📆 Founded 1858. 🌋 Exploring Glasgow’s geology through lectures, field trips & local rocks. 🗣️ Monthly talks October-May. 🪨 All welcome! 🔗 Find us at https://linktr.ee/geolsocglasgowhttps://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3mkx42ahzj224We have extra spaces on our residential trip to Cromarty (3 nights; 22-25 May). £200.00. Meal costs are not included. 🪨 We will be learning all about renewed stratigraphy of the fishbeds and the Moine inlier! GSG Members ONLY. Contact: excursions@gsocg.org for more.03 May 2026 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkx42ahzj224https://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3mjuigtej322j🗣️ 3 upcoming GCG events that may be of interest to members: 🌊 Marine Reptile Conference (7th-8th Oct) 📍 Oxford 🦖 Symposium on Paleontological Preparation and Conservation (17th Nov) 📍Manchester 👥 53rd Winter Seminar and AGM (18th-19th Nov) 📍Manchester See more: www.geocollections.org/events19 Apr 2026 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjuigtej322jhttps://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3mjolscmbhc2c🦈 If you missed “The Bearsden Shark” lecture last week. The recording is now up on our YouTube. It is a great talk, so please give it a watch if you can. https://youtu.be/wIogzxDrTa0?si=rZ6b2xy9YXSlHC_K #BearsdenShark #Glasgow #Geology17 Apr 2026 09:19 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjolscmbhc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3mj2oijj42s2n⏰ REMINDER Our monthly lecture is tonight! All about the Bearsden Shark 🦈…. Its history and its palaeontology! Don’t forget to come along to Kelvin Hall Lecture Theatre at 7pm! 🪨09 Apr 2026 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2oijj42s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3migz5udi3s2t🦈 A shark from 330 million years ago – preserved with muscles, blood vessels, even its last meal. Join us 9 April, 7pm (Kelvin Hall) for "The Bearsden Shark". Meet the speakers after! Book the Event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-bearsden-shark-a-lecture-by-neil-buchanan-and-dr-neil-clark-tickets-1986438014575?aff=oddtdtcreator01 Apr 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3migz5udi3s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3mhb7wcnyms25🔗 We now have a LinkTree! The new place to find all things Geological Society of Glasgow. Find it below and in our bio! 🌳 linktr.ee/geolsocglasgow https://linktr.ee/geolsocglasgow17 Mar 2026 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhb7wcnyms25https://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3mhb5x4led225🌴 Fossil Grove Open Days for 2026! 🪨 Join us at Victoria Park on the third Sunday of each month (April–October, 12–4pm) to explore one of Glasgow’s most remarkable geological sites. 📅 Full dates listed below — we look forward to seeing you there.17 Mar 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhb5x4led225https://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3mhb5lwtxw225🔙 If you missed the lecture last week, the recording is now up on YouTube, it is a fascinating talk, well worth a watch! 🔗Link: https://youtu.be/CB5raPN-nP4?si=Hw8x770_h6RzxxhV17 Mar 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhb5lwtxw225https://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3mgsuqks7lk2z🦕GEONATTER RETURNS 18TH MARCH Come along to an exciting GeoNatter this month all about dinosaurs! We will have plenty of specimens from the Hunterian to look at. Non-dinosaur stuff too! Free for all! 🔗Links and more info below...11 Mar 2026 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgsuqks7lk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3mgstjjdq522j⏰LECTURE IS TOMORROW EVENING! 🪨A reminder that Keyron Hickman-Lewis will be telling us all about the search for Martian life using Scottish rocks! This is a free event, just pop in at 7pm in Kelvin Hall Lecture Theatre. Hopefully see you there!11 Mar 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgstjjdq522jhttps://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3mg6kmta2oc2pWho would of thought Scotland would have a connection with finding life of Mars. Intrigued? Pop by to hear planetary scientist Keyron Hickman-Lewis tell us all about it! Website Event: https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/astrobiology-and-the-torridonian/ Eventbrite: https://eventbrite.co.uk/e/1983995935250?aff=oddtdtcreator03 Mar 2026 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg6kmta2oc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3mfpoqsxyek25A reminder about our upcoming talk (12th March) presented by GSG Grant Awardee Keyron Hickman-Lewis. All about how Scottish rocks may be an analogue for investigating Martian environments! 👽 Website Event: https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/astrobiology-and-the-torridonian/ Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1983995935250?aff=oddtdtcreator25 Feb 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfpoqsxyek25https://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3mexgfpp7ys2xIt was great to see such a strong turnout at this month’s lecture with Dr Panciroli. Recording is linked below if you missed it! 📅 Next month [12th March] we will be hearing from Keyron Hickman Lewis and exploring the connection between astrobiology and the Torridonian.16 Feb 2026 06:30 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3mexgfpp7ys2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3mdzzqb7gt227‼️REMINDER 📅Thurs 12 Feb — T.N. George Medallist Lecture. Dr Elsa Panciroli reveals how Jurassic mammals from Skye lived alongside dinosaurs, reshaping our view of early ecosystems. 🦕Free for all! Member or not. https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/discovering-mammals-in-the-time-of-dinosaurs-t-n-george-medallist-lecture/04 Feb 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdzzqb7gt227https://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3mdte5p5lvc22What is the biography of the stones beneath your feet? Bring your mystery finds to Geo-Natter at Kelvin Hall. Expert ID and geological discourse for all. 🗓️February 18th | 1:30 PM 📍Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Join the discourse: https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/geo-natter-40/2026-02-18/ #Geology #Glasgow #Fossils01 Feb 2026 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdte5p5lvc22https://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3mdnqhpr3w222UPCOMING LECTURE 📅 12 February 2026 ┃ 19:00 📍 Kelvin Hall Lecture Theatre We are honoured to welcome Dr. Elsa Panciroli to Glasgow on the 12th of February to receive the T.N. George Medal and reveal the biography of the organisms that set the stage for modern ecosystems.30 Jan 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnqhpr3w222https://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3mb7fyap2kc2jNext Lecture: Thursday 8th January, 7pm at the Kelvin Hall. Dr Iain Neill, University of Glasgow “From collision magmatism to a geothermal future in the Northern Highlands” https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/from-collision-magmatism-to-a-geothermal-future-in-the-northern-highlands/30 Dec 2025 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb7fyap2kc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3m6ictmhwqs2lNext lecture: Mass extinctions: are we all doomed? by Prof. David Bond, University of Hull. Thursday 11th December 7pm. Kelvin Hall Lecture Theatre. https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/.../mass-extinctions-are.../ A fairly light hearted look at mass extinctions in the geological record.25 Nov 2025 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6ictmhwqs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3m5gwfvhe3s2eA wee reminder of our next talk on 13th November by Brian Bell on "Sedimentary systems in the Paleocene lava fields of the Inner Hebrides". 7pm at the Kelvin Hall.12 Nov 2025 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5gwfvhe3s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3m3xhqtu6ck2lNext talk on 13th November will be by Brian Bell on "Sedimentary systems in the Paleocene lava fields of the Inner Hebrides". 7pm at the Kelvin Hall. https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/sedimentary-systems-in-the-paleocene-lava-fields-of-the-inner-hebrides-by-dr-brian-bell/24 Oct 2025 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3xhqtu6ck2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3m22tjey3jk2eJoin Dr Katie Strang, Curator of Mineralogy and Petrology at The Hunterian, to discover the 330-million-year history of the University of Glasgow’s Gilbert Scott Building. Thursday 9th October 7pm Kelvin Hall Lecture Theatre30 Sep 2025 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3m22tjey3jk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3llvl44ypks2mThe next lecture on Thursday 3rd April at 7pm is a double-bill - two zoom talks from students who have received grants from the Society. Mineralisation in SW England and Metamorphism in NW Scotland. Details here: https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/student-grant-awards-lectures/ zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83164648993?pwd=qpjEAzAERnDDZ0DUHVbEcSIMttjK3V.103 Apr 2025 09:19 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3llvl44ypks2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3lkajwdf4is23Change to lecture programme tonight. David Webster will talk about the geology of the island of Colonsay. Palaeoproterozoic basement, the overlying Colonsay Group and spectacular igneous intrusions plus the earliest radiometric dating and 'granitisation'. https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/colonsay/13 Mar 2025 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkajwdf4is23https://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3ljozlix5xc26Next Lecture at the Geological Society of Glasgow. Dr Simon Cuthbert on eclogites in NW Scotland. Thursday 13th March at 7pm Boyd Orr Building, Room 407 - All welcome. https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/eclogite-shangri-la-vestiges-of-the-grenville-orogen-in-the-northwest-scottish-highlands-and-some-heroes-of-scottish-geology/06 Mar 2025 07:59 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljozlix5xc26https://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3lhvu4vohps2gA recording of the lecture By Alex Dunhill to the Geological Society of Glasgow on 6th Feb youtu.be/uR3zB0XpyQM https://youtu.be/uR3zB0XpyQM11 Feb 2025 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhvu4vohps2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3lh2s6nd4r22pOur next lecture is on Thursday 6th February at 7pm in Room 407 of the Boyd Orr Building, University of Glasgow. Dr Alex Dunhill will talk on "Species loss, community collapse and ecosystem recovery during times of mass extinction" https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/.../species-loss-community.../ All welcome.31 Jan 2025 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh2s6nd4r22phttps://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3ldbwyqsrys2jHere is a link to a recording of last Thursday's lecture given by Paige dePolo on pantodonts (weird early mammals) from New Mexico. Its well worth a view, she was very entertaining and knowledgeable! youtu.be/RWamAw6uo10 https://youtu.be/RWamAw6uo1014 Dec 2024 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldbwyqsrys2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3lc623zbogs2bNext Lecture at the Geological Society of Glasgow. Thursday 12th December at 7pm. Room 407 Boyd Orr Building. ALL WELCOME! Dr. Paige dePolo, Liverpool John Moores University “The taphonomy of a pantodont-rich assemblage from the San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA” https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/event/the-taphonomy-of-a-pantodont-rich-assemblage-from-the-san-juan-basin-new-mexico-usa/30 Nov 2024 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc623zbogs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3lbcmyyefuc2uGeological Society of Glasgow's YouTube channel for previous lecture recordings etc. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfNSIvgEbUfLWMsCeNiRm1w19 Nov 2024 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbcmyyefuc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/geolsocglasgow.bsky.social/post/3lbcmafjfds2uA link to the November 2024 Lecture by Heather Stewart on "The abyss gazes also into you: exploring the deepest oceans" youtu.be/-6b9bi-AehM https://youtu.be/-6b9bi-AehM19 Nov 2024 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:3qv52plbiqnxxfplekrp6uro/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbcmafjfds2u