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geoz 108 April 2015
NEWSBREAKERS
Chile heats up as Calbuco volcano erupts
The Chilean Calbuco volcano has erupted for the first time in 42 years with 1,500 local inhabitants evacuated and the region placed on red alert. Plumes of ash are making a statement but nearby communities have not been threatened by heavy ash fall or lava flows so far. Of Chile's 90 active volcanoes Calbuco is considered one of the most dangerous.
http://tinyurl.com/lwnrlhy
Age of the Moon rocks
Using models of stony meteorite formation during the collision of a large protoplanet and proto-Earth the age of the Moon is inferred to be ~4.47 billion years. This is in agreement with previous estimates but provides an entirely new method of arriving at this conclusion.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/qb6h747
Research abstract: http://tinyurl.com/ntnszun
Gravity map a short cut to geothermal resources
Gravity maps based on Europe's Goce satellite high resolution data 2009-2013 are enabling exploration for geothermal resources even though the primary aim of the mission was to investigate ocean currents. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has released the information in a special global atlas.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/mxvtca6
Global atlas: http://tinyurl.com/lsmpbbo
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 2015: 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
The 2014 student prize winners have been announced and are as follows:
• Ms Rosemary Avery awarded the Geological Society of Australia (ACT Division) Ken Campbell First Year Prize, 2014
• Mr Fenkil Abraha awarded the Geological Society of Australia (ACT Division) David Blake Second Year Prize, 2014
• Mr Elliot Kahn will be awarded the Geological Society of Australia (ACT Division) Mike Rickard Third Year Prize, 2014.
Congratulations to all the winners! Presentation of the awards took place in Canberra at the April meeting of the Division.
New South Wales
GSA Annual General Meeting
Tuesday, 19th May
NOTE: TAG and GEOZ 106 incorrectly published this as Thursday
5.30pm for 6.00pm start
Rugby Club, 31 Pitt Street, Sydney
Speaker details to be announced and for more information contact: info@gsa.org.au
Queensland
Queensland Division launches a new App: a self-guided walking tour through the heart of Brisbane featuring the use of building stones from the early days of European settlement to the modern expansion of Australia's third largest City. Download it here.
Also check it out on the dedicated FaceBook Page: http://tinyurl.com/l7gd8mv
Tuesday 28th April 2015 Annual General Meeting
Patrick Hayman, Newly appointed Lecturer in Economic Geology, QUT
Evolution of a ~2.7 Ga large igneous province: a volcanological, geochemical and geochronological study of the Agnew Greenstone Belt
The Theodore Club, Level 1, 333 Adelaide St, Brisbane. 5.15 pm for 6.00 pm
Tuesday 26th May 2015
Official launch of the Brisbane Building Stones App
Venue TBA
6 - 8 June 2015
GSAQ-AIG Field Conference: New England District Regional and Economic Geology
with a preceding one-day seminar: New England Orogen, Regional and Economic Geology - an update
Call for papers for Seminar 5 June
to showcase recent advances in the understanding of the New England Orogen.
Topics include:
• Regional geology
• Structure and tectonic setting
• Economic geology including industrial minerals
A total of twelve papers are sought to be presented on the day.
Enquiries: Doug Young d.young@findex.net.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
Regular meetings: Third Thursday of each month (except January)
The Mawson Theatre, Mawson Laboratories, Adelaide University, 5.15 pm for 6.15 pm
For more information: jim.jago@unisa.edu.au
Thursday 21st May 2015: Joint GSA-AusIMM meeting
David Isles
Aeromagnetics, geology and exploration
Lunchtime meeting at the Historian Hotel
For more details contact the program secretary
Thursday 4th June 2015: Joint GSA, RSSA and FGC meeting
Ralph Tate Memorial Lecture: Prof. Richard Hillis
Unconventional fossil fuels, fracking and future energy
Venue TBA
Nominations for the Bruce Webb and Walter Howchin Medals in 2015 should be made to the Divisional Secretary by 1 July 2015. Nominations will remain current for a period of five years. Nominees do not need to be a GSA member.
Tasmania
Tuesday 28th April 2015
Professor Gillian Foulger, Durham University
Plates vs. Plumes: A geological Controversy
School of Earth Sciences, Lecture Theatre, University of Tasmania, 5.30 pm for 6.00 pm
Tuesday 26th May 2015: Annual General Meeting
Galen Halverson, McGill University
Continental Flood Basalt Driver for Neoproterozoic Oxygenation and Snowball Glaciation?
School of Earth Sciences, Lecture Theatre, University of Tasmania, 5.30 pm for 6.00 pm
Victoria
Thursday 30th April 2015 Annual General Meeting
Julie Boyce, Monash University
The Newer Volcanics of Victoria
McCoy-220 (Hills Lab), School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne 5.30pm for 6.15pm
Thursday 28th May 2015 Howitt Lecture
Bill Birch
Victorian gemstones; more than just history
School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne 5.30pm for 6.15pmm
Western Australia
GSA-WA Annual Dinner: Friday, 1st May 2015
Gypsy Tapas, Fremantle
Bookings open and essential: http://tinyurl.com/opmf5o3
Wednesday 6th May 2015
GSA-WA Annual General Meeting
Followed by Graham Begg, 2015 Gibb Maitland Medallist
Connecting Mineral Systems and Lithospheric Architecture: The Greenfields Frontier
Irish Club of WA (Inc), 61 Townshend Rd, Subiaco, 5.30 pm for 6.00 pm
GSA EVENTS
GSA membership renewals for 2015
If you didn't receive your membership renewal please contact the GSA office.
Want to join the GSA but don't know how to do this?
Haven't renewed your membership and not sure how to proceed?
Want to know more about GSA membership?
Working reduced hours or retrenched during the downturn? If you are a GSA member of five years of more and have been retrenched in the downturn please contact the GSA, as you will be eligible for membership assistance. Membership fees for unemployed members receiving AJES (online or hardcopy) are reduced to $25.00 for 2015 and will be waived for unemployed members not receiving AJES.
You can contact us and we can assist you with your GSA membership, by email info@gsa.org.au or phone (02) 9290 2194.
Geotourism app
The Geotourism Brisbane app for Android and iPhones - a self-guided walking tour through Brisbane CBD featuring the use of building stones. See http://www.qld.gsa.org.au/BBS_App.htm or the Geotourism Brisbane FaceBook page
AESC 2016: time to start planning
The AESC 2014 seems like it happened just yesterday but now is the best time to start planning for the 2016 AESC. Keep an eye on the web site and look out for updates on-line and in TAG. For more information contact Caroline Forbes: caroline.forbes@adelaide.edu.au or program information Alan Collins: alan.collins@adelaide.edu.au
http://aesc2016.gsa.org.au/
Paul Hoffman confirmed as a Plenary Speaker
A research geologist formerly with the Geological Survey of Canada and Harvard University, Paul Hoffman has a life time of experience in Paleoproterozoic basins and tectonics in northern Canada and Neoproterozoic paleoceanography-paleoclimate in northern Namibia. A recipient of the Wegener Medal (European Union of Geosciences), Wollaston Medal (Geological Society of London), Bucher Medal (American Geophysical Union) and Penrose Medal (Geological Society of America) his best known papers are United plates of America: the birth of a craton (1987), Did the breakout of Laurentia turn Gondwanaland inside-out? (1991), and A Neoproterozoic snowball Earth (1998).
Read more about all the Plenary speakers here: http://aesc2016.gsa.org.au/program-and-keynote-speakers/
Image: Paul Hoffman.
Specialist Group in Tectonics and Structural Geology.
Riding the Wave: A conference to showcase current research and ideas in Structural Geology and Tectonics 22-27 November 2015
Pre-conference field trip: 14-21 November 2015
New Caledonia: ophiolite obduction, accretion and high-pressure metamorphism
Field trip convener: Geoffrey Clark
Post-conference field trip: 28-29 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
Download the third circular here.
For queries and expressions of interest contact:
Gideon Rosenbaum,
Email: g.rosenbaum@uq.edu.au
Phone: 07 3346 9798
GSA Annual General Meeting
Tuesday, 19th May
NOTE: TAG and GEOZ 106 incorrectly published this as Thursday
5.30pm for 6.00pm start
Rugby Club, 31 Pitt Street, Sydney
Speaker details to be announced and for more information contact: info@gsa.org.au
New AAP Memoir #46
Ordovician (Darriwilian-early Katian) trilobite faunas of northwestern Tarim, Xinjiang, China
Editors: Zhou Zhiyi, Yin Gongzheng & Zhou Zhiqiang
$70.00 including postage in Australia
Contact: info@gsa.org.au
IN THE NEWS
Kronosaurus jaw a little ripper
A grazier in Queensland has found the most complete jaw of Kronosaurus queenslandicus known. The 1.6 metre fossilised jaw of the Cretaceous predator represents a partially grown individual and is now on display at the Kronosaurus Korner Museum in Richmond, Queensland.
http://tinyurl.com/lknwzcg
Minerals Council sees a bright future in uranium
The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) recently launched a new publication that explores the potential for uranium to be the next billion dollar export industry for Australia. Currently, Australia's uranium industry generates around $620 million per year in export income and approximately 4,000 jobs but the MCA sees potential for further growth that could realise uranium exports worth close to $2 billion per year and potentially generating 10,000 jobs.
Download the publication here.
TAG also has hard copies copies for review. Contact info@gsa.org.au if you would like to receive a copy and write a review for TAG on this report.
ON THE WEB
Building stones seen in new dimension
The South Australian government in collaboration with the South Australian Division of the Geological Society of Australia has produced a 10 page booklet highlighting 25 excellent examples of the use of rocks in the built environment using North Terrace in Adelaide as the field laboratory with 150 years of embedded building history.
Download the booklet here.
Graffiti can be useful in a digital world
Researchers are using cave-wall graffiti incidentally documented in online movies by bathers in cave pools to measure the rise of the water table. The writing is a reference point to observe the relative height of the water and some graffiti is also dated. Some recordings are also date and time stamped. This data has allowed researchers to conclude that the water table at Dahl Hith, a cave just outside Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, has risen by about 40 centimetres a month over the past two years.
http://tinyurl.com/ky5wjo9
Speaking of caves ...
Infrared cameras will be installed at Naracoorte Caves National Park to allow visitors to watch the bats at night. The cameras will also aid research into the bats and the cameras may also be available online in the future.
http://tinyurl.com/lsvyjxa
Volcano plus snow melt on video
Towns near the Ubinas volcano in Peru were threatened by mudslides recently after heavy snow that fell on recently erupted ash deposits began to melt. One mudslide was caught on film by the Geophysical Institute of Peru that was conducting geophysical measurements in the area when the mudslide began to cascade down the mountain.
http://tinyurl.com/o5oh67r
IN THE MEDIA
Iceberg puts itself on the map
A new iceberg known as B-34 and measuring 27 kilometres long was automatically added to the U.S. National Ice Center's watch list as it greatly exceeds the 19-kilometre minimum required for tracking. The iceberg fractured from West Antarctica's Getz Ice Shelf and moved out into in the Amundsen Sea sometime in February. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites acquired these images spanning the calving event.
http://tinyurl.com/lwu453f
Crowd funding the Nullarbor meteorite hunt a success
The crowd funding campaign mentioned in GEOZ 104 this February aimed to fund the search for meteorites on the Nullarbor Plain. The campaign was a huge success, raising over $12,000 and far exceeding the $4,000 target. The team of young researchers found 43 meteorites this field season making it their most successful trip to date.
Pozible page: http://tinyurl.com/oambbkk
Facebook page: http://tinyurl.com/pbgtwaj
Mars: The field trip continued ...
Location on Sol 957
On the mission's 957th Martian day, or sol, (April 16, 2015) Curiosity was 10 kilometres from its starting point. The plan is to pass through a series of shallow valleys on a path from the Pahrump Hills outcrop towards the next science destination, called Logan Pass. The rover's traverse line enters this map at the location Curiosity reached in mid-July 2014.
http://tinyurl.com/kpg4tc4
Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona
April 16 2015 and 10 kilometres down - more information
http://tinyurl.com/n2at2ok
Water: It only comes out at night
http://tinyurl.com/m6kl4mf
Two tone mineral veins
http://tinyurl.com/nreself
Sniffing out xenon
http://tinyurl.com/nwf6p54
Martian yardangs
http://tinyurl.com/mujfexa
More news from the solar system ...
First colour images of Pluto and Charon
http://tinyurl.com/lj6c6b3
Rosetta jet caught in the act
http://tinyurl.com/pxhc4aa
Vesta trek: virtual explorations
http://tinyurl.com/m8tlk5d
Bright spots on Ceres come into view again
http://tinyurl.com/m9c58g6
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 62 No.2 Published and posted to subscribers
S. Schmidt and P. De Deckker
Present-day sedimentation rates on the southern and southeastern Australian continental margins.
A. G. Blakemore, C. V. Murray-Wallace, K. E. Westaway and T. J. Lachlan
Aminostratigraphy and sea-level history of the Pleistocene Bridgewater Formation, Mount Gambier region, southern Australia.
T. C. W. Landgrebe and R. D. Müller
Uncovering the relationship between subducting bathymetric ridges and volcanic chains with significant earthquakes using geophysical data mining.
T. Rushmer, N. A. Dixon and S. M. Clark
High pressure, down under: the first Australian high-pressure synchrotron facility for geoscience research.
P. C. Hayman, S. E. Hull, R. A. F. Cas, E. Summerhayes, Y. Amelin, T. Ivanic and D. Price
A new period of volcanogenic massive sulfide formation in the Yilgarn: a volcanological study of the ca 2.76 Ga Hollandaire VMS deposit, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia.
G. Nabatian, E. Rastad, F. Neubauer, and M. Honarmand
Iron and Fe-Mn mineralisation in Iran: Implications for Tethyan metallogeny.
G. E. Williams and P. W. Schmidt
Low paleolatitude for the late Cryogenian interglacial succession, South Australia: paleomagnetism of the Angepena Formation, Adelaide Geosyncline.
I. Jones and C. Verdel
Basalt distribution and volume estimates of Cenozoic volcanism in the Bowen Basin region of eastern Australia: Implications for a waning mantle plume.
Volume 62 No.3
M. J. Van Kranendonk, W. Altermann and R. Mazumder
A squall by the seashore ca 2.3 billion years ago: Raindrop imprints in a Paleoproterozoic tidal flat deposit, Kungarra Formation, Western Australia.
C. Heine, L. G. Yeo and R. D. Müller
Evaluating global paleoshoreline models for the Cretaceous and Cenozoic.
H. K. H. Olierook, N. E. Timms, R. E. Merle, F. Jourdan and P. G. Wilkes
Paleo-drainage and fault development in the southern Perth Basin, Western Australia during and after the breakup of Gondwana from 3D modelling of the Bunbury Basalt.
M. Kh. Khalifa, B. G. Jones and O. Hlal
Sedimentary facies analysis and paleogeographic significance of the latest Silurian to Early Devonian Winduck Interval in the Darling Basin, Western New South Wales, Australia.
R. F. Berry
Late Mesozoic strike-slip faulting In Tasmania.
G. Taylor and R. A. Eggleton
Bauxites of the NSW Southern Highlands.
S. H. Xu, Y. M. Wang, G. Q. Xu, G. D. Zeng, C. L. Gong, C. E. Cai, W. Guo, W. Tang, H. T. Zhuo and H. Q. Wan
Linking shelf delta to deep-marine deposition in reservoir dispersal of the upper Oligocene strata in the Baiyun Sag, the northern South China Sea.
Other papers published on-line recently
R. F. Berry
Late Mesozoic strike-slip faulting in Tasmania
M. Kh. Khalifa, B. G. Jones and O. Hlal
Sedimentary facies analysis and paleogeographic significance of the latest Silurian to Early Devonian Winduck Interval in the Darling Basin, western New South Wales, Australia
C. Heine, L. G. Yeo and R. D. Müller
Evaluating global paleoshoreline models for the Cretaceous and Cenozoic
Follow this link to see the most recent papers published on-line.
Coming up in TAG
TAG for June 2015
The June TAG is almost in layout. We expect delivery to members mid-June. The March TAG included an Australian Earth Sciences Convention Scale card. If you didn't receive your copy, please contact the GSA office: info@gsa.org.au. As always 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
Advertising space now available
Advertising positions are now available in Geoz. Be the first to advertise here.
Word length: 40-50 words (the shorter the more effective) plus link to a web site.
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:
Early bird registration - Deadline April 30 2015
Soil and Groundwater Pollution: Characterisation, Remediation and Risk Management workshop
Perth 1-4 September 2015
This course comprehensively covers soil and groundwater pollution and remediation due to anthropogenic contamination.
http://tinyurl.com/ka89gj4
Call for Entries - Deadline 1 May 2015
Australian Museum Eureka prizes
Early bird registration - Deadline June 30 2015
Riding the Wave: A conference to showcase current research and ideas in Structural Geology and Tectonics
Caloundra 22-27 November 2015
Abstract deadline: 15 September 2015
http://www.sgtsg.org/
Early bird registration - Deadline July 27 2015
Ninth International Symposium on Field Measurements in Geomechanics
Sydney 9-11 September 2015
Early bird registration - Deadline July 31 2015
Society of Economic Geologists (SEG/CODES) 2015 Conference
Hobart 27 – 30 September 2015
World-Class Ore Deposits: Discovery to Recovery
For more information http://www.seg2015.org/
Call for nominations - Deadline July 31 2015
Bruce Hobbs Medal for Structural Geology and
Chris Powell Medal for Postgraduate Research in Tectonics and Structural Geology
Call for Papers - Abstract deadline June 29 2015
11th International Conference on Mine Closure
Perth March 2016
11 years of mine closure excellence
http://tinyurl.com/qbvs4c6
EVENTS:
Erosion and Sediment Control Level 2 - Site Managers and Supervisors, Mackay, 28 April 2015
Geoscience Australia ICT Information Forum, Canberra, 29 April 2015
Acid Sulfate Soils Course, Gold Coast, 30 April 2015
Hydrology in Mining, Adelaide, 1 May 2015
Core Logging using HyLogging Data, Townsville, 1 May 2015
PASTE 2015, Cairns, 5 – 7 May 2015
Translating airborne electromagnetic data into geological understanding, Canberra, 13 May 2015
Australian Construction Equipment Expo, Brisbane, 14 – 16 May 2015
APPEA 2015, Melbourne, 17 – 20 May 2015
GIS-based Modelling with Arc Hydro Groundwater, Perth, 19 – 21 May 2015
CRC Association annual conference, Canberra, 25 – 27 May 2015
Seminar and Exploration Round-Up: Metallogeny and exploration potential in the Charters Towers Province, Townsville, 27 – 29 May 2015
Acid Sulfate Soils Course, Gladstone, 29 May 2015
Introduction to Coal Seam Gas, Mining and Groundwater, Brisbane, 10 – 12 June 2015
Four-dimensional simulations of marine dispersal at a continental scale, Canberra, 15 July 2015
Society of Economic Geologists (SEG/CODES) 2015 Conference
Hobart 27 – 30 September 2015
World-Class Ore Deposits: Discovery to Recovery
Early bird registration deadline: 31 July 2015
For more information http://www.seg2015.org/
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