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2012 Program

Date

Activity

Subject/Excursion

Lecturer/Leader
 

Thurs 2nd Feb

Lecture

Diamonds: are they a girl's best friend?

Dr Don McColl

Sun 26th Feb

Excursion- 1/2 day

Hope Valley Reservoir

Margaret Visciglio

Thurs 1st March

Lecture

The Geological Time Scale

Assoc Prof Jim Jago

 

Sun 25th March

 

Excursion

Wild Times in Suburbia: Greenhouse - Icehouse transition at Maslin and Aldinga Bays

Dr Brian McGowran

 

Thurs 5th April

Lecture

Fossils as windows on the past: deciphering Cenozoic mysteries

Dr Brian McGowran

 

Wed 11th April to Sun 15th April

5 day Excursion

 

Roxby Downs and Andamooka

Bob Major & Rogie Dally

Thurs 3rd May

Lecture

The Geology of Scotland

Colin Conor

 

Sun 27th May

Excursion

CSIRO soils laboratory, Gilman & Garden Island

Dr Rob Fitzpatrick

 

Thurs 7th June

Daily Memorial Lecture

Ice, impact and the rise of the Ediacarans

Assoc Prof Vic Gostin

 

Sunday 24th June

Excursion

Talisker silver mine and Glacier Rock

 

Bob Major and Roma Schneider

Thurs 5th July

NB 7pm start

Joint Lecture with RSSA & GSA

Lost civilisations of the NileValley:

a case of geological opportunism

Emeritus Prof Martin Williams

Sun 29th July

Excursion 1/2 day

Plants of Gondwana & Geobotany; Adelaide Botanic gardens

Bob Major

Thurs 2nd Aug

Lecture

 

The Japanese tsunami and nuclear reactor incidents
Bob Major
Sun 26th August

Excursion

 

Early Camrian volcanism in the Truro region
Steve, Cynthia, Frances, Bob
Thurs 6 Sept

Lecture

 

Broken Hill: the city that silver built
David Grybowski & Elizabeth Vines

Sat 22 Sept to

Sun 30 Sept

9 day Excursion

Gawler Ranges and Northern Eyre Peninsular

Bob Major & Roma Schneider

Thurs 4th Oct

Lecture

 

Snowball Earth: the early history from South Australia
Dr Barry Cooper
Sun 28th Oct

Excursion

 

Geology & scenery: Morialta & Anstey's Hill
Cynthia, Steve, Frances
Thurs 1st Nov
AGM & members' night
Fri 9th Nov
Annual dinner

Sat 24th Nov

Annual picnic

 

Monthly meetings usually begin at 7.45 pm, in the Mawson Lecture Theatre, Dept. of Geology, University of Adelaide, corner of Frome Road and Victoria Drive, unless otherwise notified .

Committee meeting dates : Tuesday January 24th, Tuesday March 27th, Tuesday May 29th, Tuesday July 24 th, Tuesday September 18th, Tuesday October 23rd 2012