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SUMMARY:Irish Rocks and Minecraft Rocks
DESCRIPTION:As part of National Heritage Week\, Laois Libraries have invited Michele Castiaux (www.geologyandenvironment.com) from the Irish Geological Association to present a fun and informative workshop for children on Irish geology and the rocks that are found in the popular video game Minecraft. \nLocations: \n\nAbbeyleix Library (057 8730020\, wlawler@laoiscoco.ie)\, 25th August 11am -12pm\nRathdowney Library (0505 46852\, cafitzpatrick@laoiscoco.ie)\, 25th August 3pm – 4pm\n\nThese events are free of charge but must be booked in advance.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/irish-rocks-and-minecraft-rocks/
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SUMMARY:IGA Weekend Excursion: Tory Island\, Co. Donegal - 11th to 13th August
DESCRIPTION:Reasons to go: \nPerhaps not a once in a lifetime but a once in a decade opportunity to visit Toraí\, Tory Island\, a true jewel of the North Atlantic!\nTory Island is a remote\, rocky island lying some 11km to the north of Bloody Foreland in Co. Donegal. The island is approximately 4km long by 1km wide.\nTory boasts extensive areas of Thorr Granite (Caledonian in age) displaying a range of variations throughout the island from features of foliation to porphyritic texture. Impressive\, textbook Tertiary dykes of Dolerite are to be seen.\nThe eastern part of the island is made up of more erosion-resistant Dalradian Ards Quartzite and high\, dramatic coastal cliffs occur here. Torai (Tor an Rí\, Tower of the King) is named for the jagged features of the east end of the island where the mythic Balor Birugderc (Balor of the Evil Eye)\, King of the Formorians was said to live.\nAn opportunity to conduct some geology through Irish – Geolaíocht trí Ghaeilge – will be on offer during the weekend as Toraí is a Gaeltacht area. For those who have not been to the island before\, a magical place awaits with Corncrakes\, Ringed Plover and many other birds\, semi-tame rabbits and lagoon-dwelling species are on show like nowhere else on Earth.\nBígí linn! \nThe Plan: \nTravel on the Friday afternoon at 5pm on the Tory Island Ferry from Magheroarty to Tory Island.\nExcursions all day Saturday and Sunday.\nEvening Meal together on Saturday (Optional\, please book if interested along with notice of any special dietary requirements).\nLeaving 6pm Sunday evening from Tory to Magheroarty. \nImportant Information \nAccommodation: BOOK NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT!\nBrú Thoraí / Tory Hostel Details:\nDeirdre: 087 2987407\nÓstán Radharc Na Céibhe/Tory Island Harbour View Hotel Details:\nSean and Patricia: 074 9135920\nIf you would like accommodation booked for you just contact us. \nTory Island Ferry c. €26 per person return\, going from Magheroarty (not Bunbeg) on Friday or early Saturday morning\, returning Sunday evening.\nhttp://www.toryislandferry.com/ \nPLEASE NOTE:\nAdverse weather conditions occasionally result in visitors to Tory Island being “marooned” for short periods of time beyond their original plans. Please check forecasts nearer to the time of this event and make appropriate plans where necessary if ferries are cancelled on Sunday 13th August.\nSome time flexibility is an absolute requirement for this excursion. \nThanks! Go raibh maith agaibh! \nThanks to Máire Clár\, Marjorie\, Patricia and Deirdre for being so welcoming already! \nBooking information: \nPlease contact Maria by email: maria@geology.ie
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-weekend-excursion-tory-island-co-donegal-11th-to-13th-august/
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SUMMARY:IGA Members' Night & Lecture - Wednesday 7th June - Dunsink Observartory
DESCRIPTION:IGA Members’ Night and Lecture – Wednesday 7th June\, 6-10pm \nReasons to go \nCome\, meet your fellow IGA members at our friendly gathering of chat\, geological curiosities and themed refreshments! \nThis year we will meet in the historic and beautiful Dunsink Observatory. (NB: Directions below) \nSpecial lecture: “Wine and Geology” \nThere will be a special lecture\, suited to the evening that is in it\, by Davide Gallazzi (North West Environmental) fittingly entitled “Wine and Geology”! \nOur Hosts \nOur hosts will be the wonderful Dr. Hilary O’Donnell (Retired\, DIAS) and indefatigable John Flannery (IAS)\n \nThe Plan \n6pm Welcome to Dunksink Observatory \n7pm Lecture: “Wine and Geology” by Davide Gallazzi \n8pm Introduction to Dunsink Observatory by John Flannery \nThereafter a reception with geologically themed craft beers and wines as a feature of the evening! \n10pm Depart \nImportant Information \nAll Current Members\, Intending New Members and Renewing “I should have paid my membership by now\, but forgot and will soon” Members are welcome! \nIGA Committee Members will be on hand to help you with your subscription status for 2017-2018! \nGetting There: Dunsink Observatory is located about 8 km northwest of Dublin city centre but for first timers a little extra attention is required in finding the site. \nLocation: Dunsink Observatory\, \nCastleknock\, \nDublin 15 \nTel: +353 (1) 4406656 \nMobile: 087-6294966 \nGPS location: +53° 23′ 12.30″\, -6° 20′ 10.40″ \nDriving directions: Head for Castleknock along the N3 out of Dublin and turn right at the intersection with Auburn Avenue just before reaching the M50 onto Dunsink Lane. Then proceed past the Travelodge Motel\, the junction with the New River Road and Elmgreen golf course to reach the Observatory. \nComing from the M50 take the exits marked N3 City and then follow signs for New River Road onto Dunsink Lane. \nIf coming from Auburn Avenue and the Phoenix Park just go straight across the N3. \nPublic Transport directions: Warning – Long Walk involved. Buses (numbers 38 and 39) towards Blanchardstown leave from the City Centre. Get off at the bus stop after the Auburn Avenue/New Dunsink Lane intersection on the Navan Road\, cross over to New Dunsink Lane and follow it for the next two miles. \nTaxis are advised after dark. \nPlease bring your geological curiosities\, pet rock find of the year etc.\, for general appreciation! \nThanks! \nIGA are most grateful to Hilary\, John and to DIAS for use of and access to this wonderful facility.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-members-night-lecture-wednesday-7th-june-dunsink-observartory/
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SUMMARY:IGA Lecture - 24th May 2017 - Gem Deposits of Europe by Damien Wilkinson (Gem Entrepreneur)
DESCRIPTION: Damien will talk about the geology of gem deposits and tell you how you can visit many of the these deposits yourself\, safely to look for gemstones\, and show you exactly what rock and mineral clues you need to search for by showing you some hands-on samples from the various sites. He will address the following questions: In what geological environments do gemstones occur\, and how can we use this information to look for gemstones in Europe? What European gemstone secrets are a mysterious religious order hiding in Salzburg? What does this also have in common with WW2\, the Romans\, and the crown Jewels of England and France? What are the locations and geology settings for known valuable ruby\, sapphire\, emerald and diamond deposits in Europe? What do whisky\, sheep and sapphires have in common? And … are there gem deposits in Ireland\, and how might we find them?\n  \nBiography: Having worked in the investment banking industry in Asia for several years\, Damien decided to pack in his desk job several years ago and follow his passion for gemstones and become a professional gem dealer. \nOver the years\, he has travelled to just over 60 countries to buy\, sell and explore for gemstones. This gemstone journey has included once (and never again he says ! ) owning a tourmaline mine in Madagascar\, running a gem import/export business in Tanzania\, searching for the mysterious source of diamonds in Borneo and leading groups of gemologists and buyers to the famous gem deposits in Myanmar\, Thailand and Sri Lanka. Damien is a fellow of the Gemological Association of Great Britain and a certified rough diamond buyer. More recently he has been working with the Asia Institute of Gemmological Sciences in Bangkok\, Thailand. \nDamien’s interest in European gemstone deposits and exploration started after a visit to Germany to visit the source of hauyne\, a rare and beautiful collectors gemstone material. From then he has researched and visited over a dozen sites of importance across Europe. \nWhen and where: The lecture theatre in the Geological Survey of Ireland\, Beggars Bush\, Dublin 4 on Wednesday\, May 24th\, between 6:30 and 7:30 pm. Coffee and biscuits will be available from 5:30 pm. All welcome.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-lecture-24th-may-2017-gem-deposits-of-europe-by-damien-wilkinson-gem-entrepreneur/
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SUMMARY:IGA Excursion - 20th & 21st May - Copper Coast Geopark\, Co. Waterford
DESCRIPTION:Since the early days in the 1990s with Des Cowman’s talks on the heritage of the Copper Coast area and European Geopark Network membership in 2001\, the Copper Coast Geopark has elucidated the geology and heritage of this beautiful part of the Waterford coast. Geopark Geologist-in-Residence\, Robbie Galvin\, will show us the sights and show off the exceptionally beautiful minerals of the area of which at least 36 have been recorded! The geological record is c. 460 Million years in the making\, with the presence of ancient island arc volcanoes (think Japanese islands as a modern equivalent) and the actions of oceans\, deserts and ice all in evidence. \nThese days Waterford is being investigated again for its volcanogenic massive sulphide minerals. Recently the Tellus initiative of the Geological Survey of Ireland has mapped the area\, showing subsurface detail\, as never seen before. \nSaturday 20th May (free of charge): \n\n8.45: Meeting at Copper Coast GeoPark\n9.00: Driving and walking tour of the area\n13.00: Lunch in the GeoPark Centre (available on site for a fee)\n14.00: Guided tour by Robbie Galvin including minerals\n17.00: Day ends\n\nOn Sunday 21st from 10am to 1.30pm there is a wonderful opportunity for 9 people to take a Copper Coast Tour on the water around the spectacular coastal features of the area. Seapaddling and Mick O’Meara will\, weather permitting will guide this group. Priority will be given to IGA members\, minimum age of 12 years. Please mention if you have been sea kayaking before. Price for the Copper Coast Seakayaking Tour is €40 per person. \nSunday 21st May (€40 for kayaking tour): \n\n10.00: Seapaddling with Mick O’Meara\n13.30: Day ends\n\nPlease let us know if you require accommodation to be booked for you in the area – maria@geology.ie \n 
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-excursion-20th-21st-may-copper-coast-geopark-co-waterford/
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SUMMARY:IGA Lecture - 19th April 2017 - George Reynolds (Metric Consulting) on Radon and Geology
DESCRIPTION:Radon gets a very bad press these days with concerns about its cancer-causing health effects and the whole new remediation industry that it has created. As with mercury\, asbestos and health foods\, the facts often become obscured by the scare stories. \nThis talk looks at the historical aspects of its discovery\, its relationship to uranium\, and the methods of detection. The ubiquitous presence of radon in soil gas suggests that in addition to house construction issues\, we need to look at the geological aspects of radon\, how it is transported to the surface and whether it relates more to rock and soil textures\, e.g. fracturing\, than to rock types. \nWhat the talk will not be addressing are the statistics underlying the health concerns nor remediation methods or their effectiveness. \n  \nGeorge Reynolds Biography \nGeorge started his career in geophysics by winning the “Young Scientist of the Year” in 1968 for a project on the electrical characteristics of the Cloghleagh iron mine in Co. Wicklow. \nHe has degrees in geology and geophysics from TCD and an MBA from UCD. In 1988 he added a diploma in hydrogeology while convalidating his Trinity degree in Spain\, with a little help from King Juan Carlos! \nHe has over 45 years experience in mineral and groundwater geophysics in Ireland and throughout Europe\, as well as the Philippines\, Sri Lanka and Mauritania. \nIn the 1980s he was involved in the European uranium exploration programme which arose from fears of a petroleum shortage\, and more recently\, he has been exploring for uranium in Sweden and Mauritania where extensive use of soil radon sampling was made. His current interests are radon and groundwater in fracture zones.” \n\nTime and place details: 18:30 – 19:30\, Wednesday 19th April (2017) at the Geological Survey of Ireland\, Beggars Bush\, Dublin 4 [refreshments from 17:30]
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-lecture-19th-april-2017-george-reynolds-metric-consulting-on-radon-and-geology/
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SUMMARY:IGA Lecture - 22nd March 2017 - Dr. Mike Simms (Ulster Museum) on Giant Meteorites Hitting Scotland
DESCRIPTION:Britain’s Greatest Hits: In search of giant meteorite craters \nIn 2008\, an Oxford geologist published proof that an obscure layer of rock in north-west Scotland\, assumed for many years to be volcanic in origin\, had been formed by a giant meteorite impact. In 2011\, I travelled to Scotland to pay homage to this remarkable rock and collect a few pieces. What I saw there convinced me that there was much more to discover about this remarkable event 1.2 billion years ago. This talk will describe how a chance discovery on holiday led to the discovery\, maybe\, of a giant impact crater buried beneath Scotland\, and how its existence may have profound implications for understanding the geological history of this region of Britain. \n  \nBiography \nMike developed an interest in fossils at the age of 6\, which led to a Geology with Zoology degree at Bristol University and a Ph.D. on Jurassic crinoids at Birmingham University. Since the late 1980s Mike’s research has increasingly shifted away from fossils onto subjects ranging from karst geomorphology and landscape evolution\, to Holocene sea-level change and the glaciation of western Ireland\, and from evidence of giant meteorite impacts to the possibility of such events launching ‘terrestrial meteorites’ from Earth into Space. Many of his research projects in the past 25 years have arisen from serendipitous discoveries and chance conversations. The subject of this talk is one example of this. \n  \nWhen and where: The lecture theater in the Geological Survey of Ireland\, Beggars Bush\, Dublin 4 on Wednesday\, March 22nd\, between 6:30 and 7:30 pm. Coffee and biscuits will available from 5:30 pm. All welcome
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-lecture-22nd-march-2017-dr-mike-simms-ulster-museum-on-giant-meteorites-hitting-scotland/
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SUMMARY:IGA Lecture - 14th December - Gerry Stanley (Geological Survey of Ireland) - Strategic Minerals and Where to Find Them
DESCRIPTION:When and where: The lecture theater in the Geological Survey of Ireland\, Beggars Bush\, Dublin 4 on Wednesday\, December 14th\, between 6:30 and 7:30 pm. Coffee and biscuits will available from 5:30 pm. All welcome.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-lecture-14th-december-gerry-stanley-geological-survey-of-ireland-strategic-minerals-and-where-to-find-them/
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SUMMARY:IGA Lecture: 30th November - Dr. Ruth Carden (Consultant Palaeontologist) - The Irish Cave Bones Project
DESCRIPTION:Dear Members\, \nDr. Ruth Carden (Consultant Palaeontologist) will be giving a talk on “The Irish Cave Bones Project” at the Geological Survey of Ireland on the 30th of November. Please see below for further details. \nAbstract \nThe Irish Cave Bones Project (led by Dr. Ruth Carden) is an examination of almost 300\,000 bones and associated remains from 34 caves in Ireland to get a clearer picture of Ireland’s Ice Age fauna and of the earliest human inhabitants in Ireland. The bones themselves were previously examined from the 1850s to the mid-1930s; some were even dated during the 1990s. However\, many of the bones were originally misidentified and many more were left unidentified. The Irish Cave Bones Project\, which is due for completion in 2017\, has rectified that situation. As a result\, we are now getting a wonderful insight into the full diversity of Ireland’s Ice Age vertebrate wildlife\, and the project has found evidence for the earliest traces of man in Ireland. \nWhen and where: The lecture theatre in the Geological Survey of Ireland\, Beggars Bush\, Dublin 4 on Wednesday\, November 30th\, between 6:30 and 7:30 pm. Coffee and biscuits will available from 5:30 pm. All welcome.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-lecture-30th-november-dr-ruth-carden-consultant-palaeontologist-the-irish-cave-bones-project/
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SUMMARY:IGA Lecture: 19th October - Dr. Ian Sanders (Trinity College Dublin\, Emeritus) - Meteorites and the Origin of Planets
DESCRIPTION:Dear Members\, \nDr. Ian Sanders (Trinity College Dublin\, emeritus) will be giving a talk on \n“Meteorites and the Origin of Planets” at the Geological Survey of Ireland on the 19th of October. Please see below for further details. \nAbstract: Most meteorites are fragments of our Solar System left over from its birth some 4.567 billion years ago\, before the Earth was ‘born’. They were part of an innumerable number of tiny planets that grew from dust within an enormous rotating disk of dust and gas surrounding the infant Sun. They were made from a kind of cosmic sandstone – a weird mixture of metal grains\, frozen droplets of silicate magma (called chondrules)\, and dust. Among the dust grains are surviving specks of stardust ejected from ancient stars that exploded and shed their contents back into the Galaxy before the Solar System came into existence. But exactly how these tiny planets became the Solar System we know today remains puzzling. \nWhen and where: The lecture theatre in the Geological Survey of Ireland\, Beggars Bush\, Dublin 4 on Wednesday\, October 19th\, between 6:30 and 7:30 pm. Coffee and biscuits will available from 5:30 pm. All welcome. \n 
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-lecture-19th-october-dr-ian-sanders-trinity-college-dublin-emeritus-meteorites-and-the-origin-of-planets/
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SUMMARY:IGA Lecture: 9th March - Prof. Emeritus Chris Stillman (Trinity College Dublin) - The Volcanic Islands of the Atlantic
DESCRIPTION:Dear Members\, \n\nProf. Emeritus Chris Stillman (Trinity College Dublin) will be giving a talk on “The Volcanic Islands of the Atlantic” at the Geological Survey of Ireland on the 9th of March. Please see below for further details. \n\nAbstract: \nA review of the visible geology and proposed origin and structure of the supposed “Hot Spot” islands of the Canaries\, Cape Verdes\, and Madeira\, plus\, of course\, Iceland and the Azores\, which have rather different origins.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-lecture-prof-emeritus-chris-stillman-trinity-college-dublin-the-volcanic-islands-of-the-atlantic-09032016/
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SUMMARY:IGA Lecture: Peadar McArdle - Enrich your Landscape Experience by Mixing Poetry with Geology! - 17/02/2016
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: The poet Yeats hoped we would find excitement in our local landscape – and he meant our emotional response to it just as much as its physical shape and nature.  The geologist may deeply understand the basis of the latter\, but it is the poet who opens our minds to the wider possibilities of landscape.  In speaking with this geologically-informed audience\, Peadar will emphasise the poet’s viewpoint and his talk will be based on his recent book\,* available from the Geological Survey of Ireland\, many bookshops and www.theliffeypress.com \n\nBiography:  Peadar graduated from University College Dublin.  He is a professional geologist who spent much of his career exploring Ireland’s landscapes.  He was formerly Director of the Geological Survey of Ireland. \n\n\n\nDetails:  Talk from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm at the Geological Survey of Ireland (Beggars Bush\, Dublin 4) on Wednesday 17th February 2016\, with refreshments from 5:30 pm. \n\n\n\n*Peadar McArdle  (2015)  The Irish Landscape:  An all-Ireland exploration through science and literature.  Dublin:  The Liffey Press.  352 pages.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-lecture-peadar-mcardle-enrich-your-landscape-experience-by-mixing-poetry-with-geology-17022016/
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SUMMARY:NOTICE: IGA AGM
DESCRIPTION:Dear Member\, \n\nThe Irish Geological Association’s Annual General Meeting is set for January 27th in the Geological Survey of Ireland\, Beggars Bush\, Dublin 4. This will entail a reading of the key reports from Council\, the election of the new 2016 council\, and the chance for any and all members to offer any comments\, suggestions\, observations on any aspect of the association\, i.e.\, have YOUR say. \n\nAs a prelude\, members can nominate either themselves or fellow members for the positions listed below. Candidates already named below have already offered to fill those positions and have been seconded. However other candidates are very much invited to add their names and initiate an election for any given position. If you wish to add your name to one of the positions\, please send your name and the position for which you are proposing yourself in to any committee member and we will add it to the list of candidates. \n\nThose positions officially designated as officers\, according to the Constitution\, are so signaled below. \n\nFor a copy of the Constitution\, please either e-mail any current member of council\, or see the web site where it will soon be available. \n\nLooking forward to your participation\, \n\nPatrick Roycroft (President for 2015) \n\nPresident (officer): Patrick Roycroft\nVice President (officer): Frank Clissmann\nTreasurer (officer): Dan O’Shea \nExcursions Secretary (officer): Sara Dickson or Isabel O’Brien \nMinutes Secretary (officer): Michele Castiaux\nSocial Media Secretary (officer): Isabel O’Brien\nWebsite coordinator (officer): Niall Reenan\nCommunication coordinator: Ed McKenna\nCork Representative: Bettie Higgs\nGalway Representative: Karen O’Reilly\nSchools and outreach coordinator: Sara Dickson\nAuditing accountant: Joan Hepworth\nMembership development coordinators: Chris Clayton and Joe Phelan\nOrdinary Members: Maria Cullen
URL:https://geology.ie/event/notice-iga-agm/
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SUMMARY:IGA Lecture: Joe Phelan - The Younger Dryas Period & the Failure of the Gulf Stream\, Could it fail again?
DESCRIPTION:Dear Member\, \nYou are cordially invited to the last IGA talk – but not the last IGA event – for 2015. It is by IGA council member Joe Phelan\, and\, given that climate change is something of a hot topic\, this one could raise the temperature even further. Miss it at your peril! \nThe details are as follows: \nThe talk will take place on Wednesday December 9th at the Geological Survey of Ireland\, Beggars Bush (off Haddington Road\, Dublin 4) between 6: 30 and 7: 30 pm. Coffee and biscuits will be available from 5: 30 pm . All Welcome! \nAbstract:\nWarming of Earth’s climate from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene was interrupted by three climate oscillations when a cold phase returned. The longest lasting and the coldest of these oscillations was termed the Younger Dryas. The study seeks to understand how such a cold oscillation occurred by researching the relevant literature. Evidence that accelerated melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet in recent years is examined in the context of its possible contribution to a renewed climate oscillation. Climate change as a consequence of planetary warming suggests the YD period is important to understand as the onset was quick\, being less than a human life-span. Dynamic mass loss within the Greenland Ice Sheet is occurring today presenting the spectre that abrupt climate change\, initiated by this melting\, could return the Northern hemisphere to an ice age.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-lecture-joe-phelan-the-younger-dryas-period-the-failure-of-the-gulf-stream-could-it-fail-again/
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SUMMARY:IGA Lecture: John Hussey - Granite in Dublin’s buildings\, the Blessington connection
DESCRIPTION:Dear Members\, \n\nIt is with great pleasure that we announce the following IGA lecture\, which will take place 6:30-7:30 pm (with refreshments from 5:30 pm) at the Geological Survey of Ireland\, Beggars Bush\, Dublin 4 on Wednesday\, November 18th. \n\nLecture summary is below: \n\nSee you there! \n\n\nJohn Hussey \nGranite has been used in the buildings of Dublin since the early 1700s.  Much of this granite came from quarries around the Blessington area of Co. Wicklow.  John Hussey’s talk will look at the practicalities of the business rather than its geology\, focusing on the development of the industry from 1700 onwards\, the sequence of granite quarries in use and their owners\, the transport system and routes used to move the stone to Dublin and a selection of Dublin’s granite buildings. \n\nJohn Hussey is a Civil and Environmental Engineer who has researched the history of the Wicklow granite quarries over many years.  His book\, Wicklow Granite – a history of quarrying at Ballyknockan\, Golden Hill\, Threecastles & Woodend is in preparation.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-lecture-granite-in-dublins-buildings-the-blessington-connection-2/
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SUMMARY:IGA Lecture: John Hussey - Granite in Dublin’s buildings\, the Blessington connection
DESCRIPTION:Dear Members\, \n\nIt is with great pleasure that we announce the following IGA lecture\, which will take place 6:30-7:30 pm (with refreshments from 5:30 pm) at the Geological Survey of Ireland\, Beggars Bush\, Dublin 4 on Wednesday\, November 18th. \n\nLecture summary is below: \n\nSee you there! \n\n\nJohn Hussey \nGranite has been used in the buildings of Dublin since the early 1700s.  Much of this granite came from quarries around the Blessington area of Co. Wicklow.  John Hussey’s talk will look at the practicalities of the business rather than its geology\, focusing on the development of the industry from 1700 onwards\, the sequence of granite quarries in use and their owners\, the transport system and routes used to move the stone to Dublin and a selection of Dublin’s granite buildings. \n\nJohn Hussey is a Civil and Environmental Engineer who has researched the history of the Wicklow granite quarries over many years.  His book\, Wicklow Granite – a history of quarrying at Ballyknockan\, Golden Hill\, Threecastles & Woodend is in preparation.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-lecture-granite-in-dublins-buildings-the-blessington-connection/
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SUMMARY:IGA Lecture: Dr. Patrick O’Connor - GEMAS: A new Geochemical Atlas  of European Agricultural Soils
DESCRIPTION:Dear Members\, \n\nOur next talk is by Dr. Patrick O’Connor\, and it will be on the recently completed gargantuan European-wide project to representatively sample the composition all the key soils of Europe – including those of Ireland – and make a myriad of discoveries and inferences about current\, or historical\, social and industrial activities. Even such things as climate change. This huge survey was called GEMAS\, and the results are what Pat\, who was deeply involved in the project\, is going to talk about. The maps that were produced\, and which form the cornerstone of the GEMAS project\, are themselves spectacular. \n\nSee you there! \nAbstract: GEMAS stands for GEochemical Mapping of Agricultural Soils in Europe. This major European­wide project reveals the effects of anthropogenic soil pollution due to agricultural practices\, mining activities\, industrial activities and urbanisation. More broadly\, some climatic effects are also evident. GEMAS clearly shows that the low density soil sampling methods used for continental­scale mapping of the geochemical environment is scientifically sound and transferable. And many of the geochemical maps themselves are works of art. \nWhen and where: The lecture theatre in the Geological Survey of Ireland\, Beggars Bush\, Dublin 4 on Wednesday\, October 28th\, between 6:30 and 7:30 pm. Coffee and biscuits will available from 5:30 pm. All welcome.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-lecture-dr-patrick-oconnor-gemas-a-new-geochemical-atlas-of-european-agricultural-soils-2/
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SUMMARY:IGA Lecture: Dr. Patrick Roycroft - Ireland's Mineral Heritage: the Agony\, the Ecstasy and the Future
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the first IGA lecture of the Autumn 2015 season. We will be having one lecture per month for you to enjoy\, plus the always-anticipated Christmas get-together. \nThe first lecture will be by the IGA’s own President\, Dr. Patrick Roycroft. Here are the details: \n\nTitle: “Ireland’s Mineral Heritage: the Agony\, the Ecstasy and the Future” \n\nAbstract: Ireland’s mineral heritage might be defined as all the minerals that have been\, or could be\, collected from Ireland and that reside in museums\, institutions\, private collections or with mineral dealers\, i.e.\, labelled minerals that\, in some way\, can be\, or have been\, transferred down through history and that represent an aspect of Ireland. Unfortunately\, history has not always been kind to our minerals and many collections have either been willfully destroyed or accidentally made useless. However\, moves are afoot to start documenting what minerals currently survive\, where they have come from\, what these minerals tell us either scientifically or historically (mineral labels are a treasure trove in themselves)\, and projects that will allow – for the first time – the general public to get to know their own mineral heritage. Examples will be taken from the UCD mineral collection project (part funded by the Heritage Council in 2014 and 2015)\, and specimens will be available for examination on the night. \n\nWhere on:  The lecture theatre in the Geological Survey of Ireland\, Beggars Bush\, Dublin 4 on Wednesday\, September 30th\, between 6:30 and 7:30 pm. Coffee and biccies will be on hand from 5:30 pm. \n\nBiography: Patrick became interested in minerals – and geology – when 7 years old in Galway. He obtained his BA (Mod.) in geology from Trinity College Dublin in 1987\, went on to do a PhD on the muscovites from the Leinster Granite\, supervised by Dr. Padhraig Kennan in University College Dublin in 1995\, spent a year-and-a-half as a post-doc in Marseille (France) as an EU Marie Curie Fellow\, followed by a second Marie Curie post-doc back in UCD. He then worked as an editor for over 11 years with the now-defunct H.W. Wilson Company and has more recently become an editor with the geological journal Elements\, as well as doing work for Ingenious Ireland (as tour guide and researcher) and getting grants from the Heritage Council to save and research the UCD mineral collection. Patrick also has his first book coming out this October (so he has been told) – it’s to be published by Orpen Press and is called “648 Billion Sunrises: A Geological Miscellany of Ireland”. \n\nLooking forward to seeing you there! \n 
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-lecture-dr-patrick-roycroft-irelands-mineral-heritage-the-agony-the-ecstasy-and-the-future/
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SUMMARY:IGA Lecture: Dr. Patrick Roycroft - Ireland's Mineral Heritage: the Agony\, the Ecstasy and the Future
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the first IGA lecture of the Autumn 2015 season. We will be having one lecture per month for you to enjoy\, plus the always-anticipated Christmas get-together. \nThe first lecture will be by the IGA’s own President\, Dr. Patrick Roycroft. Here are the details: \n\nTitle: “Ireland’s Mineral Heritage: the Agony\, the Ecstasy and the Future” \n\nAbstract: Ireland’s mineral heritage might be defined as all the minerals that have been\, or could be\, collected from Ireland and that reside in museums\, institutions\, private collections or with mineral dealers\, i.e.\, labelled minerals that\, in some way\, can be\, or have been\, transferred down through history and that represent an aspect of Ireland. Unfortunately\, history has not always been kind to our minerals and many collections have either been willfully destroyed or accidentally made useless. However\, moves are afoot to start documenting what minerals currently survive\, where they have come from\, what these minerals tell us either scientifically or historically (mineral labels are a treasure trove in themselves)\, and projects that will allow – for the first time – the general public to get to know their own mineral heritage. Examples will be taken from the UCD mineral collection project (part funded by the Heritage Council in 2014 and 2015)\, and specimens will be available for examination on the night. \n\nWhere on:  The lecture theatre in the Geological Survey of Ireland\, Beggars Bush\, Dublin 4 on Wednesday\, September 30th\, between 6:30 and 7:30 pm. Coffee and biccies will be on hand from 5:30 pm. \n\nBiography: Patrick became interested in minerals – and geology – when 7 years old in Galway. He obtained his BA (Mod.) in geology from Trinity College Dublin in 1987\, went on to do a PhD on the muscovites from the Leinster Granite\, supervised by Dr. Padhraig Kennan in University College Dublin in 1995\, spent a year-and-a-half as a post-doc in Marseille (France) as an EU Marie Curie Fellow\, followed by a second Marie Curie post-doc back in UCD. He then worked as an editor for over 11 years with the now-defunct H.W. Wilson Company and has more recently become an editor with the geological journal Elements\, as well as doing work for Ingenious Ireland (as tour guide and researcher) and getting grants from the Heritage Council to save and research the UCD mineral collection. Patrick also has his first book coming out this October (so he has been told) – it’s to be published by Orpen Press and is called “648 Billion Sunrises: A Geological Miscellany of Ireland”. \n\nLooking forward to seeing you there! \n 
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-lecture-dr-patrick-roycroft-irelands-mineral-heritage-the-agony-the-ecstasy-and-the-future-2/
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SUMMARY:Field Trip: Peter Lewis Gold Rush
DESCRIPTION:Dear Member\, You are very welcome to come along for a day of gold panning to the IGA’s Peter Lewis Gold Rush Please read on for further details of the trip. \nGuide: Gerry Stanley\nWhen? Saturday 5th September 2015\, 2 pm.\nWhere? Meeting at the car park to the entrance of the Bohernabreena Waterworks (see map below – Friarstown Upper).\nWhat to bring: wellies (or waders if you have them!). If you have your own gold pan\, then bring it along.\nRegister before Thursday 3rd September with Michèle (michelecastiaux@gmail.com or 087-69 68 600).
URL:https://geology.ie/event/field-trip-peter-lewis-gold-rush/
LOCATION:The Dragon Seekers
CATEGORIES:Field Trips
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SUMMARY:IGA Event: IGA Member's Night
DESCRIPTION:Dear Member\, \nYou are very welcome to come along to the IGA Member’s Night on Wednesday May 27th\, between 5:30 pm and 8:00 pm at the Geological Survey of Ireland\, Beggars Bush\, Dublin 4. \nThere will be a range of nibbly things (both sweet and savoury) and some beverages stronger than tea and coffee – though you are welcome to have them too – to help the evening flow along. \nAnd there will be a variety of geological surprises etc as well. \nThis is always a great opportunity to catch up with old friends and chat about life\, the universe\, and geology\, as well as maybe seeing something odd or participating in a small event for the evening. \nTell your family and friends also – all welcome. \nSee you there!
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-event-iga-members-night/
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SUMMARY:IGA Field Trip: Dr Siobhán Power - Geology of the Mourne Region of County Down
DESCRIPTION:Led by Dr Siobhán Power\, Mourne Cooley Gullion Geotourism\nSummary:\nThe Mourne region has the undeniable majesty of the Palaeogene granites in the Mourne Mountains but it also has lowlands underlain by Silurian subduction zone metasediments and Carboniferous fossil beds and storm deposits. The landscape itself formed during the last glaciation and has a wealth of both erosional and depositional landforms.\nThis tour of the main geological features of the region will look at the Silurian Longford-Down sediments deposited close to a subduction zone as the Iapetus Ocean closed\, the Carboniferous limestone deposits on the Carlingford Lough shore and some aspects of the Mourne granites including a spectacular section through a cone sheet with basaltic and feldspar porphyry differentiations. As we travel through the region\, we will be able to appreciate the role of glaciers in shaping the landscape and the interaction between people and their landscape. \n\nOutline of the trip:\nMeeting @ 09:30 h Bagenal’s Castle (Newry & Mounre Museum\, beside Lidl)\, Newry (Co Down) BT34 2BY\n\nFrom here we will travel in convoy. There is a good and free carpark there as it is advisable to share cars.\n\n1st Stop: Cranfield (Co. Down) – Carboniferous limestone\, 35-40 min from Nrewry in the direction of Kilkeel.\n\n2nd Stop: Glassdrumman Pier (Co. Down coast between Annalong and Newcastle) – Silurian metasediments and Palaeogene cone sheet.\n\n3rd Stop: Bloody Bridge (Co. Down coast between Annalong and Newcastle) – Contact between Silurian and metasediments\, and Palaeogene Mourne granite.\n\n4th Stop: Lunch in Newcastle (Co. Down)\n\n5th Stop: Meelmore Lodge (Co. Down) – Glacial landscape and the other side of the Mournes\n\n6th Stop: Spelga (Co. Down) – Geohydrology\n\nBack to Newry to finish around 5 pm.\n\nBring any necessary waterproofs\, stout footwear\, warm clothing [just in case]\, geological gear [though hammers won’t really be necessary].\n\nInterested participants should register by Thursday April 16th with Isabel O’Brien ( juno@my.open.ac.uk )\n\nPLACES ARE LIMITED\, SO PLEASE BOOK NOW!!
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-field-trip-dr-siobhan-power-geology-of-the-mourne-region-of-county-down/
LOCATION:The Rosslare Complex Sat/Sun 21/22 October 2006
CATEGORIES:Field Trips
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SUMMARY:IGA Lecture: Dr Davide Gallazzi - Italian Volcanic Activity from the Carboniferous to Present
DESCRIPTION:There will\, happily\, be another lecture added to our spring schedule.\nDr Davide Gallazzi (consultant geologist) will give a talk on April 15th at 6:00 pm (note) in the Geological Survey of Ireland (Beggars Bush\, Dublin 4) with the fascinating title of “Italian Volcanic Activity from the Carboniferous to Present\, from the Alps to Sicily\, amongst the God-Kings\, Titans and Philosophers”.   Refreshments will commence at 5:30 pm. \nHint: This could be the prelude to a volcano-based IGA field trip later in the year! \nSee you at the talk! \nAbstract: This lecture will present an overview of Italian volcanism\, and associated magmatism\, from the Carboniferous to our times\, travelling from the heights of the Italian Alpes\, to the shallow seabed of the Sicilian Channel\, among gods\, giants and clairvoyants.\n\nBiography: Got a Masters Degree in Geological science (thesis in Volcanology) from Italian State University\, Florence in 1986. Worked in exploration Geology from 1989 to 1993\, and then in investigation\, assessment and remediation of contaminated sites in Italy and since 1999 in Ireland. Since 2007 I work as a self-employed consultant in the fields of hydrogeology\, soil and water pollution\, and energy audits.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-lecture-dr-davide-gallazzi-italian-volcanic-activity-from-the-carboniferous-to-present/
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SUMMARY:IGA Lecture: Dr. Michal Szpak (GSI) - Life Beneath the Gyre.
DESCRIPTION:Our last talk for the season – and we have had a packed programme covering winter 2014/spring 2015 – is Dr Michal Szpak (originally from Poland but currently associated with the Geological Survey of Ireland).  The title and abstract of his talk are below\, as is a short biography that he has supplied. \nThe talk will take place at 6:30 pm on Wednesday\, March 25th\, 2015\, in the Geological Survey of Ireland (Beggars Bush\, Dublin 2) and there will be coffee/tea and biccies beforehand from 5:45 pm. \nDon’t miss this talk: a rare opportunity to hear about the Ocean Drilling Programme (ODP)\, and because the next talk will be at the start of the Autumn season (September 2015). We will\, however\, be having some field trips in the interim (stay tuned – activities are continuing). \nSee you there! \nTitle: Life Beneath the Gyre.\n\n Speaker: Dr. Michal Szpak (GSI)\nAbstract\nIn 2007\, a survey carried out by Prof. Steve D’Hondt from University of Rhode Island (USA) resulted in the discovery of extremely low-activity bacterial communities in the South Pacific Gyre – the largest of the world’s oceanic provinces. These communities were characterized by low biomass and respiration rates that are orders of magnitude lower than in previously explored sties. Moreover\, unlike in most areas of world’s oceans\, oxygen was to found to be present throughout the sedimentary column. This finding challenged the paradigm of a deep\, anoxic biosphere and led\, in 2010\, to Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) expedition 329\, “South Pacific Gyre Subseafloor Life”\, aboard the drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution. Irish-based scientist Dr. Michal Szpak was invited to participate in this expedition. In this talk\, he will discuss the science behind exploring the deep biosphere in this exciting setting\, the technology that makes exploration of such inaccessible regions of our planet possible and speak of his own experiences aboard of the JOIDES Resolution. \nBiography\nDr. Michal Szpak started his career in industry as a Process Engineer with background in Industrial Chemistry. But after two years\, in 2006\, he moved to Ireland to pursue a PhD in environmental sciences with Dr. Brian Kelleher at Dublin City University. In his doctoral work\, Michal was exploring chemical\, geophysical and geological aspects of shallow gas accumulations in Irish offshore waters. His expertise is in marine geochemistry and fluid flow in the marine environment. During and after his PhD\, he participated in several expeditions aboard Irish national research vessels and was the first Irish-based student to participate in an Integrated Ocean Drilling Program expedition.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-lecture-dr-michal-szpak-gsi-life-beneath-the-gyre/
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SUMMARY:IGA Lecture: Ian Somerville (UCD) - Coral reefs and biostromes from Carboniferous limestones of Morocco: faunal composition\, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeographic domains
DESCRIPTION:Ian Somerville will be giving the next IGA talk on Wednesday March 4th at 18:30 in the GSI – after the EGM at 18:15\, of course \nAbstract\nOver the last decade\, field work in Morocco investigating Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) limestones has led to some significant faunal discoveries. In the Tiouinine area of north central Morocco a well exposed Upper Viséan coral framework reef has been identified\, which is a first for the Lower Carboniferous in North Africa and possibly the world. It contains a rich assemblage of rugose and tabulate corals with support provided by calcareous algae. Its development comes at a time when reefs were slowly recovering from the mass extinction event in the Late Devonian. Rugose corals also formed laterally extensive biostromes in the Tindouf Basin in southern Morocco. A lower horizon is dominated by several species of Siphonodendron\, however an upper biostrome at the top of the marine sequence contains a rich and diverse assemblage with several new species recorded. Interestingly\, the age of this biostrome according to the foraminiferal dating is Bashkirian (Early Pennsylvanian) when many rugose genera and species were supposed to have become extinct. Clearly in Saharan basins they were able to survive in refugia. Another remarkable aspect of this younger biostrome is that it has been recognised in other Saharan basins in Algeria and Mali several hundred kilometres to the east and south\, highlighting the widespread nature of shallow water platform carbonates on the northern margin of Gondwana. \nIDS BIOGRAPHY\nGraduated with BSc from The Queen’s University of Belfast in 1973 and PhD in 1977. \nLecturer in University of Ulster (Jordanstown) 1977-1979. \nJoined Geology Department in UCD in 1979 as Lecturer in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy; \nSenior Lecturer in 1996 and Associate Professor in 2007. \nResearch interests in corals\, forams\, conodonts\, algae; carbonate sediments; coral reefs and mudmounds; Carboniferous basins in Europe\, China and North Africa.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-lecture-ian-somerville-ucd-coral-reefs-and-biostromes-from-carboniferous-limestones-of-morocco-faunal-composition-palaeoecology-and-palaeobiogeographic-domains/
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SUMMARY:IGA Lecture:  Dr John Murray (NUI Galway) - Searching for our Pleistocene human ancestors at Azokh Cave\, in the South Caucasus
DESCRIPTION:Dear Members\, \nDr John Murray (NUI Galway) will be giving a talk on some of our very distant European cousins. The talk will take place Thursday [note]\, February 12th\, 2015\, at 6:30 pm in the Geological Survey of Ireland (Beggars Bush\, Dublin 2). Coffee and biccies will be served from 6:00 pm. \nThe origin of man\, the evolution of our species\, and how and when man started living in Europe. Come along and see if you can spot a family resemblance. \nSee you there! \nAbstract: \nAzokh Cave is located in the mountainous terrain of the South Caucasus and contains sediments dating from at least middle Pleistocene times to the present. The site was discovered by M.M. Huseinov in 1960\, who directed excavations there over the course of the following 20 years. During this time\, many animal fossils and stone tool artefacts were recovered. However\, it was the discovery in 1968 of a fragment of a hominin mandible\, thought to represent a transitional evolutionary form between Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis\, which propelled the site to prominence. \nIn 2002 excavations were resumed at Azokh Cave by the present international and multidisciplinary research group and this work has continued to the present. This talk will present the results of this more recent phase of investigation\, the geological component of which has included mapping the cave system out in 3-dimensions\, describing the lithostratigraphy in detail and using radiometric dating methods to establish the age of the succession. The talk will also provide a flavour of what it is like to travel to this part of the world and conduct fieldwork with an international archaeological team. \nBiography: \nDr John Murray is a lecturer in palaeontology in Earth & Ocean Sciences\, at the School of Natural Sciences in NUI Galway. He holds a B.A. and PhD from Trinity College Dublin and lectured there for two years before moving to Galway in 2003. He has wide-ranging research interests in all aspects of palaeontology\, palaeoclimatology and carbonate sedimentology\, with particular reference to the Carboniferous. His PhD work focussed on the Viséan (Carboniferous) stratigraphy of the Shannon Basin in southwest Ireland. Recent research has investigated the timing and magnitude of the Permo-Carboniferous glaciation\, utilising stable isotope proxies preserved in conodont microfossils\, and also the Late Pleistocene to Holocene palaeoenvironmental history of Galway Bay. For the past decade John has conducted extensive fieldwork and actively collaborated with the international Azokh Cave Research Project\, which is examining Middle to Late Pleistocene hominid evolution and migration through the southern Caucasus.
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SUMMARY:Event: The IGA's Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Dear Members\,\n\nThe IGA’s Annual General Meeting will take place\, subject to confirmation\, in the Geological Survey of Ireland (Beggars Bush\, Dublin 2) at 6:30 pm on Wednesday February 4th\, 2015. This is the opportunity for all members to vote for the committee for 2015; hear statements from the current 2014 committee on what happened during 2014 and the present status of the IGA; and to make any comments\, queries or suggestions that you\, as a member\, would like to raise.\n  \nNon-members are very welcome to attend the AGM itself; but only members can submit nominations beforehand or vote. \n\nThe committee positions for which nominations are sought are the following: \n\nPresident \nVice-President \nExcursions Secretary \nTreasurer \nGrants Secretary \nMinutes Secretary \nWebsite (and/or Communications) Coordinator \nGalway Representative \nCork Representative \nOrdinary Member \n\nAll nominations should be submitted by December 30th\, 2014\, and the final list will be circulated in the first week of January\, 2015 in preparation for the AGM itself on February 4th. If there is more than one nomination for a position (except Ordinary Member)\, a vote will be taken. \n\nThis is your IGA …. so please do feel free to contribute and participate. Your input will always be welcome. \n\nThe 2014 Committee
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SUMMARY:Event: Prof. Peter Haughton (UCD School of Geological Sciences)
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday January 28th – we have the great pleasure of inviting you to a talk by UCD geologist Prof. Peter Haughton\, the title and abstract of which are below. \n  \nThe talk will be in UCD itself [in room G01 in the UCD School of Geological Sciences] at 6:30 pm; there will be tea and coffee and biccies beforehand at 6:00 pm in the department’s foyer area\, from which we can clearly see the back door and so let people in. Because the venue is UCD\, we advise you to arrive in good time to get fully legal parking spaces [the clampers out there are legendarily strict – please be warned!]. \n  \nSee you there! \n  \nGoing subsurface –adventures with a drill rig in west Clare \nPeter Haughton \nThe Namurian (mid-Carboniferous) geology of Clare is world famous\, partly because it is so well exposed in the high sea cliffs around the mouth of the Shannon and extending to the north all the way to the Cliffs of Moher.  The succession\, over 2 km thick\, is arranged in a major shallowing-upwards sequence passing from deep-sea deposits upslope into a series of delta units\, all deposited at a time when the Earth was plunged into an icehouse period.  Although the Clare Basin lay in the tropics close to the equator\, the growth and collapse of polar ice sheets drove numerous high frequency cycles of deposition much like we see in the Quaternary.  Recently\, a major drilling programme on the cliff tops has acquired continuous cores through the deep-water sections behind the cliffs and extending beneath the level currently exposed.  This talk will describe some of the insights and real surprises (some good\, some bad!) arising from this project and explain what we plan to try and do with the cores and data that have been collected in the boreholes.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/event-prof-peter-haughton-ucd-school-of-geological-sciences/
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SUMMARY:IGA Lecture: Dr. Patrick Orr (UCD School of Geological Sciences)
DESCRIPTION:Putting flesh on bone: what the fossil record can reveal about the history of life on Earth.\nIt is with great pleasure that we can announce the details of the IGA New Year Lecture. \nThe talk will be by internationally renowned palaeontologist Dr. Patrick (Paddy) Orr\, who is based at the UCD School of Geological Sciences and who has worked with many of the biggest names in preservation palaeontology\, including dinosaur specialists. The talk will feature the latest incredible discoveries on the real (i.e.\, actual) colour of dinosaurs  – and that’s just part of it!  Do not miss this talk. \nIt will be held between 18:30 and 19:30 in the Synge Theatre in the Arts Block of Trinity College Dublin on Wednesday\, January 21st; nibbles start at 18:00 and there will be time for questions up to 20:00. \nSee you there. \nAbstract:\nThe fragments of shell that litter the seashore are a poor record of the complexity and diversity of marine environments\, yet such information is the norm in the fossil record.  This bias challenges palaeobiologists’ attempts to reconstruct the history of life on Earth.  Fortuitously\, under certain environmental conditions more than the ‘bones shells and teeth’ can be preserved. These examples allow more comprehensive analysis of the biology\, ecology and evolution of extinct animals\, including topics as diverse as the ecology of 520 million year old marine communities\, the color of the feathers of 100 million year dinosaurs\, and the last meal of a blood sucking 46 million year old insect.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-lecture-dr-patrick-orr-ucd-school-of-geological-sciences/
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SUMMARY:IGA Event: The Annual IGA Christmas Party!
DESCRIPTION:The Annual IGA Christmas Party will be held in the Geological Survey of Ireland on Wednesday 17th December from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm. A festive selection of seasonal snacks and beverages – e.g.\, mulled wine\, mince pies\, cheeses\, fancy biccies\, etc – will be available\, and members are very much encouraged to bring along something geological that others can enjoy: a rock\, mineral\, fossil\, geo-book you have enjoyed and would recommend\, article you have written\, problem you want to ask about\, anything at all. \n\nSee you there!\n\nAnd a happy start to the Christmas Season ……. (pa) Ho(e) Ho(e) Ho!\n\nIGA Council
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-event-the-annual-iga-christmas-party/
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