Author Archives: Barrie Wells

GWL field trip: The Carboniferous rocks of the UK as represented by the Great Orme

Posted on March 1, 2026 by Barrie Wells

GWL field trip: The Carboniferous rocks of the UK: Field Guide to the Dinantian succession in and around Llandudno A field trip originally created by Patrick Barnard for clients and later presented for GWL by John Church GWL_FieldTrip

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GWL Field Trip 2013: A field excursion to show the changing environments of deposition in the context of falling sea-level and structural deformation caused by contemporary movement of the Aber Dinlle and Great Orme faults

Posted on February 26, 2026 by Barrie Wells

Lead by Marion Grundy Ridgewood, the field trip entitled “A field excursion to show the changing environments of deposition in the context of falling sea-level and structural deformation caused by contemporary movement of the Aber Dinlle and Great Orme faults” … Continue reading →

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Great Orme Field Excursion July 2014

Posted on February 26, 2026 by Barrie Wells

Llandudno Field Guide GSW Cyclicity and fault/fracture controlled dolomitisation in the Lower Carboniferous, Great Orme On July 15th, 2014, Cathy Hollis, University of Manchester, lead GWL a field trip to the Great Orme, to: – Examine the platform margin succession … Continue reading →

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It’s all Relative: the Ups and Downs of Sea Level over Geological time

Posted on February 25, 2026 by Barrie Wells

This Thursday, 2nd October 2025, we are all invited to the NWGA talk at Plas Sychnant, LL32 8BJ which will be given by Professor Peter Burgess: “It’s all Relative: the Ups and Downs of Sea Level over Geological time”. Start … Continue reading →

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Etruria Marl: what it is; how it formed; why it’s special

Posted on January 26, 2026 by Barrie Wells

On 15th January 2026 Bernard Besly gave a talk on the Etruria Marl, a subject on which he is a widely respected expert, having consulted on and published papers over a 40 year period. The talk was very well received, … Continue reading →

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Seismic Imaging: from Acoustic Emissions to Earthquakes

Posted on November 30, 2025 by Barrie Wells

A talk given at Geoscience Wales in May 2022, by  Juan Reyes-Montes, Senior Consultant, ASC. Juan has a B.Sc. in Physics and B.Sc. in Geology from the University of Granada and a Ph.D. in Seismology from the University of Liverpool. ASC … Continue reading →

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Application of Advanced Laboratory Experiments in understanding the cause of localized damage zones in Nuclear Waste Repository in Finland

Posted on November 25, 2025 by Barrie Wells

We had an unscheduled talk on Thursday 18th October, 2025, from Dr. Farzine Nassari, visiting from Canada. He gave an excellent talk on rock mechanics and the Finnish nuclear waste repository. The talk may be viewed at: Application of Advanced … Continue reading →

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2D musings on 3D geology in the Welsh Borderlands

Posted on November 21, 2025 by Barrie Wells

Thursday 20th November, Malcolm Butler from the UK Onshore Geophysical Library will give a talk “2D musings on 3D geology in the Welsh Borderlands”. Abstract: Interpretation of a compiled 2D seismic section from Chepstow to the Longmynd is presented to … Continue reading →

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Tidalites conference at the University of Liverpool

Posted on November 21, 2025 by Barrie Wells

GWL and one of its Associates, PETTROG, will be exhibiting at the Tidalites conference, being hosted by the University of Liverpool this September.

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The Brymbo Fossil Forest: A new Future for UK Geoheritage

Posted on November 21, 2025 by Barrie Wells

On Thursday 18th September, 18:00 at the RCA, Dr Tim Astrop, Fossil Forest Coordinator at Stori Brymbo (www.brymboheritagetrust.org) will give a talk entitled ‘The Brymbo Fossil Forest: A new Future for UK Geoheritage’. This will be a joint talk with … Continue reading →

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