Lectures

AGS member and many-times excursion leader, dr Stuart Archer, will present an afternoon talk at the Aberdeen Art Gallery to celebrate the tercentenary of the “Father of Modern Geology”, James Hutton who redefined geological time and introduced the concept of Deep Time. The talk is open to the general public.

This talk will also be repeated in December (date and time to be confirmed) at the James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen

Note that the photo accompanying this event is of Hutton’s locality in Glen Tilt which Hutton visited in 1785 and AGS visited in 2023. Stuart participated in the trip.

This is a preliminary notice of a forthcoming talk by Dr David Cornwell on the geothermal feasibility pilot well which is located next to Meston Building.

Further details of the talk and the lecturer will be provided in due course.

Following on from the visits to Aberdeen Minerals drilling sites in 2024 and 2025, Fraser Gardner will present an update of progress.

This is simply a preliminary notice and further details will be provided in due course.

This is a preliminary notice about a quiz associated with Scottish Landscapes . It will probably be done as a Virtual Meeting by Zoom rather than a physical meeting at Merston.

This is a preliminary notice of an evening lecture by Dr Uisgean Nicholson of Heriot Watt University. This talk is one of a series given in our winter 2026/2027 Lecture Programme.

Further details about the talk and a bio of the speaker will be provided in due course.

This is a preliminary notice of a evening lecture in the 2026/27 winter lecture programme. More details about the talk and a bio of the speaker will be provided in due course.

This is a preliminary notice for an evening lecture in 2027. Further details will become available closer to the event. The talk will discuss how outcrop data and subsurface data has been used to revisit and revitalise the regional geology of the NCS and UKCS.

This is a preliminary notice for a lecture in March 2027 concerning the evolution of the Greenland ice stream since the last glacial maximum and the holocene retreat.

This is a preliminary notice regarding the Society’s AGM. The agenda will be set in due course but it will be followed by short talks and a rock auction.

The venue is still subject to change.