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New Fellowship Subscription Rates for 2010
The Society held its 2009 AGM on 3 June at Burlington House,
when the new Fellowship subscription rates for 2010 were
agreed. We are pleased to announce that the 2010 annual
subscription rates for Fellows will remain unchanged, the fees
for Candidate Fellows will be reduced, and the Society will be
introducing a new category of membership called Junior Candidate
Fellow.
From this September, if you are registered for a first degree in
geology, you may join the Society as a Candidate Fellow for just
£15 for one year, or £40 if you choose to pay up-front for the
duration of your full-time undergraduate course. Our new
membership category of Junior Candidate Fellow is available to
anyone under 18 years of age in full-time secondary education,
at an annual rate of just £10.
So, if you are at school and have an interest in geology, or an
undergraduate studying geology, why not join the Society? You
can find out more about the benefits of membership and joining
the Society by visiting our website at
www.geolsoc.org.uk/join, or by contacting our Fellowship
Department for further information.
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Just Published: SP312
SP312 - South Caspian to Central Iran Basins
Publication Date - May 2009, 360 pages
Price: GSL Member £95.00/$190.00
The data and models in this volume present a comprehensive
picture of the Late Palaeozoic to Cenozoic evolution of the
South Caspian to Central Iran region. Geodynamic processes and
basin evolution are mainly controlled by the successive closure
of the Palaeo- and Neo-Tethys oceans and the associated
collisions, interspersed with periods of extension.
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Just Published: SP313
SP313 - Underground Gas Storage: Worldwide Experiences and
Future Development in the UK and Europe
Publication Date: June 2009, 360 pages
Price: GSL Member £90.00/$180.00
The UK will import 90% of its gas by 2020 and new underground
storage facilities are needed. New coal-fired power-stations
will require clean-coal technologies and underground CO2 storage
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This volume reviews the
technologies and issues involved in the underground storage of
natural gas and CO2.
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Three more e-journals available offsite
Offsite access to
Central European Geology,
Earth
Sciences History, and
Israel
Journal of Earth Sciences is now
available. Visit our website to read more about online access
to these journals and the other 58 e-journals already available.
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website for more information
Email: Eileen
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Sponsor A Manuscript!
The Library is appealing for donations to help preserve one of
the Society’s most important archive manuscript books. This
manuscript book includes numerous letters, tracts and memoirs
from eminent early thinkers in geology, including the Comte de
Bournon’s ‘Memoire sur la Societe Geologique de Londre’, an item
that played a very significant role in the founding of the
Society. The sum needed to restore this priceless manuscript is
£2500 and we hope that many Fellows, Corporate Affiliates or
associates of the Society will help the Library in this appeal.
We are only £85 away from the total needed to conserve the 1777
edition of Bernard Palissy’s 'Oeuvres’. Please contact Michael
McKimm if you would like to make a donation or further
information.
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website for more information
Email: Michael
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Engineering Group: AGM followed by a presentation on the
excavation of the 34th Street Station
Date: 17 June 2009
Venue: The Geological Society (Burlington House)
The presentation, in joint association with the ICE New York
Local Association, will describe the GI and detailed design work
that has been undertaken for the design of the initial rock
support at the 34th St. Station Cavern for the No.7 Line
extension and the Grand Central Station Caverns for the East
Side Access Project, both are currently under construction in
New York. Meeting starts at 5pm.
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website for more information
Email: Patrick
Cox |
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Gaia - Earth Systems Science Group: Deep History of Life on
Earth
Date: 25 June 2009
Venue: The Geological Society (Burlington House)
A special evening on life's deep history. Introduced by Sir
Crispin Tickell, with speakers Professor Lynn Margulis and
Professor Martin Brasier. Tea at 5.30pm, lecture starts at 6pm
followed by a wine reception.
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website for more information
Email: Susan
Canney |
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South West Regional Group: Quiz Evening
Date: 2 July 2009
Venue: City Gate Hotel, Exeter
Come and test your geological knowledge at the South West
Regional Group quiz evening. 7:15pm-7:30pm start, food can be
purchased from the bar until 9pm. Please register in advance by
25 June as numbers are limited.
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website for more information
Email: Cathy
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Central Scotland Regional Group: The New Chartership Process
Date: 14 July 2009
Venue: Glasgow - TBC
All applications for Chartered Geologist status from 1 January
2009 will be processed according to the Society’s new system.
Dr Bill Gaskarth will discuss how to apply according to the new
criteria. Tea and coffee from 5.45pm, talk starts at 6.30pm.
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website for more information
Email: Julie
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Sea Dragons of Avalon
Date: 30 July-1 August 2009
Venue: Strode Theatre, Street, Somerset
Organised by the Palaeontological Association, the seminar will
be set in the wider context of the latest Triassic and early
Jurassic faunal turnovers, and topics will include assessment of
the Triassic-Jurassic marine reptile fauna together with
contemporary changes in land reptiles, marine fishes and marine
invertebrates. New vertebrate finds, together with posters by
workers and institutions in the south-west of England, will be
on display and we plan to visit the Alfred Gillett Collection of
local fossil reptiles by kind courtesy of the archives of the
Alfred Gillett Trust.
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Palaeontological Association website for more information
Email: Dr
Leslie Noè |
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2009 GSA Annual Meeting
Date: 18-21 October 2009
Venue: Oregon Convention Centre, USA
The Geological Society of America's Annual Meeting and
Exposition 'From Volcanoes to Vineyards: Living with Dynamic
Landscapes' features 160 theme sessions spanning the
geosciences, 40 field trips highlighting the beautiful Pacific
Northwest of the USA, a new lecture series, and many special
events. The deadline for abstracts is Tuesday 11 August 2009.
Visit the
Geological Society of America website for more information
Email: Pamela
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Founders' Day Lecture and Dinner 2009 - Celebrating Charles
Darwin and the World of Geology
Date: 12 November 2009
Venue: The Geological Society (Burlington House) and Le
Meridien, Piccadilly
2009 is the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s Wollaston
Medal – the highest honour conferred by the Geological Society.
Darwin won the medal for pioneering work on the structural
uplift of the Andes and his theory of the origin of coral
reefs. In his most celebrated work, Darwin used a geological
approach to solve that 'mystery of mysteries', the origin of new
species. A pre-dinner talk by Professor Jim Secord, Director of
the Darwin Correspondence Project, will explore a too-often
overlooked aspect of Charles Darwin’s science, followed by a
reception and dinner at the Le Meridien hotel.
To obtain tickets and for further information, please contact
Alys Hilbourne.
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website for more information
Email: Alys
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Shell London Lecture Programme 2009
We are pleased to announce the Shell London lecture programme
for 2009. A full programme of lectures can be found at
www.geolsoc.org.uk/shelllondonlectures09.
Tickets will be allocated as normal, around two or three weeks
in advance of each talk, but you may let us know how many
tickets you are interested in for each lecture, at any time in
advance of this and we will keep a note of it so that you are
entered into the ballot when tickets are allocated. If you are
indicating an interest in more than one lecture, please note
them in priority order, with the one you would most like to
attend first, and we will do our best to allocate you tickets to
as many of your top choices as we can.
For further information or to indicate an interest, please
contact Alys Hilbourne.
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website for more information
Email: Alys
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July Issue of EARTH Magazine: Geology for a Stable Afghanistan
The July issue of EARTH Magazine delves into the issue of the
economic development potential of Afghanistan, through its
untapped rich mineral and energy resources.
Read about the work the U.S. Geological Survey is conducting
with the Afghanistan Geological Survey and the Ministry of
Energy and Water to map and develop Afghanistan’s vast and
mostly untouched deposits of copper, iron, natural gas, oil, and
gemstones. Careful development of these resources could not
only help to pay for the rebuilding of the country, but provide
a prosperous future for its citizens.
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EARTH Magazine website for more information
Email: EARTH
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Charles Close Society Launches New Website
The new Charles Close Society website includes history of
Ordnance Survey, examples of maps and covers, index diagrams for
various map series,
Sheetlines
index, a selection of articles of interest reproduced from past
issues of
Sheetlines,
and 'Sheetfinder', a gazetter-based search facility that lists
the OS sheets covering any selected place. Members are
encouraged to contribute new material and participate in the
on-going development of the site in response to the interests
and activities of the membership. Visit
www.CharlesCloseSociety.org
to find out more.
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Charles Close Society website for more information
Email: Charles
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New Fellowship Subscription Rates for 2010
