Friday 11th May - Sunday 13th May 2012 Leader: Prof Pete Coxon (Trinity College Dublin) We travel out to the island on Friday afternoon and return early Sunday afternoon. We will have one and a half field days on the island. On the first day (Saturda…
NEXT IGA EVENT LECTURE Dr. Tom Molyeux (Exploration Consultant) will present a lecture: Geology of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa VENUE: Room 4, Dept. of Geology, Muesum Building, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2. TIME: 6.00pm MAP: View Larger Ma…
Bellewstown volcanics (and graptolite-bearing shales!), Co Meath Saturday 31st March 2012 Leader: Dr. Matthew Parkes (National Museum of Ireland) The fieldtrip will examine the Ordovician stratigraphy of the Bellewstown inlier near Duleek in County M…
This is not an IGA event, however we will be giving a short presentation in the getting involved section of the day on what we do. And will stick around to answer any questions. Definitely going to be an interesting day! Hope to see you there! 9.30am…
NEXT LECTURE Wednesday 14th March, 2012 Prof. Ken Higgs (UCC) will present a lecture: Evolution of the first Tetrapods - a conflict of evidence VENUE: Room 4, Dept. of Geology, Muesum Building, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2. TIME: 6.00pm DIRECTION…
Saturday 3rd March 2012. A piece of the Cambrian deep seafloor Leader: Dr. Peter Haughton (UCD) Meet at the beach-level car park close to the old Bray Head Hotel at the south end of the esplanade at 10am. The trip will involve relatively easy walking…
IGA LECTURE Wednesday, 8th February, 2012 Advancing our knowledge of Ireland’s glacial history. Speaker: Dr Steve McCarron (NUI Maynooth) VENUE: Museum 4, Dept. of Geology, Muesum Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. TCD MAP and DIRECTIONS TIME: 6.00…
Irish Geological Association AGM & DVD NIGHT Wednesday 25th January Our Annual General Meeting will be followed by a DVD showing about the Yellowstone supervolcano, as well as a chance to socialize with fellow members. VENUE: Room G01, UCD School of …
Tuesday 24th January, 2012 “Precious metals, magmas and contamination: unravelling the economic geology of the Skaergaard intrusion, east Greenland” Speaker: Dr Dave Holwell (University of Leicester) This is a lunchtime seminar organised by UCD Schoo…
Tuesday 24th January, 2012 “Precious metals, magmas and contamination: unravelling the economic geology of the Skaergaard intrusion, east Greenland” Speaker: Dr Dave Holwell (University of Leicester) This is a lunchtime seminar organised by UCD Schoo…