Roy Starkey sends information of the following
After the success of last year’s event, registration is now available on-line for our forthcoming joint meeting with the Mineralogical Society and Gemmological Association of Great Britain.
Attendance is limited to 175 delegates and we are anticipating strong interest, so please book early if you would like to attend.
Nature's Treasures II: the wonder of minerals and gems
Flett Lecture Theatre, Natural History Museum, London
Sunday, 13th December 2009, 10.00 am.
Please find below details of the forthcoming Herdman Society Symposium run annually by students of the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Liverpool. We have secured excellent speakers providing for an exciting and varied programme for this year. I would be grateful if you would bring this to the attention of the members of your association or society, some of whom have attended previously and thoroughly enjoyed the day.
Herdman Society Symposium
‘Geoscience Frontiers’
Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Saturday 20th February 2010
Venue: Sherrington Lecture Theatre
University of Liverpool
£6.00 non-members and £3.00 Herdman Society Members
Further details, including map, from helenk@liv.ac.uk or Mrs H. Kokelaar, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Liverpool, 4 Brownlow Street, Liverpool L69 3GP (tel: 0151 794 5146). Tickets and full programme will be available at the door. However, pre-booking (if possible) by e-mail, phone or mail is requested to assist with catering.
PROGRAMME
9.30 Arrival
10.00 Welcome: Ashley Clarke (Herdman Society President) and Rebecca Southworth (Symposium Secretary)
10.05 Professor Nick Kusznir, University of Liverpool. ‘Exploring Arctic Oceans and micro-continents’.
11.00 Coffee Break
11.10 Professor Jane Francis, University of Leeds. ‘Fossil forests of Antarctica – Life at the South Pole in a warmer world’.
12.05 Professor Tim Druitt, University of Clermont Ferrand. ‘The late Bronze age eruption of Santorini and the demise of the Minoan Civilization’.
1.00 Buffet Lunch
1.45 Professor Steve Sparks FRS, University of Bristol. ‘Assessment of volcanic hazards, risks, vulnerability and uncertainty’.
2.40 Professor Ian Stanistreet, University of Liverpool. ‘Pliocene life and times, environments exploited by earliest man, Olduvai gorge, Tanzania’.
3.35 Professor Trond Torsvik, University of Trondheim. ‘Mantle dynamics: Linking surface and deep processes’.
4.30 Professor Peter Kokelaar, University of Liverpool. Closing remarks.
5.00 Wine Reception
