Lothian and Borders GeoConservation Group publish new leaflets

The latest Lothian GeoConservation leaflets bring the number of leaflets produced by this very active group during the last few years to a total of over 20. You can see the selection of available leaflets here; many of them are available to download as pdf files. All of the leaflets can be ordered through the post for free by contacting Archie Miller.

The latest leaflets include long-awaited guide to the limestone and fossils of Barns Ness on the East Lothian coast, one of the most important fossil localities in the Lothians area - pdf version of the leaflet (967 KB). The leaflet is published with support from the Scottish Earth Science Education Forum.

The second leaflet, on North Berwick's volcanoes was written by Neil van Beinum, a final year geology student at Edinburgh University completing an outreach project. This leaflet was funded by Scottish Natural Heritage pdf version of the leaflet (454 KB).

Fieldwork Grants

The Society is pleased to continue to attract many good quality applications for fieldwork grants from the Clough and Mykura Funds. This year we are disbursing a total of £1500 in six grants to support fieldwork in Scotland and overseas. These grants will go to:
- Andrew Bell, University of Edinburgh, to study brittle deformation of the Rum volcano.
- Matthew Booth, University of Edinburgh for fieldwork in Turkey examining sedimentary and tectonic processes related to continental collision.
- Barry Dawson, University of Edinburgh who is visiting the Kerimasi carbonatite volcano in Tazania.
- William Hutchison, University of Oxford, fieldwork at Volcan de Colima, Mexico.
- John Macdonald, Unversity of Liverpool, mapping and sampling of Lewisian metasedimentary rocks.
- Brian Upton, University of Edinburgh. Taking samples of the Ben Buie gabbro intrusion, Isle of Mull.

Brief reports of fieldwork that has benefited from EGS funding in recent years can be found here.

Online access to the Scottish Journal of Geology

The Scottish Journal of Geology is now online as part of the Lyell Collection. Abstracts are available for free for anyone, and EGS members can access the full content of the journal, including back issues, for free. This involves a one-off, free subscription activation where you select a user name and password. Note that this access is available to all Ordinary, Life, Honorary, Distinguished and Corresponding Fellows; but not to Senior Fellows, Family Fellows, or Associate Fellows (Junior or Glasgow). Glasgow Associates can get access via the Geological Society of Glasgow.

1) Go to the subscription activation page (www.lyellcollection.org/cgi/activate/ibasic) and enter your subscriber ID number. This is your four-digit EGS member number prefixed with the letters EGS. e.g, if you are EGS member 79, your Subscriber ID is EGS0079. You can find your EGS member number from the address label of a recent SJG mailing, or you can contact Angus Miller or Christine Thompson - see contact details.

2) You will then need to select a username and password which you will use to login and view the journal. Once you've completed the subscription activation, you will be able to access the SJG site here sjg.lyellcollection.org or using the link from the main Lyell Collection webpage here www.lyellcollection.org/.

Edinburgh Geologist back in publication

The Edinburgh Geological Society is delighted to announce, after a gap of 4 years, the renewal of the publication the Edinburgh Geologist, our in-house magazine that is aimed at amateur geologists and other non-specialists. Issue number 46 was sent out to members in December 2009, followed by Issue 47 in June 2010.. Many thanks to the editors, Phil Stone and Bob McIntosh and to everyone else who helped. We hope to maintain publication of at least one issue per year.

Annual Subscription

Annual subscriptions are due on 1st October at the following rates:
Ordinary Fellows £20.00
Family Fellows £10.00; thus Joint Fellowship becomes £30.00
Senior Fellows and Glasgow Associates £10.00
Junior Associates £4.00

Please send cheques payable to “Edinburgh Geological Society” to the Membership Secretary, Christine Thompson, 85 Grange Loan, Edinburgh EH9 2ED. If in doubt about your current membership status and payment arrangement, please contact the Membership Secretary (see Society Contacts).

Lectures, etc at the School of Geosciences, Edinburgh University

Meetings of the Geological Society - Central Scotland Regional Group

Friends of the Scottish Mining Museum

3 September 2010 Norman Butcher - "James Hutton: Founder of Modern Geology"
1 October 2010 Miles Oglethorpe - "Scotland's Heroic Industries: from Coal Mining to Offshore Energy"

These events are free of charge and are held at 2 PM in the Education Room at the SMM. There is ample car parking on site, and the museum is served by Lothian Buses 29 service (to Gorebridge) and First Bus X95 (to Hawick). The Museum has a cafe for those desiring lunch beforehand or coffee and a blether afterwards.

Lo Pro: the value of low-yield aqifers
One Day Meeting hosted by the Hydrogeological Specialist Group of the Geological Society in conjunction with the UK chapter of IAH.
Monday 6 September, Edinburgh Universtiy.

Call for registration