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geoz 121 December 2015
The GSA wishes all its members and friends
an enjoyable summer break and the very best for 2016
The GSA office closes December 18 at midday ADST and reopens Monday, 4th January, 2016.
NEWSBREAKERS
Two takes on a mantle boundary
Two new studies, when taken together, provide valuable insights into why the behaviour of the mantle changes at 1000km depth but ultimately raise more questions about the nature of the mantle's viscosity and composition that need to be answered before a complete understanding of the mantle is realised.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/gtb292w
Research abstract one: http://tinyurl.com/jece8ld
Research abstract two: http://tinyurl.com/gvg4fzy
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 2016: 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: patrick.carr@anu.edu.au
New South Wales
2016 meeting dates to be advised
For more information: meetings@nsw.gsa.org.au
Joint GSA - ASEG - AIG course: 16 and 17 February 2016
Professor Mike Dentith
Geophysics for the Mineral Exploration Geoscientist
The course targets geologists who have had limited training in exploration geophysics.
The Barbarian Room, Rugby Place, Sydney CBD
For registration and more details follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/o5ypbnc
Northern Territory
AGES 2016, Alice Springs, 15 – 16 March 2016
The 17th Annual Geoscience Exploration Seminar
http://tinyurl.com/lfsx45d.
Queensland
2016 meeting dates to be advised
For more information: info@qld.gsa.org.au
Thursday 18th February 2016
A one-day seminar presented by the Geological Society of Australia, Queensland Division
Mount Isa Stratigraphy, Geodynamics and Mineral Systems
Broncos Leagues Club, 92 Fulcher Road, Red Hill Qld, 4059
For additional information please contact the co-convenors, Ian Withnall or Laurie Hutton. Register here: http://tinyurl.com/h2oyekn
Every Wednesday evening: GeoPub
Weekly Informal get-together for Explorers, Miners & other Geoscientists
O'Malleys Irish Pub - Basement Level, 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: morgan.blades@adelaide.edu.au
Tasmania
2016 meeting dates to be advised
For more information: taryn.noble@utas.edu.au
Victoria
2016 meeting dates to be advised
For more information: secretary@vic.gsa.org.au
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
Regular meetings: First Wednesday of each month (except December and
January)
Irish Club of WA, 61 Townshend Road, Subiaco, 5.30pm
For more information: info@wa.gsa.org.au
GSA EVENTS
GSA membership renewals for 2016
2016 Member renewals have been mailed. If you didn't receive your renewal please contact the GSA office.
Membership is based on a calendar year: 1st January - 31st December 2016.
Want to know more about GSA membership? Contact us!
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 2016 and will be waived for unemployed members not receiving AJES.
New Members campaign
The GSA is offering all members the opportunity to reduce their membership fee by $50 if they sign up a new full member for 2016. If you are a full member and sign up another full member for 2016 you both will receive $50.00 off your 2016 membership. Already paid 2016 fees? Sign up a full member before 30 March 2016 and we will reimburse you $50. This is your chance to grow the Society and reduce your fees.
If you contact us, we can assist you with your GSA membership, by email info@gsa.org.au or phone (02) 9290 2194. GSA Membership is from the 1st January to the 31st December.
AESC 2016: Open for Abstract submissions and registrations!
The AESC 2016 Call for Abstracts is open for submissions. AESC 2016: Uncover Earth's Past to Discover Our Future with six themes and four symposia has many opportunities for you to contribute.
• Earth's Environment - Past to Present
• Tectonics of the Planet
• Deep Earth Geodynamics
• Mineral Endowment
• Geoscience and Society
• Earth Science for Energy
AESC Call for Papers 2016
The Geological Society of Australia welcomes presenters to submit abstracts for AESC 2016 sessions and symposia. The AESC 2016 program will provide a platform to share knowledge critical to geoscientists working in a number of fields.
Abstracts can be submitted online (click here).
Key Dates:
Open Call for Abstracts: 3 November 2015
Close Call for Abstract submissions: 15 February 2016
Final acceptance notification to speakers: 18 March 2016
Registration
The AESC 2016 registration is now open. Click here for more information.
We look forward to seeing you in Adelaide in 2016.
Key Dates
Early Bird registration closes: 15 April 2016
aesc2016.gsa.org.au
26-30 June 2016, Adelaide Convention Centre
Like us on Facebook and stay informed about the AESC.
Palaeo Down Under 2
Australasian Palaeontologists (AAP) cordially invites all palaeontologists from Australia, New Zealand and around the world to participate in Palaeo Down Under 2 (PDU2) in Adelaide on 11 - 15 July, 2016.
Provisional list of Symposia:
• Ediacaran (ISES) and Cambrian (ISCS) Meeting
• Palaeontology from New Zealand
• Dinosaurs in Australia
• Cave Palaeontology
• Latest technologies applied to Palaeontology
• Palaeontological Illustration
• Palaeontological Heritage: Protection & Promotion
• Palaeontological Collection Managing & Curation
Visit http://www.pdu2.org/ to find out more about the conference and the pre- and post-conference field trips and to register your expression of interest in attending.
Australian Neotectonics: New science for unconventional energy, mineral resources, groundwater, and hazard assessment
Organised by the Environmental, Engineering and Hydrogeology Specialist Group (EEHSG), this 2-day Symposium will be held from Monday 29th February to Tuesday 1st March 2016, at Geoscience Australia, Canberra and is sponsored by the Melbourne Energy Institute. Registration for the event is essential, but free! Travel grants for students wishing to participate will be considered.
This 2-day symposium will explore how an understanding of Neogene-to-Recent tectonic processes helps inform contemporary geoscience issues of seismic hazard, mineral, energy and groundwater resources and environmental management in Australia. The Symposium will focus on the potential benefit of aligning challenging contemporary problems in resource and environmental management with new ways of thinking about how subtle tectonic processes have shaped the Australian continent over the last few million years.
Over a dozen research leaders from Academia, Government and Industry have been invited to present papers, with other contributions welcomed. If interested in participating, please contact Dr Ken Lawrie (ken.lawrie@ga.gov.au; Tel. 02 62499847; Mob. 0427 434950). For those wishing to present a paper, you are invited to submit abstracts (350 word limit), with the best papers selected for oral contributions. Opportunities also exist to present poster papers. Friday 12th February 2016 is the abstract deadline.
GSA National Awards - nominations close 22 January 2016
Nominations are sought from all GSA members for consideration for:
• W.R. Browne Medal, for distinguished contributions to the geological sciences in Australia
• S.W. Carey Medal, for a person distinguished in the field of tectonics (sensu lato)
• Joe Harms Medal, for excellence in mineral exploration and contributions to the discovery of
ore deposits in Australia
• E.S. Hills Medal, for outstanding contribution(s) to any branch of the geological sciences by
a young Australian geologist
• A.E. Ringwood Medal, for exceptional research advances in the knowledge of fundamental
Earth processes, especially through studies involving petrology and geochemistry. The recipient
will be recognised internationally for the stature of that contribution.
The nomination should include a brief summary of the most significant contributions of the nominee. Nominations should be received by the committee chair before 22 January 2016. For further advice on awards, click on Policy Statement. Nominations can be made online: Online Nominations Link
Read more about the national awards, state awards and specialist group awards by following the links here.
IN THE NEWS
New dinosaur from old bones
One of the best preserved armoured dinosaur fossils ever found, and the most complete ankylosaurian fossil from Gondwana, was found in north Queensland several decades ago. Formerly thought to be a new species of Australia's only armoured dinosaur genus Minmi, the specimen has now been thoroughly studied and assigned a new genus and species name, Kunbarrasaurus ieversi, making it the second the genus of armoured dinosaurs known to inhabit Australia.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/zcp2vzr
Research abstract: http://tinyurl.com/hvrl86n
Volcanic sulfur makes for brighter clouds
During the recent volcanic eruptions on Iceland the response of cloud formation to sulfur emissions could be studied. The results show that in the presence of these aerosols there is a smaller cloud droplet size, leading to brighter clouds that reflect significantly more sunlight. These results indicate volcanic aerosols affect cloud properties and thus global albedo.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/j69l4cu
Research abstract: http://tinyurl.com/zr8tsxn
ON THE WEB
New eruption in Nicaragua after over 100 years of rest
Nicaragua's Momotombo Volcano explosively erupted recently after last erupting in January 1905. The Advanced Land Imager on the Earth Observing-1 satellite acquired this image of the area on December 4, 2015. This false-colour image highlights hot areas, primarily the lava flow that extends to the northeast. In 1610 eruptions of Momotombo forced the complete relocation of the Spanish city of León.
Image courtesy of NASA's Earth Observatory.
Image source: http://tinyurl.com/jk6clqt
News report: http://tinyurl.com/zxrzsgq
Volcano updates: http://tinyurl.com/jqsh3pf
IN THE MEDIA
Earth observer, Sentinel-2a, now live
The EU's latest Earth observer, Sentinel-2a, is now producing images that are free for download. The imaging instrument is sensitive across 13 spectral bands and each swath is 290km wide. In addition, its colour images have a resolution of 10m. Demand for the images is expected to be high but users will need plenty of storage space as even the smallest image products have large file sizes.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/zkxrbvq
Link to data hub: https://scihub.copernicus.eu/
Mars: The field trip continued ...
High Dune is a highlight
This site, known as High Dune, is the first Martian dune to be studied up close. The site is part of the Bagnold Dunes field of active dark dunes along the northwestern flank of Mount Sharp. The dunes are active, migrating up to about one metre per year.
http://tinyurl.com/jugxndx
Image courtesy of: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS.
Wheel tracks in the sands of Mars
http://tinyurl.com/jbg4cmh
Undisturbed sand up close
http://tinyurl.com/zhhnsvv
More news from the solar system ...
Ceres spots are salty
http://tinyurl.com/jelyonv
Pluto's geological history emerges
http://tinyurl.com/jjywhxd
Titan is so Earth like yet so alien
http://tinyurl.com/gpm2t25
Images of the Apollo moon landing sites taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
http://tinyurl.com/zhx2n36
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.6 Hard copy posted to subscribers
R. I. Acworth, W. A. Timms, B. F. J. Kelly, D. E. McGeeney, T. J. Ralph, Z. T. Larkin and G. C. Rau
Late Cenozoic paleovalley fill sequence from the Southern Liverpool Plains, New South Wales - implications for groundwater resource evaluation.
A. D. Albani, P. C. Rickwood, P. G. Quilty and J. W. Tayton
The morphology and late Quaternary paleogeomorphology of the continental shelf off Sydney, NSW.
G. R. Holdgate, M. W. Wallace and S. Forbes
New insights from petroleum exploration into the pre-Cenozoic geology of the Latrobe Valley Area - Gippsland Basin, S.E. Australia.
D. Briguglio, M. Hall and J. Keetley
Structural Evolution of the Early Cretaceous Depocentres, Otway Basin, Victoria.
N. Mortimer, R. Turnbull, M. Palin, A. Tulloch, N. Rollet and T. Hashimoto
Triassic-Jurassic granites on the Lord Howe Rise, northern Zealandia.
S. J. Tickell, P. D. Kruse and T. J. Munson
Daly Basin, Northern Territory: lithostratigraphic revision resolves context of incongruous Ordovician fossils.
F. L. Sutherland, P. C. Piilonen, Khin Zaw, S. Meffre and J. Thompson
Sapphire within zircon-rich gem deposits, Bo Loei, Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia: Trace elements, inclusions, U-Pb dating and genesis.
Volume 62 No.7 On-line
M. Campbell, G. Rosenbaum, U. Shaanan, C. R. Fielding and C. Allen
The tectonic significance of lower Permian successions in the Texas Orocline (Eastern Australia).
C. C. Wainman, P. J. McCabe, J. L. Crowley and R. S. Nicoll
U-Pb zircon age of the Walloon Coal Measures in the Surat Basin, southeast Queensland: implications for paleogeography and basin subsidence.
Y. A. Kettanah, A. J. Mory, G. D. Wach and M. T. D. Wingate
Provenance of the Ordovician-lower Silurian Tumblagooda Sandstone, Western Australia.
D. Howlett, T. Raimondo and M. Hand
Evidence for 1808-1770 Ma bimodal magmatism, sedimentation, high temperature deformation and metamorphism in the Aileron Province, central Australia.
M. Macphail, L. K. Fifield, B. Pillans, M. Davies and G. Hope
Lake George revisited: New evidence for the origin and evolution of a large closed lake, Southern Tablelands, NSW, Australia.
S. J. Travers and C. J. L. Wilson
Reflectance spectroscopy and alteration assemblages at the Leven Star gold deposit, Victoria, Australia.
M. Forster, R. Armstrong, B. Kohn, G. Lister, M. A. Cottam and S. Suggate
Highly retentive core domains in K-feldspar and their implications for 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology illustrated by determining the cooling curve for the Capoas Granite, Palawan, The Philippines.
Follow this link to see the most recent papers published on-line.
Coming up in TAG
TAG for December 2015
The December issue is on its way.
Do you have an article or news item for the geological community? If so, make sure you meet the March issue deadline of 25 January. 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.
Correction
It has been brought to my attention that the Heritage Matters update on the topic of geoparks reported in the December issue of TAG contained a number of inaccuracies. The Geotourism Standing Committee, which has been carefully managing the development of geotourism, geotrails and geoparks in Australia, will be providing a comprehensive update on recent developments in the March issue - this will include a report on the UNESCO decision in November relating to global geoparks. Since its establishment a year ago, the Geotourism Standing Committee has been carefully nurturing the development of geotourism in close consultation with the GSA Governing Council, and recently with the Australian Geoscience Council.
Sue Fletcher, CEO
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WHAT'S ON
DEADLINES:
Call for Papers - Abstract deadline December 20 2015
5th Australasian University Geoscience Educators Network (AUGEN) conference
Canberra, 28 – 29 January 2016
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
Early bird registration - closes deadline January 31 2016
Palaeo Down Under 2:
Adelaide 11-15 July 2016
Call for Papers open - Abstract deadline February 12 2016
Australian Neotectonics: New science for unconventional energy, mineral resources, groundwater, and hazard assessment:
Canberra, 29 February – 1 March 2016
Contact Ken Lawrie for more details
Call for Papers open November 3 2015 - Abstract deadline February 15 2016
Australian Earth Sciences Convention:
Adelaide 26-30 June 2016
Uncover Earth's past to discover our future
http://aesc2016.gsa.org.au/
Call for Papers - Abstract deadline March 31 2016
Palaeo Down Under 2:
Adelaide 11-15 July 2016
NSW New Frontiers Cooperative Drilling program, round 2 open November 16 2015 - closes April 29 2016
New Frontiers encourages private exploration drilling programs in the search of mineral deposits in areas of NSW not fully explored and uses the latest technology
EVENTS:
SMEDG Christmas Harbour Cruise, Sydney, 18 December 2015
Contact SMEDG for more details.
Cancelled: 10th International Symposium on Environmental Geochemistry, Perth, 19 – 21 January 2016
5th Australasian University Geoscience Educators Network (AUGEN) conference, Canberra, 28 – 29 January 2016
Business and Financial Management for the Minerals Industry, Townsville, 8 – 19 February 2016
EGRU Short Course for Professional Development
Understanding of, and Exploration for, Epithermal and Porphyry Deposits: Transitions and Variations, Townsville, 25 – 26 February 2016
EGRU Short Course for Professional Development
Geophysics for the Mineral Exploration Geoscientist, Sydney, 16 – 17 February 2016
The course targets geologists who have had limited training in exploration geophysics
An introduction to porphyry Cu-Au exploration, Orange District NSW, 28 February – 5 March 2016
Exploration Management: Setting Priorities, Dalkeith WA, 29 February – 1 March 2016
Australian Neotectonics: New science for unconventional energy, mineral resources, groundwater, and hazard assessment, Canberra, 29 February – 1 March 2016
Contact Ken Lawrie for details.
Introduction to Groundwater: Principles and Practices, Adelaide, 8 – 10 March 2016
AGES 2016, Alice Springs, 15 – 16 March 2016
The 17th Annual Geoscience Exploration Seminar
IOCG and Other Mineral Systems in the World-Class Cloncurry District: New Advances in Exploration and Deposit Understanding, Townsville, 16 – 18 March 2016
EGRU Short Course for Professional Development
Introduction to Groundwater: Principles and Practices, Melbourne, 12 – 14 April 2016
Integrated Spatial Analysis and Remote Sensing of Exploration Targets, Townsville, 18 – 29 April 2016
EGRU Short Course for Professional Development
Groundwater Modelling for Beginners, Sydney, 9 – 12 May 2016
Introduction to ArcGIS, Sydney, 10 – 12 May 2016
Introduction to Groundwater: Principles and Practices, Perth, 17 – 19 May 2016
35th International Geological Congress, Cape Town South Africa, 24 August – 4 September 2016
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