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Author:	Edie
Date:	2015-01-31 15:48:00
Blog:	Geology in the West Country
URL:	http://geologywestcountry.blogspot.com/2015/01/feb-5th-bath-geological-society-agm-and.html

Summary:

Bath Geological Society Annual General Meeting 7.00 p.m. followed by the lecture at 7.30p.m.Searching for ancient earthquakes in the interior of AsiaDr. Richard Walker, Dept. Earth Sciences, University of Oxford Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan are lands of high mountains, faults, and earthquakes in the heart of Asia. The active deformation is due to the collision of India and Asia, which has generated faulting and mountain-building covering a region stretching from the Himalaya to Siberia, and is one of the main testing-ground for theories of continental tectonics.In this lecture, Richard will describe some of his travels in central Asia, and will show the ways in which the landscape has been influenced by active faults and earthquakes. He will give examples of earthquakes from history and from prehistory, and will examine the hazard faced at the present-day. 7.00 p.m. 16 Queen's Square, BathEveryone welcome - free refreshments

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Geographic context:

Location	Country	Latitude	Longitude
Asia		34.9697	99.8191
Bath	IN	31.0772	75.4885
Central Asia		39.3913	69.0192
India	IN	21.7866	82.7948
Kazakhstan	KZ	47.9992	66.9023
Kyrgyzstan	KG	41.2055	74.7799
Mongolia	MN	46.8608	103.837
Oxford	IN	28.6875	77.5393
Queen Square	GB	51.4505	-2.59468
Siberia	RU	60.008	123.788

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