Hull Geological Society
(Founded 1888)
Registered Educational Charity No. 229147
List of meetings and events 2009-10
Thursday 22nd January - (lecture) "The rising waters" by Prof. Lynne Frostick of Hull University and President of the Geological Society (of London) about climate change and flooding. Click here for the abstract .
Thursday 12th February - The Lynden Emery Memorial Lecture - "The Speeton Clay" by Prof. Pete Rawson. Introduced by Mike Horne. Click here for the abstracts .
Friday 13th February - Microscopy Evening (members only)
Friday 13th March - Microscopy Evening (members only)
Thursday 19th March - Annual General Meeting and evening lecture by Will Watts of the Rorunda Museum Trust - 'Rotunda, the William Smith Museum of Geology, its history and redevelopment'.
Friday 24th April - Microscopy Evening (members only)
Saturday 25th April - Rock, Mineral and Fossil Roadshow at the Treasure House in Beverley. Free admission; you can bring specimens in for identification by the "experts" (sorry no valuations). Open to the public from 11 am to 3 pm. Displays by members of the Kingston Lapidary Society and Hull Geological Society.
Sunday 26th April - Rifle Butts Spring Clean and social event. Booking appreciated.
Sunday 3rd May - Threshfield (public field meeting) led by Ian and Mary Heppenstall. Part of Yorkshire Geology Month. Meet in front of the University of Hull on Cottingham Road at 8 am or Shirethorns Threshfield Quarry NGR SD980635 at 10 am for a 10-30 departure. Wear warm clothing and walking boots, do not wear shorts. The walk lasts 5 1/2 hours. Moderately strenuous, some steep slopes and stiles and slippery in places. The parish of Threshfield has within its boundary a number of mineral resources. Starting with a quarry once worked for Magnesian Limestone we proceed along the line of the North Craven Fault to a calcium carbonate quarry with a draw kiln nearby and then to some old lead workings. Some stone buildings are passed en route. We then cross Threshfield Moor where peat and sandstone were once worked, finally looking at some old coal workings before returning to the start point.
Friday 15th May - Microscopy Evening (members only)
Saturday 30th May 2009 - "Fossil Fossick at Hornsea" (public field meeting) led by Stuart Jones. Part of Yorkshire Geology Month. The aim of the trip is to look at the variety of rocks and fossils brought by the Ice Age. Meet at 2 pm at the car park at the south end of South Marine Drive. Booking is appreciated but not required. Bring suitable outdoor clothing and footwear for the prevailing weather conditions. Keep away from the cliffs unless you are wearing a hard hat. Safety spectacles must be worn if you bring a hammer. There are some steep steps down to the pebbly beach. Families are welcome; young geologists must be accompanied by an adult.
Saturday 6th June - afternoon boat trip to view that Chalk Contortions at Old Dor, Flamborough. POSTPONED DUE TO BAD WEATHER
Friday 19th June - Microscopy Evening (members only)
Saturday 4th July - Welton-le-Wold SSSI, Lincolnshire (field meeting) led by John Aram.
Saturday 11th July - (field meeting) Cayton Bay led by Barrie Heaton.
Sunday 19th July - rearranged afternoon boat trip to view that Chalk Contortions at Old Dor, Flamborough. POSTPONED DUE TO BAD WEATHER
Friday 24th July - Microscopy Evening (members only)
Sunday 26th July - Flamborough Research field visit led by Ian Heppenstall and Mike Horne. (postponed)
Friday 21st August - Microscopy Evening (members only)
Sunday 23rd August - rearranged afternoon boat trip to view that Chalk Contortions at Old Dor, Flamborough.
Saturday 29th August - Roadshow at Hornsea Museum. Organised by Stuart Jones. Open to the public from 11 am until 3 pm. There will be displays of rocks and fossils by members of the Hull Geological Society. We will try to identify any finds brought along and give advice on collecting and curating. Sorry, no valuations. Disabled access is very good and families are most welcome. Admission to the Roadshow is free, but there may be a charge for visiting the Museum.
Sunday September 6th - (field meeting) the Chalk and Quaternary geology of Dane's Dyke and South Landing led by Ian Heppenstall and Mike Horne. Click here for the details.
September (date to be confirmed) - field meeting to the Bays of the Flamborough Headland, led by Mike Horne. (see above)
Thursday 15th October - (evening lecture) Dr Martin Whyte of Sheffield University - 'Whyte about the gills - soft tissue preservation in bivalves'. Click here for the abstract
Friday 16th October - Microscopy Evening (members only)
Saturday 24th October - Joint meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society and the Geography Department of Hull University on "The Last Glacial Maximum", organised by Mike Rogerson and Paul Hildreth. Speakers are: Dick Mol (Natural History Museum Rotterdam), Ian Heppenstall (Hull Geological Society) Jane Bunting (University of Hull) and David Bridgland (University of Durham). Display of bones and fossils from the Kelsey Hill and Keyingham Gravel Pits by Stephen Whittaker. Click here for the abstracts . Refreshments provided.
Sunday 25th October - joint field meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society - The raised beaches of South Landing and Danes Dyke led by Ian Heppenstall. Click here for the details.
Thursday 19th November - (evening lecture) Prof Martin Brasier of Oxford University "Darwin's Lost World: in search of the hidden history of animal life."
Friday 20th November - Microscopy Evening (members only)
Sayurday 21st November - Flamborough Research Group Meeting - contact Secretary for details.
Thursday 17th December - Members' Evening. Includes a talk about the Hull Geological Society 50th Anniversay medal by Terry Rockett.
Friday 18th December - Microscopy Evening (members only)
Thursday 21st January 2010 - (evening lecture) Peter Hoare and Rodger Connell: "The Scandinavian legacy in the Pleistocene record of eastern Britain".
Friday 22nd January - Microscopy Evening (members only)
Thursday 18th February 2010 - (evening lecture) Angela Kelham of Hull University on 'An investigation into the behaviour of benthic foraminifera during post-mortem transport'.
Friday 26th February - Microscopy Evening (members only)
Thursday 11th March 2010 - AGM and evening lecture - Paul Hildreth of Hull Geological Society "'Flint Formation - some early thoughts".
Friday 19th March - Microscopy Evening (members only)
Winter lecture meetings start at 7-30 p.m. and are held in the Department of Geography, University of Hull (unless otherwise stated). Non-members are welcome to attend but please arrive before the start of the meeting. If you arrive late the building may be locked for security reasons and you will not be able to get in, particularly if we are using the first floor lecture theatres. If we are in the ground floor lecture theatre you can knock on the window and we will let you in.
The Microscopy Evenings are for members only, sorry! Members should contact the Secretary for further details.
Here is a link to a Map of the University of Hull campus
Please contact the Society if you wish to come to a field meeting so that the leaders will know how many people to expect. The Society reserves the right to exclude people who are not wearing the necessary protective clothing/equipment. For further information 'phone 01482 346784.
There is no charge for Non-members attending our meetings (unless otherwise stated), but you are welcome to make a donation to Society funds.
click here for a poster which you can print and display
click here for a membership application form
click here for more details of the field meetings, news about geology in our region and other events.
Click here for a list of articles published in Humberside Geologist and a price list
Further information about the Society.
Leaflet for special meetings (word document)
Poster for special meetings
Geology classes in Hull
Event form for meeting organisers
Hull Geological Society News and Archives -
Current news and details of forthcoming events
History of the Society (with pivtures)
The Hull Geological Society is affiliated to the The Geologists' Association and the The Yorkshire Geological Society . Members are invited to attend the meetings of those societies.
