What's on in 2010?
BGS = Belfast Geologists' Society
BNFC = Belfast Naturalists' Field Club
ES2k = Earth Science 2000
GSI = Geological Survey of Ireland
GSNI = Geological Survey of Northern Ireland
GSocI = Geotechnical Society of Ireland
MAGNI = National Museums Northern Ireland
MDSG = Mineral Deposit Studies Group
QUB = Queen's University Belfast
Events:
Announcement of the ESTA Annual Course and Conference 2010: Geology and Society
Earth Science Teachers' Association Annual Course and Conference 2010: Geology and Society
Friday 17th - Sunday 19th September, 2010
Hosted by the Department of Geology
University of Leicester
The annual course and conference is aimed at all those that teach Earth Sciences, at all levels - from Primary to HE. The programme includes INSET training sessions for all age groups, lectures, workshops and activities, exhibitors, social events and fieldwork.
Some highlights:
- Special sessions on Forensic Geology, Geology in the Modern world, Carbon.
- Icebreaker and Evening lecture on Exceptionally Preserved Fossils.
- Workshops on Vertebrate Skulls, Remote Sensing and GIS, Comets and Meteorites.
- Conference Dinner.
- Field trips to Charnwood Forest, The Bardon Hill Superquarry, Hands-on Shallow Geophysics.
Registration is now open. For a provisional programme and to register, please go to www.le.ac.uk/ESTA.
Announcement for GeoSciEdVI - South Africa
Abstract Submission Deadline: 3 March 2010
Registration Deadline: 30 April 2010
Deadline for papers for proceedings: 29 October 2010
For further details, contact:
Dr. Ian McKay (witsgeoutreach@gmail.com) or
Prof Gillian Drennan (Gillian.Drennan@wits.ac.za)
Or view the following PDF - Announcement for the GeoSciEdV1 conference in South Africa 2010 or web page
Past Events:
The Ted Nevill Memorial Lecture
The second lecture of this series will take place on
Wednesday 2nd December 2009
at 8pm in the
Geography Lecture Theatre,
Ground Floor,
Geology and Geography Building,
O’Donovan’s Road,
University College Cork.
The lecture entitled
‘Oil Exploration in Ireland’
will be given by
Dr. David Naylor
Large volumes of hydrocarbons have been found in the North Sea and west of Norway – why has Ireland not had the same success? The talk will focus on answering this question in terms of geology, timing, and the wider controls exercised by international oil developments and the oil price. The 50-year history of oil and gas exploration on and around the island of Ireland will be reviewed, together with the advances in oil industry technology in the period.
Future Irish exploration, and the chances of success, will be placed within a framework of worldwide current trends in oil exploration, world ultimate oil reserves and the future of the oil industry.
A reception will follow in the John Jackson Library.
Geological Survey of Ireland Landslides Workshop 21 April 2009 (PDF)
The Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) is holding a day long Workshop on Landslides in Ireland on Tuesday 21 April in the GSI office in Dublin.
Background
Subsequent to the publication of the “Landslides in Ireland” Report in August, 2006, the GSI, in June 2008, began a major multi-annual project on Landslides Susceptibility Mapping in Ireland. This project was a major recommendation of the Landslides in Ireland Report 2006.
Aim of the Workshop
The aim of the Workshop is to introduce a wide range of stakeholders to this project and to consider landslide geohazard issues in Ireland today. The Workshop will contain a series of presentations covering a wide range of topics including susceptibility, geotechnical engineering, landslides and the planning process, remote sensing and GIS, and case studies.
Call for Presentations
The GSI would like to invite short presentations (approx. 20 mins) on the range of topics listed above.
Who Should Attend
The Workshop will be of interest to geologists, geographers, engineers, planners, and environmental scientists among others. These may be based in local authorities, state and semi-state agencies, universities and industry. The main use of landslide susceptibility maps is anticipated to be in the planning process. The GSI is very keen that planners, as the probable end users, should be involved at an early stage to advise on the formulation of the methodology underpinning the maps. There will be no formal registration process or registration fee but the GSI would appreciate notification of intention to attend to get an idea of numbers.
2nd Circular
A second circular will be sent out at the end of March when the programme has been finalised.
Venue and Date
Tuesday 21 April, 2009 at 10.00am, GSI Lecture Theatre at the Geological Survey of Ireland, Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.
Enquiries to :- Dr. Ronnie Creighton, Landslides Project Manager
Tel. 00353 (0) 1 6782804
Ronnie.creighton@gsi.ie
