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geoz 100 October 2014
NEWSBREAKERS
Lava creeping closer
A lava flow on the Big Island of Hawaii that started on June 27th is steadily creeping into residential areas of the town of Pahoa. It has already entered private property and destroyed roads, fences, pasture, sheds and gardens but more substantial infrastructure and settlements are threatened.
http://on.doi.gov/12L4FLO
Digging deep at Stavely
The Stavely Project has drilled into prospective Cambrian igneous rocks of the Delamerian Orogen beneath relatively shallow cover rocks in western Victoria. The collaborative program between the Geological Survey of Victoria, Geoscience Australia and the Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre (DET CRC) has resulted in fourteen fully-cored stratigraphic holes drilled. In a number of places, diamond drilling intersected Cambrian igneous rocks favourable for hosting porphyry copper-gold and volcanic-hosted massive sulphide mineral systems. The results will be released in 2015 as part of an explorer's package outlining fairways for exploration.
http://bit.ly/1Dj8ljd
http://bit.ly/1w9coOZ
FROM THE DIVISIONS
Divisional information is regularly updated at http://gsa.junctionworld.com/events/divisionmeetings.html
Check this site for more recent information on the following events:
Australian Capital Territory
Regular meetings 2014: Third Tuesday of each month (Except January)
Jaeger Lecture Theatre, Jaeger Building (Building 61), Australian National University. 5.00pm for 5.30pm start.
For more information: emma.mathews@ga.gov.au
New South Wales
Thursday 20th November 2014
Honours Night
The best honours students from NSW present their work
Upper campus UNSW. For more information: m.vanderley@unsw.edu.au
Queensland
2014 meeting dates to be advised
For more information: info@qld.gsa.org.au
Every Wednesday evening: GeoPub
Weekly Informal get-together for Explorers, Miners & other Geoscientists
O'Malleys Irish Pub - Basement Level of the Wintergarden in the Queen Street Mall, Brisbane. 5.30 pm
South Australia
Thursday 20th November 2014
A/Prof Nigel Cook, University of Adelaide
Title of talk TBC
Mawson Theatre, University of Adelaide. 5.30 pm for 6.15 pm
GeoNight at the Pub: First Thursday of each month
The Griffins Head, Hindmarsh Square, Grenfell Street, Adelaide (Front Bar), 5.00pm to 7.30pm
For more information: anna_petts@yahoo.com.au
Tasmania
2014 meeting dates to be advised
For more information: taryn.noble@utas.edu.au
21 - 23 November 2014
Field trip to Maria Island
Please email Garry.Davidson@utas.edu.au if
you are interested in booking one of the 10 4-6 berth rooms that are available for the two night
visit. Download the flyer here.
Victoria
Thursday 30th October 2014
Anthony Harris
Architectural controls on Palaeozoic porphyry Au-Cu, Cadia Valley, NSW
Fritz Loewe Theatre, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, 6:15pm
Western Australia
Wednesday 5th November 2014
Dr Aaron Hunter, Curtin University
A Bizarre Crinoid from a Methane Seep in the Late South Cretaceous of South Dakota, USA
Irish Club of WA (Inc), 61 Townshend Rd, Subiaco, 5.30 pm for 6.00 pm
2015 Gibb Maitland Medal Nominations now open.
The Gibb Maitland Medal is awarded by the Western Australia Division of the GSA in order to recognise individuals who have made substantial
contributions to geoscience in Western Australia.
Nominations close: Monday 1 December 2014
For more information including the guidelines and nomination form: http://wa.gsa.org.au/
Ravi Anand was the 2014 Gibb Maitland Medallist. Read his acceptance speech in WAG here.
GSA EVENTS
GSA membership renewals for 2015
2015 Member renewals have been posted to all members. Membership is from the 1st January - 31st December. If you didn't receive your membership renewal and book sale information please contact the GSA office
To pay online:
Internet Explorer is the most user-friendly browser to enable online membership renewal.
Firstly, Click the member login area
Login: this is your member number
Password: on your member renewal form, unless you manually changed it.
The blue box on the left has your profile, click: Pay My Membership
This window has the details listed on your member renewal, if you do not want to change anything, simply add to basket to make the payment.
If you wish to make changes click on the tick boxes and add to basket. You will now be in the checkout window.
Insert your credit card details in this secure area and complete your transaction.
If you would like a receipt, please email: info@gsa.org.au
If in doubt please do not hesitate to contact the GSA by email info@gsa.org.au or phone (02) 9290 2194.
Specialist Group in Tectonics and Structural Geology.
Riding the Wave: A conference to showcase current research and ideas in Structural Geology and Tectonics
Pre-conference field trip: 15-22 November 2015
New Caledonia: ophiolite obduction, accretion and high-pressure metamorphism
Field trip convener: Geoffrey Clark
Post-conference field trip: 28-30 November 2015
Gympie Block/D'Aguilar Ranges: Oscillating deformation and the birth and death of the
final orogeny on onshore Australia - core complex, ophiolitic blueschist, rift systems and
terrane accretion.
Field trip convener: Rod Holcombe
Key dates:
Early Bird registration and submission of approximate titles for oral presentation
selection: 30 June 2015
Abstract deadline: 15 September 2015
For queries and expressions of interest contact:
Gideon Rosenbaum,
Email: g.rosenbaum@uq.edu.au
Phone: 07 3346 9798
IN THE NEWS
Vertebrate copulation invented in the Devonian
New research has revealed that at least one Devonian placoderm fish reproduced by internal fertilisation, using hitherto unseen genital structures that enabled males to insert semen into the female.
News report: http://ab.co/1oOxPnn
Research abstract: http://bit.ly/1z0fPtr.
To flip or not to flip
Exposed lake deposits in Italy contain numerous volcanic ash layers deposited over a 10,000 year period that recorded the Matuyama-Brunhes geomagnetic polarity reversal. Dating shows that the polarity flip may have taken as little as 100 years and that it was also preceded by a period of magnetic instability of about 6,000 years.
News report: http://bit.ly/10vywaz
Research abstract: http://bit.ly/1uPpfGr
ON THE WEB
Too big to hop?
The sthenurine kangaroos Procoptodon goliah may have weighed as much as 240 kg and new research suggests it and other giant kangaroos were probably hopeless at hopping.
News report: http://ab.co/ZUSxG8
Research abstract: http://bit.ly/ZZRJRh
Mining industry poll
The Australian newspaper is running an interactive poll, giving you the chance to add your opinion to the mix. What do you think of the current and future state of resources in Australia?
http://bit.ly/ZSYzHG
IN THE MEDIA
Sorting Sci-Fi from Sci-Fact
The people of Wollongong will hear from some of Australia's top scientists from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation and the University of Wollongong bring the Fact of Fiction show to town. The Fact or Fiction shows will be at University of Wollongong's University Hall on Thursday 6 November 2014. Do you incorrectly believe flying cars exist? Find out more at the show!
http://bit.ly/1jws9od
Top shots celebrated
The winners of Geoscience Australia's Top GeoShot 2014 photographic competition were announced during Earth Science Week. The 364 entries were judged on quality, creativity, aesthetics and fit with the Great Southern Land theme. A selection of the photographs will be displayed in Geoscience Australia's foyer for the next 12 months.
To see the Overall Winner, the People's Choice and the Student Winner visit the website:
http://bit.ly/1oD7SVe
The hands have it
Recently discovered skeletons have finally allowed the proper identification of a pair of giant clawed arms found in 1965. It is now known they were from the ornithomimid dinosaur Deinocheirus mirificus.
News report: http://ab.co/1ww2hCy
Research abstract: http://bit.ly/1uRF76zy
Mars: The field trip continued ...
This composite NASA Hubble Space Telescope Image captures comet Siding Spring and Mars in a truly amazing image, October 19, 2014.
http://1.usa.gov/1tXoSKw
Image courtesy of NASA, ESA, PSI, JHU/APL, STScI/AURA
Close encounter with Siding Springs. All eyes were on the sky, even the ones on Mars!
http://mars.nasa.gov/comets/sidingspring/
More news from the solar system ...
Sci-Fi film promotes Rosetta mission
http://bbc.in/1oOwmh3
Binary Asteroid impact identified
http://ab.co/1traCst
Eu de comet
http://bit.ly/1zyZtJF
Mimas - watery or wonky?
http://bbc.in/1qGqhhE
Strange organics in Titan's atmosphere?
http://bit.ly/1DTPZr8
Plasma bombs on the sun
http://ab.co/1yFS1rX
... and elsewhere ...
A clear view of a supernova
http://ab.co/1wBM1ix
What's in AJES
The Australian Journal of Earth Sciences online is available through the Taylor & Francis website. It is very easy to navigate and use.
AJES is available to financial members of the GSA. Don't miss the next issue because your membership has lapsed!
Volume 61 No.7
S. Jones
Contrasting structural styles of gold deposits in the Leonora Domain: Evidence for early gold deposition,
Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia.
M. F. Gazley, J. K. Vry & M. A. Pearce
Further evidence for ~8 kbar amphibolite facies metamorphism in the Marymia Inlier, Western Australia.
M. C. Bruce & I. G. Percival
Geochemical evidence for provenance of Ordovician cherts in southeastern Australia.
J. D. Clemens, D. Frei & F. Finger
A New Precise Date for the Tolmie Igneous Complex in northeastern Victoria.
B. Jago, C. J. Bentley, Lin Tian-rui & K. D. Corbett
A middle Cambrian shallow water trilobite fauna from the Comstock Formation, near Queenstown,
western Tasmania.
Y. Wang, Y. Wang, W. Du & X. Wang
The correlation between macroscopic algae and metazoans in the Ediacaran: a case study on the
Wenghui biota in northeastern Guizhou, South China.
O. O. Sonibare, O. B. Agbaje, D. E. Jacob, J. Faithfull, T. Hoffmann & S. F. Foley
Terpenoid composition and origin of amber from the Cape York Peninsula, Australia.
C M Aruffo, A. Rodriguez-Herrera, E. Tenthorey, F. Krzikalla, J. Minton & A. Henk
Geomechanical modelling to assess fault integrity at the CO2CRC Otway Project, Australia.
P. Wang, X. Chen, X. Pang, J. Li, H. Yang, F. Jiang, J. Guo, F. Guo, W. Peng & J. Xu
Gas generation and expulsion characteristics of Middle-Upper Triassic source rocks, Eastern Kuqa Depression,
Tarim Basin, China: Implications for shale gas resource potential.
Other papers published on-line recently
D. H. Moore, P. G. Betts & M. Hall
Fragmented Tasmania: the transition from Rodinia to Gondwana
S. Schmid & M. A. Quigley
Fluvial architecture and diagenesis of the Mt Eclipse Sandstone, northern Ngalia Basin, Australia
M. Lipar & J. A. Webb
Middle-late Pleistocene and Holocene chronostratigraphy and climate history of the Tamala Limestone, Cooloongup and Safety Bay Sands, Nambung National Park, southwestern Western Australia
Follow this link to see the most recent papers published on-line.
Coming up in TAG
TAG for December 2014
The December TAG is in production and the copy deadline has passed. We want to share your local news and report on what matters to the geoscience community. The copy deadline for the March 2015 issue is 27 January 2015. If you are submitting a Feature or Special Report please send your article in as soon as possible and if you need information about word lengths and submitting contact: tag@gsa.org.au
JOB VACANCIES
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Text and a small logo linking to your online advert or business.
Logo a maximum of 180 pixels wide x 90 pixels high.
Adverts will run in Geoz for two issues.
Fee: $150.00
For more information: info@gsa.org.au
WHAT'S ON
DEADLINES:
Call for Papers - Abstract deadline December 1 2014
9th International Symposium on Field Measurements in Geomechanics: 8 – 10 September 2015
Instrumentation: the key to managing project performance
http://bit.ly/1uQTNVn
Call for Papers - Abstract deadline December 1 2014
4th annual Australasian Universities Geoscience Educators Network meeting: 12 – 13 January 2015
Submit abstracts and expressions of interest here.
Complete the poll on possible discussion topics here.
Register your interest in the proposed field trip here.
Nomination deadline December 1 2014
The Gibb Maitland Medal
For more information including the guidelines and nomination form: http://wa.gsa.org.au/
EVENTS:
Blasting for Stable Slopes Short Course, Perth, 3 – 5 November 2014
Geospatial and data visualisation influences on decision making in the 21st century, Canberra, 4 November 2014
Water in Mining School, Sydney, 5 – 7 November 2014
Fact or Fiction show, Wollongong, 6 November 2014
Geoheritage: why it matters & Geoheritage in Spain, Perth, 10 November 2014
For enquiries about the event email Margaret Brocx geoheritage@iinet.net.au
Natural Chemistry and Environmental Tracers in Groundwater: Principles and Applications, Perth, 10 November 2014
Mineral exploration seminar, Perth, 13 November 2014
IUCN World Parks Congress, Sydney, 12 – 19 November 2014
Our Real Earth, Geology and Environment, Perth, 15 November 2014
Event open to all school teachers, parents and students (years 7 to 12).
http://bit.ly/1EZmjdG
5th Groundwater Essentials, Melbourne, 17 – 18 November 2014
SD2014 - Science, Society and Sustainability, Adelaide, 18 – 20 November 2014
GIS Day, Brisbane, 19 November 2014
Recent advances in the measurement accuracy for total recoverable hydrocarbon analysis , Sydney, 26 November 2014
Water Management for Landfills, Melbourne, 26 – 28 November 2014
Introduction to Coal Seam Gas, Mining and Groundwater, Sydney, 26 – 28 November 2014
Archean Tectonics Debate & Symposium, Perth, 27 – 28 November 2014
Unsaturated soil mechanics seminar, laboratory testing workshop and tailings workshop, Perth, 1 – 4 December 2014
Soil and Groundwater Pollution: Characterisation, Remediation and Risk Management, Sydney, 1 – 4 December 2014
Emerging Technologies in Waste Management Seminar Series, Perth, 9 – 13 March 2015
Big Data, Inspiring Information and Strategic Knowledge, Perth, 23 March 2015
The Yilgarn, Perth, 30 – 31 March 2015
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