Programme of Indoor Meetings 2016 - 2017
Wednesday 12 October 2016 at 19:00
The geology of the Indian Himalayas: a view from our new Manchester student fieldcourse - Dr John Nudds, University of Manchester
Saturday 19 November 2016 at 10:00 - The Broadhurst Lectures: The Climate History of the Earth
The Climate Archives of Caves and Stalagmites - Prof Dave Mattey, Royal Holloway, University of London
Glaciers and Climate Change - Prof Michael Hambrey, University of Aberystwyth
Ice Ages of Early Earth - Dr Catherine Rose, Trinity College Dublin
Climate Modelling - Prof Alan Haywood, University of Leeds
On the topic of the influence of climate change on the Permo-Triassic mass extinction (title to be confirmed) - Prof Richard Twitchett, Natural History Museum
Saturday 10 December 2016 at 13:30 - Recent Discoveries in British Palaeontology
The Incredible Ichthyosaurus: a reassessment of a British Jurassic Icon - Dean Lomax (University of Manchester)
Dinosaurs from Wales - Cindy Howells ( National Museum Wales)
Digital techniques for understanding ancient life - Dr Russell Garwood (University of Manchester)
Populating a post-extinction world: the resurgence of vertebrate diversity in the early Carboniferous - Prof Jenny Clack (Cambridge University)
Wednesday 8 February 2017 at 19:00 - AGM followed by Presidential Address
New Zealand geology is not just volcanoes and earthquakes - Jane Michael, MGA President
Wednesday 8 March 2017 at 18:30 - Joint meeting with Manchester Geographical Association
Faulty Communications: Seismic Hazard in Istanbul - Prof Iain Stewart, Plymouth University
This meeting was cancelled
Wednesday 29 March 2017 at 19:00
Protecting the Geological Heritage of Greater Manchester - Dr Christine Arkwright
Most people have heard of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs), which have legal protection as nationally important biological and geological sites, but perhaps not as many know about Regionally Important Geological and Geomorphological Sites (RIGS). Although not as legally binding as SSSIs, a RIGS designation does give some protection in planning law to examples of the local geology, thus helping to conserve the geodiversity of that area.
Within the Greater Manchester area there are huge depths of sedimentary strata from Carboniferous to Triassic in age, including many examples of plant and animal fossils, sedimentary features, tectonic structures and surface geomorphology, all of which is your local geological heritage. This talk will explain how the GMRIGS Group is trying to protect that for future generations, our progress up to now and plans for the future.
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