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geoz 114 August 2015
NEWSBREAKERS
Queensland rattled
Earthquakes centred east of Fraser Island in excess of magnitude 5 have recently rattled Queensland in quick succession, adding to numerous magnitude 3 and 2 earthquakes in the same area around the same time. While regarded as normal intra plate crustal adjustments to the stresses created by the Australian plate's movement north, the magnitude 5.7 earthquake recorded on 1 August was the second largest in Queensland's recorded history. A magnitude 6.0 occurred in 1918 near Gladstone.
Geoscience Australia report: http://tinyurl.com/o5vh6nn
Geoscience Australia event details: http://tinyurl.com/p5r6hd4
News report: http://tinyurl.com/oaba48u
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 August 2015
Geoscience Australia's support in the search for Malaysian Airlines Flight 370
Jaeger Lecture Theatre, Jaeger Building (Building 61), ANU. 5.00 pm for 5.30 pm
New South Wales
Monday 17th August 2015
Public Forum as part of the Sydney Science Festival
Powering Sydney into the Future-the Science of Alternative Energy
The Wesley Conference Centre 220 Pitt Street Sydney. 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm
Down load the flyer here.
Tickets available here: http://tinyurl.com/p8zvzrv
Sydney Science Festival: http://www.sydneyscience.com.au/
Inspiring Australia: http://inspiringaustralia.net.au/
Find out more on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/pqck3pf
21 - 22 August 2015
GSA NSW Division, AIG NSW Branch, SMEDG
Seminar & Workshop: Geochemistry - Vectoring to Mineralisation
University of New South Wales, Kensington 8.00am - 4.30pm
Download flyer here
Queensland
2015 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 August, 2015
GSA SA Annual Dinner and presentation of the Bruce Webb and Walter Howchin Medals
Prof Sandy Steacy, Head of the School of Physical Sciences, the University of Adelaide
Earthquake Prediction through the Ages
Historian Hotel.
Registration: $60 for members and guests, $30 for students
Contact the Divisional Secretary, Morgan Blades at morgan.blades@adelaide.edu.au to RSVP.
There will be limited advanced sales of tickets, cash only on the night.
Tasmania
2015 meeting dates to be advised
For more information: taryn.noble@utas.edu.au
Victoria
Thursday 27th August 2015
Ken Grimes
Northern Australian sandstone pseudokarsts
Fritz Loewe Theatre, Earth Sciences Building, University of Melbourne. 5.30 pm for 6.15 pm
Geological Society of Australia, Victoria Division, Student Research Scholarships
The scholarship is valued at up to $500 for travel within Australia and $700 for travel outside
of Australia. The number of and value of the scholarships awarded each year is made at the
discretion of the GSA(Vic) committee. Funding will not be granted retrospectively and applicants are asked to submit forms no later
than 6 weeks prior to their trip to give the committee time to consider the application.
Follow this link for more information and the application form.
Western Australia
Wednesday 2nd September 2015
Dr Ken McNamara, University of Cambridge
First Footfall: Evidence from the Tumblagooda Sandstone for the Colonisation of Land
Irish Club of WA (Inc), 61 Townshend Rd, Subiaco, 5.30 pm for 6.00 pm
GSA-WA bursaries to assist students in their studies and research.
Up to $1000 can be granted for any meritorious project, for 1 or several students, such as field trips, for laboratory costs, for travel costs or conferences. Applications for the next round close 30 September 2015.
View the flyer for further information and complete the application form to submit a nomination.
GSA EVENTS
Tickets available here: http://tinyurl.com/p8zvzrv
Meet the Q&A style forum discussion panel (below) and down load the flyer here.
The GSA Office has moved!
GSA office is back to normal daily business after the recent relocation.
The new mailing address as of July 1 is:
Suite 8, Level 2,
141 Peats Ferry Road
Hornsby NSW 2077
Please note that all other company information remains unchanged:
http://gsa.junctionworld.com/
Member-for-Member discount
The Geological Society of Australia is offering a Member-for-Member discount on 2015 fees. If you are a full member and sign up another full member for 2015 you both will receive $50.00 off your 2015 membership. Already paid 2015 fees? Sign up a full member and we will reimburse you $50.
Contact Annika for more information: membership@gsa.org.au
AESC 2016: partnership prospectus now available
The AESC provides an ideal environment to promote emerging opportunities in your state, or organisation, for your managers and leaders to meet and talk with the new generation of professional geoscientists, to hear about the latest developments in geoscience, and to connect and network with your peers. The partnership prospectus is now available here.
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/
Ken McClay confirmed as a Plenary Speaker
Ken McClay is Professor of Structural Geology, Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London. He graduated with a BSc Honours degree in Economic Geology from Adelaide University, has an MSc in Structural Geology and Rock Mechanics, a PhD in Structural Geology from Imperial College, University of London and a DSc from Adelaide University.
Since 1991 he has been Professor of Structural Geology and Director of the Fault Dynamics Research Group. Current major research projects include 'Tectonic and Structural Analysis of Deepwater Fold Belts' and STAR - 'Structural Analogues for Reservoirs'.
Ken has carried out wide-ranging research on all aspects of structural geology applied to both the mining and petroleum industries. This has included field-based research in NW Scotland, the Spanish Pyrenees, Indonesia, Yemen, Iran, Australia, Canada, USA, Chile, Argentina, Greenland, Norway, Turkey, Ethiopia and Gulf of Suez - Red Sea Egypt. His research interests include extensional, strike-slip, thrust and inversion terranes. He runs a large experimental analogue modelling laboratory for the simulation of fault structures and sedimentary architectures at Royal Holloway. Ken has written a book for mapping structures in the field, edited four major volumes on Thrust Tectonics, and has published widely on structural geology and tectonics. He is a consultant for the international mining and petroleum industries and has given many short courses to industry. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Chartered Engineer, and Fellow of the Geological Society of London. He was the 1994 - 1995 Bennison (USA) and the 1999 Roy M. Huffington (International) Distinguished Lecturer of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
Data Metallogenica, the GSA and GSA member benefits
Data Metallogenica is the world's largest mineral deposit database, a unique technical information system made possible through the support of over one hundred international Foundation Sponsors from industry, government organisations and professional societies including the Geological Society of Australia. It already contains quality technical information on over 5,000 mineral deposits of all kinds from around the world and provides access to a vast library of other material. Because of the GSA's foundation involvement GSA members can subscribe as an individual to Data Metallogenica for $100 per year for unlimited access and downloads (this is a 50% discount compared to non-members). Find out more or subscribe via the Data Metallogenica website:
http://dmgeode.com/
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:
Abstract deadline: 15 September 2015
Download the third circular here.
Visit the SGTSG web site here.
For queries and expressions of interest contact:
Gideon Rosenbaum,
Email: g.rosenbaum@uq.edu.au
Phone: 07 3346 9798
New AAP Memoir #47
A Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) south polar palynoflora from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand
$55.00 including postage in Australia
Contact: info@gsa.org.au
IN THE NEWS
Sydney to suffer if stonemasons axed
The New South Wales state government plans to retrench a team of stonemasons responsible for maintaining hundreds of iconic sandstone buildings across Sydney, including the Art Gallery of NSW, Government House and the State Library. Concerns have been raised that in outsourcing the work the costs of maintaining the heritage sandstone buildings of Sydney will escalate, rare skills will be lost and restorations will take longer.
http://tinyurl.com/o2l53ph
Mining sector pessimistic about jobs growth
A new survey of mine managers suggests the industry expects to see an ongoing contraction in the near term with further job losses in both mining directly and the supply chain more generally.
http://tinyurl.com/p4kx3sh
ON THE WEB
UNCOVER web site unveiled and AMIRA Roadmap for Exploration launched
The Minister for Industry and Science Ian Macfarlane, together with the Western Australian Minister for Mines and Petroleum, Bill Marmion, recently launched the AMIRA Roadmap for Under Cover Exploration, a key element in the UNCOVER program. Geoscience Australia is hosting the website for the Australian Academy of Science's UNCOVER initiative. The purpose of the initiative is to focus Australia's relevant geoscience effort on providing the knowledge base and technology that will substantially increase the success rate of mineral exploration beneath post-mineralisation cover in Australia. The web site provides information on the initiative as well as active projects and news of UNCOVER events.
AMIRA roadmap: http://tinyurl.com/p5s538n
UNCOVER web site: http://tinyurl.com/oa3sgpn
Sex in the Ediacaran a complex affair
An Ediacaran fossil from Canada, known as Fractofusus, is providing an insight into its reproductive mode thanks to excellent preservation of generational clusters of the organism. However, teasing apart the sexual and asexual behaviour and modes of reproduction of such organisms is still proving a challenge.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/p4g3kys
Research abstract: http://tinyurl.com/pljb8fu
IN THE MEDIA
Stavely stratigraphic drilling data released
The first results from the Stavely Project, western Victoria, have been released. The Geoscience Australia Record and Data Package summarises results of the stratigraphic drilling program, which was undertaken as part of this project in collaboration with the Deep Exploration Technologies CRC. The Record and data packages are available as free downloads.
http://tinyurl.com/omum4rx
Ancient magnetic field older than thought
Archean to Hadean zircons from the Jack Hills conglomerate in Western Australia contain magnetic inclusions that allow the early geodynamo history of the Earth to be documented. Zircons between 3.3 billion and 4.2 billion years old have recorded magnetic fields suggesting the magnetic field is 550 million years older than previously thought. If correct this has implications for the evolution of life and the development of plate tectonics and the early atmosphere.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/qeswky8
Research abstract: http://tinyurl.com/onuc9al
Mars: The field trip continued ...
Lamoose is rich in silica
A rock fragment dubbed Lamoose is shown in this picture. High levels of silica in Martian rocks could indicate ideal conditions for preserving ancient organic material, if present. Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
http://tinyurl.com/o3dwtee
3 years since touchdown! Send Curiosity a postcard.
http://mars.nasa.gov/msl/participate/postcard/
3 years since touchdown: get the poster!
http://mars.nasa.gov/files/mep/CuriosityPoster.pdf
More news from the solar system ...
Cool Rosetta images keep coming
http://tinyurl.com/k4x5632
Awesome topographic maps of Ceres
http://tinyurl.com/q6bbep4
Pluto continues to surprise
http://tinyurl.com/q6bbep4
... and elsewhere ...
5 star multiple system
http://tinyurl.com/owqkseh
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.4
J. J. Veevers
Beach sand of SE Australia traced by zircon ages through Ordovician turbidites and S--type granites of the Lachlan Orogen to Africa/Antarctica--a review.
G. Rosenbaum, I. T. Uysal and A. Babaahmadi
The Red Rock Fault Zone (northeast New South Wales): Kinematics, timing of deformation and relationships to the New England oroclines.
S. Brooke-Barnett and G. Rosenbaum
Structure of the Texas Orocline beneath the sedimentary cover (southeast Queensland, Australia).
H. Olierook, N. E. Timms, J. F. Wellmann, S. Corbel and P. G. Wilkes
3D structural and stratigraphic model of the Perth Basin, Western Australia: Implications for sub-basin evolution.
M. C. Garthwaite, M. Hazelwood, S. Nancarrow, A. Hislop and J. H. Dawson
A regional geodetic network to monitor ground surface response to resource extraction in the northern Surat Basin, Queensland.
N. Folcher, B. Sevin, F. Quesnel, V. Lignier, M. Allenbach, P. Maurizot and D. Cluzel
Neogene terrestrial sediments: a record of the post-obduction history of New Caledonia.
W. Shen, X. Pang, Y. Wang, B. Zhang, F. Jiang, Z. Huo and T. Hu
Predicting potential exploration targets based on key factors controlling hydrocarbon accumulation - a case study from the Lower Ordovician Yingshan Formation in the Tazhong area, Tarim basin, NW China
C. E. Cai, Z. Liu, N. S. Qiu, J. L. He and S. H. Xu
Hydrocarbon accumulation in the Northwest Chaluhe Fault Depression, Yitong Basin, North China.
Other papers published on-line recently
A. Babaahmadi, G. Rosenbaum and J. Esterle
Alternating episodes of extension and contraction during the Triassic: evidence from Mesozoic sedimentary basins in eastern Australia.
Follow this link to see the most recent papers published on-line.
Coming up in TAG
TAG for September 2015
The September TAG deadline has passed. The September issue will include Part 2 of the Elgin Marbles' of Australian paleontology by Gavin Young and will include regular columns and contributions.
Do you have an article or news item for the geological community? If so make sure you meet the deadline December issue deadline of 26 October. 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
Senior Geologist - Palaeontologist
Outstanding opportunity for experienced geologist to join the Geological Survey of NSW.
Ongoing full-time role based at the WB Clarke Geoscience Centre at Londonderry in outer western Sydney.
Senior Geologist Grade 4 - Package includes salary ($101,659 - $104,201).
This role is responsible for providing support for GSNSW projects through the identification of fossils to provide age interpretations, biostratigraphical correlations and palaeoecological and palaeobiogeographical analysis to understanding the geological evolution of NSW. For further information and to apply, applicants should go to https://jobsnsw.taleo.net/careersection/jobdetail.ftl?job=00003S3N
Closing date: Sunday 9 August 2015
WHAT'S ON
DEADLINES:
Call for applications - Please register by August 7 for August 13 2015
Women in Mining Network (WIMnet) New South Wales mentoring program for 2016:
The WIMnet NSW represents the interests of women working in the NSW minerals industry.
Call for applications - Deadline August 15 2015
The Australian Innovation Challenge:
The minerals and energy category covers innovation in minerals and energy exploration, extraction and processing.
Call for Papers - Abstract deadline August 31 2015
5th International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical site characterisation:
Gold Coast 5-9 September 2016
11 years of mine closure excellence
http://www.isc5.com.au/
Top GeoShot photography competition - Entries close 1 September 2015
The Bragg Prize is an annual award celebrating the best non-fiction science essay written for a general audience
http://tinyurl.com/luxw38g
The UNSW Bragg Student Prize for Science Writing - Entries close 7 September 2015
The theme for this year's competition is "Rock Stars"
http://tinyurl.com/qy47yl5
Call for Papers - Abstract deadline January 31 2016
35th International Geological Congress:
Cape Town South Africa 24 August-4 September 2016
Geoscience for Society, Fundamental Geoscience and Geoscience in the Economy
http://tinyurl.com/q2nwlh8
EVENTS:
Saying goodbye to a 2D Earth, Margaret River, 2 August – 7 August 2015
NGWA Henry Darcy Lecture Series, Canberra and all State Capitals, 10 August – 25 August 2015
Check the program for the session date in your state: http://tinyurl.com/p4wsmye
GPS, Robots and Earth science, Canberra, 12 August 2015
Sydney Science Festival, Sydney, 13 – 23 August 2015
Public Forum as part of the Sydney Science Festival, Sydney, 17 August 2015
Powering Sydney into the Future-the Science of Alternative Energy
The Wesley Conference Centre 220 Pitt Street Sydney. 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm
Tickets available here: http://tinyurl.com/p8zvzrv
National Science Week, Australia-wide, 15 – 23 August 2015
Seminar & Workshop: Geochemistry - Vectoring to Mineralisation, 21 – 22 August 2015
Geoscience Australia Open Day, Canberra, 23 August 2015
Australian Groundwater School, Sydney, 24 – 27 August 2015
11th International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation by Blasting, Sydney, 24 – 26 August 2015
Australian Mine Ventilation Conference, Sydney, 31 August – 2 September 2015
Soil and Groundwater Pollution: Characterisation, Remediation and Risk Management, Perth, 1 – 4 September 2015
Groundwater Modelling for Beginners, Perth, 1 – 4 September 2015
Wines and Mines, Queanbeyan, 2 – 4 September 2015
Uncorking the Tasmanides
Minerals @ GA Update Forum, Canberra, 2 September 2015
A free Minerals Open Afternoon at Geoscience Australia
Newcastle Time Walk, Newcastle, 6 September 2015
MetPlant 2015, Perth, 7 – 8 September 2015
2nd Water Sensitive Cities Conference, Brisbane, 8 – 9 September 2015
AAPG-SEG International Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne, 13 – 16 September
Introduction to Groundwater: Principles and Practices, Brisbane, 21 – 23 September 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/
Hydrologic Modelling using GIS and WMS, Melbourne, 29 September – 1 October 2015
Managed Aquifer Recharge, Melbourne, 12 – 13 October 2015
Third International Future Mining Conference, Sydney, 4 – 6 November 2015
International Mining and Resources Conference, Melbourne, 9 – 13 November 2015
Groundwater Modelling using GMS and MODFLOW-USG, Sydney, 16 – 19 November 2015
2D Hydraulic Modelling with SMS and TUFLOW (expanded), Sydney, 16 – 19 November 2015
Introduction to ArcGIS, Sydney, 17 – 19 November 2015
International Seminar on Design Methods in Underground Mining, Perth, 17 – 19 November 2015
Field Methods School, Perth, 23 – 25 November 2015
GSA Specialist Group in Tectonics & Structural Geology Conference, Caloundra Qld, 22 – 27 November 2015
Download circular here.
Visit the SGTSG web site here.
Introduction to Coal Seam Gas, Mining and Groundwater, Melbourne, 2 – 4 December 2015
Australian Groundwater School, Perth, 7 – 10 December 2015
6th Annual Earth System Governance Conference, Canberra, 9 – 12 December 2015
35th International Geological Congress, Cape Town South Africa, 24 August – 4 September 2016
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