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Erratix OPEN UNIVERSITY GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY ~ WEST of SCOTLAND BRANCH ~ NEWSLETTER ~ DEC 2008 West is Best ERRATIx OPEN UNIVERSITY GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY ~ WEST OF SCOTLAND BRANCH ~ NEWSLETTER ~ DEC 2008 Branch Organiser: Treasurer: Jacqueline Wiles AGM & Burns Supper Hammy Corrance 21 Wedderburn Road th th 36 Bensley Avenue Dunblane 16 – 18 January 2009 Girdle Toll Stirling Pitlochry Youth Hostel Ayrshire KA11 1AJ FK15 0FN Come along and join in the fun!! 01294 212801 01786 820127 Overnights are optional, AGM is free Branch Web Site: [email protected] Contact Jacqueline Wiles www.ougs-wb.org.uk Application form at the end of September Newsletter BRANCH ORGANISER’S BULLETIN Hello Everyone, It is now the time of the year when the days are short, and we have to think back over this year’s trips and look forward to new ones next year. Our last outing of the year was the post-exam weekend to Oban and our thanks go to Dr Roger Anderton, who is an expert in this area, for making the weekend so interesting and enjoyable. Thanks also to Stuart for his organizing – even the weather was not too bad and on Sunday we were able to sit on the beach in sunshine for lunch on Mull, looking across the water to Duart Castle – perfect. The next main Branch event is the AGM and Burns Supper being held in Pitlochry Youth Hostel in January. I do have some bookings for this but if you are intending to come, please send the booking form in NOW, as we need to pay for the hostel in December. This is always a very enjoyable weekend, so try to come along and support the Branch – you will be very welcome and not be pressed into joining the committee. For our week-long field trip next year we are hoping to go to Skye in early May – see advert. This is being led by Dr Iain Allison of Glasgow University and places will be limited, so book early if you want to come along. The Branch has recently purchased a GPS which we hope will be put to good use in the field. Once outcrops are accurately marked it should be easy for anyone using the trip account to find what they are looking for. We have also bought ‘The Geology of Scotland’ edited by Nigel Trewin and some geological maps to be added to the Branch library – all available to be borrowed at any time. The Society AGM and dinner dance is being held in Derby on the 25th April. It is not a very easy place to get to from Scotland, but if there are enough people wanting to go it could be possible to go down as a group, so please get in touch if you are thinking of attending. Good luck to those of you who are waiting for exam results and I hope that you will all have a good time over the festive period, doing what you enjoy. Looking forward to seeing you in Pitlochry. Best wishes, Jacqueline. And from your Editor........... of Scotland, Bute and Oban – all well attended Hi folks, and very enjoyable. Next year we hope to go to The festive season is rolling in again at the end of St Andrew’s with Dr Andrew McLeish in April a really good year. We had four interesting and and to ‘the other end of the Moine Thrust’ on successful trips – to St Monan’s, the North coast Skye, with Dr Iain Allison in May, and no doubt there will be others. The AGM and Burns Supper Library Materials, newly updated, and I would is in January, and I can only repeat Jacqueline’s like to encourage everyone to make use of these. plea that you return your booking form soon, as I hope you all have a great time in next few weeks we have to pay for the hostel and need to know and that Santa brings you all that you have asked numbers!! The form is at the end of September’s for!! Newsletter as well as this electronic one, so it’s really easy!! I have also included the list of our Merry Christmas! Margaret. FUTURE EVENTS Talks…………. Date Organisation Details Time Location Jan 8 Geological Society ‘Stone Voices’: Geodiversity, Geopoetics and 7.30 pm Gregory Building, Lilybank 2009 of Glasgow Reading the Landscape, Prof John Gordon, SNH. Gardens, Glasgow University Jan 14 Edinburgh Enlisting geology in fighting disease and 7.30 pm See below Geological Society. organised crime, Dr Ed Stephens, St Andrew’s University. Jan 21 Highland The Geological Foundations of Scotland’s Stone- 7.15 pm See below Geological Society Built Heritage, Dr Andrew McMillan, BGS. Jan 28 Edinburgh Towards Deep Geological Disposal of UK 7.30 pm See below Geological Society. Radioactive Waste, Professor Simon Harley, University of Edinburgh. Feb 12 Geological Society Neoproterozoic Earth history as written in the 7.30 pm Gregory Building, Lilybank of Glasgow Scottish-Irish Highlands, Dr Tony Prave, Gardens, Glasgow University University of St Andrews. Mar 12* Geological Society Rocks, landscape and man – reading the 7.30 pm Gregory Building, Lilybank of Glasgow geological history of Mid-Argyll, Dr Roger Gardens, Glasgow University Anderton, RA Geo Consulting. Apr 9* Geological Society What can we learn about bedrock rivers from 7.30 pm Gregory Building, Lilybank of Glasgow Scotland’s glacial rebound? Professor Paul Gardens, Glasgow University Bishop, University of Glasgow. *Please note – the dates of these two lectures have been swapped round since the Sept Newsletter. ………..and Trips Date Location Details Organisation Contact Jan 16 – 18 Pitlochry AGM & Burns Supper WSc, ESc Jacqueline Wiles 2009 April St Andrew’s Day Trip to St Andrew’s in Fife with Dr Andrew McLeish WSc Jacqueline Wiles May 2 – 9 Skye Week’s field trip to Skye WSc Jane Hickman Jacqueline Wiles: 01786 820127, [email protected]. Jane Hickman, [email protected]. Stuart Swales: 01887 840377, [email protected]. (AGS) Aberdeen Geological Society. Lectures – Thursdays in the Meston Building, University of Aberdeen, Old Aberdeen at 6.30 pm. For details of field trips please contact Sidney Johnston on 07850 277145 or e-mail [email protected]. For further details see www.aberdeengeolsoc.co.uk (EGS) Edinburgh Geological Society. Lectures are held Wednesdays, 7.30 pm in the Grant Institute, West Mains Road, Edinburgh. For details of field trips please contact the EGS Excursions Secretary, e-mail [email protected]. For further details see www.edinburghgeolsoc.org. (GSG) Geological Society of Glasgow. Lectures are held Thursdays, 7.30 pm in the Gregory Building, Lilybank Gardens, University of Glasgow. For details of lectures/field trips please contact Dr Iain Allison, 0141 330 4816/4752, [email protected] or Margaret Donnelly, 0141 334 0559, [email protected]. For further details see www.geologyglasgow.org.uk (HGS) Highland Geological Society. Lectures are held at 7.15 pm in the Fairways Leisure Centre, Castle Heather, Inverness. For details of events please contact Carol James, 01808 531220, [email protected]. Moine Thrust from Lewisian to Palaeogene with stops in between! 2nd to 9th May 2009 with Dr Iain Allison Week self-catering trip based at a hostel in Kyleakin, Skye Costs IRO £180 [email protected] Disclaimer: Attendance at OUGS Events Each person attending a field meeting does so on the understanding that he/she attends at his/her own risk. The OUGS has Public Liability Insurance Cover for field and indoor meetings, but Personal Accident Cover and Personal LiabilityCover remain the responsibility and personal choice of the participant. There may be an element of appropriate cover included in house insurance or in travel insurance: although OUGS activities are not particularly dangerous members are advised to check whether exclusions apply to activities in which they plan to participate in case they wish to arrange further cover . An annual travel insurance may be the best solution for any member who regularly attends field events: this again is a matter of personal choice. Please note however that all members participating in overseas events will be required to have travel insurance for the duration of the event: this is so that participants are covered for Medical, Repatriation and Personal Liability expenses. The Personal Accident element remains the personal choice of the member and again members are advised to check exclusions so that they can make an informed decision about the cover they want. Stuart Fairley Post Exam Weekend Trip to Oban, 14th to 17th November, 2008. Leader: Dr Roger Anderton. Reporter: Margaret Donnelly About 22 of us arrived on Friday night at Stuart’s newly discovered ‘super 4 star hostel’ in Oban, overlooking the bay, Kerrera and the other islands – a vast improvement on last year’s establishment!! Saturday 15th November Through the rain on this overcast, damp morning, Dr Anderton gave us an introduction to the geology of the weekend. He carried out his early research in Argyll up to forty years ago and was delighted to be back; he later spent many years in the Oil Industry. The Lorne lavas form the cliffs surrounding Oban, with typical stepped topography; the ORS lies underneath, and along this area of the Argyll coast, and sits on the late Precambrian, low grade metamorphic Dalradian. Nearby to the north lies the Great Glen Fault, and beyond this, the Moine. We drove off across the Connell Bridge towards Benderloch and Port Selma, NM 905376. Much to our delight, we started back at the spot where we left off last year! On the beach was a large outcrop of pale grey, white and black low grade metamorphic rock of sandstone and mudstone clasts; very poorly sorted, it contained pebbles, cobbles and rafts of the mudstone and sandstone, and in one area, rounded brown ferroan clasts of dolomite.
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