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Geo-East Partners - Hertfordshire
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East Herts Geology Club
The East Herts Geology Club’s objectives are:
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Encouraging interest in geology and related subjects to people in East Hertfordshire.
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Extending understanding of geology and related sciences.
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Encouraging awareness of the national geological heritage, and safeguarding it through conservation in the field and museums
We are affiliated to the Geologists' Association, and run a programme of lectures and field meetings in Hertfordshire and beyond.
For more information about us, including our events flyer and pictures of past activities go to
http://www.ehgc.org.uk
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Pyroclastic rocks (agglomerates and tuffs) of Devonian Old Red Sandstone age, near Eshaness lighthouse, Shetland. |
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Investigating the Grind of Navir, an extraordinary site on Shetland. The setting is a narrow coastal inlet which opens behind into a natural amphitheatre. The sea is funneled through the gap with sufficient force to throw large boulders of Devonian ignimbrite (tuff) up the beach. |
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Hertfordshire Geological Society
The Hertfordshire Geological Society promotes
the study of all aspects of geology,
especially those relating to
Hertfordshire. Members come from all
parts of the county to attend
monthly lectures at Verulamium
Museum, St Albans, and day field
meetings are held at irregular
intervals to examine important
geological features throughout the
county.
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On May 9 we shall visit the Hertfordshire Bourne
and other features of geological and
geomorphological significance in the Berkhamsted
area. Longer field meetings are held further
afield to improve members' knowledge and
understanding of British geology. For example, a
meeting will be held in Pembrokeshire April
18-25 to study rocks, fossils and structures
much older than any visible in Hertfordshire.
The
Mammilatum Band of the Cretaceous Gault
Clay outcrops on Folkestone Beach, Kent. |
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The Wollemi Pine (Wollemia
nobilis) is a living fossil from the
Cretaceous period, still living in
Australia; seen here at Kew Gardens,
Surrey. |
For more information and contacts see our
website
http://www.hertsgeolsoc.ology.org.uk/.
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