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Lecture Programme 2000

DATE	LECTURE TITLE	SPEAKER
20 - JAN - 00	Subglacial Eruptions in Iceland	Dr Ian Sutton School of Continuing Educ. University of Nottingham
17 - FEB - 00	Presentations by Students	School of Earth Sciences University of Leeds
16 - MAR - 00	Subglacial Eruptions in Iceland	Dr Dave McGarvie Open University
06 - APR - 00	Tracking Middle Jurassic Dinosaurs	Dr Martin Whyte Geological Department University of Sheffield
18 - MAY - 00	Fluids in the Earth's Crust	Prof Bruce Yardley School of Earth Sciences University of Leeds
19 - OCT - 00	The Geology of Southern Tibet	Dr Paul Wignall School of Earth Sciences University of Leeds
16 - NOV - 00	Continents on the Earth's Core-Mantle Boundary	Dr Mike Kendall School of Earth Sciences University of Leeds
14 - DEC - 00	AGM and Conversazione	...

Lecture Programme 2001

DATE	LECTURE TITLE	SPEAKER
18 - JAN - 01	Coarse-grained Submarine Channels Preserved in the Gres du Champsaur Alpine Foreland Basin in SE France	Dr Bill McCaffrey School of Earth Sciences University of Leeds
22 - FEB - 01	Geological Talks by Students	School of Earth Sciences University of Leeds
15 - MAR - 01	Surging Glaciers in Svalbard and Greenland	Dr Tavi Murray Department of Geography University of Leeds
26 - APR - 01	Protection of Groundwater Resources in Yorkshire	John Aldrick^† Water Resources Dept Environment Agency
24 - MAY - 01	Cretaceous Fossil Forest of Alexander Island in Antarctica	Jodie Howe School of Earth Sciences University of Leeds
25 - OCT - 01	Searching for Life in the Solar System and Beyond	Dr Monica Grady Natural History Museum London
22 - NOV - 01	The El Salvador Earthquakes of January and February 2001	Dr Bill Murphy School of Earth Sciences University of Leeds
06 - DEC - 01	AGM and Conversazione	...
^† Lecture delivered by Jenny Hodgson.

Lecture Programme 2002

DATE	LECTURE TITLE	SPEAKER
24 - JAN - 02	Understanding the Onset of Flood Volcanism; examples from Namibia, Ethiopia and NW Scotland	Dr Dougal Jerram Dept Geological Sciences University of Durham
14 - FEB - 02	Short Geological Talks	3rd/4th Year Students School of Earth Sciences University of Leeds
21 - MAR - 02	Earthquake Studies in New Zealand	Dr Graham Stuart School of Earth Sciences University of Leeds
25 - APR - 02	The New BGS Regional Guide to the Pennines	Dr Neil Aitkenhead BGS, Keyworth (retired)
30 - MAY - 02	Enigmatic Fossils from the Burgess Shale	Dr Duncan Friend Lincoln
24 - OCT - 02	Fault Analysis and Prediction - Impact on the Hydrocarbon Industry	Prof Rob Knipe School of Earth Sciences University of Leeds
21 - NOV - 02	Glacial Signals in a Far-away Place: cool-water limestones and sea-level changes in the Quaternary of Sicily	Dr Martin Pedley Dept Geography University of Hull
12 - DEC - 02	AGM and Conversazione - short talks and displays by members	...

Lecture Programme 2003

DATE	LECTURE TITLE	SPEAKER
30 - JAN - 03	Deep Research: Experimental Modelling of Sediment Dynamics	Dr Stuart McLelland Deptartment of Geography University of Hull
20 - FEB - 03	Presentations by Students in the School of Earth Sciences	3rd/4th Year Students School of Earth Sciences University of Leeds
20 - MAR - 03	Hunting Dinosaurs in South America	Dr Phil Manning Yorkshire Museum
01 -MAY - 03	Ice-cold in Adel: Urban and Suburban Glaciology in and Around Leeds	Jon Barber School of Geography University of Leeds
22 - MAY - 03	Origin of Gold in the Witwatersrand of South Africa	Dr Andy Barnicoat School of Earth Sciences University of Leeds
23 - OCT - 03	The Geology and Scenery of Mallorca	Tony Benfield Past President LGA
20 - NOV - 03	Several Fingers on the Pulse of the Volcano - a Case History of Montserrat	Dr Jurgen Neuberg School of Earth Sciences University of Leeds
11 - DEC - 03	AGM and Conversazione - short talks and displays by members	...

Lecture Programme 2004

DATE	LECTURE TITLE	SPEAKER
29 - JAN - 04	Bone Caves of the Yorkshire Dales: a 21st Century Perspective	Phillip Murphy School of Earth Sciences University of Leeds
19 - FEB - 04	Presentations by Students in the School of Earth Sciences	3rd/4th Year Students School of Earth Sciences University of Leeds
18 - MAR - 04	Mantle Plumes Do Not Exist	Dr Gillian Foulger Dept. of Earth Sciences University of Durham
22 - APR - 04	The Structural Development of Northern England - a Tale of Fault Reactivation	Dr Andy Chadwick BGS Keyworth
06 - MAY - 04	From Crow-quill Dip Pens to Computer Mice: 130 years of Geological Surveying	Dr Anthony Cooper BGS Keyworth
21 - OCT - 04	Coal in Yorkshire: the Last Fifty Years	Dr Ivor Brown Former Minerals Officer West Yorkshire
11 - NOV - 04	The Antiquity of Human Behaviour	Dr Laura Bishop John Moores University Liverpool
09 - DEC - 04	AGM and Conversazione - short talks and displays by members	...

Lecture Programme 2005

DATE	LECTURE TITLE	SPEAKER
27 - JAN - 05	Large Igneous Provinces, Climate Change and Mass Extinctions	Dr Paul Wignall Earth and Environment University of Leeds
17 - FEB - 05	Presentations by Students in the School of Earth and Environment	3rd/4th Year Students Earth and Environment University of Leeds
17 - MAR - 05 National Science Week	The Extraordinary Life and Work of Alfred Wegener	Dr Clare Dudman University College Chester Author of Wegener's Jigsaw
21 - APR - 05	Water Water Everywhere: Proglacial Lakes in the Vale of York and Beyond	Dr Mark Bateman Department of Geography University of Sheffield
05 - MAY - 05 Yorkshire Geology Month	A Geological Perspective on the History and Culture of Yorkshire (Change to the advertised lecture)	Dr John Varker
20 - OCT - 05	The Gulf of Corinth Rift in Central Greece	Dr R Collier Earth and Environment University of Leeds
10 - NOV - 05	The Silverpit Impact Crater: a Geological Controversy Revisited	Kevin Smith BGS Edinburgh
01 - DEC - 05	AGM and Conversazione - short talks and displays by members	...

Lecture Programme 2006

DATE	LECTURE TITLE	SPEAKER
26 - JAN - 06	Recent Advances in Understanding the Geological History of Mars	Prof Lionel Wilson Planetary Science Research Group University of Lancaster
23 - FEB - 06	Presentations by Students in the School of Earth and Environment	3rd/4th Year Students Earth and Environment University of Leeds
16 - MAR - 06 National Science Week	Geo-conservation in West Yorkshire	Alison Quarterman Greenhead College Huddersfield
27 - APR - 06	Detecting Global Environmental Change in the Jurassic of England	Dr Angela Coe Earth Sciences The Open University
11 - MAY - 06 Yorkshire Geology Month	Floral Change Through Geological Time	Dr Vanessa Thorn Earth and Environment University of Leeds
12 - OCT - 06	30 Years in North Eastern England: The Life Cycle of an Oil Company	Dr Tony Hodge ROC Oil Lincoln
16 - NOV - 06	The Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004	Dr Dave Tappin BGS Keyworth
07 - DEC - 06	AGM and Conversazione - short talks and displays by members	...

Lecture Programme 2007

DATE	LECTURE TITLE	SPEAKER
20 - JAN - 07	The Ups and Downs of Sea Level – a Tribute to the Work of W H C Ramsbottom Joint meeting with the YGS & University of Leeds	Dr B Haq NSF Washington DC Dr M D Simmons Neftex, Abingdon Prof A Hallam Geology, Birmingham Prof P Wignall Earth and Env., Leeds
25 - JAN - 07	The Transition from Continental Rifting to Oceanic Rifting – Seismic Studies in Ethiopia	Dr Graham Stuart Earth and Environment University of Leeds
15 - FEB - 07	Presentations by Students of the School of Earth and Environment	3rd/4th Year Students Earth and Environment University of Leeds
15 - MAR - 07 National Science Week	The Orkney Isles in the Middle Devonian and Thereafter	David Leather LGA
19 - APR - 07	Mam Tor – a Landslip Still on the Move	Dr Christine Arkwright Earth Sciences University of Manchester
3 - MAY - 07 Yorkshire Geology Month	Monotonous Piles of Basalt? Rethinking the Palaeocene Lava Fields of the Inner Hebrides	Dr Ian Williamson Natural England Grantham
18 - OCT - 07	Geological Evidence for Climate Change in Antarctica	Dr Mark Williams University of Leicester
15 - NOV - 07	Petra to Pella: the Geology and Geoarchaeology of Jordan	Dr John Powell BGS Keyworth
06 - DEC - 07	AGM and Conversazione – Short Talks and Displays by Members	...