Abstract: Sediment erosion, transport and deposition by rivers and turbidity currents are key processes responsible for shaping large areas of Earth’s natural landscape and seascape. Similar resurfacing of other planetary surfaces by liquids associated with a volatile cycle is also inferred for other planetary bodies in the solar system, including…
Month: September 2018
****LECTURE****: 1st May 2019 – Dr. Maria McNamara (UCC) on the colour of fossils. ***FIELD TRIP***: DATE CHANGE: 15th-16th June: Geology of the Burren with Dr. Markus Pracht (GSI) ****LECTURE****: Date TBC – Niall Reenan on IT in Geology ****LECTURE****: Autumn/Winter 2019 – Rachel Cave (NUIG) on “ocean acidification and…
Life on the Rocks – with a focus on the South Connemara Group and the Connemara Granites. Saturday 15th SEPTEMBER and Sunday 16th SEPTEMBER 2018 Leaders: Maria CULLEN, Howard FOX & Dr Quentin CROWLEY ACCOMMODATION Carna Bay Hotel, Wild Atlantic Way, CARNA – Contact (095) 32255 The hotel is busy…