Welcome to the official website of the Dorset Geologists’ Association Group (DGAG).
Upcoming events of general geological interest in Dorset, and the surrounding region, are listed below.
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Dorset Geologists’ Association Group (DGAG), Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire.
Get involved! For geoconservation work parties, see the Dorset’s Important Geological Sites (DIGS) events list.
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September 2020
Horn Park
Horn Park Quarry, National Nature Reserve and surrounding area. Wessex OUGS Field Trip. Leader Dr Bob Chandler. For futher information and booking see Wessex OUGS Events.
Find out more »The Black Country UNESCO Global Geopark
DGAG Residential Weekend. We will be visiting the Black Country UNESCO Global Geopark on the weekend of the 11th to 14th September 2020. Please note that this is a change from the original dates in May. It should be a fabulous trip to a fascinating area in terms of its geology. The region is the source of vast quantities of minerals that powered the industrial revolution. The oldest rock layers are limestones and shales full of shelly fossils and coral…
Find out more »Lyme Regis: Geology and Fossils
Wessex OUGS Field Trip. Leaders: Sam Scriven and Chris Readman. For further details and booking see Wessex OUGS Events.
Find out more »October 2020
Conservation on a Dorset RIGS
Combined OUGS/DIGS field trip/geoconservation work party. Leader: Alan Holiday. Further details and booking from Wessex OUGS Events.
Find out more »November 2020
Bowleaze Cove: introduction to geology
Wessex OUGS Field Trip: Leader Alan Holiday. Further details and booking from Wessex OUGS Events.
Find out more »DGAG Annual Dinner 2020
Provisionally booked at the Hotel Rembrant, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 7JU. More details and booking arrangements to follow...
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