Geology within the National Museum of Ireland
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Irish Geological Association Lecture Nigel Monaghan (Retired Keeper of Natural History at NMI)
RHA Annual Art Exhibition
Lecture
Following the success of last year’s IGA visit to the Annual Exhibition of the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA), Ely Place, Dublin, Bill Sheppard will again lead you through the Exhibition this year. This is a great…
The Faulty Side of Howth Head
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In this field trip we’ll examine the geology and structure of Howth Head.We'll see how the Howth Fault juxtaposes Carboniferous limestone andCambrian clastic sequences, which have very distinctive geologicalhistories a…
IGA Whit Weekend Excursion
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Roundstone, Co. Galway and Environs Leader: Maria Cullen Three Granites, Two Beaches, One Island and Lots of Life! This weekend excursion (2 days of the long bank-holiday weekend), we will explore three distinct Cal…
IGA Annual General Meeting
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Annual General Meeting of the Irish Geological Association follow by a wine and cheese reception.
The Changing Roles of Long-lived Faults in MountainBelts: Examples from the Variscides of Southern Ireland
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Once initiated and developed, faults tend to have prolongedactivation histories that highly influence tectonic deformation, fluid flow, andassociated mineralisation in the brittle upper crust. The fault systems associa…
Modern Advancements in Volcano Monitoring
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Museum Building, Trinity College Dublin
Claire Harnet (UCD) and Mike Stock (TCD) are organising a special evening seminar for the 60th Anniversary of the Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group, a special interest group of The Geological Society. This will be he…
Visit to Earth Surface Research Laboratory
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This will take around 2 hours. It will involve a preliminary talk by Victoria Lowe to illustrate how the facilities of the lab have been applied to a contemporary research project. A tour of the lab and its analytical …
IGA Hybrid Lecture
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y Zoom and in-person in Museum 4, Museum Building, Trinity College Dublin.
Putting fossils in a ‘nuclear oven’ may not sound like a good idea, but high-energy radiation from a nuclear reactor can provide a unique, non-destructive approach to examine fossils, inside and out. Such non-destructi…
Joint IGA–GGA–CGA Lecture 2024: From Seafloor Methane to Continental Flooding
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Understanding the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum and Global Climate Change Date and Time: Wednesday, 24 January 2024, 19:00 pm via Zoom and in-person in Museum 4, Museum Building, Trinity College Dublin.