To promote a wider interest in the science of geology through organised lectures, field excursions and social activities.
To provide a link between the amateur, the student, the teacher and the professional geologist.
To foster interest in geological sites within the area with a view to their study and wise conservation.
To establish and maintain good relations with organisations that have common interests.

 

 
 
 

 

Lectures of the Past

2008 - 2009

Month

Lecturer

Lecture

Affiliation
October Professor Mike Benton (replaced by Dr. Stuart Kearns) Exceptional preservation of skin and feathers in birds and dinosaurs from Liaoning. Bristol University
November Dr. Howard Falcon-Lang Carboniferous Coal Forests

 

 Bristol University
December Dr. Ruth Siddall, The Geology of Paintings University College, London
January 3 Research Students Various Topics

 

 Bristol University
February Professor Robert Symes
 		 The Minerals of the North of England formerly of the Natural History Museum, London
March Dr. Alison Rust Obsidians Bristol University

 

April

   Annual General Meeting,
Book, rock and plant sale.
 		  

2007 2008

Month

Lecturer

Lecture

 
October Dr Stuart Monro The Horstmann Lecture

"Dynamic Earth - a resource for
the future"		 Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh
November Dr. Tim Ewin Britain's best-preserved dinosaur. (A Scelidosaurus from Lyme Regis) Bristol City Museum
December Howard Falcon-Lang Marie Stopes: Passionate about Palaeobotany Bristol University
January 3 Research Students   Bristol University
February Elizabeth Devon Rocks, Landscapes and Possible Evolution of the Bristol River Avon  
March Professor John Cope A new look at the palaeogeography of the Chalk National Musum of Wales

April

 

 Annual General Meeting,

Book, rock and plant sale.

  

 

 

2006 2007

Month

Lecturer

Lecture

Affiliation
October 
Dr. Tim Elliot 

 

 Light Weight Constraints on the Fate of Subducted Plates Bristol University
November Prof. Brian Williams In-Fill Architecture of Mid to Late Palaeozoic Basins of SW Ireland - from Deserts to the Abyssal Plain!

 

 Aberdeen University
December Elizabeth Devon Plate Tectonics and Tsunamis

 

  
January 3 Research Students

 

   Bristol University
February Dr. Ed Stephens

 Minerals and human health: The good, the bad and the ugly

 

  St Andrews University
March Dr Pat Brenchley The Geology of England and Wales

 

 Liverpool University

April

 

 Annual General Meeting,

Book, rock and plant sale.

 

 

 

2005 2006

Month

Lecturer

Lecture

Affiliation
October Dr  Lisa McNeill The 2004-2005 East Indian Ocean Earthquakes and Tsunamis - Geological background and initial results from the 2005 HMS Scott survey Southampton University
November Prof. Simon Haslett Catastrophic flooding in the Bristol Channel, 1607: storm or tsunami? Bath Spa University
November Dr John C. Schumacher Laboratory Workshop
"The Rocks of Syros"

Syros rocks under the microscope. Open to all members, especially those who went to Syros in September.

Bristol University
December Dr. Andrew Kerr Oceanic Plateau Basalts Cardiff University
January 3 Research Students "Kimberlite emplacement: is fluidisation important?" by Thomas Gernon

"Tracing life histories through teeth: Behaviour in Archaeology using  Isotopes" by Hylke de Jong

"Radionuclides and Research:  Some Examples of Radiogenic Isotopes in  Earth Sciences" by Julie Prytulak

 Bristol University
February Dr. Allan Insole  The Geology of Nigeria  
March Prof. Martin J. Siegert The Exploration of Subglacial Lake Ellsworth, West Antartica Bristol University

April

 

 Annual General Meeting,

Book, rock and plant sale.

 

 

 

2004 - 2005

Month

Lecturer

Lecture

Affiliation
October Dr Geriant Owen Glaciers and their legacy Swansea University
November Prof. Nigel Harris Himalayan uplift and climatic change Open University
December Prof. Jon Blundy New insights into the 1980 - 86 eruption of Mount St Helens Bristol University
January 3 Research Students Various Bristol University
February Dr Christopher Spencer The Late Quaternary Environmental Change of the Gordano Valley, North Somerset. UWE
March Prof. Richard Fortey The Earth - an intimate history Natural History Museum
June Prof. Richard Selley The Winelands of Britain, their
geology and response to changing climate - followed by technical workshop. This is in association with the excursion of the 2nd July. There may be a small charge for this event.		 Imperial College

 

 

2003 - 2004

Month Lecturer Lecture Affiliation
October Mike Benton When Life Nearly Died Bristol University
November Richard Selley The Bermuda Triangle: a geological phenomenon? Imperial College
December Clare Dudman Wegener's Jigsaw  
January  3 Research Students  David Hone - 'The Phylogenetics of the Basal Diapsids - The Positions of the Prolacertiforms and Pterosaurs'

 

Kim Berlo - 'Plagioclase phenocryst textures in the recent eruptions of Mount St. Helens volcano'

 

Vincent Van Hinsberg - 'Tourmaline and the metamorphic history of the Massif Central, France'

 Bristol University
February Elizabeth Devon Bristol, the last 300 million years or so Stonor School
March John Schumacher Geology & Mineralogy of the island of Syros, Greece Bristol University

 

2002 - 2003

Month Lecturer Lecture Affiliation
October Prof. Steve Sparks The eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano and the origin of its magma. Bristol University.

 
November Prof. Donny Hutton, The Dalradian Orogenies Birmingham University.
December Students of Prof. Chris
Hawksworth 		Current research and visit to geochemistry labs. Bristol University.
January Dr. Barrie Johnson,  Mines, Minerals and Monserrat. Bangor University.
February Prof. Jane Plant The Horstmann Lecture - Our Mineral Heritage. British Geological Survey.
March Dr. Paul Pearson Global Warming - Past, Present and Future. Bristol University
 
2001 - 2002
Month Lecturer Lecture Affiliation
October Professor Hugh Rollinson. The Search for Early Life at 3.8ga   
November Cherry Lewis. Arthur Holmes  
December 3 Research Students Current research Bristol University
January Professor Richard Fortey The Natural History of Trilobites Natural History Museum
February Professor Michael Bassett. Baltica National Museum of Wales
March Dr Antony Morris. Extreme tectonics rotations in an eastern Mediterranean ophiolite Plymouth University

 
2000 - 2001
Month Lecturer Lecture Affiliation
October Professor Chris Hawkesworth Geological time, and new insights into the rates of geological processes Bristol University
November Dr. Reg Bradshaw. The history of a carbon atom from Big Bang to now  
December Professor Brian Williams Recent sedimentological research in Canada and the Bay of Fundy. Aberdeen University
January 3 Research Students Current research Bristol University
February Prof. Bob Stoneley, . Oil in Southern England Imperial College
March Dr. Jana Horak Geology of Anglesey  Museum of Wales

 
1999 - 2000
Month Lecturer Lecture Affiliation
October Professor John Clemens Boring Old Granites - or are they?  Kingston University
November Dr Kelly Jurassic and Cretaceous of Alexander Island, Antarctica.  
December Dr Roberts Hot Rocks in the Desert  
January 3 Research Students Current research Bristol University
February Dr Gilmore Mountains from the Sky with Diamonds.  
March Dr Loveridge Results of Geological Survey mapping in Devon and Cornwall  

 
1998 - 1999
Month Lecturer Lecture Affiliation
October Professor Paul Wright Fossil Soils Britain’s Amazing Shrinking Palaeosoils Cardiff University
November Dr. Clive Roberts Lundy Geology Updated Wolverhampton University
December Dr. M.R.Owen Trilobites National Museum of Wales
January 3 Research Students Current research Bristol University
February Dr. Paul Smith Geology of Northern Greenland Birmingham University
March Dr.Ed Jarzembowski Carboniferous Insects from Writhlington Maidstone Museum

 
1997 - 1998
Month Lecturer Lecture Affiliation
October Prof. P. Worsley Britain in the Last Ice Age Reading
November Mr. K. L. Johnson Lunar Geology Bristol
December Mr M. Roberts Speleothems of the Quaternary Climate  
January 3 Research Students Current research Bristol University
February Dr. Reg Bradshaw Rock and Mineral Identification  
March Dr. A. Wooley Carbonatites - Igneous Limestones Nat. History Museum