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A Registered Charity No 220014 October 2019 Circular 625

YORKSHIREGEOLOGICAL

SOCIETYPresident Paul Hildreth

wwwyorksgeolsocorguk NON MEMBERS WELCOME FREE OF CHARGE

DECARBONISATION OF THE NORTHERN POWERHOUSE

Saturday 2nd November 2019 1000am ndash 430pm

Tempest Anderson Hall Yorkshire Museum Museum Gardens Museum Street York YO1 7FR

Joint meeting of the Yorkshire Geological Society and the Yorkshire Philosophical Society

2 wwwyorksgeolsocorguk YGS 2019

Please note that details may change including the running order so please continue to consult our website at httpwwwyorksgeolsocorgukmeetingsphp or Facebook page httpswwwfacebookcomYGSRocks for updates to the programme

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Also please note that the Free Registration for this event does not provide access to the main Museum exhibitions for which the usual entrance fee will be payable (unless you have a membership or other ID granting free admission)

PROGRAMME

1000am REGISTRATION

1030am Welcomes and Introduction

1040am From carbonisation to decarbonisation a geological perspective on the Industrial Revolution and the low carbon challenge to come Mike Stephenson British Geological Survey

1120am Minewater Geothermal Low temperature High impact John Midgley British Geological Survey

1140am The GeoEnergy Test Bed ndash a research collaboration platform Ceri Vincent British Geological Survey

1200pm LUNCH BREAK (see note below)

130pm Dimensioning storage for systematic supply of Hydrogen energy systems Philip Ringrose Equinor ASA

210pm Charging Ahead Decarbonisation electric vehicles and the new age of metals Andrew Bloodworth British Geological Survey

230pm Geothermal resource potential of Carboniferous limestones Tim Pharaoh British Geological Survey


Saturday 2nd November 2019 1000am ndash 430pmTempest Anderson Hall Yorkshire Museum Museum Gardens Museum Street York YO1 7FRConvened by Tim Pharaoh Mike Rogerson and Andy Howard

Pre-registration on EventBrite (via the link below) is optional for YGS Members but will help us greatly to make a prompt start on the day If you do not wish to register in advance you must bring your YGS Membership Card (or your printed copy of this YGS Circular) to gain access to the Tempest Anderson Hall via the Museum front entrance Registration is FREE on our Eventbrite page at

wwwyorksgeolsocorguk YGS 2019 3



250pm BREAK (see note below)

310pm Carbon capture in urban soils as a passive climate mitigation tool David Manning Newcastle University

345pm An Introduction to the Northern Forest Hannah Marshall Woodland Trust

405pm The negative emission potential of alkaline materials Phil Renforth Heriot-Watt University

425pm Vote of Thanks and Close (not later than 430pm)

Note re Lunch and Refreshments The Yorkshire Museum is open to the public on Saturdays and we are therefore not able to provide refreshments or an indoor space to consume a packed lunch Participants are asked to make their own arrangements for lunch and refreshments during the intervals provided in the programme The Museum is in the centre of York and there is a wide choice of restaurants cafeacutes and pubs in the near vicinity

THIS MEETING CAN COUNT AS 45 HOURS CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) FOR THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON CHARTERED GEOLOGIST AND SIMILAR CPD SCHEMES

Geology has always had a lot to do with energy During the 19th Century ndash the carbonisation period we now know as the Industrial Revolution - geology was pivotal The UK carbonised using its high calorific value easily-accessible coal iron ore and limestone thereby moving away from the constraints of biosphere carbon to geosphere carbon Much of this happened first in the north of England and the central lowlands of Scotland the first Northern Powerhouse

Transitioning from the current lsquooil economyrsquo to a renewables economy ndash decarbonisation ndash is one of the biggest challenges for the modern world alongside communicable diseases and

ABSTRACTS

FROM CARBONISATION TO DECARBONISATION A GEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND THE LOW CARBON CHALLENGE TO COME

Professor Mike Stephenson (British Geological Survey)




urbanisation Geology will be just as important for decarbonisation as it was for carbonisation ndash a whole range of options can contribute directly including geothermal carbon capture and storage (CCS) and biofuels with CCS (BECCS) and indirectly by contributing to better energy storage (compressed air energy storage and hydrogen storage)

Itrsquos interesting also that there is a good chance that the first regions to decarbonise ndash so-called decarbonisation clusters ndash will be in the north of the UK the second low-carbon Northern Powerhouse The northwest of England and Tees Valley are planning hydrogen energy systems and carbon capture and storage The east of Glasgow is developing coalmine geothermal through the BGSrsquo UK GeoEnergy Observatories project which might help to provide low carbon heat for homes across the city In this talk Irsquoll examine the challenge ahead and show how geoscience could be at the heart of the UKrsquos energy transition

Drilling at the BGSrsquo UK GeoEnergy Observatories project in Glasgow Photo Mike Stephenson

How can geology help with the intermittency of renewables Photo Mike Stephenson


MINEWATER GEOTHERMAL LOW TEMPERATURE HIGH IMPACT

John Midgley (British Geological Survey)

Geothermal temperatures of 15degC might not be what most people think of when discussing geothermal energy especially when compared to Icelandic geothermal where temperatures can be as high as 400degC However in the UK a sustainable 15degC is achievable in old coal mines and coal mines are more accessible than volcanoes Unfortunately and surprisingly old coal mines are a lot less understood

The Glasgow Observatory part of the UK Geoenergy Observatories project (UKGEOS) will enable the UK science community to study the low temperature mine water geothermal environment just below the Earths surface The Glasgow Observatory will create 12 boreholes of various depths which will enable research into Glasgows geology its underground water systems and the potential for heat from the water in the citys disused coal mines One of the main aims of the project is to find out whether there is a long-term sustainable mine water resource that could provide a low-cost low-carbon heat source for homes and businesses Projects like this could transform derelict coal mines into valuable low carbon sources of energy Re-using deep mineshafts could help to re-invigorate local economies creating new high-skilled jobs and boosting supply chains in traditional mining communities The challenges to the project are considerable Drilling multiple shallow wells through pre-existing void spaces requires complex planning and experienced drillers but risks are relatively well understood and considered manageable Less well understood are the small-scale hydrogeological environment and how water movement impacts on enthalpy stability and chemistry We will also investigate how a system must be monitored to ensure environmental stability and manage long term change and risk

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks to my colleagues Alison Monaghan Vanessa Starcher Hugh Barron of the British Geological Survey

THE GEOENERGY TEST BED ndash A RESEARCH COLLABORATION PLATFORM

Dr Ceri Vincent (British Geological Survey) Martyn Barrett John Williams Karen Kirk Helen Taylor Ben Dashwood Oliver Kuras

As a key technology to mitigate climate change CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS) remains an important global environmental topic Research at the GeoEnergy Test Bed (GTB) will support new and emergent geo-energy sectors critical for a sustainable future including CCS

The GTB offers the opportunity to access geological formations equivalent to those under the North Sea that are of interest for CO2 storage The current science plan involves the injection




of a small amount of CO2 which will migrate through natural pathways in the rock Studying the response of the subsurface will improve understanding of processes and mechanisms around CO2 migration and storage in the shallow subsurface This improved understanding will help refine strategies for monitoring the zone above the reservoir ndash an essential part of proving site conformance for large-scale storage projects

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The GeoEnergy Test Bed was initiated by University of Nottingham and the British Geological Survey The GTB has received government funding through the Energy Research Accelerator (ERA) project

Aerial view of the GTB during drilling Image courtesy University of Nottingham

Installing sensors in a monitoring well at the GTB

DIMENSIONING STORAGE FOR SYSTEMATIC SUPPLY OF HYDROGEN ENERGY SYSTEMS

Philip Ringrose (Equinor ASA) Thorsen R Nazarian B Hagesaeligther L Sadler DG amp Andersen H S

The H21 North of England project proposes to decarbonise residential heating and distributed gas supply for 125 of the UK population by using hydrogen The project will require CO2 storage at the 15-20 Mtpa level or around 600 Mt in total over a 25-35-year time frame To meet these requirements we conducted a feasibility study to assess the infrastructure dimensions and storage concepts required We assessed two alternative offshore regions for geological CO2 storage




bull The Southern North Sea area of the UK Continental Shelf

bull The Northern North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf

On the UK side a set of three separate Bunter Formation closures and one depleted gas field were selected as suitable and well documented sites for this study For the Norway option the Troll Smeaheia-area was assessed as part an ongoing Norwegian CCS-project development

The CO2 transport and storage concepts have been integrated with the hydrogen production facility as far as possible at this concept definition stage Our assessment shows that the CO2 transport and storage

facilities would need to handle around 2800 th of CO2 by 2035 with a total required CO2 storage capacity of 567 million tonnes The overall conclusion at this stage is that the storage concept is technically feasible giving a good basis for progressing the H21 NoE project to the next stages

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We thank our H21 project partners Northern Gas Networks and Cadent Equinor ASA is thanked for permission to present this material

H21 facilities concept - focused on a sub-sea development (with shipping options) Image copy Equinor ASA all rights reserved published with permission

Geographical coverage of the H21-NoE project offshore transport and storage options Image copy Equinor ASA all rights reserved published with permission


CHARGING AHEAD DECARBONISATION ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND THE NEW AGE OF METALS

Andrew Bloodworth (British Geological Survey)

Driven by concerns about climate change air pollution and energy security the world is undergoing a fundamental transition towards a low carbon future Key to this shift are massive changes in land transportation technologies especially the accelerating move from hydrocarbon-fuelled internal combustion engines to electric vehicles powered by batteries or hydrogen Does this mean that our utilisation of Earth resources will move from the lsquoAge of Petroleumrsquo to the lsquoAge of Metalrsquo What might be the impact on energy systems What might this mean for mineral exploration and extraction and for geoscience in general

A growing group of automotive manufacturers are committing to develop new models powered by hydrogen fuel cell technology

GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF CARBONIFEROUS LIMESTONES

Dr Tim Pharaoh (British Geological Survey) Abesser C Banks V Farrant A Jones D Kearsey T Kendall R Loveless S Newell A Patton A Stewart M

An extensive review of UK geothermal resources was undertaken in the 1970s (Barker et al 2000 Downing amp Gray 1986) While the geological and tectonic settings of the UK preclude the presence of near-surface high-temperature resources a number of low- to moderate-temperature sources have been identified Thick limestones of Mississippian age (359 to 323 Ma) are one such potential geothermal resource widely present at outcrop or concealed within deep basins (Figure 1) Surface manifestations of hot water at depth are the warm springs at Bath and Bristol the Taff Valley and the Peak District which issue thermal waters at temperatures between 16-48 ˚C

Although Carboniferous limestones on blocks and basin margins are generally hard and compact with low porosity and permeability and negligible inter-granular flow the ability of the rocks to transmit water may be significantly increased by processes such as karstification evaporite dissolution dolomitisation mineralisation and fracturing Understanding and predicting where these processes have occurred is key to unlocking the geothermal potential

Narayan et al (2018) have raised awareness of this potential resource in the UK following successful development in Belgium (Figure 2) and the Netherlands BGS has started a research




programme within its Geothermal Energy Team that will combine data from existing boreholes and geophysical surveys geological mapping and field evidence to improve understanding of the permeability distribution within Carboniferous limestones and identify areas where more detailed investigations are needed Although less predictable than other deep geothermal resources (eg granites and basinal Permo-Triassic strata) such limestones are present at depth beneath many UK urban centres and could supply significant energy to district heating schemesREFERENCESBarker JA et al 2000 Hydrogeothermal studies in the United Kingdom Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 33 41-58Downing RA amp Gray RA 1986 (eds) Geothermal Energy ndash the Potential in the United Kingdom p84-110 British Geological SurveyNarayan N Gluyas J amp Adams C 2018 Is the UK in Hot Water Geoscientist 28 (9) 10-15 httpsdoiorg101144geosci2018-014

Figure 1 Depth to base of aquifer (metres) Image Aquifer-Shale separation project httpswwwukgeosacuk

Figure 2 Geothermal well tapping Carboniferous limestones at the Mol Test Site Flanders Belgium Photo courtesy of Tim Pharaoh


CARBON CAPTURE IN URBAN SOILS AS A PASSIVE CLIMATE MITIGATION TOOL

Professor David Manning (Newcastle University)

Urban soils occupy 126 of Englandrsquos 13 million hectares (84 of the UK overall CORINE 2017) This land is in a constant state of change as demolition redevelopment and construction lead to reuse of lsquobrownfieldrsquo sites in preference to development of greenfield sites Following demolition land in cities often lies vacant for a period of time during which nature takes over In addition to the above ground growth of vegetation below-ground pedogenic processes are also active

Through investigation of demolition sites and restored land over the last 10 years we have shown that urban soils effectively remove CO2 from the atmosphere In Newcastle we have measured the removal of 85 T CO2 per hectare annually (Washbourne et al 2015) equivalent to boosting soil carbon by 23 T carbon per hectare as inorganic carbon within newly formed soil carbonate minerals This greatly exceeds what is achieved in agricultural soil or woodland typically increasing soil carbon by 1 T carbon per hectare annually as organic carbon

The pedogenic carbonate minerals can be distinguished from geological carbonates using carbon and oxygen isotopes as well as carbon dating Photosynthesis results in soil carbonate with strongly negative δ13C values and these can be recognised in soil carbonates from urban soils Plant growth on such soils acts a pump taking atmospheric CO2 into the root system where microbiological activity ultimately results in CO2 a proportion of which becomes carbonate in solution The key issue is the source of calcium to form calcite This can be derived from demolition waste occurring within the Portland cement used to make concrete or from dolerite crusher fines a product of the aggregates industry This process occurs at brownfield sites through appropriate management practices these can be transformed into Carbon Capture Gardens providing an amenity function with below-ground benefits

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Natural Environment Research Council and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council funding has enabled this researchREFERENCESCORINE (2017) httpswwweeaeuropaeupublicationsCOR0-landcoverWashbourne C-L Lopez-Capel E Renforth P Ascough P L and Manning DAC (2015) Rapid removal of atmospheric CO2 by urban soils Environmental Science and Technology 49 5434minus5440 (open access httpsdoiorg101021es505476d )

Carbon capture gardens Newcastle city centre


AN INTRODUCTION TO THE NORTHERN FOREST

Hannah Marshall (Woodland Trust) Lee Dudley and Woodland Trust Colleagues

The Northern Forest is a Government backed project to increase tree canopy cover across the North of England spanning from Liverpool to Hull The aim is to establish 50 million trees over the next 25 years There are a number of different funding mechanisms required one of which could be the sale of carbon credits

Map showing the extent of the Northern Forest

THE NEGATIVE EMISSION POTENTIAL OF ALKALINE MATERIALS

Dr Phil Renforth Heriot-Watt University

7 billion tonnes of alkaline materials are produced globally each year as a product or by-product of industrial activity The aqueous dissolution of these materials creates high pH solutions that dissolve CO2 to store carbon in the form of solid carbonate minerals or dissolved bicarbonate ions Here we show that these materials have a carbon dioxide storage potential of 29ndash85 billion tonnes per year by 2100 and may contribute a substantial proportion of the negative emissions required to limit global temperature change to lt2 degC


PRESIDENTrsquoS WORD

My apologies to everyone for the error in Presidentrsquos Word of Circular 624 where I stated that the framed map presented to Stephen and Judith Foreman dated from 1812 I must have been listening to Tchaikovsky or contemplating the births of Charles Dickens and Robert Browning at the time of writing because as one or two members have written to point out the map should of course have been dated 1821 I have been assured that the date has already been corrected in the website version

I recently acquired a collection of old cuttings taken from the Yorkshire Herald of October 3rd 1934 and from a Barbadian newspaper of May 1936 Both feature the activities of Thomas

Sheppard a larger-than-life character well known to the residents of Hull for his devotion to that cityrsquos museums and a major figure in museums nationally and in the Yorkshire Geological Society through most of the first half of the 20th century He was appointed Curator of Hull Municipal Museum in 1901 at the age of just 24 was awarded the title of Director of Museums in 1926 and during his forty years of service up until his retirement in 1941 was responsible for the opening of eight new museums

Originally a Clerk on the North Eastern Railway as an eighteen year old Sheppard wrote a series of newspaper articles subsequently re-published in 1903 under the title lsquoGeological Rambles in East Yorkshirersquo and also attended courses at the Natural History Museum in London gaining certificates in a wide range of natural history subjects

The Barbadian article entitled ldquoHow Barbados was maderdquo was written by Sheppard during a visit to the island as one of a series of expert advisory studies of museums across the Empire in this case the British Caribbean on behalf of the Carnegie United Kingdom Trustrsquos museum grants scheme During his time in Barbados he was invited to open a museum on behalf of the Island government He is reported to have found the heat ldquoan ordealrdquo but it did not prevent him from collecting items during his month-long tour to bring back to his museums in Hull His excess baggage weighed ldquothree cwtsrdquo (just over 150 kg) In true Yorkshire character which had impressed the local island population he had previously negotiated the exchange of a whale from London for ldquospecimens of butterflies which could be packed in a matchboxrdquo It was on his return to Hull that he was informed of a fire that had damaged one of his own museums ldquobut not a specimen lostrdquo a similar incident had occurred on a previous occasion also ldquowhen he was abroadrdquo

The most geologically interesting cutting however is from the Yorkshire Herald of Wednesday 3rd October 1934 It contains under its correspondence column a letter from Maurice Black (1904-73) a young researcher then based in the Sedgwick Museum and later Reader



in Sedimentary Petrology at Cambridge University This letter was in response to criticism from Sheppard published on September 29th Sheppard had accused Black of not making ldquoproper acknowledgements of the work of the pioneer geologists in North-East Yorkshirerdquo in his account of a Geologistsrsquo Association excursion to the Yorkshire coast written specially for the Yorkshire Herald and published on September 5th Sheppard had also commented that Blackrsquos ldquonewly-exposed [reptilian] footprints at Burnistonrdquo had been discovered in 1908 (These had first been found at Saltwick by a local doctor Harold Brodrick who first published the discovery in a short article in the same yearrsquos Whitby Museum Annual Report This must surely be the only geological paper ever with three exclamation marks in its title ldquoA Findrdquo Brodrick then published a fuller account in an eight page illustrated paper in the Proceedings of the Liverpool Geological Society for 1909 and a large slab with a track of six footprints was removed and donated to the Whitby Museum)

Blackrsquos almost vitriolic sometimes very sarcastic reply was written from an address in Scarborough and implies that Sheppard is unaware of the age difference of the Saltwick and Burniston ichnofaunas and that the relative sizes of the footprints clearly demonstrate differently-sized reptiles Black includes in his response the phrases ldquobut to a geologistrdquo and ldquothis to a palaeontologistrdquo implying so it would seem that he regarded Sheppard (an FGS since 1901 and the YGS President for 1932-3) as neither Sheppard though would appear to have had the last word through a short response dated October 3rd presumably immediately after reading Blackrsquos article in which he states ldquohellip if he only knew of the large number of letters I have received from field geologists thanking me for the part I have taken helliprdquo Irsquom sure that Mike Romano would have resolved their footprint argument much more diplomatically

Paul Hildrethpresidentyorksgeolsocorguk


ADVANCE NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 7 DECEMBER 2019 WEETWOOD HALL LEEDS

BOOKINGS FOR THE PRESIDENTrsquoS RECEPTION AND BUFFET

The 2019 AGM will be held at Weetwood Hall Leeds on Saturday 7th December 2019 and be followed at 6pm by the Presidentrsquos Reception and Buffet Dinner The Jacobean Room at Weetwood Hall has been booked to provide a warm and convivial atmosphere Diners will also have the opportunity to meet with the Societyrsquos Medallists and grant winners for 2019 who will attend as invited guests of the President

The buffet offers a choice of the following menu items on the day you do not need to select in advance

FORK BUFFET ndash YORKSHIRE MENU

Local Breast of Chicken with tarragon white wine and mushroom sauce (GF)

Baked Fish Pie with salmon king prawns smoked haddock and buttered mash

Pumpkin and Wensleydale Pie Topped With Flaky Puff Pastry (V)

Duck Fat Roast Potatoes (GF)

Cauliflower Cheese (V GF)

Selection Of Steamed Vegetables (V GF DF)

Mixed Leaf Salad (V GF DF)

Floured Bread Rolls with butter (V DF)

Choice of Suites of the Day

(GFndash Gluten free N ndash Contains nuts DF ndash Dairy free V ndash Vegetarian)

The price for this yearrsquos buffet has been held at pound3000 Tickets are now available and can be reserved by email to secretaryyorksgeolsocorguk Payment details will be supplied on application

Andy Howard General Secretary


BOOK REVIEW

GEOLOGISTSrsquo ASSOCIATION GUIDE NO 34 GEOLOGY OF THE YORKSHIRE COAST (4TH EDITION)PF Rawson and JK Wright

(Geologistsrsquo Association pound900 (GA Members) pound1200 (non-members) httpsgeologistsassociationorgukguidesales

Any update of popular factual information is always welcome particularly if it is presented in an improved and effective way This spiral-bound paperback edition of the GArsquos guide to the Yorkshire coast is no exception and should delight both new readers and those familiar with previous editions It celebrates 200 years of research in the region well-known and undoubtedly much-loved by members of the YGS

New lithic logs accompany still-effective but revised stratigraphic tables and the use of colour enhances the clarity of maps The colour photographs of which there are many are superb and provide excellent illustration of features both large and small described in the text A new chapter containing several seismic sections with their interpretation is included to illustrate aspects of the tectonic history of the area It is a pity that two of these figures (12 and 13) are accompanied by scale bars with typeset errors

The number of itineraries has increased from 14 to 17 to include sections at Runswick Bay (Lower Jurassic) and the important Quaternary sites along the Holderness coast the previous edition ventured no further south than the buried cliff at Sewerby

The authors both with strong Scarborough links have used local individuals and groups to keep abreast of the ever-changing exposures along this very dynamic stretch of coast They are all to be congratulated on producing a clear informative guide which will appeal both to those planning group visits and the interested individual

Paul Hildreth


CORRESPONDING SOCIETIES

Please contact the society representatives andor websites shown for the latest information and if you would like to attend a particular meeting as a guest

CRAVEN amp PENDLE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY httpwwwkabrnacomcpgs Venue for indoor meetings St Josephrsquos Community Centre Bolland Street Barnoldswick BB18 5EZ at 730pm

CUMBERLAND GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY httpwwwcumberland-geol-socorguk

EAST MIDLANDS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY secretaryemgsorguk httpwwwemgsorguk Usual meeting place School of Geography Nottingham University

EDINBURGH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY secretaryedinburghgeolsocorg httpwwwedinburghgeolsocorg Lectures are held in the Grant Institute of the University of Edinburgh West Mains Road Edinburgh at 730pm except where stated otherwise

GEOLOGISTSrsquo ASSOCIATIONhttpsgeologistsassociationorguk

Friday 18th October ndash Sunday 20th October ANNUAL CONFERENCE Geological Resources in the North West Past Present and Future University of Manchester (full details at httpsgeologistsassociationorgukconferences)

HUDDERSFIELD GEOLOGY GROUP httpwwwhuddersfieldgeologyorguk Indoor Meetings at Greenhead College Huddersfield at 715pm unless otherwise stated

HULL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETYhttpwwwhullgeolsoccoukorg Usual meeting place for indoor lectures Department of Geography University of Hull at 730 pm NB for security reasons the door is locked at 740pm

Thursday 24th October ndash A Re-evaluation of Lake Pickering North YorkshireLaura Eddey (evening lecture)

Saturday 26th October ndash Rock and Fossil Roadshow At the Market House in Exchange Street Driffield Open to the public 11am to 3pm admission free There may be a sale of second hand geological books and a ldquolucky diprdquo


HULL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Saturday 9th November ndash Microfossils Workshop (booking required small fee to cover costs)

Thursday 14th November ndash The Geology of Southern NorwayChris Darmon GeoSupplies (evening lecture)

Thursday 12th December ndash A long walk on the beach in the company of WSBisat and othersGraham Kings and Rodger Connell (evening lecture)

Thursday 19th December ndash Quiz Night

Sunday 29th December ndash New Year Picnic and beach walk at Withernsea

LEEDS GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION lgasecbtinternetcom httpwwwleedsgaorguk Usual meeting place for indoor lectures Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre (Michael Sadler Building) University of Leeds

LEICESTER LITERARY amp PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY ndash SECTION C GEOLOGY httpwwwcharniaorguk Usual meeting place for indoor lectures (unless otherwise stated) Lecture Theatre 3 Ken Edwards Building University of Leicester at 730pm refreshments from 700pm

MANCHESTER GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION secretarymangeolassocorguk httpwwwmangeolassocorguk Usual meeting place for indoor lectures Williamson Building Department of Geology University of Manchester

Saturday 23 November ndash The Broadhurst Lectures The AnthropoceneStart 1330

MID-WEEK GEOLOGY GROUP IN YORKSHIREmwggyorkshirehotmailcom httpwwwmwggyorkshireorgukInformal mainly amateur and retired group that organises monthly field meetings or museum visits on Tuesdays Wednesdays or Thursdays

NORTH EASTERN GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY httpwwwnegsorguk Lectures are at 730pm in the Arthur Holmes Lecture Room Science Laboratories Site University of Durham






NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE GROUP OF THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCATION httpsnsggaorg Usual meeting place for indoor meetings William Smith Building University of Keele at 730pm

ROTUNDA GEOLOGY GROUP (SCARBOROUGH) httpwwwrotundageologygrouporgThe Education Room Woodend The Crescent Scarborough YO11 2PW

Thursday 3 October Insights from high-resolution monitoring of rockfalls from Skinningrove to Whitby Professor Nick Rosser Durham University

Thursday 7 November ndash Exploring for Helium Professor John Gluyas Durham University

Thursday 5 December ndash Membersrsquo Evening

WESTMORLAND GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY mailwestmorlandgeolsocorguk httpwestmorlandgeolsoccouk Meetings are on Wednesdays and start at 8 pm (unless otherwise stated) and are held in the Abbot Hall Social Centre Kendal

Wednesday 16th OctoberExceptional Cambrian fossils the flowering of early animal life and world heritage in Yunnan Prof Derek J Siveter Oxford University Museum of Natural History 8pm

Wednesday 20th November ndash Haematite mineralisation of the East Irish Sea BasinDr Stephen Crowley Liverpool University

Wednesday 18th December ndash Membersrsquo Evening and Jacobrsquos JoinStart time ndash 730pm

YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY GEOLOGY GROUPhttpswwwypsyorkorggroupsgeology-group

Saturday 2nd November ndash Decarbonisation of the Northern PowerhouseAll day joint meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society (see this Circular for the details)

YORKSHIRE REGIONAL GROUP OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY yorkshireregionalgroupgmailcom httpwwwgeolsocorgukyrgContact Mark Lee Secretary MarkLee3atkinsglobalcomMeetings are usually held at the Adelphi Hotel Leeds 6pm for 630pm


KEY YORKSHIRE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY CONTACTS

httpwwwyorksgeolsocorguk

Paul Hildreth President presidentyorksgeolsocorguk

Andy Howard General Secretary secretaryyorksgeolsocorguk

David Blythe Membership Secretary membershipyorksgeolsocorguk

John Holt Treasurer treasureryorksgeolsocorguk

Patrick Boylan Circular and Web Editor webyorksgeolsocorguk

NEXT YGS CIRCULAR DEADLINE

12TH OCTOBER 2019

Circular 626 (Presidentrsquos Day and AGM etc) copy by 12th October 2019Please send all copy (including Corresponding Society Winter programmes) to the Circular and Website Editor Patrick Boylan - email webyorksgeolsocorguk

Map copyOpenStreetMap contributors wwwopenstreetmaporg

Please Note Articles and abstracts published in the YGS Circular reflect the views and opinions of the individuals writing those parts of the Circular and do not necessarily represent the views of Council or of the Society as a whole

DECARBONISATION OF THE NORTHERN POWERHOUSESaturday 2nd November 2019 1000am ndash 430pm



Front Cover Confluence of the River Aire and the River Ouse Image mhoulden (Creative Commons)


Please note that details may change including the running order so please continue to consult our website at httpwwwyorksgeolsocorgukmeetingsphp or Facebook page httpswwwfacebookcomYGSRocks for updates to the programme

httpsdecarbnorthernpowerhouseeventbritecouk

Also please note that the Free Registration for this event does not provide access to the main Museum exhibitions for which the usual entrance fee will be payable (unless you have a membership or other ID granting free admission)

PROGRAMME

1000am REGISTRATION

1030am Welcomes and Introduction

1040am From carbonisation to decarbonisation a geological perspective on the Industrial Revolution and the low carbon challenge to come Mike Stephenson British Geological Survey

1120am Minewater Geothermal Low temperature High impact John Midgley British Geological Survey

1140am The GeoEnergy Test Bed ndash a research collaboration platform Ceri Vincent British Geological Survey

1200pm LUNCH BREAK (see note below)

130pm Dimensioning storage for systematic supply of Hydrogen energy systems Philip Ringrose Equinor ASA

210pm Charging Ahead Decarbonisation electric vehicles and the new age of metals Andrew Bloodworth British Geological Survey

230pm Geothermal resource potential of Carboniferous limestones Tim Pharaoh British Geological Survey



Pre-registration on EventBrite (via the link below) is optional for YGS Members but will help us greatly to make a prompt start on the day If you do not wish to register in advance you must bring your YGS Membership Card (or your printed copy of this YGS Circular) to gain access to the Tempest Anderson Hall via the Museum front entrance Registration is FREE on our Eventbrite page at













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