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Saturday 7th January 2023: (Cardiff or Zoom)
Holiday Geology

Saturday 21st January: (Trallwn Community Centre, Swansea and Zoom)
Peter Kokelaar
Landscape evolution in southwest Wales: revelations of a dynamic Earth

Saturday 18th February: (Zoom Only)
Colin Palmer (IOW) – "The engineering of pterosaur flight" (provisional title)

Saturday 18th March: (Cardiff University and Zoom)
AGM and Peter Sheldon (Open University), "Exceptional fossils – the surprising, the significant and the strange"

You can view or download our newsletter here: http://swga.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/SWGA-NewsletterDec2022.pdf

SWGA NewsletterDec2022Download

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Oct 6 (Geodiversity Day)  - Duncan Hawley (HOGG),
"William Smith in South Wales" [Zoom (evening talk)]

Oct 29 - Professor Philip Hughes (University of Manchester), 
"Quaternary glaciation in the Mediterranean mountains - from Morocco to Montenegro" [Cardiff]

Nov 19 - Ewan Thomas (Geotechnology Ltd.),
"The work of an engineering geologist in South Wales" [Swansea]

Dec 10 - Professor Mike Searle, (University of Oxford)
"Tectonics and mountain building in the Himalaya" (provisional title)  [Zoom]

Jan 7 - Holiday Geology [Cardiff]

Jan 21 - Peter Kokelaar,
"Landscape evolution of southwest Wales: revelations of a dynamic Earth" [Swansea]

Feb 18 - Colin Palmer (IOW),
"Engineering research into pterosaur flight" (provisional title) [Zoom]

March 18 - Peter Sheldon (Open University),
"Exceptional fossils – the surprising, the significant and the strange’ [AGM Cardiff]

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Wales may be a relatively small nation, but it has a huge geological heritage. It has attracted geologists since the very earliest days of geological exploration, and is still considered to be a prime destination for field excursions. 

Over 700 million years of geological history can be seen in exposures across our mountains, valleys, sweeping landscapes and coastal cliffs. Volcanic rocks and slates tell the tale of fiery, turbulent times, whilst sediments packed with fossils show evidence of changing environments and sea-levels. Rich coal seams and mineral ore deposits gave rise to the rich mining and industrial history of Wales. 

As part of the festival we thought that we would share a suggested geological walk itinerary for the beautiful Pembrokeshire coastline, written for us by Cindy Howells. We hope it isn't too long until we can visit this area again.

Pembrokeshire Geological walkDownload

The SWGA was founded over 60 years ago and enjoys a monthly programme of winter talks and summer field excursions across the whole of south Wales and the surrounding counties of Wales and England. We produce a range of publications including numerous guides to the local geology, many of which are available to download from our website. We are an exceedingly friendly group of amateur and professional geologists and guests are always welcome at out meetings. so why not come along and give us a try?  Full details of us and our activities can be found on our web site at www.swga.org

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It has been a long time since the SWGA website had an upgrade and we have started one on the 22nd of January 2020... and has, as of 1st February been substantially completed

The site is now responsive to the device you are using. On large screens the full menu will be displayed, on smaller screens the menu option will give you access to all of the information

Please let us know via the contact form if you have any issues with the refreshed website

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In January 2020 the South Wales Geologists' Association website has been rebuilt onto a platform that works well on phones and tablets as well as computer screens.

This is why there are so many posts in the January 2020 archive. This is materials that have been moved from the old website and adjusted as needed for the new platform

If you are reading this in January 2020 and you are looking for something that was on the old website then it will probably be along soon.

However if it is after that and you are still having trouble finding something then please contact us

Here are a few Odds and ends that needed to come across right away

Charity RegistrationDownload
Association RulesDownload