37th GRSG INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE
7th to 9th December
British Geological Survey HQ, Keyworth, Nottingham
Conference Day 1
| Time | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Coach pick-up @ 35 Station St, Nottingham NG2 3DQ | |
| 09:30 | Conference Registration | |
| 10:00 | GRSG Welcome & Introduction | |
| British Geological Survey Welcome | ||
| 10:15 | Keynote Presentation: Karen Hanghøj, Director of the BGS | |
| 11:00 | SESSION ONE | |
| 11:40 | Coffee Break & Mentoring Session | |
| 13:00 | Lunch & Poster Session | |
| 14:00 | Keynote Presentation: Marco Celesti, Mission Scientist for ESA CHIME | |
| 14:15 | SESSION TWO | |
| 15:20 | Coffee Break & Mentoring Session | |
| 15:40 | Poster Nano Talks | |
| 16:00 | The GRSG AGM | |
| 17:10 | Coach Pick-Up back 35 Station St, Nottingham NG2 3DQ | |
| 20:00 | Wine Reception: Laceworks, ARC Space | |
Conference Day 2
| Time | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Coach pick-up @ 35 Station St, Nottingham NG2 3DQ | |
| 09:30 | Welcome | |
| 09:35 | SESSION THREE | |
| 10:35 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 | SESSION FOUR | |
| 12:20 | Lunch & Poster Session | |
| 13:20 | ENVI WORKSHOP | |
| 14:20 | Coffee Break & Poster Session | |
| 14:40 | ENVI WORKSHOP Cont. | |
| 16:00 | End of Day | |
| 16:15 | Coach Pick-Up back 35 Station St, Nottingham NG2 3DQ | |
| 19:00 | Conference Dinner @ Nottingham Race Course | |
Conference Day 3
| Time | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Coach pick-up @ 35 Station St, Nottingham NG2 3DQ | |
| 09:30 | Welcome | |
| 09:35 | SESSION FIVE | |
| 10:35 | Coffee Break | |
| 12:20 | Lunch & Poster Session | |
| 13:20 | SESSION SIX | |
| 15:10 | SESSION SEVEN | |
| 15:50 | Conference Closes | |
| 16:15 | Coach Pick-Up back 35 Station St, Nottingham NG2 3DQ | |
| Afterglow at the Junkyard | ||
Conference Field Trip to the Triassic-age Chester Formation
Visit to the magnificently exposed Triassic fluvial sandstone of Nottingham’s Park Tunnel, Castle Rock and the Trip to Jerusalem inn
8th December 2026, 2.20pm start.
Leaders: Andy Howard and Mark Barron, East Midlands Geological Society
The Triassic-age Chester Formation – formerly the Nottingham Castle Sandstone – forms a steep bluff over a kilometre long and up to 40 metres high through the city centre. The yellow conspicuously-stratified pebbly sandstone beds are superbly exposed in the Victorian Park Tunnel, cut as a carriage-way between the Park residential estate and the Derby Road and now a pedestrian path.
Here they are fully displayed in vertical walls over 8 metres high and are visible in three dimensions. Features include fluvial cross-bedding at various scales, mud flakes and pebbles concentrated at some levels and conspicuous steep and persistent joints.
Directions to attend:
Rendezvous at 2.20pm by the Sky Mirror outside Nottingham Playhouse, Wellington Circus.
Dress for the weather, and regular street shoes. The route is all street-lit, but a torch or head-torch would be useful.
There are about 80 easy stone steps with handrail down to tunnel level.
Walking on through the Park streets, to the Castle gatehouse and around Castle Rock where the sandstone beds are further exposed.
Finishing at the famous Trip to Jerusalem pub, set into the foot of Castle Rock, and about 15 minutes’ walk from the Leonardo Hotel.
The Triassic-age Chester Formation
The stone facing above is local Permian Bulwell Stone.
Victorian Park Tunnel
The Tunnel lends itself very well to laser-scanning and there will be results to view.
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