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Spring and Summer and Autumn Programme 2024

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Thursday 4th January 2024 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook - "something geological beginning with W"

Thursday 11th January 2024 - Club Night at the University starting at 6-30pm, the topic is "Patterns in the Rocks"

Thursday 25th January 2024 - Fossil Focus Seminar on Zoom at 7-40pm - click here for more details.

Thursday 1st February 2024 - Zoom talk by Tony Felski at 7-30pm on " The Geology of the Italian Part of Lake Maggiore. " (booking required for non-members) Click here for the abstract.

Thursday 8th February 2024 - Fossil Focus Seminar on Zoom at 7-40pm - click here for more details.

Thursday 15th February 2024 - Club Night at the University starting at 6-30pm, the topic is Minerals

Thursday 22nd February 2024 - Fossil Focus Seminar on Zoom at 7-40pm - click here for more details.

Thursday 29th February 2024 - lecture by Dr Anna Bird of the University of Hull, on " Why does it rain in the desert? The dust record in Tunisia", starting at 7pm.

Thursday 7th March 2024 - Fossil Focus Seminar on Zoom at 7-40pm - click here for more details.

Thursday 14th March 2024 - Annual General Meeting and a talk by Professor Mark Bateman from the University of Sheffield, on "Yorkshire a land of ice and water in the late Quaternary", starting at 6-30pm.

Thursday 4th April 2024 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook - "something geological beginning with X"

Thursday 11th April - Society Dinner. (booking closed)

Sunday 14th April - display and "finds desk" at Dinostar museum on Humber Street in Hull. 12 noon to 4pm.

Thursday 25th April 2024 - Club Night at the University starting at 6-30pm, the topic is Corals

Friday 26th April 2024 - field meeting at Flamborough led by Mike Horne (booking required)

All of May 2024 - East Yorkshire Rocks - photographic exhibition on our Facebook Page, part of Yorkshire Geology Month.

Sunday 5th May 2024 - "Rocks in the City" morning walk in Hull city centre, led by Mike Horne, part of Yorkshire Geology Month (booking required)

Saturday 11th May 2024 - exhibition for the Yorkshire Society at Hull Minster organised by Mary Howard; open to the public from 10 am until 5pm.

Saturday 11th May 2024 - Yorkshire Geology Day at Caphouse Colliery, near Wakefield.

Sunday 12^th May 2024 – morning walk by Mike Horne “The geological heritage of the buildings of Hull Old Town and City Centre “. Please book via the Yorkshire Society; there is fee to pay.

Wednesday 22nd May 2024 - "Rocks under the City" talk on Zoom by Mike Horne, part of Yorkshire Geology Month, a talk about the geology under Hull. (booking required)

Friday 24th May 2024 - "Rocks in the Cemetery" morning walk led by Mike Horne, part of Yorkshire Geology Month (booking required)

Saturday 25th May 2024 - field meeting - Speeton led by David Hill. (booking required)

Wednesday 5th June 2024 - talk on Zoom - John Connor on "Moughton & the Elusive Unconformity". (booking required) Click here for the abstract.

Sunday 9th June 2024 - Field meeting at Skipsea Withow led by Mike Horne

Sunday 23rd June 2024 - afternoon visit to the Barrow Upon Humber Geology Museum.

Thursday 27th June 2024 - talk by Dr Tom Hose of Bristol University and editor of GEONEWS on "Wealden RIGS and the history of geoconservation " at the University starting at 6-30pm.

Sunday 30th June 2024 - Rock and Fossil Roadshow at Flamborough Village Hall; open to the public 11am to 3pm.

Sunday 7th July 2024 - (CANCELLED) field meeting - Filey led by Terry Rockett

Sunday 4th August 2024 - visit to a Scunthorpe Ironstone Quarry led by Paul Hildreth

Thursday 22nd August 2024 - Club Night at the University starting at 6-30pm, the topic is Metamorphic

Saturday 24th August 2024 - Rock and Fossil Roadshow at Hornsea Museum; open to the public 11am to 3pm.

Wednesday 28th August 2024 - Zoom talk by John Connor about "Cave Oolite, Bog Iron & Pantiles - Geologic "Products" from the Southwest Wolds" (booking required)

October 2024 (t.b.a.) - Club Night at the University starting at 6-30pm - the topic is Volcanic

7th October 2024 - (CANCELLED) field trip to Llandudno organised by Jan Robson, travelling by coach and staying at the Chatsworth House Hotel or New Loretta Hotel.

Thursday 21st November 2024 - Zoom talk by Tony Felski about "The Permian Geologyof the Wakefield district". (booking required) Click here for the abstract.

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* Note - at our Roadshows we may sell rocks, minerals and fossils in our "Lucky Dip" to raise funds for the Society. There are genuine geological specimens and are not toys; they are not suitable for young children and should not be put in the mouth. Please wash your hands after handling geological specimens and before eating food. Click here for our Risk Assessment.

Winter lecture meetings usually start at 6-30 p.m. and are held in the Department of Geology, Cohen Building, University of Hull (unless otherwise stated). Non-members are welcome to attend but please arrive before the start of the meeting. If you arrive late the building may be locked for security reasons and you will not be able to get in. If we are in the ground floor lecture theatre or laboratory you can knock on the window and we will let you in. Booking is required for some of our meetings - full details of the event will be sent when you book.

There is no charge for non-members attending our meetings (unless otherwise stated), but you are welcome to make a donation to Society funds.

The Club Nights are open to members of the Society, University Staff and Students and interested members of the public. At the end of each meeting we will choose the topic or topics for the following meeting. Those attending are encouraged to bring some appropriate specimens, photographs, models or texts to contribute to the evening; though it is also OK to just join in the conversation. The meetings start promptly: if you arrive late the building will be locked for security reasons and you may not be able to get in.

Please contact the Society if you wish to come to a field meeting so that the leaders will know how many people to expect. The Society reserves the right to exclude people who are not wearing the necessary protective clothing/equipment.

If you wish to support the Society please consider sending a donation.

Click here for an archive of previous meeting topics from 2003 to present.

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