Newsletter
is our Branch Newsletter and is distributed electronically in PDF format to
all members affiliated to the Mainland Europe Branch. It is produced four
times per year.
The May newsletter came out on 13 May 2008.
The next Newsletter will come out in August.
Deadline for contributions to the next edition is 31 July 2008.
Newsletter Editor: newsletter@ougseurope.org
When sending in a contribution to the Newsletter which contains photos, please don’t include the photos in the text but send them as separate files with indications in the body of the text as to where they should be inserted.
Selected
article from May 2008
ProGEO Croatia – Opening of Geology Trails on Rab Island by Annette Kimmich
Selected
article from November 2007
'Via Claudia Augusta' by bike by Mike Molloy
When Dinosaurs roamed the Jura by Elisabeth d'Eyrames
Darwin would have enjoyed these by Eileen A. Lawley
Selected
article from August 2007
Croatia by Eileen Lawley and Annette Kimmich
Selected
article from May 2007
Ant migration as precursor to volcanic events by Annette Kimmich
Selected
articles from February 2007
Earthquake of magnitude 3.4 hits Basel, Switzerland by Annette Kimmich
The Munich Mineral Fair by Ann Burgess
Nördlingen and The Ries Crater by Heather Rogers and Stephen Darlington
Selected
articles from November 2006
Geo-problems of the Central Himalaya by Annette Kimmich.
Reports from our Munich fieldtrip — November 2006: Introduction - Tuesday 7 November - Wednesday 8 November
Selected
article from August 2006
Another Type of Jökulhlaup by Sylvie Lebon.
Selected
article from May 2006
KTB Windischeschenbach by Mike Molloy.
Selected
articles from March 2006
Atapuerca, Spain - the Olduvai Gorge of Europe? by Eileen Lawley.
Branch AGM Weekend 2006, by Annette Kimmich
Selected
articles from November 2005
The Messinian Salinity Crisis by Ann Cripps.
On the Surface - Palsas & Lithalsas, by Paul De Schutter
Selected
articles from August 2005
Report from day 4 of our field trip to the Eifel, Germany, by Llyn Everson.
On the Surface - Drumlins, by Paul De Schutter
Selected
articles from February 2005
Report from day 6 of our field trip to the Eifel, Germany, by Eileen Lawley.
Cappadocia Trip 23-31 October - Glaciology and Tectonics in the Aladaglar Mountains, Southern Turkey by Anne Martis
On the Surface - Impact Craters, by Paul De Schutter
Barrême - Major type section threatened by industrial development by Isa Adams
OUGSME AGM Munich - Report - Ries Crater
Selected
articles from December 2004
Report from day 2 of our field trip to the Eifel, Germany, by Dave Williams.
Cappadocia diary, 23-31 October by Annette Kimmich
On the Surface - Pingos, by Paul De Schutter
Selected
articles from August 2004
Report from day 1 of our field trip to the Eifel, Germany, by Ann Cripps.
Crossing the Danube, with dry feet, by Mike Molloy.
The Darks Down, by Rob Heslop.
+ a Mystery Picture.
Selected
articles from May 2004
Paul De Schutter blows cold - and explains what thermokarst
is.
Ann Cripps blows hot - and reviews a book on Mantle
Plumes.
Rob Heslop lets the winds of change blow through geological
time to uncover
an absolute gem of paleontology.
And if you fancy taking to the air to discover distant exotic realms, we
have some stunning field trips
planned for next year.
Selected
articles from February 2004
Write-ups of the Auvergne field trip, July 2003, covering the second half of the field trip.
Report from the 2003 field trip to Etna - Revisiting Etna (By Annette Kimmich).
Wind Streaks in Mars. From the column “ON THE SURFACE” (By Paul De Schutter).
The Newsletter also had a reference to our Greenland trip 2003 mentioning a proposed Hudsonia supercontinent.
Selected
articles from November 2003
Write-ups of the Auvergne field trip, July 2003.
So far this only covers the first half of the field trip as the second half will follow in the February issue. More pictures from the field trip will also follow later.
Exfoliation Domes. From the column “ON THE SURFACE” (By Paul De Schutter).
Finding the Trails - The Haute Provence Geological Reserve. (By Rob Heslop)
This article is one of a series featured in the Newsletter: Robs Land-Trek series (Ammonite Forest, Farming Fields, Within This Hill; Grottes Neanderthal, ...).
Selected
articles from August 2003
Using Computer Tomography in Diamond Cutting. A visit to one of Antwerp's leading Diamond cutting centres by Brigitte Revol MacDonald.
Martian Fleets. From the column “ON THE SURFACE” (By Paul De Schutter).
Moot Point. Panspermia by Phil Marston.
- Read much, much more in the Newsletter!
Selected
articles from May 2003
Spouses normally feel welcome on our field trips, but be warned, interest in geology is infectious! Magma Mixing Memories – Santorini, October 2002. (By Sue hart).
The geology of South Africa is incredibly interesting and witnesses 3.5 billion years of sedimentation. Johannesburg Geology. (By Ann Cripps).
It is always a good idea to combine meetings and lectures with field trips. All around the Wrekin. (By Annette Kimmich).
Tors, relics of former landscapes. From the column “ON THE SURFACE” (By Paul De Schutter)
BOOK REVIEW: “TEKTITES – Witnesses of cosmic catastrophes”
Selected
articles from February 2003
A Taste of Jura 2002 - Part 2 by Lynn Everson. Caves, hydrogeology, wine and soil.
Looking at Luxembourg by Phil Marston. Luxembourg City stands on Luxembourg sandstone laid down in the Jurassic.
As Dead as My Grandmother or That's why it Smells!!! by Gerard Valleley. A report from our Santorini Trip.
On the Surface - Eskers, riverbeds with a twist by Paul De Schutter.
Selected
articles from November 2002
A Taste of Jura 2002 - Part 1 by Lynn Everson. A story of limestone, water and wine. Part 2 will follow later.
Ammonite Forest by Bob Heslop. Digging in red Toarcian sediments near St. Quentin Fallavier village, France.
It' s all Greek To Me. Mike Gilmore has put together a comprehensive list of prefixes to enlighten OUGSME members as to the origin and meaning of scientific terminology. (Abbreviated).
Selected
articles from August 2002
Summer School 2002 (Durham). SXR369 Environmental Change by Kirsty Crocket. Many OU students find that the Summer School is the best part of their OU course. Within earth sciences they give you a welcome chance to see and feel what rocks are all about.
And I Thought it was just Chalk! by Mike Gilmore. Geology is everywhere. You don't even have to go away. Look at your house and in your garden. If you really want to know what's hidden under the grass - dig out a swimming pool (in les Landes, France).
Up a Volcano by Bike by Mike Molloy. When you have explored the geology at home, no car is necessary, you can go further by bike (to the Czech Republic).
Or by boat (to Brittany, France): Pink, Pink Everywhere! by Eileen Lawley.
Articles
from May 2002
A Weekend in Vosges (France) by Gill Ewing. The Vosges and Alsace are always worth a visit - and the history goes back a billion years. Gill Ewing takes us from the Precambrian and through to the famous Strasbourg Cathedral.
Ophicalcite - (plate-tectonic
evidence) by Ole Nielsen. Ophi-what? Never heard of it? And
so what?
Special
articles February 2002
The National Geographic Society had kindly permitted
us to reproduce three of their news articles on fossils in our Newsletter.
Thank you NGS! These and many other interesting articles are available through
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/
where older articles can be traced with their search engine. And when you
are there, why not subscribe to their e-mail newsletter.
Iceland Revisited. Iceland is a must for all geologists, certainly if they are interested in volcanism and/or plate tectonics. Chris Crivelli reports from a geo-holiday.
Articles
from November 2001
Three days in the Pyrenées by Mike Gilmore.
Geology and wine by Ann Cripps.
Articles
from August 2001
A day to day report on our field trip to Etna 19-26 May 2001 by Annette Kimmich.
Report on the visit to the crater area on our field trip to Etna 19-26 May 2001 by Chris Crivelli, Somerset.
Articles
from May 2001
Trilobite Tribulations. Finding or buying fossils is the easy part. Identifying the creatures is a question of patience and endurance, but it seems to be worth the tribulations. By Mike Molloy, Munich.
Denmark, Dinosaurs & Death. If BBC can walk with Dinosaurs, so can we, and nothing extraterrestial is too large or too small for us to explore. By Ole Nielsen, Brussels.
Articles
from November 2000
The Basel Weekend. Report from the inaugural meeting of the branch in Basel and the field trip to the Rhine Graben and Kaiserstuhl volcano by Ann Wiltner, Vienna.
More Pictures from Kaiserstuhl.
Solnhofen by bike. Solnhofen is a very unpretentious little village in Bavaria, that gave it's name to roof covering or 'Solnhofer Platten' frequently used instead of tiles up until about 1960. The material is a dolomite limestone and near Solnhofen, the first example of Archaeopteryx Lithographica was found in the very same limestone from that area. By Mike Molloy, Munich.
Languedoc Volcanics. There is more to Languedoc than limestone. By Brian Dawson, Beziers.
Articles
from June 2000
"Real Geology" or is it rather Wet armchair geology?. Read about allochthonous fossils and another foreign creature in the Isar. Report written by our member Mike Molloy, Munich, Germany.
"Field trip report". Field tripping is an important part of the OUGS way of life. Reports will be brought as well in our newsletter as on this website. Our first report on field trips is from Lancaster. Report written by our member Ann Wiltner, Vienna, Austria.
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