Geoconservation Archives - Edinburgh Geological Society https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/category/geoconservation/ Making Geology Accessible to All Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:35:58 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 Clough Medal Lecture 2024-25 https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/clough-medal-lecture-2024-25/ Fri, 07 Mar 2025 14:42:12 +0000 https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/?p=7680 On 26 February 2025 our annual Clough Medal lecture took place at the Grant Institute, Kings Buildings Campus, University of Edinburgh and also held online. The audience for this year’s lecture was again sizable, both physically present and on-line.  Proceedings for the evening were chaired by Alastair Milne, Lectures Secretary. Our president, Mark Wilkinson, explained […]

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]]> Local Geodiversity Sites in Midlothian https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/home/geoconservation/local-geodiversity-sites-in-midlothian/ Sun, 25 Jun 2023 19:50:21 +0000 http://edinburghgeolsoc-org.stackstaging.com/?page_id=6910 The post Local Geodiversity Sites in Midlothian appeared first on Edinburgh Geological Society.

]]> Fellows’ Night 2022 – No. 189! https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/fellows-night-2022/ Thu, 15 Dec 2022 10:17:36 +0000 http://edinburghgeolsoc-org.stackstaging.com/?p=6773 On 14th December 2022, the Edinburgh Geological Society held its 189th Fellows’ Night at the Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh. This meeting takes place each year, close to the anniversary of the foundation of the Society (on 6th December).  The pandemic has meant that a “normal” Fellows’ Night has not taken place for a few […]

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]]> Local Geodiversity Sites in Scottish Borders https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/home/geoconservation/local-geodiversity-sites-in-scottish-borders/ Fri, 29 May 2020 14:05:55 +0000 http://edinburghgeolsoc-org.stackstaging.com/?page_id=5528 The post Local Geodiversity Sites in Scottish Borders appeared first on Edinburgh Geological Society.

]]> Vote Geology https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/vote-geology/ Wed, 29 Aug 2018 07:45:47 +0000 http://edinburghgeolsoc-org.stackstaging.com/?p=4066 The National Library of Scotland (NLS) has a new display in the front hall of the George IV Bridge building in Edinburgh. The display features three diverse collections in need of conservation treatment, including a selection of 20th century booklets, a group of geological charts and a volume of 20 historical pamphlets. All of the […]

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]]> Dinosaur footprints discovered on mainland Scotland for first time https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/dinosaur-footprints-discovered-mainland-scotland-first-time/ Mon, 27 Aug 2018 09:11:47 +0000 http://edinburghgeolsoc-org.stackstaging.com/?p=4063 Evidence of fossilised dinosaur footprints has been found on the Scottish mainland for the first time, on the coast near Inverness. The exact location is being kept secret to enable researchers to have access to the site. The discovery, by Dr. Neil Clark, Vice-President of the Geological Society of Glasgow and Curator of Palaeontology at […]

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]]> Preserving dinosaur footprint sites in Scotland https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/preserving-dinosaur-footprint-sites-scotland/ Sat, 04 Aug 2018 14:47:33 +0000 http://edinburghgeolsoc-org.stackstaging.com/?p=3996 The Edinburgh Geological Society has been contacted by Dr Neil Clark (Curator of Palaeontology, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow) regarding a campaign to raise £5,000 to undertake mapping of some new dinosaur footprint sites in Scotland. The new locations will it is claimed add significantly to the understanding of Middle Jurassic dinosaurs. The funding is […]

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]]> Local Geodiversity Sites in Edinburgh https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/home/geoconservation/local-geodiversity-sites-edinburgh/ Thu, 27 Jul 2017 11:20:37 +0000 http://edinburghgeolsoc-org.stackstaging.com/?page_id=2732 The post Local Geodiversity Sites in Edinburgh appeared first on Edinburgh Geological Society.

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