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Programme of indoor meetings 2004/2005 |
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All held at 7.30pm on the Leicester University campus, in Lecture Theatre 3, Ken Edwards Building, except where stated. Contact Chairman Andrew Swift, tel. 0116 252 3646, e-mail as48@le.ac.uk Wednesday October 6th Prof Andy Saunders (Dept of Geology, University of Leicester) – ‘Mantle plumes and volcanoes’ Wednesday October 20th Sue Beardmore (ex-Utah Museum of Natural History, USA) – ‘Letters from America: fossil excavations in Utah, USA’ Wednesday November 3rd Professor Ian Fairchild (School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham) - ‘Underground secrets’ Wednesday November 17th Dr Ian Sutton (School of Continuing Education, University of Nottingham) - ‘Aspects of New Zealand geology’ Wednesday December 1st Dr Jason Hilton (School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham) – ‘Carboniferous coal swamp extinction: an alternative hypothesis from China’ Wednesday December 15th Christmas meeting, to be held at the New Walk Museum, Leicester Wednesday January 12th Barry Hunt (IBIS Ltd., London) – 'Building stone pathology' Wednesday January 26th Professor Dick Merriman (BGS, Keyworth) - ‘The role of clay minerals in recycling crustal rocks’ Wednesday February 9th Members evening, to be held at the New Walk Museum, Leicester Monday February 21st Parent Body Lecture, to be held at New Walk Museum, Leicester. Professor Chris Stringer (Natural History Museum, London) – ‘The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain (AHOB) Project’ Wednesday February 23rd Dr Rosalind White (Leicester) – ‘Volcanism, impact and mass extinctions: incredible or credible coincidences?’ |
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Saturday March 5th (whole day) Saturday School, Ken Edwards Building, University of Leicester. 9.30 am - 5.00 pm. 'Earth, Life and Climate - 3 billion years of interaction'. |
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Wednesday March 9th Dr Simon Lewis (Queen Mary College, London) – ‘Middle Pleistocene glaciations in the English Midlands’ Wednesday March 23rd AGM and Chairman's address - Andrew Swift (Department of Geology, Leicester University) – ‘Eight and a half years in the trenches - a Chairman's Tale
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