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- Two talks and the usual social meeting, on Thursday 26th March 2026 at RCA Conwy, commencing at 18:00
- Oshen’s Anahita Laverack gave us a talk in November 2022, since which time they have continued to develop their technology and find new applications. New Scientist, 24/02/2026 (page 21) carried an article about this..
- It’s all Relative: the Ups and Downs of Sea Level over Geological time
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Thursday 21st November at the RCA, Conwy, Professor Mark Macklin will present a talk on river systems.
Professor Mark Macklin will present ‘From the Industrial Revolution to the ‘green’ energy transition: impacts of metal mining on global river systems’, a talk which will consider legacy mining issues both in Wales and worldwide. The RCA will be open … Continue reading
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Thursday 17th October at Connaught House: talk by Dr. Ricki Walker
Ricki Walker will preview his presentation to GEO4.0: “Automated pore-size distribution and characterisation from whole thin section image mosaics”.
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Thursday 19th September: Bob Eden of Rawwater, “Bugs Everywhere”
We are pleased to announce the start of our autumn programme, with a talk on Thursday 19th September by Bob Eden of Rawwater, “Bugs Everywhere: a story behind biological oilfield reservoir souring and the peculiar subject of bacterial sulphide production”. … Continue reading
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Thursday 21st March, talks on geothermal energy
On Thursday 21st March at 18:30 upstairs in the RCA, Conwy, Dr. Gloria Arancibia will give a talk entitled: “Fluid flow in fractured geothermal systems: an example from the Andean Southern Volcanic Zone” and Dr. Diego Morata will give a … Continue reading
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Thursday 15th February 2024: talk by Paul Cornick on the Wilcox in GoM. 18:00 for 18:30 at the RCA, Conwy.
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Thursday 18th January 2024: talk by Prof. Michael Stephenson, at the RCA Conwy, 18:00 for 18:30
We are pleased to start 2024 with a talk from Prof. Michael Stephenson on “Palynology of the Hercynian unconformity across the Arabian plate, from the Levant to southern Arabia”. As usual, the meeting will be upstairs at the RCA Conwy, … Continue reading
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December 14th: Talk by Prof. David Harper at the RCA Conwy, 18:00 for 18:30
Abstract: The Ordovician Period was one of the most important in the history of life on our planet. But the system remained obscured by the conflict between Adam Sedgwick and Roderick Murchison, hidden within the Silurian until the early years … Continue reading
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16th November 2023: Talk by Dr. Peter Turner, The Late Triassic – Early Jurassic evaporites of the Berkine Basin
The Late Triassic – Early Jurassic evaporites of the Berkine Basin will be described. Time series analysis of gamma logs shows that astronomical forcing played a key role in their deposition. Long eccentricity cycles (~405kyr, ~50m) reflect lacustrine expansion and … Continue reading
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Great Orme Field Excursion July 2014
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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