Carbonates of the North
Indoor meeting (8th June) with field trip (9th June)
Convened by Peter Burgess and Kevin Taylor
Liverpool University
Liverpool University 502 Building (see campus map), Lecture Theatre 3
Saturday 8th - Sunday 9th June
Non-members welcome!
If you are unable to attend this meeting in person, it will now also be available as a livestream, prior registration on the link below is necessary
Programme
SATURDAY 8th
Location details: Liverpool University, Building 502 (see map), Lecture Theatre 3
Enter Building 502 from Mount Pleasant at the southernmost red arrow on the campus map, cross the foyer area, turn immediately right through doors and go up stairs to the first floor and Lecture Theatre 3 is on the left in the first floor foyer area
Visitor car and bicycle parking adjacent to the 502 building, entrance to car park from Mount Pleasant, grid square D5 on the campus map
10:00 Registration, coffee and chat
10:30 Introduction
10:40 Marine Carbonates and Carbonate Platforms, Jo Garland
11:20 Non-Marine Carbonates: The Interface of Sedimentology and Hydrology, V. Paul Wright
12:00 Break
12:20 Discussion - Are All Carbonates Actually a Bit Weird?
12:50 Lunch Break
13:50 Where’s the Margin? The Rise and Fall of the North Wales Platform, Cathy Hollis
14:30 Asbian to Namurian Evolution and Shutdown of the Derbyshire Carbonate Platform, Peter Gutteridge
15:10 Break
15:30 Contrasting Late Palaeozoic and Early Mesozoic UK and Western Europe Pelagic Carbonates, Nick Riley
16:10 Discussion - UK Platforms and the Pelagic Factory
16:40 Closing Comments
SUNDAY 9th
09:30 - 15:00 Great Orme Field Trip
This trip will visit Carboniferous Limestones in and around Llandudno and Great Orme.
The excursion will take in a mixture of terrain, from a cobble beach, to grassy slopes with some steep sections that a potentially hazardous if not treating with appropriate care, sections on the road and alongside a tram line with associated traffic hazard, and slightly rough terrain in old abandoned quarries, one with sufficiently high walls that hard hats would perhaps be a good idea if people want to approach the rock face. This trip does require a reasonable level of physical fitness due to the steepness of some slopes along the route. Anyone with weak legs, breathing difficulties, any kind of heart condition, or general infirmity, might find these walking sections uncomfortable and perhaps challenging.
Attendance on the trip is not contingent on attending the Liverpool meeting, please register for each component separately.
Under 18s and dogs welcome but both must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Further details will be emailed out to registrants ahead of the trip.
