |
William Smith Meeting 2010
Landscapes into Rock
The aim of this meeting is to bring together geoscientists from different sub-disciplines to address the problem of the interactions between erosional and depositional landscapes, sediment routing systems and the building of stratigraphy. By studying these interactions we gain a better understanding of the dynamics of the coupling between exhumation, erosion, transport and deposition of sediment in source to sink systems, and an enhanced ability to invert stratigraphy for forcing mechanisms.
Contact Alys Hilbourne alys.hilbourne@geolsoc.org.uk for information.
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11th November 2010
Geological Society, Burlington House, London |
Geological Society Founders' day lecture and dinner 2010
We are pleased to announce that we will again be holding a dinner to commemorate the day of our founding. The dinner this year will take place on Thursday 11 November, at Le Meridien Piccadilly. The event will begin at the Geological Society's Burlington House apartments, with a talk given by Chris Stringer from the Natural History Museum, London. We will then move along to Le Meridien for a reception and dinner. This year, Dick Selley will be our after dinner speaker, and will talk to us about events in the history of the Society.
This black tie dinner promises to be our most exciting Founders' event yet, and although we have extended our capacity at Le Meridien, tickets are expected to be in high demand, so please contact us as soon as possible to book places or a full table, and to avoid possible disappointment.
Dress: Black Tie
Ticket price: £70
Lecture: 18.30 - 19.30.
From Paviland to Pakefield: 700,000 years of Homo Britannicus.
Chris Stringer (Natural History Museum, London) at The
Geological Society's Burlington House apartments
Reception & dinner: 19.30 - 24.00.
Le Meridien Piccadilly
After dinner talk: 22.00.
Dining with Dinosaurs.
Dick Selley (Imperial College, London) at
Le Meridien Piccadilly
After dinner speaker: Dick Selley (Imperial College, London) Dining with Dinosaurs
The search for human origins has always been, and continues to be, fraught with issues of identity,
race, religion and nationality. This, combined with a palaeontological record that is extremely
fragmentary and difficult to interpret, makes palaeoanthropology one of the most hotly debated
issues in science. Professor Chris Stringer will trace our attempts to make sense of the origins of
Homo britannicus, from Dean Buckland’s “Red Lady” to the present day.
Contact: Alys Hilbourne
The Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BG -
Tel. 020 7432 0981- E mail alys.hilbourne@geolsoc.org.uk
Full information about the event and the talks can be found online at www.geolsoc.org.uk/founders10
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16-17 November 2010
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London |
History of Applied Geology
History of Geology Group Conference and AGM
Programme, call for student posters and registration form can be found on pages 8-10 and 24 of the HOGG Newsletter No 39 (June 2010)
Deadline for registration: 30 October 2010
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4-5 April 2011
Natural History Museum, London |
Geological Collectors and Collecting
HOGG Confererence
A two-day meeting on geological collections and collecting - including maps, books, fossils etc.
with talks, exhibitions, workshops and behind the scenes tours - is planned to take place at the
Natural History Museum in London on 4th-5th April 2011. For more information or to suggest a
specific topic, contact Nina Morgan (e mail ninamorgan@lineone.net).
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