All lectures for the 162nd Session (2020-2021) will be virtual. They will be run as ‘zoom’ meetings. All details for joining lecture meetings will be sent to you in personal newsletters. Otherwise please contact the Hon. Secretary at:
Members’ Evening Session 163
Chris Hunt will be arranging a members’ evening on 4th January 2022, in the next session of lectures. If you have an item for that event please email Chris Hunt so he can plan the evening.
Maggie Williams set a challenge to make a virtual trip using Google Earth street view (or better Google Maps Street View). Eighteen working locations can be found in this document from Maggie. The whole trip only needs to be 10 – 15 minutes.
To visit the streetview locations in the Word document, highlight the whole web address, then Ctrl + click.
Draft Programme Session 163, 2021 – 2022
| Oct 5th | Dr Alan Boyle University of Liverpool | Presidential Address Pyrite: what is it good for? |
| Oct 19th | Dr Amani Becker National Oceanographic Centre | Energy River: exploring the Energy Potential of the River Mersey |
| Nov 2nd | Steven Millar Tier Environmental | Contaminants and Geology – Brief History and the Future of Emerging Contaminants |
| Nov 9th | Prof Doug Mair University of Liverpool | How resilient will the Greenland ice sheet be in the face of Climate Change? |
| Nov 16th | Dr Anthony Clarke Ex LJMU | Ground Engineering of the Liverpool Docks |
| Nov 23rd | Prof Richard Worden University of Liverpool | Carbon Capture |
| Nov 30th | Tom Sharpe | Mary Anning: monsters, myths and misfortunes. |
| Dec 7th | Maggie and Peter Williams University of Liverpool | Practical Session in the CTL at University of Liverpool Jelly Volcanoes |
| Dec 14th | Dr Bill Wimbledon University of Bristol | Are we at last ready to drive in a golden spike to mark the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary? |
| Jan 4th | Members’ Evening | |
| Jan 11th | Prof. Peter Burgess University of Liverpool | My favourite outcrops |
| Jan 25th | Dr Andy Plater University of Liverpool | Reconstructing barrier beach and lagoon response to El Nino using particle size data |
| Feb 8th | Dr Greig Paterson University of Liverpool | The magnetic personality of bacteria |
| Feb 22nd | Dr Alan Thompson Cuesta Consulting | Arnside and Silverdale AONB |
| Mar 8th | Prof Chris Hunt LJMU | Shanidar Neanderthals |