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Regional Groups

03/12/2025

Field trip to the Lin Ma Hang Lead Mine by the Hong Kong Regional Group

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General Society

22/10/2025

Open House festival 2025

Education

17/07/2025

Dinosaurs Down Under! at The Geological Society

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Analytical Microscopy in the Earth & Planetary Sciences (AMEPS)

2 Day Event, Planetary Science, Hybrid, Contributes to CPD, Conference

04

05

AI in the Geosciences conference

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2 Day Event, Conference, Hybrid, Digital Geoscience

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26

Energy Group: Fracture Gradient: Fact or Fiction

Piccadilly London W1J 0BG, UK

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200 Years of British Hydrogeology

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200 Years of British Hydrogeology

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A Global Synthesis of the Ordovician System: Part 1

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A Global Synthesis of the Ordovician System: Part 2

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An introduction to the CRIRSCO family of reporting codes - All Modules

Contributes to CPD, Virtual, Energy Transition, Early Bird Discount

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17

2026

Some Like it Hot: An Introduction to Geothermal Energy

Contributes to CPD, Virtual, Energy Transition, Early Bird Discount

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18

2026

Applied Biostratigraphy - A Critical Tool for Subsurface Prediction and Characterisation

Contributes to CPD, Virtual, Energy Transition, Early Bird Discount

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