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geoz 125 March 2016
NEWSBREAKERS
No gold holdings in Canada
Canada has sold off all its official gold holdings. The official Canadian Government website says Canada sold 21,851 ounces of gold coins for settlement in February. On February 29, gold holdings stood at 77 ounces and the official reserves list currently show gold reserves at zero. Canada is now the only G7 nation that does not hold at least 100 tonnes of gold in its official reserves. Just what this means for Canada and the price of gold in the long term remains to be seen.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/hbfmsfy
Canadian government website: http://tinyurl.com/ju9lrnc
New orogenic gold workshop for the AESC
Invited AESC Plenary speaker Dr. Richard Goldfarb will present a newly announced post-conference one day workshop on July 1.
Orogenic Gold Deposits: Geology, Geochemistry, Exploration Criteria, and Global Patterns
Read more about this workshop here.
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
Wednesday 18th May 2016
A joint Geological Survey of NSW, AIG NSW Branch and GSA NSW Division core logging workshop
One Day Workshop - Core Logging Fundamentals
WB Clarke Geoscience Centre, 947-953 Londonderry Road, Londonderry. 9.00 am to 5.00 pm
Registration fees for GSA and AIG members:
• Young geoscientist (< 10 years experience): $110
• Unemployed/Underemployed geoscientist: $55
• MSc or PhD student: $55
• Full employment Member geoscientist (> 10 years experience): $220
Register for this workshop here: http://tinyurl.com/zyp99wf
Thursday 19th May 2016
A joint Geological Survey of NSW, AIG NSW Branch and GSA NSW Division Hylogging course
One Day Course - Core Logging with Hylogging
WB Clarke Geoscience Centre, 947-953 Londonderry Road, Londonderry. 9.00 am to 5.00 pm
Registration fees for GSA and AIG members:
• Young geoscientist (< 10 years experience): $88
• Unemployed/Underemployed geoscientist: $55
• MSc or PhD student: $55
• Full employment Member geoscientist (> 10 years experience): $110
Register for this workshop here: http://tinyurl.com/jxgjrws
Queensland
Tuesday 22 March 2016: AK Denmead Memorial Lecture
Adjunct Professor Dan Wood AO
The discovery of the Kencana epithermal gold ore body at Gosowong in Indonesia.
Lessons that Newcrest learned about how to discover deep and blind epithermal ore bodies at Cracow were applied at Gosowong, to discover Kencana. The discovery thus provides
a link back to AK Denmead, who was instrumental in the initial development of gold at Cracow in the 1930's.
Darcy Mitchell Room, Broncos Leagues Club, 92 Fulcher Road, Red Hill. 5.15 pm for 6.00 pm
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
Thursday 21st April, 2016
GSA Annual General Meeting
Details TBA
Tasmania
2016 meeting dates to be advised
For more information: taryn.noble@utas.edu.au
Victoria
Thursday 31st March 2016
Prof Ian Cartwright, Monash University, 2015 GSAV Selwyn medallist
How old is stream water?
Fritz Lowe Theatre, School of Earth Sciences, 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
Friday 1st April 2016
Annual Dinner and 63rd Award Presentation
Gypsy Tapas House, cnr Queen and High Street, Fremantle, 7.00 pm for 7.30 pm
Book seats here.
Wednesday 6th April 2016
Annual General Meeting
Graham Carr, GSA President
Reflections on 35 years of mineral exploration research in Australia. My views on the Top 5 most influential research outputs.
Irish Club of WA (Inc), 61 Townshend Rd, Subiaco, 5.30 pm for 6.00 pm
GSA EVENTS
Membership with the GSA
The Geological Society of Australia is the premier geoscience organisation in Australia. We organise talks, symposia, forums, conferences, workshops and field trips on all facets of the geosciences.
We publish two peer-reviewed scientific journals of interest to members: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences (AJES) and Alcheringa. The GSA is committed to increasing geoscience knowledge and capacity for members; and our journals and scientific events (including workshops) provide an ideal forum for knowledge sharing and deepening connections in the geoscience community.
Want to know more about GSA membership? Contact us! membership@gsa.org.au
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.
Renewing members
2016 Member renewals were mailed late 2015. If you didn't receive your renewal please contact the GSA office.
Membership is based on a calendar year: 1st January - 31st December 2016.
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.
If you contact us, we can assist you with your GSA membership, by email membership@gsa.org.au or phone (02) 9290 2194. GSA Membership is from the 1st January to the 31st December.
Early Careerist or influencer?
Do you want to shape the future of the GSA? If so, this is your opportunity to get involved at a national level as a GSA Governing Councillor. The March TAG will have information about how to become a Governing Councillor. We want enthusiasm, progressive ideas and capacity to be part of the national agenda. Positions open soon. Want to know more information? Contact sue@gsa.org.au or one of the Governing Councillors, details on this page: http://gsa.junctionworld.com/management/index.html
AESC 2016: Early Bird registrations are now available
AESC 2016: Uncover Earth's Past to Discover Our Future with six themes and four symposia, AESC 2016 is the place to extend your scientific education this year, network with colleagues and build on your professional development.
Themes
• Earth's Environment - Past to Present
• Tectonics of the Planet
• Deep Earth Geodynamics
• Mineral Endowment
• Geoscience and Society
• Earth Science for Energy
Symposia
• The 40th Anniversary of Olympic Dam Symposium
• Early-Mid Career Geoscientist Symposium
• Sprigg Symposium: Earth's Evolving Climate
• UNCOVER Symposium: The future of under cover exploration
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
Field Trips and Workshops
Your opportunity to be out, standing in the field or indoors at a workshop during the 2016 AESC.
New post-conference Orogenic Gold Deposits Workshop for the AESC
The organising committee of the 2016 Australian Earth Sciences Convention is pleased to announce an additional workshop for the line-up at the 2016 AESC. Invited Plenary speaker Dr. Richard Goldfarb will present a one day workshop on orogenic gold deposits:
Orogenic Gold Deposits: Geology, Geochemistry, Exploration Criteria, and Global Patterns
Friday 1st July 2016, 1 day.
Venue: To be confirmed.
Cost: Standard registration $200, Student/Unemployed $55
Read more about this workshop here.
If gold is not your priority there is still a lot on offer and there's something for everyone. Find out more about all the field trips and workshops here.
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 invite 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.
National Rock Garden grant
The National Rock Garden Steering Committee is delighted to announce a grant of $30,000 has been received from the Australian Geoscience Council to fund the generation of a design concept for an Education Pavilion at the NRG site. Well-known architects Tonkin Zulaikha Greer have been engaged to design the pavilion.
In other NRG news, a geotechnical study has been planned for the NRG site to map the basement topography. Geophysical staff from Geoscience Australia have agreed to undertake these works which so far involved ground penetrating radar and passive seismic studies.
To read more about the National Rock Garden visit the NRG web site and download the latest NRG newsletter here.
IN THE NEWS
Twelve, eight, now thirteen!
The iconic Twelve Apostles, limestone stacks standing just off-shore of Victoria's southern coast, have been reduced to eight over the years as erosion has taken its toll. However, another five smaller submarine pillars have been recently been found.
http://tinyurl.com/ju427mp
Dinosaurs, lizards and other fossil reptiles in the news
A new horse-sized Tyrannosaurid species reveals it had a brain of similar capacity to its much larger, younger relative T. rex.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/z5psch4
Research abstract: http://tinyurl.com/jfnou4q
Medullary bone, only found in gravid avian females producing egg shells, has been found in a T. rex skeleton indicating the animal was pregnant when she died. The presence of this short-lived, rapidly deposited bony tissue in a non-avian theropod also allows deeper evolutionary questions to be examined.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/gwmy5t4
Research abstract: http://tinyurl.com/jobzupe
A new early Triassic reptile fossil from Brazil provides insights into the transition from primitive Permian reptiles to the archosauriforms that includes birds, dinosaurs, crocodilians, and pterosaurs.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/jy2u42j
Research abstract: http://tinyurl.com/hc7wdaz
A new study reveals the decline in Ichthyosaurs 30 million years prior to the end of the Cretaceous coincides with profound climatic changes, fast-moving continents, intense volcanism, ice-free poles and episodes of anoxia on the sea floor.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/zwb3jqw
Research abstract: http://tinyurl.com/z5n7gcs
Chameleons and geckos fossilised in 99 million year old amber are revealing new insights into the lizard faunas of tropical Mid-Cretaceous.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/zh3h9tg
Research abstract: http://tinyurl.com/zhxh55f
ON THE WEB
More on fossils and evolution
Charred pine twigs 140 million years old are the oldest known fossils of this plant type and suggest pine evolution was shaped in the fiery landscape of the Cretaceous, where oxygen levels were much higher than today, fuelling intense and frequent wildfires.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/hvyoayp
Research abstract: http://tinyurl.com/hqcb263
A newly discovered plastic-eating bacterium can break down PET and is a modern example of evolution in action!
News report: http://tinyurl.com/j7ln84r
Research abstract: http://tinyurl.com/jlw56su
Capturing the Cosmos in Melbourne
All-sky astronomy is a new way of looking at the sky to better understand the Universe. Produced in partnership with the ARC Centre of Excellence for All-Sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO), a new planetarium show - Capturing the Cosmos - highlights current research being carried out by astronomers within Australia. Narrated by award-winning Australian Actor Geoffrey Rush the new show explores CAASTRO's cutting edge research about our place in space and opens to the public March 22, 2016
http://tinyurl.com/ht5mjf2
IN THE MEDIA
Australian Academy of Science Decadal Plan for Earth Sciences: take the survey
The Australian Academy of Science (AASS) develops decadal plans for all the sciences in Australia. The Academy's National Committee of Earth Sciences (NCES) is a committee of the AAS with membership drawn from scientists active in the Earth Sciences. The NCES is responsible for developing the decadal plan for the Earth Sciences. The plan that is developed should help shape the priorities, direction, and emphasis of Earth Sciences in Australia including the education, training, and research that supports it. Community input and feedback is an important part of this process and all interested parties are encouraged to fill in the survey.
The survey is divided into five sections:
• Roles of Earth Sciences
• Training, education and employment
• Research
• Strategies for the next decade
• Personal information
The survey should take around 15 minutes to complete on Desktop/Laptop devices. The responses will be collated and form an integral part of the formulation of the draft plan. Data from this survey will not be individually identified but will be aggregated to inform NCES about community views and concerns. There will also be an opportunity for formal submissions after the release of the draft document.
AAS-NCES web site: http://tinyurl.com/o7ztqxt
Take the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2XV2NKL
Onboard CAPSTAN
The Collaborative Australian Sea Training Alliance Network (CAPSTAN) is a first of its kind sea-based training programme for post-graduate students on-board Australia's principal research vessel, RV Investigator. In 2017-2019, 3 pilot voyages will be run with up to 30 post-graduate students along with research active academics and trainers. Enrolments will open in 2017. Input and advice from industry, government, tourism and academia is currently being sought on how to deliver the most effective training programme via short-answer surveys of industry, government and tourism department stakeholders as well as marine science academics and students. The surveys explore issues around previous experiences, current perceptions and expected outcomes of on-board graduate training and marine science generally. The closing date for the surveys is 1 April, 2016.
Take the appropriate survey by following the links here:http://tinyurl.com/zfuqdat
Mars: The field trip continued ...
Curiosity curious about nodules
At this location a knobbly textured sandstone of the Stimson geological unit is exposed. The nodule in this image is about two centimetres across. More details about this outcrop area can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/zrq5gnq
Image location: http://tinyurl.com/hgtadvp
Image courtesy of: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS .
NASA has selected 28 researchers as participating scientists for the Curiosity Mars rover mission.
http://tinyurl.com/hzoupl6
The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter is on its way!
http://tinyurl.com/jmbns5y
More news from the solar system ...
Snow on Pluto?
http://tinyurl.com/gok8esv
Mercury's primordial carbon-rich crust
http://tinyurl.com/hsxgxyf
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!
Note: The publication of AJES 62/8 was delayed but is now available on-line. The print copies should arrive in the next week or so.
Volume 63 No.1
M. Rajabi, M. Tingay and O. Heidbach
The present-day stress field of New South Wales, Australia.
R. A. Duncan, P. G. Quilty, J. Barling and J. M. Fox
Geologic development of Heard Island, Central Kerguelen Plateau.
I. McDougall
Remarkable Cave, Tasmania.
S. Dunstan, G. Rosenbaum and A. Babaahmadi
Structure and kinematics of the Louth-Eumarra Shear Zone (north-central New South Wales, Australia) and implications for the Paleozoic plate tectonic evolution of eastern Australia.
A. Glikson, A. Hickman and R. Crossley
Evidence for a shock-metamorphic breccia and a buried impact crater, Lake Raeside, Yilgarn Craton WA.
L. Zhao and I. Graham
Origin of the alkali tonsteins from southwest China: Implications for alkaline magmatism from the Emeishan Large Igneous Province.
A. Mann, P. De Caritat and G. Sylvester
Degree of Geochemical Similarity (DOGS): a simple statistical method to quantify and map affinity between samples from multi-element geochemical data sets.
J. L. Awange, B. Palancz, R. Lewis, T. Lovas, B. Heck and Y. Fukuda
An Algebraic solution of maximum likelihood function in case of Gaussian mixture distribution.
Follow this link to see the most recent papers published on-line.
Coming up in TAG
The March issue of TAG is in the post
The March issue of TAG has been mailed and should be in your mailbox soon.
We are preparing for the June issue, do you have an article or news item for the geological community? If so, make sure you meet the June issue deadline of 18 April. 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.
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:
Call for Papers - Abstract deadline March 31 2016
Palaeo Down Under 2:
Adelaide 11-15 July 2016
Early Bird registration - closes April 15 2016
AESC 2016: Uncover Earth's Past to Discover Our Future
26-30 June 2016, Adelaide
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:
Haddon Forrester King Medal Lecture Series, Canberra, 21 March 2016
Unobtanium? The Future of Mining in the 21st Century
Haddon Forrester King Medal Lecture Series, Melbourne, 22 March 2016
Society of Economic Geologists International Exchange Lecturer
Iron oxide-copper-gold and Kiruna-type Magnetite-apatite deposits
Meet Geoscience Australia's 2016 Graduates, Canberra, 23 March 2016
EGRU seminar, Townsville, 24 March 2016
Iron oxide-copper-gold and kiruna type magnetite-apatite deposits
Haddon Forrester King Medal Lecture Series, Townsville, 24 March 2016
Unobtanium? The Future of Mining in the 21st Century
EGRU seminar, Townsville, 1 April 2016
Micro-analysis on cassiterite
2016 Australian Groundwater School, Adelaide, 4 – 4 April 2016
Introduction to Groundwater: Principles and Practices, Melbourne, 12 – 14 April 2016
Haddon Forrester King Medal Lecture Series, Perth, 15 April 2016
Society of Economic Geologists International Exchange Lecturer
Geology of the Central African Copperbelt
Haddon Forrester King Medal Lecture Series, Adelaide, 18 April 2016
Society of Economic Geologists International Exchange Lecturer
Unobtanium? The Future of Mining in the 21st Century
Integrated Spatial Analysis and Remote Sensing of Exploration Targets, Townsville, 18 – 29 April 2016
EGRU Short Course for Professional Development
Haddon Forrester King Medal Lecture Series, Hobart, 26 April 2016
Society of Economic Geologists International Exchange Lecturer
Unobtanium? The Future of Mining in the 21st Century
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
CONTACTS
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141 Peats Ferry Road
Hornsby NSW 2077
ph 02-9290 2194
fax 02-9290 2198
www.gsa.org.au
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