BSRG Meetings, Workshops and Fieldtrips

BSRG aims to hold at least two thematic meetings a year, plus at least one field workshop and one or more additional workshops, core workshops and/or short courses appended to the AGM. Although repeated many times, BSRG needs offers for meetings and field workshops for 2005 and beyond. Please consider convening a meeting in your branch of sedimentology - especially if you feel that it is traditionally under-represented in BSRG. Assistance and start-up loans are available from the Committee.

Thematic meetings:
Thematic meetings focus on current "hot" topics and multidisciplinary studies in sedimentology. The committee is keen to see the widest possible scope of sedimentology represented in the meetings, and is enthusiastic to promote joint meetings with other Specialist Groups of the Geological Society (e.g. the British Geomorphological Research Group, The Petroleum Group, The Geochemistry Group, The Marine Studies Group, The Tectonic Studies Group, The Environment Group, etc) - in fact, sedimentology is uniquely able to integrate with most of the other disciplines in the Earth and environmental sciences. We are also open to suggestions of joint meetings with external organisations such as the IAS, SEPM, the Palaeontological Society, and others.

Field workshops:
Field workshops are an often-overlooked component of the BSRG programme, yet they have in the past generated some of the best discussion and enjoyment. Field workshops provide an ideal opportunity for postgraduates and postdocs to entice the older generation of sedimentologist into their study areas and to challenge their pet theories and interpretations. There is a lot of excellent sedimentology out there, much of it ripe for reinterpretation! - lets see if we can revitalise the field workshop programme.

Short courses:
BSRG is keen to encourage reintroduction of short training courses for postgraduates in sedimentological techniques. The Committee would like to hear from anyone willing to offer a course, and to receive suggestions for subjects to be covered. For example, a course on chemostratigraphy has been suggested.

Please click here for a listing of all forthcoming BSRG meetings.