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Programme of indoor meetings 2009/2010 |
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All held at 7.30pm in Lecture Theatre 3, Ken Edwards Building, on the main University of Leicester campus, except where stated. Refreshments served from 7.00pm. Details: Chairman Dr. Joanne E. Norris or Editor Andrew Swift, Tel. 0116 2833127, E-mail j.e.norris@ntlworld.com Wednesday October 7th Dr Lynden Cooper (Dept. of Archaeology, University of Leicester): Glimpses of the Palaeolithic in the Midlands. Wednesday October 21st Dr Liz Harper (Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge): What can living brachiopods tell a palaeontologist? Wednesday November 4th Professor Mike Petterson (Dept. of Geology, University of Leicester): Rebuilding Afghanistan through Geoscience. Wednesday November 18th Professor Paul Wignall (School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds): Permian extinctions. Monday November 30th Parent Body Lecture, New Walk Museum, Leicester. Professor Aubrey Manning (School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh): Life and the Earth: interlocking histories.Wednesday December 2nd Professor Brian Windley (Dept of Geology, Leicester): West Greenland: Arcs and crustal growth in the early Earth. Wednesday December 16th Christmas Meeting, New Walk Museum, Leicester. Wednesday January 13th Dr Jan Zalasiewicz (Dept. of Geology, University of Leicester): The Earth after us. Wednesday January 27th Professor Andrew Shepherd (University of Leeds): Observing Earth's ice sheets from space. Wednesday February 10th Dr Noel Worley (British Gypsum, East Leake): The Genesis and Evolution of Sulphate Evaporites in the Midlands. Abstract
Wednesday February 24th Members Evening, New Walk Museum, Leicester. Wednesday March 10th Dr Michael Watts (British Geological Survey): Arsenic mining: Environmental monitoring using earthworms, toenails and a simulated stomach. Abstract
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Saturday March 13th Annual Saturday Seminar, University of Leicester, 9.30 am – 5.00 pm The Earth's Crazy Paving: a 21st Century Perspective on Plate Tectonics |
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Wednesday March 24th Annual General Meeting, and Chairman’s Address Dr Joanne Norris (Halcrow Group Ltd., Peterborough): Managing our flood defences for the future. Abstract
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