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A Registered Charity No. 220014 June 2015/ Circular 594

YORKSHIREGEOLOGICAL

SOCIETYPresident: Dr John Knight

FIELD MEETINGS 2015Memorial Meeting in Honour of Martin Whyte

Scarborough, 20th & 21st June 2015

Geology and Scenery of the Malham District 26th July 2015

The Chalk of the Northern Province: Joint Symposium, Hull 10th - 13th September 2015

Namurian Stratotypes in Northern England 9th – 13th October 2015

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MEMORIAL MEETING IN HONOUR OF DR MARTIN WHYTE (1945 - 2013)

Saturday and Sunday 20th & 21st June 2015, Scarborough

Martin Whyte was one of the most active supporters of the Yorkshire Geological Society of modern times. During his 38 years of membership he served for much of the time on the Council, and as Assistant Secretary from 1985 to 1987, General Secretary from 1988 to 1989 and President from 2006 to 2008. Born in Edinburgh, his BSc at St Andrews was followed by research at the Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, resulting in his 1973 PhD on the palaeoecology of Upper Viséan Marine Mudstones, near Dunbar, East Lothian. From 1971 to 1974 he was a Research Fellow in the Hull University Geology Department, moving on in 1974 to a Lecturership (later Senior Lecturership) in Geology at Sheffield. On the closure of Geology in Sheffield as a separate department he joined the Geography Department through to his retirement in 2010.

Martin made very significant contributions in a number of different areas of geology and zoology. However, in later years he became best

known nationally and internationally for his discoveries and study with his Sheffield colleague Dr Mike Romano of the dinosaur footprints and other trace fossils of the Jurassic of the Yorkshire coast. (Obituary: Proceedings of Yorkshire Geological Society, 2014, vol. 60, no. 1, page 349).

The Society is most grateful to Mike Romano and Carol Whyte for their invaluable help in preparing for this event.

Saturday 20 June 16:00 - 18:00: Scarborough Library, Vernon Road, Scarborough: TRIBUTES TO AND APPRECIATIONS OF THE WORK OF MARTIN WHYTE. A series of short talks and presentations covering the life and work of Martin, contributions are welcome right up until the actual event, but please do email [email protected] if you would like to speak, to make sure we can keep to time! Talks can range from a few minutes to 30mins.

Saturday 20 June 18:00 - 20:00: Rotunda Museum, Vernon Road, Scarborough: RECEPTIONFollowing the talks at the Library there will be an informal drinks reception at the Rotunda Museum to continue the celebration of Martin Whyte’s life and contributions to geology. Please email [email protected] to book a place at the reception.

Sunday 21 June 10:30 - 15:00/16:00 approx.: BURNISTON BEACHField trip led by Mike Romano, long-time collaborator and friend of Martin Whyte to one of the classic dinosaur footprint localities of the Yorkshire Coast. Meet at Burniston Beach, approximately 5km north of Scarborough. Take either coastal road A165 or A171 from Scarborough to Burniston. At the Burniston roundabout (near the Three Jolly Sailors public house) take either Cross Lane or

The late Dr Martin Whyte as President of the Society

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MEMORIAL MEETING IN HONOUR OF DR MARTIN WHYTE (1945 - 2013)

Saturday and Sunday 20th & 21st June 2015, Scarborough

Rocks Lane, and then via Field Lane towards Cliff Top House/Crook Ness. Small car park is on minor road to Crook Ness - free parking. [MR 0255 9360]. Room for only about 10 cars so please do consider sharing transport. There are now public toilets, please bring a packed lunch and usual field equipment. If you wish to approach the cliffs please bring a hard hat. The ‘beach’ consist of stones ranging from shingle to large boulders so the going is slow, but relatively easy.

Please email the YGS Programme Secretary, [email protected] if you plan to attend.

Left: Burniston Bay foreshore. ©Will Watts.

Below: Dinosaur footprints. ©Will Watts.


THE ROLE OF GEOLOGY IN THE ORIGIN OF THE DRAMATIC SCENERY OF THE MALHAM DISTRICT

Leader Doug Holiday. Sunday 26th July 2015

MEET: 10.15 am at the Car Park at the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority Information Centre, Malham SD 900 627; all-day parking fee: £4.50; toilet facilities. This is a very popular parking location so may get full; there is space by the roadside where many visitors choose to park.

SAFETY: The excursion involves a 7-8 km walk on a variety of public footpaths, engineered, grassy, and stony to rough bare rock. The main climb is up the steps on the west side of Malham Cove; the leader will be taking this ascent at a leisurely pace. The high vertical cliffs and narrow defile to be visited at Gordale Scar may prove claustrophobic to some members. This is a popular path even in poor weather, so we can expect to have lots of company from the general public.

Intending participants are requested to inform the leader ([email protected]) a few days prior to the excursion.

Malham Cove from the south. © Geophotos - Tony Waltham.


THE ROLE OF GEOLOGY IN THE ORIGIN OF THE DRAMATIC SCENERY OF THE MALHAM DISTRICT

Leader Doug Holiday. Sunday 26th July 2015

GEOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE EXCURSIONThis excursion considers different aspects of the geology of the Malham district and follows and different route to that of last year’s highly successful examination of the mineralisation. The purpose of this visit will be to present an overview of the complex geology of this classic area of British geology, looking in particular at how the nature and location of the resultant varied rock types impacts on the current landscape.

A dominating feature of the geology is the Middle Craven Fault with its long history of movement, in particular during Tournaisian and Visean deposition. To the north of the fault, on the Askrigg Block, the landscape is dominated by prominent pale grey limestone scars, commonly bare and sparsely vegetated, displaying limestone pavements, caves and dissolution karst features and spectacular gorges cut mainly by sub-glacial meltwater. To the south, in the Craven Basin, smoother, more rounded and greener landforms have formed on the Craven and Millstone Grit groups; locally projecting through this topography are rounded limestone ‘reef knolls’ and crags of turbiditic and fluvial grits.

SUGGESTED REFERENCESWaltham, Tony. 2007. The Yorkshire Dales: landscape and geology.

The Crowood Press, Marlborough.

Waltham, Tony & Lowe, David. 2013. Caves and karst of the Yorkshire Dales. Volume 1. British Cave Association, Buxton.[The above, beautifully illustrated books provide an excellent introduction to the geology and scenery of the Dales limestone country.]

Arthurton, R.S., Johnson, E.J. & Mundy, D.J.C. 1988. Geology of the country around Settle. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 60 (England and Wales).[The most detailed account to date of the geology around Malham.]

Aitkenhead, N. et al. 2002. British Regional Geology: the Pennines and adjacent areas (Fourth Edition). British Geological Survey, Nottingham.[The Regional Guide provides an excellent account of the regional background.]

MAPSOrdnance Survey: 1:25 000 Outdoor Leisure Series 2 Yorkshire Dales -

Southern & Western Area

British Geological Survey: 1:50 000 Sheet 60 Settle[The latter is published in two editions, Solid and Solid and Drift; both have advantages and disadvantages for the geologist visitor.]


THE CHALK OF THE NORTHERN PROVINCE: ITS REGIONAL CONTEXT

Joint Symposium, University of Hull. 10th - 13th September 2015

Second Circular And Registration Details

ORGANISED BY: Yorkshire Geological Society, Hull Geological Society University of Hull, Department of Geography, Environment & Earth Sciences With the support of the Stratigraphy Commission of the Geological Society

OBJECTIVESThe meeting aims to bring together workers with a broad interest in the Chalk Group. The primary aim is to review advances in the sedimentology, lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the Chalk of the Northern Province, and to identify the extent to which these characterise the regional context, which may be defined by comparison with the Southern Province or other global correlatives. The scope therefore embraces any of the drivers of regional characterisation, taking account of tectonic, palaeogeographic and palaeoclimatic influences on sedimentation and fauna and new interpretative methods arising from North Sea exploration.

OUTLINE PROGRAMMEThe outline programme as summarised in the First Circular remains valid and is in development. A more detailed programme will be published in the Third and Final Circular (due July 2015). For latest updates on the programme please check the Symposium website http://www.yorksgeolsoc.org.uk/chalk-symposium.htm.

Important Note for members of the Yorkshire and Hull Geological Societies: The Saturday afternoon lecture programme will be a normal Yorkshire Geological Society meeting, and will be open as usual to all members of the Society, the Hull Geological Society, and their guests free of charge.

Selwicks Bay, Flamborough. ©Pete Rawson.




KEYNOTE SPEAKERS The following keynote speakers have confirmed their participation in this Symposium:

Professor Felix M. Gradstein (Natural History Museum, University of Oslo); Professor Rory Mortimore (ChalkRock Limited, Lewes, UK); Dr Christopher Jeans (Department of Geography, University of Cambridge); Dr Haydon Bailey (President, Geologists Association)

CALL FOR PAPERSPresentations are invited on relevant research topics, either as short lectures (approximately 20 minutes duration) or as posters (with the opportunity of a short oral summary and discussion). Short abstracts will be requested in advance for all presentations, which will be published as part of the Symposium documentation prior to the meeting. Research presentations may be submitted as papers for publication in the Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society; all submissions will be subject to editorial policy and peer review.

Contributors are requested to confirm their intent to submit a presentation to the Symposium Secretary as soon as possible before 30 June 2015. Abstracts must be submitted no later than 31 July 2015. Submission dates for publication in a thematic set of papers in the Proceedings will be announced in mid-2015.

REGISTRATIONAll attendees at the events hosted on the Hull University Campus are required to register in advance through the online registration procedure in order to meet Health & Safety regulations to monitor presence on site.

Members of Yorkshire Geological Society and Hull Geological Society (membership valid as at 01 April 2015), and also members of the academic and student body of Hull University GEES, who wish to attend those parts of the programme which are free of charge to their institutions, are requested to register, without payment, as Local Delegates.

In the registration process, attendees may subscribe to either or both of the field excursions, for which the cost covers transport to and from the various sites. However, access to some sites, particularly working quarries, may have a restriction on numbers; allocation of places will be on the order of registration. Local Delegates should note that preference for attendance on the field excursions will be given to attendees with full registration.

Attendees are requested to indicate their interest to attend the Conference Dinner in the on-line registration process. The cost of the dinner is yet to be confirmed; tickets will be sold at the conference registration desk.




THE REGISTRATION PROCEDURE

Event Full Registration Local Delegate *

Registration Fee £90.00 N/aThursday 10th Sept Field excursion;

lunch not included£15.00 £15.00 †

Icebreaker reception included N/aFriday 11th Sept Conference programme Included

plus refreshmentsCheck eligibility with Conference Secretary; refreshments not included

Conference Dinner Not included; tickets at registration desk u

Not included; tickets at registration desk u

Saturday 12th Sept Conference programme Included plus refreshments

Included with afternoon refreshments

Sunday 13th Sept Field excursion; lunch not included

£15.00 £15.00 †

* See definition of Local Delegate above; if in doubt please verify with the Symposium Secretary.

Please indicate intention to attend in the on-line registration process. Cost to be confirmed later ; tickets will sold at the conference registration desk

† Local Delegates will be allocated places only after those required by those with full registration and subject to any cap on numbers in the excursion group

REGISTRATION WEBSITEhttp://yorkshiregeologicalsociety.eventbrite.co.uk Registration open from 01 June 2015

ACCOMMODATIONFormal meetings of the Symposium will be held on the campus of the University of Hull. The campus is convenient for the centre of the City of Hull and is well connected for access to city centre transport and accommodation. The Organisers will provide details of hotel accommodation at which preferential rates will apply for Symposium attendees.




FIELD WORK ON NAMURIAN STRATOTYPES IN NORTHERN ENGLAND: PREPARATORY WORK THROUGH SUMMER 2015

Followed by Study Visit by International Subcommission on Carboniferous Stratigraphy, 9th to 13th October 2015

The Yorkshire Geological Society has been asked to assist a visit by members of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) Subcommission on Carboniferous Stratigraphy (SCCS) to inspect a number of stratotypes of the substages of the West European regional chronostratigraphic framework situated in Northern England. While this collaboration with an international geological organisation is a welcome opportunity for the Society, nevertheless this has presented a number of challenges in terms of arranging access to sites. All the designated stratotypes are constituted as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs). Therefore a formal visit and any collecting or site clearance must be consented to in advance by Natural England and access for such activity must also be agreed with the land-owners.

After some preparatory contacts and visits, it is now possible to outline the planned visit. Importantly, this presents the opportunity through the summer months (June-September) for small working groups to tidy up and, as necessary, measure and mark up the various stratotype sections, some of which appear not to have been actively studied since designation in the 1980s (Ramsbottom 1981). An up-to-date summary of the relevant chronostratigraphic subdivisions and their stratotypes may be found in Waters et al. 2011.

FURTHER INFORMATION AND ENQUIRIESThis Circular and the forthcoming Third Circular will be posted on the Symposium website, with additional information as this becomes available: http://www.yorksgeolsoc.org.uk/chalk-symposium.htm

Further enquiries and confirmation of intent to submit a presentation should be addressed to the Symposium Secretary by e-mail: [email protected]

SYMPOSIUM SECRETARYDavid R. Greenough, Department of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX, e-mail: [email protected]

SYMPOSIUM WEBSITEhttp://www.yorksgeolsoc.org.uk/chalk-symposium/


FIELD WORK ON NAMURIAN STRATOTYPES IN NORTHERN ENGLAND: PREPARATORY WORK THROUGH SUMMER 2015

Followed by Study Visit by International Subcommission on Carboniferous Stratigraphy, 9th to 13th October 2015

WORKING GROUP FIELD WORK FOR MEMBERS DURING SUMMER 2015Many of the stratotype sections are deteriorated due to undergrowth and weathering. It is clearly essential that these sections are tidied up, cleaned as necessary and appropriately marked in preparation for a visit of international specialists. Natural England officers have been supportive of this international visit, as have individual land-owners. Nevertheless, clean-up and marking activities will have to be performed in agreement with a framework agreed by all to conserve the integrity of the sites. A framework for these activities is currently in preparation. Members are invited to participate in the various groups which will endeavour to “tidy up” each stratotype on specific work days through the summer; these may be at weekends or mid-week. The stratotypes which particularly require clean-up are the Namurian sections, although some reconnaissance visits will also be made to the uppermost Visean stratotypes (Asbian and Brigantian) in Cumbria.

At the issue date of this Circular the work programme is in development; dates in some cases are dependent upon other factors such as bird nesting periods. Specific dates for work visits will be posted on the YGS website. Coordination of these activities will be through John Knight and expressions of interest to participate are welcome John Knight: tel. 01773 836253; e-mail [email protected]

FIELD EXCURSION PROGRAMME FOR MEMBERS OCTOBER 2015The planned visit of IUGS SCCS members will take place between 9th – 13th October 2015. YGS members are invited to attend on any of the days or specific site visits. Offers to lead visits to individual sites will be particularly welcome. The sites scheduled for visits are indicated on the attached map. It is anticipated that two stratotypes per day will be visited between Saturday 10th October and Tuesday 13th October, in the number sequence indicated on the map. Visit details are still in the process of finalisation with members of SCCS, Natural England and individual site owners. Details of meeting points and times will be posted as soon as available on the YGS website.

REFERENCESRAMSBOTTOM, W.H.C. 1981. Fieldguide to the boundary stratotypes of the Carboniferous stages in Britain. Biennial Meeting of the Subcommission on Carboniferous Stratigraphy, Leeds.

WATERS, C.N., SOMERVILLE, I.D., JONES, N.S.,CLEAL, C.J., COLLINSON, J.D., WATERS, R.A., BESLY, B.M., DEAN, M.T., STEPHENSON, M.H., DAVIES, J.R., FRESHNEY, E.C., JACKSON, D.I., MITCHELL, W.I., POWELL, J.H., BARCLAY, W.J., BROWNE, M.A.E., LEVERIDGE, B.E., LONG, S.L. &McLEAN, D. 2011. A Revised Correlation of Carboniferous Rocks in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report No. 26, 1-186

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OUTLINE OF AUTUMN 2015 YGS PROGRAMME

Saturday 31st October – Sunday 1st November 2015, Scarborough. The William Smith Map Bicentenary Meeting: “Superposition and correlation: William Smith’s principles applied to 21st century Yorkshire”. Joint Meeting with the Scarborough Museums Trust and the Rotunda Geology Group. Organiser : Pete Rawson. Saturday: morning: tour of the Rotunda Museum. Afternoon: Yorkshire Geological Society meeting with papers on the Bicentenary meeting theme. Sunday: Field excursion: walk around Scarborough’s William Smith Trail.

Saturday 14th November 2015, 2pm – 5pm, University of Leeds Geology in northern high latitudes.Joint meeting with the Leeds Geological Association.

Saturday 5th December 2015, 2.30pm – 7.30pm, Weetwood Hall, Leeds: President’s Day: Annual General Meeting, Presidential Address by Dr John Knight Reception and Buffet.

YGS-MEMBERS FORUM EMAIL “LISTSERV”

Courtesy of the national Joint Academic Computer Network the Society has a “Listserv” type email system “YGS-Members Forum” for rapid communication (e.g. about updates and changes in programmes and events) between the YGS officers and event organisers and the members registered with the system. It also allows individual registered members to communicate with other members. This is a secure system controlled online by each registered member once they have been registered by the YGS, and anyone can remove themselves from the system at any time.

If you are not yet registered with the YGS-Members Forum and wish to do so, or at least try it out, please send your email address and name to the Circular and Website Editor, Patrick Boylan, at [email protected].


IMPORTANT NOTICE RE YGS PROGRAMME SECRETARY

Please note that the previously announced change of Programme Secretary from 1 April did not go ahead. We are most grateful to Christine Jennings-Poole for agreeing to continue in that office for the time being.

Contact details: Christine Jennings-Poole, 6 Wolsey Drive, Norton, Stockton on Tees, TS20 1SY. Phone: 01642-365.316, Email: [email protected]

A WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dr John Knight

For many of us the field programme of the Society is one of the most valuable aspects of membership, offering not only the opportunity for informed visits to outcrops in our footprint area of exceptional natural beauty, but also to do so in the company of like-minded and enthusiastic fellow-members. However, the number of members who take advantage of the field meetings is relatively small. Later this session Council proposes to issue a questionnaire to all members, within which one of the questions will ask how we can improve the field meetings programme, to make it more attractive to a wider range of the membership. Please contribute your views and suggestions to ensure that field meetings remain at the core of Society activities.

This year the field programme has a somewhat different balance from previous years, reflecting a number of wider meetings and activities which also include fieldwork. We have a number of traditional field excursions, to the ever popular Malham area and to the Scarborough coast, the latter linked to the event to celebrate the life and work of Martin Whyte, our Past President. Also through the summer, there is the opportunity to join working groups to clean and mark up those stratotype sections of the Upper Visean and Namurian in Northern England, in preparation for a visit in October by members of the IUGS Subcommission on Carboniferous Stratigraphy; members are also invited to participate in this visit programme. The major event of the year for the Society will be the joint hosting of the Symposium on the Chalk of the Northern Province in early September. This includes two days of field excursions- but please note the need for registration as detailed in this Circular.


A WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dr John Knight

I take the opportunity to thank the numerous members of the Society who helped make the Yorkshire Geology Day at the National Coal Mining Museum another successful event. As in the previous year, we were fortunate to count on the participation of Dr Paul Guion (University of Derby) and Dr Sian Davies-Vollum (Sheffield Hallam University) as the geological leaders with local expertise for the underground visits walking down the ventilation incline.

As this Circular was in preparation the news broke of the devastating earthquake which has affected Nepal. This is a salutary reminder of the power of earth processes and the still limited level of our knowledge for prediction and mitigation. Of particular concern must be the extent of such events to impact on the population and daily life in affected areas and I am sure many members will share concern for the people of Nepal and support for reconstruction.

John KnightPresident, May 2015

SURPLUS COPIES OF “CARBONIFEROUS HYDROCARBON GEOLOGY- THE SOUTHERN NORTH SEA AND SURROUNDING ONSHORE AREAS” Occasional Publication No 7 (2005).

By decision of Council, the remaining stock of this highly regarded volume will now be made available for disposal to members of the Society and attendees at Society meetings. Copies can be obtained at forthcoming meetings; it is suggested that a donation to Society funds of £2.00 per copy will be appropriate.


University of York Centre for Lifelong Learning. Two year Postgraduate Diploma in The Geology of Yorkshire and Northern England: An online study programme (with a mandatory one week residential unit in York each year)

Northern England has an extraordinary diversity of landscapes and geological features, and as the largest county, Yorkshire preserves a large proportion of them. From the rugged North York Moors and the limestone pavements of the Yorkshire Dales to the coalfields of South Yorkshire and the shifting coastlines of Holderness, it is in many respects a microcosm of the region.

In The Geology of Yorkshire and Northern England, students will obtain a regional geological understanding with which to interpret larger-scale Earth processes and structures. The programme will provide students with training in advanced palaeoenvironmental analysis and science communication skills. Students will also assess Yorkshire and Northern England’s importance to current controversies in Earth sciences, from fracking to climate change, and acquire an understanding of the region’s vital role in the history of geology.

This is a part-time Postgraduate Diploma delivered wholly online in a fully supported learning environment. The programme starts in late September/early October each academic year, and places are limited to ensure a constructive atmosphere for discussions. Students can exit with a Postgraduate Certificate after successful completion of the first year if their circumstances change.

For further details see: http://www.york.ac.uk/lifelonglearning/geology/. Contacts: Iain Barr, Learning Enhancement Manager, Tel: +44 (0)1904 32 8474,email: [email protected] or Dr Liam Herringshaw, Lead Teaching Fellow, [email protected]

OTHER EVENTS AND NOTICES


OTHER EVENTS AND NOTICES

Symposium on the Geology of the Marches, Ludlow 2nd to 4th October 2015

A partnership of four organisations - Shropshire Geological Society, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust, the Woolhope Club and The Teme Valley Geological Society is holding a symposium in Ludlow over the weekend of 2nd, 3rd and 4th October 2015.

The subject is The Geology of the Marches, from Murchison to the Modern Era. Find attached an information sheet and also reference to our web site geo-symposium.eu. The site is still being added to but already contains many details of the plans for the weekend, which some might wish to start on Friday 2nd for self-guided geology walks and guided visits/workshops at the Shropshire Museums Resource Centre. If you do arrive on Friday you may also register for the weekend at the Resource Centre. We are excited and privileged to announce that our keynote speakers will be Professor Martin Rudwick of Cambridge and San Diego, Dr Alex Liu of Bristol and Professor David Siveter of Leicester. Supporting them will be workshops on a range of topics as well as poster displays and society exhibitions. There is a booking form for your visit and the various events on the web site that you may download and send to us; an online version is planned.

In brief: Friday, self-guided geology trails; tour of the Resource centre and workshop at the RCentre;

Saturday, lectures, workshops, displays, symposium dinner; Sunday, a choice of five field trips to important sites in this an historically most important area in the development of geological theory and understanding, all based in one of Britain’s finest medieval towns set in glorious countryside--Ludlow.

For further details see: Symposium15 http://geo-symposium.eu or Teme Valley Geological Society http://www.geo-village.eu

Or contact: John Nicklin, Secretary,email: [email protected] tel. 0203 371 7647 or 0774 977 4432.


CRAVEN & PENDLE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Contact: Paul Kabrna e-mail: [email protected] or http://www.cpgs.org.uk/ (usual meeting place for indoor lectures: The Rainhall Centre, Barnoldswick)

19 Friday - 21 Sunday June The Isle of ButeGuides: Lesley Collins and Paul Kabrna.

Sunday 2 August Cliviger / Todmorden Guides: Nigel and George Price.

Sunday 16 August Lake District Guides: Paul Kabrna and Lesley Collins.

Saturday 5 September Eden Valley Guides: Karen Ashworth and Steve Birch.

CUMBERLAND GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Secretary: Rosemary Vidler, 11 Blencathra View, Threlkeld, Cumbria, phone no 017687 79326, e-mail: [email protected]; http://www.cumberland-geol-soc.org.uk/

14 June Parton Beach Starts: 10:30 Ends: 10:30 Location: Parton Beach Description: Exploration and fossil hunting. Meet 10.30am at NX 982 216 Walking on old railway lines and footpaths, with beach walking after lunch. Leader Dai Powell.

23 August Geology and landscape of Smardale NNR Starts: 10:30 Ends: 16:30 Location: Smardale, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria CA17, UK Description: Meet at Smardale Hall car park NY 739 083 at 10.30am. A 4.5 mile walk, along a dis-used railway track, visiting 2 quarries and returning on paths via Smardale Bridge. Leader Sylvia Woodhead.

20 September Nannycatch Gorge and Upper Calder Valley – glaci-fluvial features and Lower Palaeozoic Rocks Starts: 10:30 Ends: 10:30 Location: Kinniside Stone Circle NY 059139 Description: Meet at 10.30am. About 5km walking on open fellside looking at the meltwater channel, Skiddaw Group rocks and minor intrusions of the Nannycatch Gorge. In the afternoon we will look at the Borrowdale Volcanic Rocks and some of the oldest rocks within the Skiddaw Group, including the problematic Latterbarrow Sandstone.

CORRESPONDING SOCIETIES

Contact society representatives for the latest information


EAST MIDLANDS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Janet Slater, tel. 01509-843.297; e-mail: [email protected] or http://www.emgs.org.uk (usual meeting place for indoor lectures: Lecture Theatre B3, Biological Sciences Building, University of Not-tingham)

EAST MIDLANDS REGIONAL GROUP OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Secretary: David Boon, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, [email protected]

EDINBURGH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY E-mail: [email protected]; http://edinburghgeolsoc.org/; Lectures Secretary: Kathryn Goodenough, British Geological Survey, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 0ET, tel. 0131 6500272, e-mail: [email protected]. Lectures are held in the Grant Institute of the University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, at 7:30pm, except where stated otherwise. These meetings are open to the public, there is no charge, and visitors are welcome. Tea and biscuits are served after the lectures, upstairs in the Cockburn Museum of the Grant Institute. (See http://www.ed.ac.uk/maps for location.)

THE GEOLOGISTS’ ASSOCIATIONhttp://www.geologistsassociation.org.uk/: The schedule of field meetings for 2012 includes the following in the wider YGS region: (For further details and to book places please e-mail or telephone Sarah Stafford at the GA Office: [email protected], tel. 020 7434 9298)

HUDDERSFIELD GEOLOGY GROUP Contact: Phil Robinson, 01484-715.298. http://www.huddersfieldgeology.org.uk/ Meetings at Greenhead College, Huddersfield, on Monday evenings at 7pm unless otherwise stated.

Saturday 6 June Rocks at the Crags Gibson Mill, Hardcastle Crags. 11am - 4pm.




HULL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Mike Horne. Tel: 01482 346 784 or e-mail: [email protected] web: http://www.hullgeolsoc.org.uk/hgmeet.htm/ (Usual meeting place for indoor lectures: Department of Geography, University of Hull, at 7.30 pm. N.B. for security reasons the door is locked at 7.40pm). The Club Nights are open to members of the Society, University Students and interested members of the public. At the end of each of these meeting we will choose the topic or topics for the following meeting. Those attending are encouraged to bring some appropriate specimens, photographs, models or texts to contribute to the evening. The Club Night meetings start at 7-45pm. For further information phone 01482 346784.

Sunday 14 June Field meeting to Victoria Cave and Warrendale Led by Ian Heppenstall. (Booking Required).

Friday 10 July Evening picnic and field meeting at Mappleton Led by Roger Connell

Sunday 2 August Field Meeting: Filey Brigg Led by Mike Horne and Rodger Connell

Saturday 29 August Roadshow at Hornsea Museum Open to the public from 11 am until 3pm.

LANCASHIRE GROUP OF THE GEOLOGISTS’ ASSOCIATION Secretary: Jennifer Rhodes, e-mail: [email protected]

LEEDS GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION Anthea Brigstocke (General Secretary). Tel: 01904 626 013: E-mail: [email protected] Field Meetings: Judith Dawson Tel. 0113 270 1069 e-mail: [email protected] or http://www.leedsgeolassoc.freeserve.co.uk (usual meeting place for indoor lectures: Conference Centre Auditorium 2, Leeds University at 7pm

Saturday 6 June Burniston Beach (nr. Scarborough): Tracking Jurassic Dinosaurs Leader: Mike Romano

Saturday 4 July Man Tor Landslips Leader: Prof. Dan Faulkner, Liverpool University




LEICESTER LITERARY & PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY - SECTION C GEOLOGY Chairman and contact: Dr. Joanne E. Norris, 0116 283 3127, j.e.norris @ ntlworld.com; Website: http://www.charnia.org.uk/ Usual meeting place for indoor lectures (unless otherwise stated): Lecture Theatre 3, Ken Edwards Building, University of Leicester at 7.30pm, refreshments from 7.00pm.

MANCHESTER GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION http://www.mangeolassoc.org.uk Sue Plumb, Hon. General Secretary: e-mail: [email protected]; programme enquiries: [email protected]. (Usual meeting place for indoor lectures: Williamson Building, Department of Geology, University of Manchester)

NORTH EASTERN GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Prof. Gillian FG Foulger, University of Durham, tel. 0191-334.2314, e-mail: [email protected]. Lectures are at 7.30pm in the Arthur Holmes Lecture Room, Science Laboratories Site, University of Durham. See website for more details: http://www.northeast-geolsoc.50megs.com

NORTH EAST YORKSHIRE GEOLOGY TRUST [email protected]; website: http://www.neyorksgeologytrust.com/: Kathryn Brown, North East Yorkshire Geology Trust, 5 Station Workshops, Robin Hoods Bay, Whitby, N. Yorks. YO22 4TG Tel. 01947 881000

NORTHERN REGIONAL GROUP OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON Secretary: Dr Mark Allen, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Durham, e-mail: [email protected]

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE GROUP OF THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCATION Eileen Fraser Tel: 01260 271505 email: [email protected] http://www.esci.keele.ac.uk/nsgga/ (usual meeting place for indoor meetings: William Smith Building, University of Keele at 7.30pm




ROTUNDA GEOLOGY GROUP (SCARBOROUGH) Contact Sue Rawson, tel. 01723-506.502, email: [email protected] http://www.rotundageologygroup/ (usual meeting place Room CG7, Scarborough Campus of the University of Hull, Filey Road, Scarborough)

5 July Of fossils and fracking (Saltwick Bay and Whitby East) Leader: Liam Herringshaw

1 August Filey Bay and the Speeton Clay Leader: Pete Rawson

5 September Jurassic plants and ores of Hasty Bank and Cold Moor Leaders: Chris Hillcwith Steve Livera.

SORBY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY Ken J Dorning, Geologists Group Secretary, e-mail: [email protected]; website: http://www.sorby.org.uk/

WESTMORLAND GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Contact: e-mail: [email protected] http://westmorlandgeolsoc.co.uk/ Meetings are on Wednesdays and start at 8 pm (unless otherwise stated) and are held in the Abbot Hall Social Centre, Kendal.

14 June Torver High Common with Mike Dewey WGS Meet at Walna Scar Road car park, SD 288970 at 10 am.

1 July Jacobs Join At 5pm Host: Audrey Brown, Town End House, Gleaston SD 255708 Followed by a walk on Birkrigg.

5 July Geology around Bampton and Shap with Andrew Bell OUGS Meet at car park on Swindale road NY 528157at 10 am.

9 August Carboniferous Limestones and Sandstones of the Pendle Hill area with Paul Kabrna CPGS Meeting Place: Salthill Quarry, Clitheroe, GR: SD 755426 at 10 am.

6 September Windermere Group rocks around Grizebeck and Gawthwaite with David Kelly CGS Meeting Place: Greyhound Inn car park, GR: SD237849 at 10 am.




YORKSHIRE MID-WEEK GEOLOGY GROUP West Yorkshire based informal mainly amateur and retired group that organises monthly field meetings or museum visits on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays. Details in regular Newsletters and on the Group’s website: http://mwggyorkshire.webspace.virginmedia.com/. Contact: [email protected]

YORKSHIRE REGIONAL GROUP OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Contact: Margaret Cliff [email protected]



NEXT YGS CIRCULARS

The Society is producing a special Circular for the Chalk Symposium: copy deadline 31st July 2015.

The final two regular Circulars of the year will be published in late September, focusing on the William Smith meeting: copy deadline 1st September 2015, and in late October, covering both the Leeds University joint meeting with the Leeds Geological Association and the Yorkshire Geological Society’s AGM: copy deadline 20th October.

Please send all copy (including Corresponding Society Autumn 2015 programmes) to the Circular and Website Editor, Patrick Boylan - email: [email protected] post: 2a Compass Road, Leicester LE5 2HF.


GENERAL INFORMATION

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Manuscripts for publication in the Proceedings should be submitted to ‘The Editors, Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, Geological Society Publishing House, Unit 7, Brassmill Lane Enterprise Centre, Brassmill Lane, BATH, BA1 3JN’. Typescripts should be prepared using the updated instructions for authors given on the inside back cover of the latest issue (Volume 60 Part 2, November 2014).

Publication of manuscripts may be expected in the next, or next but one part, following acceptance. The Proceedings will be abstracted and/or indexed in, GeoArchive, GeoRef, Geobase, Geological Abstracts and Mineralogical Abstracts, Research Alert and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE).

COPY FOR CIRCULARCopy deadline for Circular 595: Chalk Symposium - 31 July Copy deadline for Circular 596: The William Smith Map Bicentenary Meeting - 1 September

NEXT MEETING Saturday 31 October – Sunday 1 November 2015, Scarborough. The William Smith Map Bicentenary Meeting: “Superposition and correlation: William Smith’s principles applied to 21st century Yorkshire”. Joint Meeting with the Scarborough Museums Trust and the Rotunda Geology Group. Sunday: Field excursion: walk around Scarborough’s William Smith Trail.

CONTACTSGENERAL SECRETARYPaul Hildreth BSc, ‘Kimberley’ Bigby Road, Brigg, North Lincolnshire DN20 8BUTelephone: 01652 655784 e-mail: [email protected]

MEMBERSHIP SECRETARYMs Chris Jennings-Poole BSc., 6 Wolsey Drive, Norton, Stockton on Tees, TS20 1SYe-mail: [email protected]

CIRCULAR & WEB EDITORPatrick Boylan, 2a Compass Road, Leicester LE5 2HFe-mail: [email protected]


FIELD MEETINGS 2015Memorial Meeting in Honour of Martin Whyte Scarborough, 20th & 21st June 2015

Geology and Scenery of the Malham District 26th July 2015

The Chalk of the Northern Province: Joint Symposium, Hull 10th - 13th September 2015

Namurian Stratotypes in Northern England 9th – 13 October 2015

Please Note: Articles and opinions published in the YGS Circular reflect the view of the individuals writing those parts of the Circular and in no way necessarily reflect the view of Council or of the Society as a whole.

Martin Whyte in the Sheffield Dept. with some of the hundreds of dinosaur footprints he and Mike Romano collected or cast in sit u.©Will Watts.

Front Cover: Martin Whyte and a film crew at a dinosaur footprint locality, Burniston Bay, North Yorkshire.© Will Watts.

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