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08554 Geologists Mag Vol 12 No. 2_mag41.qxd 28/05/2013 15:06 Page 1 MMAAGGAAZZIINNEE OOFF TTHHEE GGEEOOLLOOGGIISSTTSS’’ AASSSSOOCCIIAATTIIOONN VVoolluummee 1122 NNoo..22 JJuunnee 22001133 The Association Obituary Council 2013/4 - Notice of SGM Our First President Proposed Rule amendments CORRECTION Future meetings GA Excursion to Vienna April Lecture Dorking Museum Presidential Address Guide Review Awards 2013 Proposed New Zealand Field Trip Crested china Rockwatch News Durham Meeting Curry Fund Report Circular Crossword Volcanoes Field Trip part 2 Research Awards Code of Conduct Bracklesham Bay 08554 Geologists Mag Vol 12 No. 2_mag41.qxd 28/05/2013 15:06 Page 2 Published by the Geologists’ Association. Magazine of the Geologists’ Four issues per year. ISSN 1476-7600 Association Production team: JOHN CROCKER, Jon Trevelyan, John Cosgrove, Roger Volume 12, No 2, 2013 Dixon, Vanessa Harley. Printed by City Print, Milton Keynes The GEOLOGISTS’ ASSOCIATION does not accept any responsibility for views CONTENTS and opinions expressed by individual authors in this magazine. 3/4 The Association 4 Council 2013/14 - Notice of SGM The Geologists’ Association 5 Proposed Rule amendments 6 Future meetings Founded in 1858 The Geologists’ Association serves the interests of both 7 April Lecture professional and amateur geologists, as well as making geology available to 8 Presidential Address a wider public. It is a national organisation based in London, but is 9 Awards 2013 represented by local and affiliated groups around the country. 10 Crested china The GA holds monthly lecture meetings, publishes a journal and geological guides and organises field excursions both in the UK and abroad. 11 Durham Meeting 13 Circular Subscriptions are renewed annually on November 1. 18 Volcanoes Field Trip part 2 You can join the GA on-line on our website 23 Code of Conduct Bracklesham Bay www.geologistsassociation.org.uk/JoiningtheGA.html. 23 Obituary By phone 020 7434 9298 or by post to Sarah Stafford, Executive Secretary, 24 Our First President The Geologists’ Association, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0DU. 24 CORRECTION President: Professor Rory Mortimore 25 GA Excursion to Vienna Executive Secretary: Sarah Stafford 27 Dorking Museum 28 Guide Review Useful Email contacts 28 Proposed New Zealand Field Trip President: [email protected] 29 Rockwatch News Executive Secretary:[email protected] 30 Curry Fund Report Field Meetings: [email protected] 31 Crossword Awards: [email protected] 32 Research Awards Festival of Geology: [email protected] Conference: [email protected] GA Magazine (articles): [email protected] Research Awards GA Guides: [email protected] Deadlines Earth Heritage: [email protected] 15 February and 15 September Curry Fund: [email protected] [email protected] Rockwatch (junior club of the GA): [email protected] © The Geologists’ Association. All rights reserved. No part of this Curry Fund Dates for 2013 publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form Applications to Committee or by any means, without the prior to be received by Date permission in writing of the author and the February 20 March 8 Geologists’ Association. May 20 June 14 August 20 September 13 LAST Copy dates for the Circular & November 20 December 13 Magazine [email protected] March Issue January 14 June Issue April 22 September Issue July 22 Cover picture: December Issue October 21 Items should be submitted as soon as Fire fountaining at Stromboli – possible and not targeted on these dates. We welcome contributions from Members and painting done in the field others. see article on field trip page 18 [email protected] 2 Magazine of the Geologists’ Assocition Vol. 12, No. 2, 2013 08554 Geologists Mag Vol 12 No. 2_mag41.qxd 28/05/2013 15:06 Page 3 giving talks to the Hassocks Field Now that the Annual Report has FROM THE PRESIDENT Society on 11th February, a talk been approved, it is available on the entitled South Georgia to the South website. This year we were able to Downs (more than 150 attended), and send out nearly half electronically thus to the Mole Valley Group on the saving the Association a considerable The highlight of any year is provided th by the GA awards and it was a great Geology of Stonehenge on 11 April. amount in postage. I sent out a letter pleasure to present the awards at the The enthusiasm for geology in the local with the Report telling members of the AGM in May. Congratulations to all the groups is always very impressive and username and password to be able to recipients they are listed elsewhere in thanks to both groups for the welcome access GA lectures online. This facility this issue of the GA Magazine. It is a they gave me. is only available to GA members. We are aware that some electronic particular joy to see excellent students, The Oxford Geology Colloquium deliveries of the Annual Report were often struggling to meet the costs of organised by the Oxford Geology blocked by spam filters. If you didn’t studying, receiving substantial awards Group and the Oxford University receive the password, please contact from the GA for their excellent work Natural History Museum and supported Sarah Stafford in the office and she which will help them through their by the GA was a great success and will send it to you. If you find that your courses. congratulations to Paul Sargent and all Report is still sitting in your spam, those involved at Oxford. Also many I would like to make special mention of please can you alter the filter to allow thanks to Sarah Stafford and Diana our new Honorary Life Members, Susan GA messages through. Clements for making the GA stand so Brown, Eric Robinson and Joe Collins. Subscriptions have not been raised welcoming and encouraging. Can there be more deserving GA since 2005. The GA has contained members that we should recognise in Other events to keep in your diary are subsequent inflation costs of 27.5%, this way? All three have made lifetime the joint GA/GSL symposium on the until now. However, significantly contributions to the activities of the GA Hertfordshire Puddingstone and Sarsen increased printing and distribution and all three sent in wonderful letters Stones in May 2014 which has now costs necessitate an adjustment to GA of acceptance. been firmed up to include a day of subscriptions in 2014. The new subscriptions will reflect the option to Following on from the February Report lectures at Burlington House on Friday th receive the PGA in electronic it is good to be able to report that Paul 16 May 2014 followed up by a field th format, beginning next January; we Olver, Haydon Bailey and Paul Sargent trip to Hertfordshire on Saturday 17 hope this will be a popular move and met to take forward a key idea for the and then to France to see Sarsens and we encourage members to take this future of making geology more Puddingstones in the area near Dieppe th th option in order to protect both the GA accessible to new GA members or on the 18 and 19 November. and its members from rising costs. For those with little or no geological The AGM is the time of year when those who prefer paper copies, the knowledge. It is also good to see that elections to Council take place. A increase will be less than half the the GA lectures are now on-line for special thanks go to the retiring inflation rate for the intervening years. members (the user name and officers and council members; Senior A direct link for each edition will be e- password were sent with the Annual VP Professor David Bridgland (who will mailed to members who opt to receive Report). A big thank you to Sarah remain as GA Earth Heritage the PGA on-line. For full details of the Stafford, Barbara Silva and Gary Representative); Dr Mike Ridd (he proposed new subscription rates see Jensen at the Geological Society for remains as Overseas Field Trip Sec.) page 4. These proposals must be supporting this and overcoming various and to retiring Council Members approved at a Special General Meeting technical issues. Andrew Ashley, Chris Woolston and which will take place at 6 pm on Getting the message about the GA David Greenwood for all their work on 5th July before the monthly talk. Also, beyond the relatively small geological your behalf. we propose to tidy up a few of the community has been made much We welcome the newly elected officers, Rules that were ambiguous and to easier through running the GA Dr Haydon Bailey Senior Vice President extend ‘Student Rates’ for conferences and the next GA (co-opted October 2012), Colin Prosser subscriptions to include young people st nd conference in Durham on 21 -22 who remains VP to keep continuity under 26, see details on page 5. September 2013 on ‘Onshore and with Elsevier negotiations, and Leanne Options for publication of the GA Offshore Geology: the vital link’ has Hughes who is a newly elected Vice Magazine, including electronic proved to be particularly useful in this President. The other new Council publication, are being explored by our respect. The financial support for the Members are Nikki Edwards and Paul new editor, Paul Sargent, and will be conference through sponsorship from a Sargent (co-opted February 2013 to be discussed further by the Publications range of companies and government GA Magazine editor). Committee in June. departments is exceeding expectations The Hertfordshire Geological Society and allows us to keep the registration Also retiring is Dr John Crocker with a has requested to become a Local costs down for GA members and special thank you for his 11 years as Group of the GA.