News Archive

In connection with our migration to ougseurope.org some obsolete links have either been updated to still relevant links or put out of function, but still marked as links for historical reasons.

News from the first five years in the history of OUGS Mainland Europe

 2000   2001   2002   2003   2004   2005 

3 May: New link of the month (May).

1 May: We are slowly migrating to www.ougseurope.org.

2 April: New link of the month (April).

29 March: The Events List is updated, and the programme for the Post-Exam Trip is now available.

14 March: New Newsletter articles from the February 2005 Newsletter now on-line.

2 March: New links of the month (March).

25 February: The February issue of   U(RO)CK    was published.

24 January: The map showing the geographical distribution of our members has been updated.

21—23 January: Three-day event with AGM in Munich.

2 January: New links of the month (January).

2004

31 December 2004: 3 new Newsletter articles from the November/December 2004 Newsletter now on-line.

18 December: Please note that the travel tips for the Munich AGM event have been changed!

17 December: The November/December issue of   U(RO)CK    was published.

16 December: Pictures from our trip to Cappadocia 2004.

14 December: The programme for our three-day event with AGM (Munich, 21-23 January) is now updated, and travel tips and field trip notes have been added.

1 December: New link of the month (December).

3 November: New link of the month (November).

23 – 30 October 2004: Post-exam Week trip to Cappadocia, Turkey.

29 September 2004: 3 new Newsletter articles from the Agust/September 2004 Newsletter now on-line.

25 September 2004:  Announcement of Three-day event with AGM. See Preliminaty Programme.

23 September 2004: New Etna Update (new eruption).

22 September 2004: The "August"/September issue of   U(RO)CK    was published.

6 September 2004: New link of the month (September).

5 August 2004: New link of the month (August).

31 July — 7 August 2004: Field trip to Eifel Volcanic fields (Germany).

2 July 2004: New link of the month (July).

1 June 2004: A CD-ROM of our trip to French Jura is available.
                       New link of the month (June).

28 May 2004: 3 new Newsletter articles from the May 2004 Newsletter now on-line.

12 May 2004: The May issue of   U(RO)CK    was published.

2 May 2004: New link of the month (May).

26 April 2004: Up-dated info about the Eifel trip.

2 April 2004: New link of the month (April).

8 March 2004: Announcement of OUGS President’s Trip to the “Jurassic Coast — 18th - 26th September 2004. See also "Events".

1 March 2004: Some more Etna photos from the 2003 trip, new views and interesting perspectives by Chris and Sue Hart.
       New link of the month (March).

25 February 2004: Apart from the day-by-day report from our field trip to Auvergne in 2003, we now also present a slide show.

18 February 2004: We have added a Guestbook and appreciate your comments.

14 February 2004: 3 new Newsletter articles from the February 2004 Newsletter now on-line. Furthermore an illustrated version of an article brought in our August 2003 Edition of  €u(ro)ck  by Rob Heslop in his 'Robs Land-Trek Series' is now on-line - Neanderthal Caves.

7 February 2004: The February issue of   U(RO)CK    was published.
                                    New Link of the Month (February).

6 February 2004: Pictorial report from our field trip to South Greenland in 2003.

23—25 January 2004: Branch AGM in Vienna, Austria

4 January 2004: Ammonite Forest - New illustrated version of article by Rob Heslop in his 'Robs Land-Trek Series'.

2 January 2004: New Link of the Month (January).

1 January 2004: Announcement of field trip to The Eifel Volcanic Fields Saturday 31 July — Saturday 7 August 2004. — And advert for field trip to Cappadocia.

2003

31 December 2003: Pictures from our trip to Etna 2003.

11 December 2003: 3 new Newsletter articles on-line.  See also the December link and Events list

18 November 2003: The November issue of   U(RO)CK    was published.

7 November 2003 New Etna Update and new link of the month.

2 October 2003: Preliminary programme for our AGM in Vienna. See also the October link.

18 August 2003: All On the Surface articles are now illustrated with photos. Eskers Tors Yardangs

15 August 2003: 3 new Newsletter articles on-line.  See also the August link.

31 July 2003: The August issue of   U(RO)CK    was published.

24 June 2003:  Book review - The Official Guide to the Jurassic Coast.

23 June 2003:  Announcement of post-exam week field trip to Etna. See Etna Revisited for more details. A booking form is ready for downloading (as MS Word document).

15 May: 5 new Newsletter articles on-line.

6 May: The May issue of   U(RO)CK    was published.

11 March: Aswan, Syene, Syenite and Pink ... Why is it pink? PS to Pink. Pink Everywhere.

4 March: 4 new Newsletter articles on-line, including part 2 of the French Jura Report and a Santorini Report.

     March link.

     North Italy Granite Trip postponed (See Events)

24 February: The February issue of U(RO)CK was published.

12 February: Short report from our AGM and geology weekend in Luxembourg. The Jurassic in Luxembourg.

1 February: New  Link of the Month.

24 January — 26 January 2003: Our Annual General Meeting was held in Dudelange, Luxembourg.

3 January 2003:  It's all Greek to me. A comprehensive list of prefixes - Origin and meaning of scientific terminology

January link of the month.

2002

26 December 2002:  Pictures from our Santorini Field Trip

4 December 2002: Two selected articles from the November Newsletter are now on line, including the first part of the Jura Trip Report.

December links of the month.

15 November 2002:  Pictures from our French Jura Field Trip

12 November 2002:  The November issue of U(RO)CK was published.

1 November 2002:   We visited Etna last year during the eruption (see field trip report). Now Etna is erupting again and we bring an update. This month's links refer to the new eruption (as a Natural hazard).

17 September 2002:   New page about Greenland (mainly links and other information) relevant for our field trip to Greenland in 2003).

2 September 2002:   New  Link of the Month.

19 August 2002:  Four selected articles from the August Newsletter are now available on line. See under Newsletter.

10 August 2002:   New  Link of the Month.

9 August 2002:  The August issue of U(RO)CK was published.

27 July — 3 August 2002: Field trip to the Arbois region (French Jura). A Taste of French Jura

27 June 2002:   New  Link of the Month.

3 June 2002:  Link of the month  introduced.

21 May 2002:  Programme and booking form were available for the Santorini post exam week.

14 May 2002: A Weekend in Vosges and Ophicalcite - (Plate-tectonic evidence), two articles from our May Newsletter, are now available on this website.

7 May 2002:  The May issue of U(RO)CK was published. See under Newsletter.
 

27 March 2002:  Finally your webmaster got access for uploading. We feel so sorry for our friends who tried to visit our pages in vain!
 

23 March 2002:  Part of the nightmare was over as our website became accessible for download again. At least all our pages seem to have been regenerated (Some customers were less lucky). However, your webmaster could still not make any connection to the host.
 

19 March 2002:  Thousands of websites - unfortunately including this one - "temporarily" not available due to a technical problem on our hosting server (deleted by accident). All to be seen was an apology from Skynet.
 

13 February 2002:  Iceland Revisited, an article from our February Newsletter is now available on this website.
 

12 February 2002:  Report from our Annual General Meeting in Brussels.
 

6 February 2002:  Announcement of field trip to the French Jura. See A Taste of French Jura for more details. A booking form is ready for downloading (as MS Word document).
 

6 February 2002:  The seventh U(RO)CK newsletter was published. See under Newsletter.
 

1-3 February 2002:  Our Annual General Meeting was held in Brussels.


 

2001

2 November 2001:  The programme for our Annual General Meeting in Brussels 1-3 February 2002 was available.


20 October 2001:  The sixth U(RO)CK newsletter was published. Two of its articles are available on this website. See under Newsletter.


27 August 2001:  Impressions from a field trip to Loughshinny during the 2001 OUGS Symposium in Dublin.


8 August 2001:  Reports from our field trip to Etna 19-26 May 2001.


1 August 2001:  The fifth U(RO)CK newsletter was published. The main theme was our field trip to Etna.


20 July 2001:  A new series of pictures from the Field Trip to Etna, Sicily.


5 July 2001: Comments concerning ferricrete photo.


19-26 May 2001:  Field Trip to Etna, Sicily. The first pictures are already available.


2 May 2001:  The fourth U(RO)CK newsletter was published. Two of its articles are available on this website. See under Newsletter.


25 February 2001:  Our new page on regional geology gives an overview over articles on this website more or less concerning a certain country/region.


23 February 2001:  How about doing Northern Ireland on your way to or from the Dublin Symposium 2001? Get some ideas from A Potted Geology of Northern Ireland.


14 February 2001:  The third U(RO)CK newsletter was published.

 

2000


4 December 2000:  Announcement of field trip to Sicily. See " Events" for more details.


23 November 2000:  The second U(RO)CK newsletter was published. Four of its articles were put on the website a week later (30 November). See under Newsletter


8 November 2000:  How far would YOU go for a tutorial? For Isa Adams the Alps were not too far.


1 November 2000:  Map showing where we live


27-29 October 2000:  Inaugural weekend meeting in Basel, Switzerland


8 October 2000:  Picture of Groundwater Ferricretes (Dingle, Ireland).


27 September 2000:  Are you searching for something on our website? We have now installed a search engine.


1 September 2000:  Yes, we're making it official. The OUGSME group, after 7 months of preparation, is to become an OUGS branch in its own right. The inaugural weekend will be held in Basel at the end of October. See "Events" for more details.


9 August 2000:  Field trip report from one of the OUGS Symposium 2000 geo events (Ercall Quarries). Global worry at local quarry.


28 July 2000:  New article on the social side of field trips by Annette Kimmich. "My first field trip ... with OUGS!".
 

18 June 2000:   New page "On the Rocks" brings article written by Annette Kimmich for Open Eye: "Rolling Rocks".
 

8 June 2000:   The OUGS Mainland Europe Website is declared officially open.

7 June 2000:U(RO)CK , the first (electronic) newsletter of the OUGS Mainland Europe is out. See more under "Newsletter".
 
 

 
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