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This page is for members interests. It is intended to contain news items, members papers, visit reports and reports of indoor meetings or outdoor field meetings. These will be displayed on, or accessible through, this page.

Why fragments?

Well, it seems appropriate! The science of geology has been dependent on fragments; fragments of time encapsulated in a rock face; fragments of fossils that have enabled geologists to build up a more complete picture; fragments of the Earth's chemistry displayed in a beautiful crystal.

We Have Moved!

On Tuesday 19th July 2011 the Kent Geologists' Group moved to a new meeting place in the United Reformed Church hall, 67 Week Street, Maidstone (for details see the 'Indoor Meetings' page).

Meetings will continue to be held on the third Tuesday of each month, as in the past; so why not come along and join us at our new meeting venue?

Smokejacks 2012

Two further Kent Geologists' Group visits to Smokejacks, led by Peter Austen, are planned for 2011.
Some very important fossil finds have been made at this Weald Clay brickpit in the last ten years.

For more details on the visits, and a description of some of the more notable finds written by Peter Austen, click here

Rock Fall

Fieldwork Codes of Practice advise us to wear hard hats and avoid hammering on rock faces. But how many of us have actually witnessed a fall?

On 30th January 2007, while visiting Pett Level, Dave Talbot a KGG member not only witnessed a fall but managed to photograph it.

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