The West Midlands Regional Group of the Geological Society have organised a geological walk around the shopping centres in the heart of Birmingham. The walk will take around 2 hours where we will get to see excellent examples of a diverse selection of decorative stones from around the world. Most of the walk will be…
On Monday 12th November at 18:00 hours the West Midland Regional Group of the Geological Society and the Black Country Geological Society have organised a 2 hour walk to look at some of the diverse building stones used in some of the buildings within the city centre. This walk will be mostly indoors within the…
On a beautiful day in June we visited 6 Paleozoic exposures around the West Midlands, starting off with the early Ordovician deposits of the Lickey Hills and finishing off examining late Carboniferous intrusions and extrusions at Barrow Hill. (A number of the exposures are within the Unesco Black Country GeoPark). At each exposure we discussed…
Barnt Green Road Quarry – Lickey Quartzite On a wet Saturday 3rd February 2018 six keen and dedicated volunteers undertook a clear up of the Barnt Green Road Quarry. Led by Alan and Julie, other volunteers included Ken, Holly and Jane – pictured below. Clearing away the ever growing vegetation and removing the scree enables…
During 2016 research and field visits were undertaken to compile an in depth field guide to this classic area of Geology. The hydrocarbon potential of the Larne and Rathlin basins are discussed in the context of Atlantic Margin exploration potential. In September 2017 Ray led the NFES on this 4 day trip around Antrim. The…