{"id":125,"date":"2024-01-24T15:08:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T15:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belfastgeo.mymadeeasyapp.com\/?page_id=125"},"modified":"2026-03-12T00:00:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T00:00:59","slug":"join-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/belfastgeologists.org\/index.php\/about-us\/join-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"125\" class=\"elementor elementor-125\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60141ace e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"60141ace\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-551bfc21 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"551bfc21\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b16cd86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b16cd86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Belfast Geologist\u2019s Society was founded in 1954<\/b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>and since then has been welcoming new members and encouraging the appreciation of the rocks and geology of Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>N.Ireland has been at the forefront of the geological science since the 18<sup>th<\/sup> century with the Neptunists and Vulcanists <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>debate and the significance of the Portrush Sill at Lansdowne Crescent in this regard.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cecb215 elementor-cta--layout-image-right elementor-cta--valign-middle 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46b7116 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"46b7116\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/belfastgeologists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/299208982_2917569968389756_1251859573895302399_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-410\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belfastgeologists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/299208982_2917569968389756_1251859573895302399_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/belfastgeologists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/299208982_2917569968389756_1251859573895302399_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/belfastgeologists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/299208982_2917569968389756_1251859573895302399_n-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48a8a75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"48a8a75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-433c38a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"433c38a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab941d9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ab941d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7803c11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7803c11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BENEFITS OF JOINING<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0174e61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0174e61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Today, N.Ireland continues to provide many leading academic and economic<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>breakthroughs<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>in the science ranging from study of the North Atlantic Igneous Province<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>rocks of the Mournes,Slieve Gullion and Antrim Lavas as just one example<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>to the gold deposits in<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>the Dalradian rocks of Mid Ulster and the more recent discoveries of strong geothermal gradients at depth<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>and the potential of energy being derived as a result.<\/p><ul><li><p>Society membership enables individuals to attend lectures and presentations, mostly in the autumn and winter months on these and various other subjects, sometimes on Zoom and where possible at the Ulster Museum or QUB, where our friends there provide facilities for us to meet.<\/p><\/li><li><p>We also have an active field trip programme which runs from spring through the summer \u2013 mostly at the weekends but sometimes on weekday evenings which is where the real fun takes place.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49c4f8e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"49c4f8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation_tablet&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a409f68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a409f68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FAQ<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fca460 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"9fca460\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 id=\"elementor-tab-title-1671\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1671\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"b159ff04-3740-4ac3-96cc-b414ded50b3a\" data-name=\"Layer 1\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\"><polygon points=\"8.39 7.64 8.39 0 7.61 0 7.61 7.64 0 7.64 0 8.4 7.61 8.4 7.61 16 8.39 16 8.39 8.4 16 8.4 16 7.64 8.39 7.64\"><\/polygon><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"adf49d60-5815-4ece-8d49-00a021de5c06\" data-name=\"Layer 1\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\"><rect width=\"16\" height=\"16\" style=\"opacity:0\"><\/rect><rect y=\"7.64\" width=\"16\" height=\"0.76\"><\/rect><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Do I need to have studied Geology to Join?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1671\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1671\"><p>You do not need to have studied Geology but have an interest in how the landscape was formed and what rocks and fossils tell us about past environments. Being a BGS member will not only bring you into contact with likeminded enthusiasts and widen your horizons by firing up your interest, but it will achieve this in a friendly and enjoyable way.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 id=\"elementor-tab-title-1672\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1672\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"b159ff04-3740-4ac3-96cc-b414ded50b3a\" data-name=\"Layer 1\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\"><polygon points=\"8.39 7.64 8.39 0 7.61 0 7.61 7.64 0 7.64 0 8.4 7.61 8.4 7.61 16 8.39 16 8.39 8.4 16 8.4 16 7.64 8.39 7.64\"><\/polygon><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"adf49d60-5815-4ece-8d49-00a021de5c06\" data-name=\"Layer 1\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\"><rect width=\"16\" height=\"16\" style=\"opacity:0\"><\/rect><rect y=\"7.64\" width=\"16\" height=\"0.76\"><\/rect><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">How can I join in with\u00a0your community?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1672\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1672\"><p>Our social media sites and website provide information and community dialogue, but we do encourage active participation and your annual membership fee enables the society to cover expenses including insurance and to bring leading geologists to our member events.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 id=\"elementor-tab-title-1673\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1673\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"b159ff04-3740-4ac3-96cc-b414ded50b3a\" data-name=\"Layer 1\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\"><polygon points=\"8.39 7.64 8.39 0 7.61 0 7.61 7.64 0 7.64 0 8.4 7.61 8.4 7.61 16 8.39 16 8.39 8.4 16 8.4 16 7.64 8.39 7.64\"><\/polygon><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"adf49d60-5815-4ece-8d49-00a021de5c06\" data-name=\"Layer 1\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\"><rect width=\"16\" height=\"16\" style=\"opacity:0\"><\/rect><rect y=\"7.64\" width=\"16\" height=\"0.76\"><\/rect><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">How can I find out more information before I join?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1673\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1673\"><p>If you would like to discuss or have questions answered you can make contact with any of the Committee members or if you prefer you can come on a couple of taster meetings to see what it\u2019s all about or you can fill in the form and return it to us.<\/p><p>Either way, we look forward to welcoming you into the Belfast Geologists Society!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62e43e7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"62e43e7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b15cb83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b15cb83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Other Information<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cbb888 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" 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