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85106 Magazine Vol 8 mag31.qxd 17/08/2009 20:08 Page 1 MAGAZINEMAGAZINE OFOF THETHE GEOLOGISTS’GEOLOGISTS’ ASSOCIAASSOCIATIONTION Volume 8 No. 3 September 2009 FESTIVAL OF GEOLOGY Festival Field Trips Future Lectures Report of Lectures Rockwatch Book Reviews Finds at Portishead Lyme Regis Festival CIRCULAR 980 Tell us about yourself Mole Valley Celebrations Curry Fund support for...... Suttona Antiquior London Quaternary Lectures Bob Stoneley - thanks Pliocene Forest mag31.qxd 12/08/2009 16:19 Page 2 Magazine of the Geologists’ Association From the President Volume 8 No. 3, 2009 Summer is generally a quiet time for Published by the news and therefore an excellent oppor- tunity to get out and about on fieldwork Geologists’ Association. CONTENTS at home or overseas. I have recently become interested in exploring more of Four issues per year. the famous fossil-rich Pleistocene caves ISSN 1476-7600 3. The Association in the south-west of England and have 4. FESTIVAL OF GEOLOGY Production team: JOHN CROCKER, just returned from a couple of weeks 5. Festival Field Trips excavating in a new cave in Somerset Paula Carey, John Cosgrove, 6. Future Lectures where we are finding abundant fossil Vanessa Harley, Bill French 7. Report March/April Lectures material, including wild horse, red deer, mountain hare and many thousands of 8. Rockwatch Printed by City Print, Milton Keynes rodent remains that date to the very 9. Book Review end of the last Ice Age, around 14,500 10. Finds at Portishead years ago. The vertebrate assemblage The GEOLOGISTS’ ASSOCIATION Lyme Regis Festival will provide an important means of does not accept any responsibility for 11. CIRCULAR 980 establishing how the fauna responded views and opinions expressed by indi- 15. Book Review to the high-frequency millennial-scale vidual authors in this magazine. climatic changes known from this peri- Tell us about yourself od and help us to understand how early 16. Mole Valley 30th Celebrations modern humans in Britain coped with The Geologists’ Curry Fund support for...... these dramatic changes. I'm also look- Association 17. Report of June Lecture ing forward to participating in new Suttona Antiquior excavations later this summer at the The Association, founded in 1858, exists to world-famous site of Kents Cavern in 18. London Fossils book review foster the progress and diffusion of the sci- Torquay. Classified as a geological Site ence of geology, and to encourage 19. London Quaternary Lecture of Special Scientific Interest and a research and the development of new 20. Foss Quarry Update Scheduled Ancient Monument since the methods. It holds meetings for the reading 21. Bob Stoneley - thanks 1950s, the cave was initially excavated of papers and the delivery of lectures, 22. Pliocene Forest by William Pengelly and others, and is organises museum demonstrations, pub- renowned for its Palaeolithic archaeolo- lishes Proceedings and Guides, and con- gy and the discovery of a jawbone frag- ducts field meetings. ment dated to around 40 000 years old. Advertising Rates The identity of the jawbone's erstwhile Annual Subscriptions for 2009 are £40.00, Full Page £360 Half Page £190 Associates £30.00, Joint Members £58.00, owner is currently a mystery as it rep- Quarter Page £100 resents either one of the last Students £18.00. Other sizes by arrangement. For forms of Proposal for Membership and Neanderthals surviving in Britain or one further information, apply to the Executive of the earliest modern humans - either way, an exciting question! Wherever Secretary, The Geologists’ Association, ADVERTISEMENTS you are this summer, there is usually Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J While precautions are taken to ensure the something of geological relevance with- validity of advertisements the Association 0DU. in a few metres, from building stones to is not responsible for the items offered, for E-mail [email protected] coastal exposures and if you haven't yet any loss arising or for their compliance with Telephone 020 7434 9298 planned any trips, why not take advan- Fax 020 7287 0280 tage of the excellent series of GA Website: http://www.geologistsassocia- © The Geologists’ Association. Guides for inspiration? tion.org.uk All rights reserved. No part of this publica- Looking ahead to the autumn, the tion may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval British Science Festival is taking place President: Danielle Schreve system or transmitted, in any form or by at the University of Surrey in Guildford means, without the prior permission in writ- from 5th-10th September so if you can Executive Secretary: Sarah ing of the author and the Geologists’ get along to it, there are many activities Stafford Association. and talks of interest to geologists, LAST Copy dates for the including lectures on evolution and nat- ural selection, Ice Age mammals, the Circular & Magazine origins of human creativity and technol- March Issue January 14th ogy, offshore oil exploration and climate June Issue April 22nd change (see http://www.britishscience- September Issue July 22nd association.org for further details). December Issue October 21st Plans for our own Festival of Geology at University College London are also well Items should be submitted as soon as possi- underway, with an exciting programme Cover picture: ble and not targeted on these dates. We wel- of lectures, Rockwatch activities and come contributions from Members and others. fieldtrips, as well as stands and presen- Volcanic ash plume over tations by our Local Groups. As ever, it Closing dates for applications to the Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. promises to be a highly enjoyable event Curry Fund for 2009: so do make sure you have got the date Photo: S. Edwards 2006. - Saturday 1st November - firmly - see page 6 for lecture details August 20 for September 18 meeting inscribed in your diaries! In the mean- November 20 for December 11 meeting time, I wish you all a good summer and look forward to seeing you again at the autumn lectures and at the Festival. 2 GA Magazine of the Geologists’ Association Vol. 8, No. 3, 2009 mag31.qxd 12/08/2009 12:45 Page 3 THE ASSOCIATION Report from Council the PESGB in memory of Bob Stoneley Curry Fund plaque. Gloucestershire which will take place on October 1 2010 Geology Trust was granted £100 when Professor Dick Selley will talk on towards geodiversity promotion at the This report covers the June and July "Oil exploration in Dorset". This will recent Three Counties Show which was meetings of Council in which new mem- recognise Bob's contribution, not only deemed by the applicants to be a great bers are welcomed on to Council. to the GA but also to other organisa- success. An interest-free loan of tions such as the GS, PESGB, and £1600, repayable within two years, was The President introduced for Council's JAPEC . awarded to the Cumberland Geological consideration, an initiative to improve Society for its book - "Iron Ore Mines of the efficiency of the GA's operations, in As part of the new publishing deal for West Cumbria". The application from view of the diverse challenges that the PGA, Elsevier have agreed to sponsor Dr. Blanco of Leeds University was Association faces. The main issue is an annual scientific meeting of the GA. refused as it fell outside the Guidelines. that the GA Council currently serves as The first one of these will take place in The outstanding applications which a forum for the reporting of activities 2010 so, for this year (in view of the were funded after supplementary infor- but that there is relatively little time limited time available to make arrange- mation was received were from UCL available in meetings to discuss strate- ments), it was agreed by Council that Geology Collections. £3000 was award- gy or new ideas in any depth. Ideally the GA should sponsor the London ed towards a review, documentation we should develop an annual plan that Quaternary Lectures, which will be and some preliminary archiving of its addresses the activities and objectives open to all GA members. See the notice Micropalaeontology collections. Dorset for the current year, together with the on page 19 for further details. County Museum was granted £1500 long term objectives for the towards the cost of conservation of an Association. These should be reviewed Council received positive feedback from ichthyosaur specimen and the on an annual basis. In addition, the members on the Annual Dinner, which Warwickshire Geoconservation Group current practice does not currently eas- was held this year after the AGM in the requested a "fast track" review of its ily allow for all Council members to con- Connaught Hotel, across the road from geology leaflet on Leamington and this tribute in areas in which they might Burlington House. Sarah was congratu- was agreed. have particular expertise or interest. lated on arranging this event and the As only two (of three possible) £1,000 The President therefore proposed the plan is to return there for the 2010 MSc Curry awards were made this year, creation of around six committees or Annual Dinner. the President requested that the unpaid working groups tasked with specific £1,000 be transferred to the new GA remits, such as finance, membership awards Scheme. The Curry Fund and outreach, which will report back to Committee agreed but stressed that Council on a monthly basis. At the John Crocker this should not be seen as setting a October meeting Council will consider General Secretary precedent. whether to implement this initiative and This is a shortened report so that review the structure and aims of reports from some applicants that have Council. At present Council is rather Curry Fund Report been received as a requirement of the reactive to events and a clearer aim for grants can be shared with you, the magazine readers.
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