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geoz 116 September 2015
NEWSBREAKERS
Intraplate earthquakes down to mantle convection?
New research and modelling has found that the location of intraplate seismicity in the western United States appears to be predominately controlled by deep mantle convection processes. The authors of this work contend it implies that mantle flow plays a significant and quantifiable part in shaping topography, tectonics, and seismic hazard within other intraplate settings as well.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/ng9rdl4
Research abstract: http://tinyurl.com/nfm3fel
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
New South Wales
2015 meeting dates to be advised
For more information: meetings@nsw.gsa.org.au
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 24th September 2015 - joint meeting with the SEG and AIG
Larry Meinert, USGS, Chief Editor of Economic Geology
Rare Earth Elements - History, Policy and Ore Deposits
Mawson Theatre, University of Adelaide. 5.30 pm for 6.15 pm
Tasmania
2015 meeting dates to be advised
For more information: taryn.noble@utas.edu.au
Victoria
Thursday 24th September 2015
Robbie Rowe
Australia's exploration potential: Is there anything out there to discover?
Fritz Loewe Theatre, Earth Sciences Building, University of Melbourne. 5.30 pm for 6.15 pm
Thursday 29th October 2015
Speaker and topic TBA
Fritz Loewe Theatre, Earth Sciences Building, University of Melbourne. 5.30 pm for 6.15 pm
Thursday 26th November 2015
Helen Green
Dating Aboriginal Rock Art
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
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
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: Program themes
The AESC 2016 offers six themes. Within each Theme there will be dedicated Sessions.
Earth's Environment: Past to Present Theme coordinator: John Tibby Contact: john.tibby@adelaide.edu.au
Tectonics of the Planet: Craton and Continental Formation and Evolution, Ocean Plate Tectonics, Plate Margin and Plate Interior Tectonism Theme coordinator: Stijn Glorie Contact: stijn.glorie@adelaide.edu.au
Deep Earth Geodynamics: Core, Asthenosphere and Lithosphere Dynamics, Coupling the Dynamic Deep Earth with Surface Tectonics Theme coordinator: Dietmar Muller Contact: dietmar.muller@sydney.edu.au
Mineral Endowment: Formation and Exploration of Mineral Deposits; Their Tectonic and Geochemical Environment and Significance Theme coordinator: Richard Lilly Contact: richard.lilly@adelaide.edu.au
Geoscience and Society: Education, Integration and Translation of Earth Sciences for Societal Benefit Theme coordinator: Ian Clark Contact: Ian.Clark@unisa.edu.au
Earth Science for Energy: From Hydrocarbons to Renewables Theme coordinator: Peter McCabe Contact: peter.mccabe@adelaide.edu.au
If you have Session suggestions please contact Alan Collins alan.collins@adelaide.edu.au
National Rock Garden grows bigger.
An alunite-bearing rock from Bulahdelah in NSW and a chrysoprase-bearing rock from Marlborough in Qld will be new additions to the National Rock Garden (NRG) thanks to a grant to cover the transport costs.
The NRG has recently received another seven spectacular rock specimens but the site is not ready to receive such large specimens, so they are currently gracing Geoscience Australia's TimeWalk until the ground is ready for them.
You can read all about these specimens and those from Bukahdelah and Marlborough in the latest edition of the NRG newsletter.
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
GSA Member survey is coming
Keep an eye out for a GSA survey coming to you mid-September. The GSA wants to know what you think about your GSA membership, why you choose to become and continue as a member, and who chooses not to do so. This is in order to put the Society on course for increased quality of service, sustained vigour of activity and long term growth in membership. We will contact GSA members soon.
IN THE NEWS
Sentinel upgrade a hot topic
Geoscience Australia's Sentinel Hotspots system has been funded under a National Emergency Management Projects (NEMP) grant to receive a major upgrade that includes a change in frequency from 6-hour updates to 10-minute updates. This will enable emergency services to monitor fire development in near real-time.
Media release: http://tinyurl.com/o69asem
Sentinel web site: http://tinyurl.com/pvht5x6
Cotopaxi causing concern
The stratovolcano Cotopaxi in Ecuador erupted for the first time in 70 years recently and continues to threaten more with almost constant steam-and-ash plumes punctuated by small explosions.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/o785wy4
Global volcanism program: http://tinyurl.com/ng4ozcg
... and speaking of volcanoes:
Avalanches on New Zealand's Mt Ruapehu have raised concerns an eruption might be coming.
http://tinyurl.com/norzuym
ON THE WEB
GeoGirls at Mount St Helens
A pilot field camp for girls, based at Mount St Helens in the USA, has taken in 20 middle school GeoGirls with the aim of rekindling their interest in science and to encourage them to consider a career in earth science. A National Science Foundation grant covers the costs, along with grants from the American Association of University Women and the Association for Women Geoscientists. The successful program is expected to continue with more middle school girls next summer.
http://tinyurl.com/p5defbu
Under the dome not sci-fi
The Hangai Dome in central Mongolia has been modelled in 3D from seismic data. The 3D image allows geologists to understand the complex interplay of rising mantle material, magma formation and heating of the upper crust to form the rising dome.
News story: http://tinyurl.com/p9754dz
Research abstract: http://tinyurl.com/ppaztmg
IN THE MEDIA
Animation with bite
Accurate dinosaur reconstructions have been generated in Queensland using video game programs. This has enabled developers to utilise all the known attributes of the creatures to convincingly respond in the program with instinct-like behaviour and to interact correctly with other dinosaurs and their environment.
http://tinyurl.com/q3jfvjw
Shocking discovery
Australian researchers have discovered the mineral reidite in shocked zircon from impact ejecta at Stac Fada in Scotland. Reidite is only known to form in nature during meteorite impact events and this discovery demonstrates it can persist for at least 1.2 billion years. This Precambrian occurrence indicates the potential for using the presence of reidite to indicate and record very ancient impact events.
Media release: http://tinyurl.com/nuz8n83
Research abstract: http://tinyurl.com/nc2oxyj
Mars: The field trip continued ...
Unprocessed raw image: Sol 1089
This raw image was received Sol 1089 (30 August 2015). It looks like wind sculpted interbedded fine-grained sediments with veins filled with a white mineral. What do you think? Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
http://tinyurl.com/ol95po5
Life on mars simulation underway
http://tinyurl.com/p4cht7ja
Mars trek: walk the red planet
http://tinyurl.com/puxrn7h
More news from the solar system ...
New Horizons has a date with 2014 MU69
http://tinyurl.com/qhz9j8g
Tracking the Euphrosyne asteroids
http://tinyurl.com/oj5n6qa
New Orleans 10 years on
http://tinyurl.com/qf9jng5
... and elsewhere ...
Galaxy metamorphosis caught in the act
http://tinyurl.com/p8kuych
The Spitzer Space Telescope celebrating 12 years in space with a new digital calendar
http://tinyurl.com/orkwgqx
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.5 On-line
I. D. Lindley
Late Quaternary geology of Ambitle Volcano, Feni Island Group, Papua New Guinea.
S. A. Ayaz, J. S. Esterle and M. A. Martin
Spatial variation in the stratigraphic architecture of the Fort Cooper and equivalent coal measures, Bowen Basin, Queensland.
A. Babaahmadi, G. Rosenbaum and J. Esterle
Alternating episodes of extension and contraction during the Triassic: Evidence from Mesozoic sedimentary basins in eastern Australia.
G. P. T. Spampinato, L. Ailleres, P. G. Betts and R. J. Armit
Crustal architecture of the Thomson Orogen in Queensland inferred from potential field forward modelling.
B. P. J. Stevens
Magnetite-bearing zones in metasediments at Broken Hill, Australia: signatures of black smokers?
R. L. Stanton
The "orogenic andesite" puzzle of C. E. Tilley: 1 - Is the volatile phase the missing piece?
R. L. Stanton
The "orogenic andesite" puzzle of C. E. Tilley: 2 - Some exploratory experiments and their possible implications.
Coming up in TAG
TAG for September 2015
The September issue will be in your mailbox any day now. This issues includes Part 2 of the feature Repatriating Australian fossils by Gavin Young, Geology and the second harbour crossing for Sydney, by David Och and regular columns and contributions. TAG is distributed to all members.
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.
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WHAT'S ON
DEADLINES:
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
Name the NSW state fossil emblem competition - Entries close 18 September 2015
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:
MetPlant 2015, Perth, 7 – 8 September 2015
2nd Water Sensitive Cities Conference, Brisbane, 8 – 9 September 2015
Scaling up: Rapid large scale statistical analysis of Earth observation data, Canberra, 9 September 2015
AAPG-SEG International Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne, 13 – 16 September
CleanUp 2015, Melbourne, 13 – 16 September
ICT Information Forum, Canberra, 16 September 2015
Introduction to Groundwater: Principles and Practices, Brisbane, 21 – 23 September 2015
Imaging land subsidence from space: satellite radar monitoring of the Surat Basin Queensland, Canberra, 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
GSA Coal Geology Group Bowen Basin Symposium, Brisbane, 7 – 9 October 2015
Managed Aquifer Recharge, Melbourne, 12 – 13 October 2015
Predictive mapping of regolith properties with implications for mineral exploration, Canberra, 21 October 2015
SEGRA 2015 - Geotourism Workshop, Bathurst NSW, 22 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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