Register now for trips to, Little Heath and Great Gaddesden (May 18th), Black Country Geopark (3 days, 23-26 June).
email: contact@hhgs.org.uk
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Wednesday May 8th Annual General Meeting 8pm on Zoom
Our meeting in May will be the AGM, for members only. Following the essential business there will be some presentation reports of highlights from the past year.
Wednesday June 12th Monthly Meeting 8pm Lecture on Zoom Title: "Working with the local community to better characterise groundwater flow and emergence in the River Terrace Gravels of Staines" Speaker: Dr Jonathan D. Paul, (Royal Holloway, University of London) To attend as a visitor, please email: contact@hhgs.org.uk Regular visitors will be asked to become members.
MAURER TECTONICS Bob Maurer's theory about the Rotating Earth and Plate Tectonics has been published in Okayama University's Earth Science Reports in collaboration with Prof. Shigeyuki Suzuki : "A new insight into the driving mechanism for plate tectonics - the relationship between tectonic processes and the circumferential tensile forces associated with a rotating planet." The paper challenges the current belief that convection currents in the mantle are driving plate tectonics. It provides an alternate, mathematically justified drive mechanism, summarised as the Maurer equation. This shows that the unbalanced rotation of the Earth results in circumferential stresses that are more than strong enough to drive the cyclic breakup and reassembly of the continental plates.
Contact Bob at : bob.maurer31@gmail.com
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STANMORE GRAVEL PROJECT On 19th April 2024 we exposed a vertical section in a bank bordering the Harrow Weald geological SSSI. Prof David Bridgland is leading this HHGS research project investigating the local gravel, more details here.
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Uxbridge Rock Show! 5 - 22 February 2024 Our annual event attracted more visitors than ever this year and we expanded our provision for local schools to visit.
Formed in 1973, the Society's aim is to advance public appreciation of geology by observation, discussion, field studies, research, illustrated talks and exhibitions. Memberships embraces all age groups from 16 years upwards, regardless of gender or race, and includes those with widely diversified interests. We have a lively program of meetingsheld on the second Wednesday of each month. Exhibitionsat locations throughout the London Boroughs of Harrow and Hillingdon, and elsewhere, give members an opportunity to display aspects of their particular interests and their collections. We also have a good field tripprogramme to suit all tastes.