# Event Details

- **Event Name**: LECTURE: Ordovician subduction, super-eruptions and closure of the Tornquist Sea - by Dr Tim Pharaoh
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 10 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Deep below the tranquil waters of The Wash are the remains of a natural cataclysm nearly half a billion years old - a giant super-volcano.

In our first lecture of 2026, Dr Tim Pharaoh, an Honorary Research Associate at the British Geological Survey, will explain the evidence of this event from deep geological investigations below Lincolnshire, its impact on early life on Earth during the Ordovician geological period, and how our world has since been re-shaped by plate tectonics and continental drift.
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- **Event Categories**: nonprofit
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Nottingham
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Sir Clive Granger Building - The University Of Nottingham
- **lat**: 52.939920860579
- **long**: -1.1941615833185
- **full address**: Sir Clive Granger Building - The University Of Nottingham, The Old Botanical Gardens, Cut Through Lane, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom

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- **organizer**: East Midlands Geological Society (https://allevents.in/org/east-midlands-geological-society/27277091)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 10 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sir Clive Granger Building - The University Of Nottingham, The Old Botanical Gardens, Cut Through Lane, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** East Midlands Geological Society
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about LECTURE: Ordovician subduction, super-eruptions and closure of the Tornquist Sea - by Dr Tim Pharaoh ?
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