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March 7, 2018

Geology of York

The slides from my Lifelong Learning class on the Geology of York can be downloaded as a PowerPoint file (Geology_of_York) or a PDF (Geology_of_York). The paper by Hall et al. (2010) on the glacial and post-glacial geology of the Vale of York can be downloaded here. The History of York website gives a brief summary of the prehistory of the...

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December 5, 2016

An Intro To Shales & Fracking (2016)

The lecture slides for my York Lifelong Learning class on Shales & Fracking can be downloaded here: 2016_intro_shalesfracking_sml Most of the references I discussed can be found on the website for the 2015 version of this site, here. The new British Geological Survey appraisal of the shale gas/shale oil potential of the Wessex Basin (Oct 2016) can be found here....

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July 3, 2016

Geology of the Yorkshire Dales

The slides for my 2021 University of York Centre for Lifelong Learning half-day class on the ‘Geology of the Yorkshire Dales’ can be downloaded here: 2021_GYD_slides (pdf) and 2021_GYD_slides (pptx). Slides from my 2016 CLL one-day class can be found below: Part 1 (Intro/Early Palaeozoic): 2016GYD_1Intro_SML Part 2 (Early Carboniferous): 2016GYD_2LowerCarb_SML Part 3 (Late Carboniferous): 2016GYD_3UpperCarb_SML Part 4 (Quaternary): 2016GYD_4Glacial_SML...

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December 12, 2015

An Introduction to Shales and Fracking

The slides from my York Lifelong Learning presentation on Dec. 12th can be downloaded here as a PowerPoint file: 2015_Intro_ShalesFracking_SML. Useful links UK & Europe ReFINE: Researching Fracking. ReFINE is the leading international fracking research consortium, led jointly by Newcastle University and Durham University. The website includes all the group’s scientific papers, research briefs, and newsletters. Shale Gas – British...

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April 11, 2015

Professor Herring’s Natural Hystery

He’s not a real professor, he’s not a real herring, but Professor Herring’s #NaturalHystery is really happening this summer, and will be a really different tour of York! From volcanoes and cholera to unicorns and Patagonians, the (mostly) scientific tales of the city will be revealed in this unique Festival of Ideas event, kindly supported by the Holbeck Trust innovation...

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February 21, 2015

York: A Rocky History

Whilst you’re waiting with anticipation for the audio recording to go live on YouTube, here is a link to the PowerPoint slides for the Lifelong Learning public lecture I gave on Thursday 19th of February: York_Rocky_History_SML Upcoming Events: Sat. 14th March 2015, 9.30am-4.30 pm – A Geological History of Britain, University of York. Sun. 14th June 2015, 2pm and 3.30...

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March 2, 2014

A Very Short History of the Earth

ChronoZoom – an interactive time scale showing the age of life, the universe and everything (if your computer has the right browser!). Stratigraphy ICS – The International Commission on Stratigraphy (the latest geological timescale can be found here). William Smith and biostratigraphy (part of a University of California Berkeley series on the history of evolutionary thought). John Phillips – the...

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August 23, 2013

Bodies of Evidence

I am organizing the Palaeontological Association-sponsored session at the 2013 British Science Festival in Newcastle. It is called Bodies of Evidence, will run at the Great North Museum on Sunday September 9th, and it is going to be dead great. Literally, as the event will be packed to the rafters with amazing fossils of long-gone creatures. How do we figure...

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Category: Outreach

Geology of York

An Intro To Shales & Fracking (2016)

Geology of the Yorkshire Dales

An Introduction to Shales and Fracking

Professor Herring’s Natural Hystery

York: A Rocky History

A Very Short History of the Earth

Bodies of Evidence