The Chalk of the Northern Province: its regional context

Symposium

a joint meeting of the Hull Geological Society

with the Yorkshire Geological Society and Hull University

Thursday 10th to Sunday 13th September 2015

programme -

Thursday  - Registration and field meeting Ulceby and Melton Ross Quarries in Lincolnshire led by Paul Hildreth (travel by coach from Hull).

Thursday 6-30pm to 8pm - "icebreaker" at the University of Hull

Friday -

• 10am Registration.

• 10-30am welcoming addresses by Dan Parsons of the University of Hull, John Knight of the YGS and Mike Horne of the HGS.

• talks on the Northen Province and chemostratigrphy.

• lunch

• talks on flints, biostratigrphy and engineering geology ending at 6pm

• Conference Dinner at 7-30pm with after dinner guest speaker  at the Station Hotel in Hull

Saturday

• 10-30am until 1pm discussions on flints, biostratigrphy and engineering geology
• lunch and poster session
• 2pm afternoon talks by Chris Jeans, Felix Gradstein and Rory Motrimore.

Sunday  - field meeting at Dane's Dyke (or South Landing) and Selwick's Bay led by Mike Horne (note the coach has been canelled due to low numbers of dlegates booking). Syposium ends at 3pm.

Click here for the  abstracts

Registration is required for all parts of the meeting including the free lectures on the Saturday afternoon.

Registration opens on 1st June on Eventbrite and closes on 1st September.

For further information 'phone 01482 346784.

e-mail - m.j.horne @ hull.ac.uk