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Past Meeting Resources

This section of the site will be home to resources associated with past meetings organised by the Geological Society, particularly those with a bearing on public policy issues and areas of popular interest.

If there are resources from meetings which you would like to see included here, please contact us.


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Shell London Lectures

Since 2008, the Geological Society of London has hosted the Shell London Lecture Series. Presentations from each of the lectures are available to view online.
Flood

Shell University Lecture Series

In 2010 and 2011, the Geological Society hosted the Shell University Lecture Series, a programme of six regionally-based themed lectures. You can view each of the presentations online.
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Holocene Climate Change

This meeting examined high frequency climate changes reflected in the geological record, and the pacings of change and their geological consequences, during the Holocene - the past 11,700 years.

Himalaya

Making the Himalaya: oozing, squashing or sliding?

Matt Kohn looks at the various models for how the middle of the crust deforms. Does it 'ooze' like toothpaste, develop wedges like a snow plough, or become flattened like the collapse of a weakened pile?
Anthropocene

Policy-related Meetings

Information on selected Geological Society meetings addressing public policy issues, or concerning areas of science with particular policy relevance. Including research meetings, or events aimed at a mixed or non-specialist audience.
Digimap

Higher Education Network

View the details and presentations from previous events hosted by the Higher Education Network.
President's Day

President's Day

An annual event held by the Geological Society in June each year. View short talks from the recipients of the major medals and presentations by the Wollaston, Lyell, Murchison and William Smith medallists.
Ammonite

Big Palaeontology - Lyell Meeting 2012

A showcase of the large scale projects that are playing an increasingly important role in palaeontological research. This meeting discussed issues of funding, logistics and outreach activities that surround these projects.

Dan McKenzie

Dan McKenzie and Friends in Highlights from the Bullard Labs

This film, by Richard Thomas, is a rare insight into the early history of the theory of plate tectonics, one of the most important scientific theories of the twentieth century. It was made possible by a gift from a longstanding Fellow of the Geological Society of London.
Carbon capture

Carbon Capture and Storage

This scientific conference brought together geoscientists and reservoir engineers seeking to understand and quantify capacity, integrity and injectivity of CO2 storage processes.
Poetry

Poetry and Geology

Timed to coincide with National Poetry Day and Earth Science Week, this one day event included talks, discussion, art installations and a reading by contemporary poets.
Jurassic coast

Exploring the Jurassic Coast

Richard Edmonds visited Burlington House to give a presentation about the value of the Jurassic Coast, and why it is worth of World Heritage Site status.
Thames

The Thames Through Time

Danielle Schreve discussed the different lines of evidence and presented the latest scientific advances in our understanding of the Thames past.
Life and the planet

Life and the Planet

This conference brought together researchers to address topical subjects in mineral deposit studies viewed in the context of Earth evolution.
Hands holding the Earth

Rocks, Carbon and Climate

As part of Climate Week, this talk focused on a few key episodes of the last 200 million years when abrupt global warming was caused by the sudden introduction of very large quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and oceans.
Linheraptor fossil

From Dinosaurs to Early Birds: An Evolutionary Turning Point

This lecture was an exciting and rare opportunity to hear first-hand how dinosaur discoveries are made, and their importance in understanding the evolutionary history of our planet, from both a famous figure and a rising star in the world of palaeontology.