Lectures Archives - Edinburgh Geological Society https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/tag/lectures/ Making Geology Accessible to All Tue, 07 May 2019 17:41:07 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 Recycling the Past to Research for the Future: the Glasgow Geothermal Energy Research Field Site (GGERFS) https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/recycling-past-research-future-glasgow-geothermal-energy-research-field-site-ggerfs/ Tue, 07 May 2019 17:41:07 +0000 http://edinburghgeolsoc-org.stackstaging.com/?p=4824 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. On the 6th of February, a joint lecture of the Mining Institute of Scotland (MIS) and the Edinburgh Geological Society (EGS) was held at the Grant Institute of Geology , University of Edinburgh. Dr Hugh Barron of the British Geological Survey (BGS, Scotland) gave […]

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]]> A Lewisian Perspective: The basement of the Earth https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/a-lewisian-perspective-basement-of-the-earth/ Wed, 10 Apr 2019 21:11:40 +0000 http://edinburghgeolsoc-org.stackstaging.com/?p=4724 On March 6th Frank Rennie, Professor of Professional Rural Development at Lews Castle College, UHI, gave a fascinating lecture and comprehensive introductory tour of the geology of the Isle of Lewis. The geology of the Lewisian gneisses is complicated, but is so much more than simply boring monotypic banded rocks, and this lecture highlighted features […]

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