Lectures

5 February	Open Evening and AGM
5 March	An abrupt and severe Middle Permian mass extinction in high palaeolatitudes (Spitsbergen and Siberia)	Dr David Bond, University of Hull
9 April	Exotic rocks and fossils from NE Arabia, glimpses of a former Permian ocean	Dr Alan Heward, formerly Shell
7 May	Geological setting of field excursion areas - RGG field leaders

30 May	What can we learn from the Chalk of the Wolds?	Derek Gobbett
5 July	Of Fossils and Fracking (Saltwick Bay and Whitby East)	Liam Herringshaw, University of Durham
1 August	Filey Bay: the Speeton Clay, Chalk and glacial tills	Pete Rawson
5 September	Jurassic Plants and Ores at Hasty Bank and Cold Moor	Chris Hill with Steve Livera

8 October	Geology in the defence of the accused	Dr Chris Jeans, University of Cambridge
31 October	The Yorkshire Geological Society’s William Smith Map Bicentenary Meeting
12 November	The early Toarcian (Jurassic) oceanic anoxic event: untangling global and regional signals	Dr Rob Newton, University of Leeds
10 December	Members’ evening