Teme Valley Geological Society

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Based in the Worcestershire village of Martley in the UK.
As a GeoVillage it is one of several villages across Europe which have outstanding geology.
Hold regular talks delivered by leading geologists.
Organise field trips from summer evening rambles to foreign field trips.
Research, conserve and promote local geology sites.
Engage in projects to carry out research on local geology and landforms.
Run courses in rocks, minerals, fossils and all things rock related.

Next Talk

Mon 23 January 2023 7.30pm

David M Hill SulGeology Ltd

The Geology of Yemen: An overview

See future and past talks

See content from last meeting – Mon 28th Nov

The full presentation wil be available for viewing soon!

From Graeme, download. an article on the huge dragon flies that existed in the Carboniferous.

A Storyville documentary in which film-maker Werner Herzog pays homage to French volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft, who were killed in a pyroclastic flow in Japan in 1991.
BBC iPlayer

News on latest courses and field trips

Latest Links:

1. A simple two-state model interprets temporal modulations in eruptive activity and enhances multivolcano hazard quantification
2. Tonga eruption’s towering plume was the tallest in recorded history
3. Volcanic trigger of ocean deoxygenation during Cordilleran ice sheet retreat
4. Violent supershear earthquakes are more common than previously thought
5. Two Scottish sites on world geology list
6. Involcan calculates there is 400 cubic kilometres of magma under La Palma
7. 500 Million Year-Old Fossils Solve a Centuries-Old Riddle in the Evolution of Life on Earth
Planet in Distress
1. Fossil fuel burning once caused a mass extinction – now we’re risking another
2. Big agriculture warns farming must change or risk ‘destroying the planet’
3. Crisis Point as Earth reaches 8 Billion People
Something Slightly Positive?
Brazil, Indonesia and DRC in talks to form ‘Opec of rainforests’