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    Gravestone Geology – Bringing Cemeteries to Life - A talk at the OUMNH

    Tuesday, 18 March 2025

    Time
    06:00 - 19:30
    Venue
    Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, OX1 3PW

    By Nina Morgan, geologist, science writer and Honorary Associate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) and Philip Powell, retired curator of geology OUMNH and Honorary Associate at the OUMNH

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    For geologists – whether amateur, student or professional – almost any urban cemetery provides a valuable opportunity to carry out scientific field work at leisure, right on the doorstep and at no cost. Because gravestones are made from a wide variety of rock types formed in a range of geological settings, a visit to a cemetery offers a wonderful introduction to geology and rock identification, as well as the other sciences, such as chemistry, physics and engineering that underpin it. You’ll never look at cemeteries in the same way again!

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    Oxford University Museum of Natural History
    Parks Rd
    Oxford
    OX1 3PW

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