Events for April 24, 2024 - March 26, 2024

Belfast Geologists Society – Field excursion to be held as a joint event with the Belfast Naturalists Field Club – on Saturday 22nd July. The excursion will be on “Carnlough – Geology and Industrial History” and attendees are asked to meet at Carnlough Harbour at 10:30am. Full details at: http://www.belfastgeologists.org.uk/summerpage.htm. Note that this event will […]

Leaders: Prof. Emeritus Stephen Daly (UCD) and Dr. Michael Flowerdew (CASP). More information, details on the content of the trip and Booking form can be found at this link https://geology.ie/event/iga-excursioniona-and-mull-scotland23rd-28th-july-2023-only-3-places-left/. For Full details on all aspects, please contact Stephen at excursions@geology.ie or 0862201600 or Maria on 0983581302.

Belfast Geologists Society – Field excursion, evening of Wednesday 16th August. The excursion will be held at Hazelbank Foreshore and be led by Dr. Mark Cooper, GSNI. It will look at the dykes and faults on the foreshore of Belfast Lough. Meet at Hazelbank carpark at 18:30 to finish at Kilroot at 21:00. More details […]

Belfast Geologists Society – Family Fun Day on Saturday 19th August. Karen Parks will lead a family fun day at Whitepark Bay to look at different rock types in the pebbles on the beach, play some rock-related games and look for fossils. Meet at the YHA carpark at 10am. More details available at this link […]

“Building Public Trust with Near Surface Industries: A Pathway to Rebuilding the Talent Pipeline Needed for a Green Energy Transition”. 14:00 - 15:10 BST More information on the panel discussion can be found here: EAGE NearSurface 2023 (eagensg.org) and you can register for the conference itself here: https://eagensg.org

Event on Sunday 17th September 11am-4pm at WWT Castle Espie by Mike Simms from Ulster Museum. Standard admission charge – free for WWT (Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust members). More information available at Show and Tell Fossils | WWT

The Geophysics Section of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) is holding a talk / workshop entitled “Earthquakes and Other Geohazards” at 5 Merrion Square North, Dublin D02 Y006. Friday, 22nd September between 5pm and 9:30pm. No booking is required for this event. More information on Culture Night website Earthquakes and Other Geohazards • […]

begins Monday 25th September at 5:30pm “Carbon Capture and Storage and the CO2 storage resources management system (SRMS)”. lecture by Rawdon Seager The talk will take place in the auditorium of the Student Village in UCD, Belfield (53°18'13.1"N 6°13'06.2"W - Google Maps Google map link 53°18'13.1"N 6°13'06.2"W - Google Maps). Further details can be obtained […]

Peter Harrison will introduce the geology of the northwest highlands of Scotland and highlight the work of the North West Highlands UNESCO Geopark. More details on how to access the Zoom meeting will be provided nearer the date. Keep an eye on the Belfast Geologists webpage for more information coming soon Belfast Geologists Winter Programme […]