Leeds Geological Association


Lecture Programme

Monthly Lecture Programme 2009

 


Unless otherwise noted, all lectures are held on a Thursday at 7.00pm in the Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre in the Michael Sadler Building on the University of Leeds campus.

Refreshments will be available in the foyer after the lecture.

DATE

LECTURE TITLE

SPEAKER

29 - JAN - 09

Squeezing Information out of Rocks

Prof Ernie Rutter
Department of Geology
Manchester University

26 - FEB - 09

Presentations by Students of the School of Earth and Environment

3rd/4th Year Students
Earth and Environment
University of Leeds

28 - FEB - 09

(Saturday, 2pm)

The Carboniferous World

Joint meeting with the YGS

Venue: Weetwood Hall Hotel, Otley Rd, Leeds

Dr Jason Hilton
Birmingham University
Dr Andy Horbury
Cambridge Carbonates
Dr Henk Kombrink
Keele University
Dr Mike Stephenson
BGS

12 - MAR - 09

National
Science
Week

Volcanic plumbing systems from Africa to Antarctica

Dr Dougal Jerram
Dept of Earth Science
Durham University

23 - APR - 09

What can fossils tell us about ourselves?

Prof Simon Knell
Dept of Museum Studies
Leicester University

07 - MAY - 09

Yorkshire
Geology
Month

The Geology of the United Arab Emirates

Dr Richard Ellison
BGS

15 - OCT - 09

Learning from Lahars:
New Insights from the 2007 Breakout of
Crater Lake, Ruapehu, New Zealand

Dr Vern Manville
School of Earth and Environment
University of Leeds

12 - NOV - 09

Plate tectonics and Human Evolution

Prof Geoffrey Bailey
Dept of Archaeology
York University

10 - DEC - 09

AGM and Conversazione –
Short Talks and Displays by Members

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Details of previous lecture programmes are available here.