The geologist who wrote the book “Field Guide to the Geology of Crete”, Babis Fassoulas, has agreed to lead an IGA field trip to central and western Crete next autumn,. The purpose of the trip is to see the nappes thrown up by the colliding European and African plates, over a period of 245 million years, between 265 million years…
Read More Proposed IGA Field Trip to Crete for 12 days, late September to early October 2018
Saturday 7 July 2018 – Excursion to Swords The Irish Geological Association (IGA) has been kindly invited by Nigel Monaghan (NMI) to join his tour with OUGS and MHTI of the geological collections in the NMI store at Swords. Meet at the store, Swords, a fair bit before NOON in order to get to the correct entrance door, in good time.…
JOINT OUGS/IGA WEEKEND FIELD TRIP – 16-17TH June, 2018 Forming and filling the South Mayo Trough (Ordovician), western Ireland Led by: Dr. Brian McConnell (GSI) We will focus primarily on the Ordovician volcanic and sedimentary fill of the South Mayo Trough basin, including the Lough Nafooey volcano, basin-margin conglomerates, and ignimbrite sheets. We will also stray onto older, basin-bounding rock units and…
Dear Members, You are all invited to join us for a few drinks and nibbles on the Irish Geological Association Members’ Night! As always, feel free to bring any geological item of interest, may it be minerals, fossils, rocks, books, posters, etc. Looking forward to seeing you there! The IGA Committee. Date: Wednesday 13th June 2018 Time: from 5.30pm Venue:…
Read More IGA Members’ Night – Wednesday 13th June 2018 – GSI
