Programme of Events

Due to Council cuts, the Black Country Geological Society’s indoor meetings will no longer be held at the Abbey Room at the Dudley Archives. Our meetings will be held at The Lamp Tavern. The room is on the top floor and there is a lift.

Unless otherwise stated, the indoor and Zoom meetings will normally open at 7.30 and lectures commence at 8.00.

Those wishing to attend field or geoconservation meetings please contact our Field Secretary (email address on the Contacts page).

Any non-members wishing to attend our virtual meetings should contact our Meetings Secretary for instructions (email address on the Contacts page).

Other contact details are also available on our Contact us page.

Updated 12 Octoberber 2024.

Members please check your email for any last minute changes.

Recordings of some of our virtual talks can be found on our YouTube channel.


Events in October–November 2024

  • 21 October (1 event)
    'Volcanic Tsunami Hazards - lessons from Krakatau, Hunga Tonga and beyond'

    'Volcanic Tsunami Hazards - lessons from Krakatau, Hunga Tonga and beyond'   7.30 -

    Dr Seb Watt DPil from the University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, will be giving us a talk on Volcanic Tsunami hazards which is one of his research areas.

    Venue:
    The Lamp Tavern,

    116 High Street,
    Dudley,
    West Midlands.
    DY1 1QT.

    Click here for a Google map of The Lamp Tavern.



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  • 18 November (1 event)
    Not so simple… Origin, evolution and ecology of the first vertebrate predators

    Not so simple… Origin, evolution and ecology of the first vertebrate predators   7.30 -

    Conodonts are a group of extinct jawless fish that where the first vertebrates with mineralized ‘teeth’, called ‘elements’. Known almost exclusively from fossils of disarticulated elements much about this charismatic group of animals is poorly understood, in particular their origin and early evolution. However, by applying a range of cutting edge analytical techniques to delve into the microscopic structure of the elements themselves, combined with evidence from vanishingly rare soft tissues, we can piece together the early history of conodonts. Highlighting their importance as the first macrophagous vertebrate predators.

    Dr Duncan Murdock, Collections Manager (Earth Collections), Oxford University Museum of Natural History

    Venue:
    The Lamp Tavern,

    116 High Street,
    Dudley,
    West Midlands.
    DY1 1QT.

    Click here for a Google map of The Lamp Tavern.



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