Lectures
Lectures are open to all and there is no charge for admission. However regular in person attendees are expected to be members of the society.
Time:
7:45pm for 8:00pm
Venue:
Sorby Room
Wager Building (formerly Geoscience)
The University of Reading
Whiteknights, Reading
Wager Building (formerly Geoscience)
The University of Reading
Whiteknights, Reading
Parking:
Car Park 8
(OS: SU 7336 7159, W3W: ///herbs.clap.type, Lat,Long: 51.4385775,-0.9459335)
(OS: SU 7336 7159, W3W: ///herbs.clap.type, Lat,Long: 51.4385775,-0.9459335)
Online:
Via Zoom: Members are sent the joining link by email.
Non-members wishing to join a zoom lecture can request this using the registration link when shown. Requests should always be made before 6pm on the previous day.
Non-members wishing to join a zoom lecture can request this using the registration link when shown. Requests should always be made before 6pm on the previous day.
This lecture will be both in the Sorby room and via Zoom.
Monday 7 September 2026
Adventures in Volcanoland: from fuming volcanic vents to extinction events
Prof Tamsin Mather, Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University
Non Members Registration
This presentation will explore how studying volcanoes on the present-day planet can unlock new knowledge about Earth’s deep history including major environmental crises like mass extinction events and other themes around volcanoes and their importance for our planet.
From the Department of Earth Sciences' website, Tamsin Mather's research interests are as follows:- My main research interests centre on the science behind volcanoes and volcanic behaviour. My motivation is to understand volcanoes as (a) a key planetary scale process throughout geological time, vital for maintaining habitability as well as driving environmental change, (b) natural hazards and (c) resources (e.g., geothermal power and the development of ore deposits).