46th Annual Conference at the Tregenna Castle Hotel, St. Ives, Cornwall 3rd-5th January, 2008
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here Programmes: Thurs 3rd January, Friday 4th January The Conference The Ussher Society held its 46th Annual Conference at the Tregenna Castle Hotel, St. Ives, Cornwall. The 3-day conference for earth and environmental scientists working in south-west England and related areas comprised two days of presentations, incorporating a joint session with the South West Regional Group of the Geological Society, and a field excursion. The presentation days were Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th of January The Scott Simpson Lecture was presented by Dr Richard Scrivener, of the British Geological Survey, on Thursday 3rd January, and was entitled “From Dines to the 21st Century: Past activity, research and prospects for metal mining in SW England” A half-day joint session with the South West Regional Group of the Geological Society took place on the afternoon of Friday 4th January, the session theme was "Applied Geology of South West England". Full details available here: Thurs 3rd January, Friday 4th January
Field Excursions Field excursion(s) took place on Saturday 5th January. Great company, scenery and geology – a perfect start to the New Year. Trips included:
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