Tag: DGAG Workshop
Winter Workshop
Dorset Geologist’s Association Group (DGAG) will host the annual Winter Workshop on the Saturday 09 December 2023.
Theme: Pre-Christmas get together around displays and participate in a few nibbles and buffet food!
– Anyone is welcome to exhibit/present material on tables provided and share their geology and knowledge
– Anyone is welcome to bring any fossil or rock puzzles they want advice on
Time: Work shop will start at 10.00 am; finish approximately 4.00 pm
Venue: Broadmayne Village Hall, Cowleaze Road, Broadmayne, Dorset Exact location using what 3 words: innovate.regarding.poem (link to free app https://what3words.com/about).
Entry Cost: £4 collected on room entry (Free if you have material to show or food to bring)
Booking: Please let me know as soon as you can if you;
– Would like to attend and if you want to eat or not
– Want to bring along some food to share and what sort
– Would like a table for your material/presentation/rocks etc
Contact DGAG events at email: cwebb48578@aol.com
There is plenty of room but it would be good to know who is coming and especially if you want to present something or bring food that would be great.
Photo: Shark tooth fossil from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation, Ammonite zone: Pectinatites pectinatus. Photo & interpretation courtesy of C. Webb & Etches Collection
Holiday Rocks Workshop with Talks
Dorset Geologist’s Association Group (DGAG) will host the annual Holiday Rocks Talks & Workshop on the Saturday 21 October 2023.
Theme: Post summer holiday (or indeed from other occasions!) talks of places visited and puzzling over rocks or fossils found. Anyone is welcome to share tales of their holiday rocks/fossils or indeed bring any! If you would like to speak a few words about the rocks/fossils and context even better, any presentation format is fine even paper, models etc! We have tables and a projector and facility to connect to laptops and a screen if required.
Time: start at 2.00 pm; finish approximately 4.00 pm
Venue: Broadmayne Village Hall, Cowleaze Road, Broadmayne, Dorset Exact location using what 3 words: innovate.regarding.poem (link to free app https://what3words.com/about).
Entry Cost: £2 collected on room entry (to cover Tea/coffee & cake)
Booking: Contact DGAG events at email: cwebb48578@aol.com
There is plenty of room but it would be good to know who is coming.
Photo: Foraminifera and Coccolith Fossils from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation, Ammonite zone: Pectinatites pectinatus. Photo is a SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) image courtesy of J. Poole (DGAG member) and interpretation by C. Webb & Etches Collection.