Clitheroe

Geology

The Group Coordinator is Frank Taylor.
07952 720778. frankhtaylor@yahoo.co.uk

The Geology Group currently meets in the lounge at West Bradford Village Hall, at 2pm on the second Wednesday of the month.

We are enthusiastic learners, not expert geologists, and we welcome anyone with an interest in the fascinating world around us. We learn together.

Recently we have looked at the earths crust and tectonic plates, had three presentations on the fascinating geology of Oman, following a visit there by the convenor, an explanation of the Fukashima earthquake in Japan, a visit to Castleton and Mam Tor, and looked at coastal Norway and different granites. Also a visit to Salthill Trail, a look at North Island New Zealand, and outings to Dent and Sedbergh.

Many of our regular meetings involve input from group members, who take a topic, go away and research it, then present to the group. Some members have done this for the first time in their lives! (U3A at its best). Occasionally we welcome outside speakers on a variety of topics.

New members are always welcome, we learn together, and also have a lot of fun. Our motto is Geology Rocks!

Above right are links to the pictures and Graphics of a talk given by Lesley Collins on The Tectonic Evolution of Scotland, in two parts. Lesley came to present this fabulous explanation of the complicated terrain of Scotland. Please note the references at the end, and that the majority of charts and graphics are taken from the OU SXR 399 Book.

The Group has enjoyed several video lectures by Nick Zentner, lecturer in Geology at Central Washington University. These are fascinating public lectures, given to a non technical audience of U3A age. Nick has a wonderful style for opening up a subject. Here are links to two of these on YouTube. Oh and if you really miss chalk-boards, these are great fun.
Supervolcanoes in the Pacific NW which covers a lot lot more than Yellowstone!
Supercontinents and the Pacific NW which opens up really ancient geological history, when Australia was (probably) attached to North America!
There are lots more on his YouTube channel.

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Architecture Art Appreciation Group
Big Hits (BH) Band Bird Watching & Nature Group
Board Games Book Discussion Group
Canasta Circle Dancing
Discussion Group Food and Wine group
French Conversation Garden Group
Genealogy Group Geology
German Conversation History
iPad Group Italian conversation
Journey down the Old Silk Road Lets Lunch
Music appreciation Painting
Photography Group Play reading
Plodders Poetry
Quiz Science & Scientific Enlightenment
Scrabble Singing for Pleasure
Strollers Table Tennis for Fun
Visual Arts Study Group Walking
Wine Appreciation