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geoz 101 November 2014
NEWSBREAKERS
Small islands provide no shelter from tsunamis
Recent computer modelling demonstrates that most small coastal islands provide no shelter from tsunamis for on-shore inhabitants on the lee side. In many cases the modelling suggests the on-shore effects of a tsunami on the lee side of the island are often amplified and rarely mitigated.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/oft5vtl
Research abstract: http://tinyurl.com/o2aesmm
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
Tuesday 18th November 2014
Tim Hobern & Maureen Davies
A 40,000 year micro-paleontologically-driven environmental reconstruction of the Gulf of Alaska.
Jaeger Lecture Theatre, Jaeger Building (Building 61), ANU. 5.00 pm for 5.30 pm
Tuesday 2nd December
Geo-Societies Christmas BBQ
RSVP by Friday 28th November to Kathryn.Owen@ga.gov.au; ph: 6249 5894
Geoscience Australia in Symonston 5.00 pm
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 - there might still be room! Download the flyer here.
Victoria
Thursday 27th November 2014
Monthly GSAV meeting
For more information: secretary@vic.gsa.org.au
Fritz Loewe Lecture Theatre, School of Earth Sciences, Melbourne University, 5.30pm for 6.15pm.
Western Australia
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
Fee waiver for 1st Australian Early to Mid-Career Geoscientists Workshop
Macquarie University, 1-2 December 2014
The Geological Society of Australia is offering up to 3 registration fee waivers ($200) for GSA members attending the first AEMCG workshop, to be held at Macquarie University from 1-2 December 2014.
To apply for a fee waiver, please email Prof Brad Pillans (brad.pillans@anu.edu.au) and attach a CV. You should also indicate how long you have been a GSA member and provide details of GSA activities/events that you have participated in since becoming a member. Email applications should be submitted by Friday 21 November.
Successful applicants will be expected to write a short workshop report (300-400 words) for inclusion in the GSA member newsletter, The Australian Geologist.
Successful applicants will be announced prior to the workshop and receive a registration refund of $200.
Further information on the workshop is available from:
http://research.science.mq.edu.au/mg3/workshop/home.htm
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
Tectonic plates not so rigid
Large-scale numerical modelling combined with GPS velocities has demonstrated that cooling of the lithosphere causes deformation in the Pacific plate as some sections contract horizontally at faster rates than other sections.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/nez3c2z
Research abstract: http://tinyurl.com/kp6yoqk.
Lava slows as it approaches Pahoa
Lava flowing from Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii has slowed greatly as it moves towards the township of Pahoa. Just 150 metres from the main road, it still threatens to engulf homes and around 50 residents are on evacuation alert.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/pxe6dhf
USGS maps: http://tinyurl.com/cfewmt2
Image courtesy of USGS: http://tinyurl.com/ov2ncak (large 3Mb image)
ON THE WEB
Potential for Platinum-group elements in Australia
A new report, released by Geoscience Australia, reviews the distribution, geological characteristics, resources, and potential of Platinum-group elements (PGE) using about 500 known occurrences in Australia. It provides a mineral-systems-based framework for successful low-risk exploration and can be used to predict new areas and types of PGE mineralisation.
http://tinyurl.com/lfp64jw
Ichthyosaur's seal-like missing link found
A fossil of a small ichthyosaur capable of moving on land like a seal while spending most of its time in the water has been found in Triassic rocks in China.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/kdl46m4
Research abstract: http://tinyurl.com/nyu2wdl
IN THE MEDIA
Gondwanatherians revealed
The discovery of a complete and well-preserved skull of the Gondwanatherian, Vintana sertichi, is the first time the rodent-like animal has been found as anything other than teeth and jaw fragments. The small-dog-sized animal appears to have had good low-light vision, an acute sense of hearing and a good sense of smell well making it adapted for surviving life amongst the Cretaceous dinosaurs it coexisted with.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/m3ah8ty
Research abstract: http://tinyurl.com/oqjnmau
Geoscience applied to the search for MH370
The search for MH370 includes a bathymetric survey, providing a detailed map of the sea floor topography of the search area. The survey was conducted between May and October 2014. It collected data over 150,000 square kilometres which will produce high resolution maps of the sea floor to better inform the search process.
http://tinyurl.com/mh59pyb
Mars: The field trip continued ...
Mount Sharp drilled at last! The flat rock photographed here is called Confidence Hills and is in the Pahrump Hills area of Gale Crater at the foot of Mt Sharp. The reddish drilling powder has been analysed by Curiosity and indicates the rock contains more hematite than any rock analysed to date. It also provides ground-truth evidence for satellite-based analysis of the same area obtained prior to the mission.
http://tinyurl.com/kgflxnr
http://tinyurl.com/qz6jdpf
Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Current location map (very large mosaic image)
http://tinyurl.com/leq6fua
Current location images
http://tinyurl.com/lzbq5ub
Curiosity imaged comet Siding Springs
http://tinyurl.com/mpv3qvg
More news from the solar system ...
The landing site named Agilkia
http://tinyurl.com/ks72hzu
Space station supplies lost
http://tinyurl.com/l8tq98l
... and elsewhere ...
Stars hidden in the gaps?
http://tinyurl.com/k9f22gq
Planets in the making
http://tinyurl.com/n8w9myr
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 (now available on-line)
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
I. D. Lindley
Suckling Dome and the Australian-Woodlark plate boundary in eastern Papua: the geology of the Keveri and Ada'u Valleys
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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Advertising positions are now available in Geoz. Be the first to advertise here.
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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 November 28 2014
Locate15 Conference and Exhibition: 10 – 12 March2015
The Power of Location
http://tinyurl.com/lbbozdo
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://tinyurl.com/qzlc7u8
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/
Nomination deadline January 16 2015
David Syme Research Prize - $7300 plus medallion
For more information including the guidelines and nomination form: http://tinyurl.com/ly9nfh4
EVENTS:
Natural Chemistry and Environmental Tracers in Groundwater: Principles and Applications, Perth, 10 November 2014
The Virtual Geophysics Laboratory: contributing to the high performance computing evolution, Canberra, 12 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://tinyurl.com/pfwvmfe
5th Groundwater Essentials, Melbourne, 17 – 18 November 2014
SD2014 - Science, Society and Sustainability, Adelaide, 18 – 20 November 2014
GIS Day, Brisbane, 19 November 2014
GIS Day, Canberra, 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
Field Methods School, Adelaide, 24 – 26 November 2014
Introduction to Coal Seam Gas, Mining and Groundwater, Sydney, 26 – 28 November 2014
Spatial technology as a Bleeding Edge enabler of traditional industry, Brisbane, 27 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
Computer Science Education Week & the Hour of Code event, Globally, 8 – 14 December 2014
Australian Groundwater Modelling School, Adelaide, 23 – 26 February 2015
Emerging Technologies in Waste Management Seminar Series, Perth, 9 – 13 March 2015
2015 Australian Groundwater School and Field Trip, Adelaide, 16 – 20 March 2015
Big Data, Inspiring Information and Strategic Knowledge, Perth, 23 March 2015
The Yilgarn, Perth, 30 – 31 March 2015
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