KGG Field Meetings Programme

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Programme for 2012

Saturday 10th - Sunday 11th March 2012.	Group Stand at the Rock, Gem and Bead Show at Kempton Park Racecourse, Sunbury (map reference TQ 108702, OS Landranger Map 176). Microfossil and mineral slide-making and other activities. Help on stand always welcome. It is great fun and no prior knowledge is required. Setting up on Saturday at 9.00am, doors open at 10.00am. Please let Adrian know if you can help.
Sunday 18th March 2012.	Joint Field Meeting to Sheppey Kent with the Medway Fossil and Mineral Society. Leader: Tony Mitchell (telephone 01634 235507). The early Eocene London Clay of Sheppey is world famous for the diverse fauna and flora it yields. This is a chance to find a selection of the fossils and to learn something about the geological sequence exposed there. Full details will be available nearer the date.
Sunday 15th April 2012.	Field Meeting to Smokejacks Brickworks, near Ockley, Surrey. Leader: Peter Austen This meeting is not suitable for juniors Meet at 10.30 a.m. in the car park at Smokejacks Brickworks (Wienerberger Limited - Ewhurst Works). Smokejacks is just south of Walliswood (4 km southwest of Ockley), Surrey. O.S. map 187 - 1:50,000 series, grid reference TQ 116 372. This Weald Clay brickpit has yielded a number of important finds over the past three decades. The Early Cretaceous Weald Clay has yielded dinosaur remains, fish, plants and microfossils. Bring a hard hat and reflective jacket (Compulsory). It is also recommended that you bring eye protection, hammer chisel etc. and a packed lunch including sufficient drink. Please note that the pit is running on reduce capacity, so there have been no fresh scrapes since early 2008, hence no fresh exposures since that date. Note: All members wishing to attend must contact Peter Austen at least ten days before the visit date:- Tel. 01323 899237 or E-mail: p.austen26@btinternet.com. All attendees must familiarise themselves with the Risk Assessment. Copies will also be available on site. Further information about the brickpit and a downloadable, PDF version of the Risk Assessment, are available on this website from the Fragments (News Items) page.
Saturday 21st April and Sunday 22nd April 2012	KGG Workshop on a comparison of a microfossil sample and a Recent shell sand. Leader: Dr. Adrian Rundle (telephone 0208 878 6645) There will be a short talk in the morning covering aspects of sample collection and processing as well as the use of looking at Recent sediment samples as a means of undersanding the remains found in fossil residues. There are many groups of organisms that are much larger than microfossil size but break up on death to small elements. There are also groups that are soft-bodied or very thin skinned and delicate that rarely get preserved as fossils. It is hoped that the workshop will give an insight into how to understand the contents of microfossil residues as well as their limitations. In the afternoon there will be a chance to study some literature, look at samples and make your own slides. As numbers have to be limited to 12 on each day further date(s) will be arranged if the workshops are over-subscribed.
Friday 4th - Sunday 6th May 2012	Lyme Regis Fossil Festival The Group will have two tables at the three day event and six microscopes for microfossil, shell sand and mineral slide making as well as seed and fruit identification. This should be a very busy and interesting weekend with many other activities taking place. Any helpers would be much appreciated. Please let Adrian know if you can help.
Saturday 9th - Sunday 10th June 2012.	Group Stand at the Rock, Gem and Bead Show at Kempton Park Racecourse, Sunbury Details as for 10th/11th March.
Saturday 16th June 2012	Field Meeting to Newhaven, Sussex. Leader: David Bone (telephone 01243 788474) Meet at the end of the Newhaven Harbour Car Park at 12.00 noon (there is a charge for parking). People travelling by train can be picked up at Newhaven Railway Station (details of train times closer to date of trip). With low tide at about 4.30 p.m. we will start by climbing up to study the Tertiary sections (quite degraded) which sit on top of an eroded Chalk surface. The group will then walk along the cliff top to the outskirts of Peacehaven to return to beach level down concrete steps. Return will be along the beach back to Newhaven across very fossiliferous sections of Chalk. This should take about 4 hours overall (give or take) depending on weather.
Saturday 21st July- Tuesday 31st August 2012.	Proposed visit to the Slovak Republic by the KGG and Medway Fossil and Mineral Society to study minerals and fossils. Organiser: Peter Jeens (telephone 07785 974738) Following on the success of the visit to Slovakia last year, members asked that a future trip include both minerals and fossils. The planned trip will be led, as before, by Professor Stanislav Jelen, a mineralogist with an international reputation. Professor Jelen has recruited the help of palaeontologist colleague Peter Ledvak to cover the fossil interest Please Note: Because of the effort required to organise such a trip, It will only go ahead if sufficient members indicate early in the New Year their intention of joining the excursion.
Saturday 4th - Sunday 5th August 2012.	Group Stand at the Rock, Gem and Bead Show at Kempton Park Racecourse, Sunbury Details as for 10th/11th March.
Sunday 9th September 2012.	Visit to Smokejacks Brickworks, near Ockley, Surrey. Details as for visit of 15th April.
Saturday 27th - Sunday 28th October 2012.	Group Stand at the Rock, Gem and Bead Show at Kempton Park Racecourse, Sunbury Details as for 10th/11th March.
Saturday 3rd November 2012.	Geologists' Association "Festival of Geology" At University College London (UCL), Gower Street , London. Many local geological and lapidary organisations, affiliated to the Geologists’ Association will be represented, and there will be demonstrations, walks and a lecture programme. (See the Rockwatch and GA websites for more details closer to the time of the event. The Group hopes to have numerous tables for its various activities in the Discovery Room. We are always kept very busy at these events so any help would be gratefully received. It should be fun.

Important Notice:

Members wishing to join one of the events listed above must contact the leader well before the event so that the leader can plan for the numbers coming and, on the day, knows who to expect and who is missing.