Geologists' Association

Field Trips for the
Festival of Geology 2009

Sunday 1st November 2009

Make a weekend of it by extending the GA Festival to Sunday 1st November by joining one
of the trips below. Non-GA Members and Beginners welcome.

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Cretaceous Geology in the Surrey Hills
An area of outstanding natural beauty - Graham Williams

Starting at Shere near Guildford the day is divided into two geowalks with a
pub lunch at the White Horse in Shere. Each geowalk is about 3 km and covers
the area around Shere, St. Martha's and Albury Down. We will show how
to map areas with few outcrops or 'Rabbit Hole Geology in the Surrey Hills' !
Building stones in Shere's 15th to 18th century buildings provide further
clues.

MEET: The day begins at Shere at 10 am. The trip is car-based (parking is
free).

Visit to Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex - Gerald Lucy

The Naze cliffs provide a spectacular section through the 50 million year old London Clay (Eocene) and 2 million year old Red Crag (now reclassified as early Pleistocene). Find out what Essex was like during two very different geological periods. Fossils are abundant.

MEET: The trip will begin by the Naze Tower at 11 am (time subject to confirmation).

Gerald Lucy was recently been awarded the Foulerton Award by the Geologists' Association for his work on the Geology of Essex.

An introduction to the fossiliferous rocks of Folkestone, Kent - Robert B Chandler

The Cretaceous rocks exposed on the shore and sea cliffs near Folkestone have
long been a source of abundant fossil remains of marine organisms including
ammonites, bivalves, crustaceans are rare vertebrate material. This excursion is
intended for those who want an introduction to the geology and palaeontology of
the area and some tips on finding and developing the fossils found. The level will
be for those who have limited previous knowledge of the area.

Participitants must be capable of walking about a mile along a boulder strewn
beach with some slippery surfaces and undertake some hill climbing at East
Wear Bay in the afternoon.

MEET: at the cafe car park near Copt Point at 10am.