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geoz 130 June 2016
NEWSBREAKERS
Mantle convection a hot topic
Analysis of over 2,000 seismic reflection measurements has allowed the collation of the first global database of mantle convection. The data has provided new insights into mantle convection with researchers concluding mantle convection is occurring far more frequently than previously thought which in turn has implications for the formation of basins and exploration targets.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/jmkvxfz
Research abstract: http://tinyurl.com/gld857t
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
Thursday 9th June, 2016.
Dr David Och, Principal Engineering Geologist, Geotechnical Lead, Sydney Metro City & Southwest PBAJV, WSP Parsons Brinkerhoff.
Sydney Metro City & Southwest - exposing more geological unknowns
Download the flyer here.
Barbarian Room, The Rugby Club, Rugby Place (off 31 Pitt Street), Sydney. 5.30
Thursday 14th July 2016
Simone Meakin, Geological Survey of New South Wales
Reaching new audiences - the evolving role of geological surveys
Barbarian Room, The Rugby Club, Rugby Place (off 31 Pitt Street), Sydney. 5.30
Student Scholarships to Attend the Australian Earth Sciences Convention
Ten scholarships, each of $500, will be provided to students to help attend the AESC this June.
Requirements for Successful Application:
• The applicant must be currently enrolled as a student at any university
(or other educational institution) in NSW.
• Preference will be given to applicants presenting either a poster or oral presentation (or both)
at the convention. However, students who are not presenting may also apply but must be
currently enrolled in an earth science degree.
• If the applicant is already receiving financial assistance from a university or employer
they won't be able to apply for the scholarship.
• The applicant should be a member of the GSA. Student membership of the GSA is very cheap
and an application can be made along with the scholarship application.
How to apply:
Please email the following details to Carmen Braz at cbra4985@uni.sydney.edu.au:
• Name
• Institution
• Supervisors (or relevant contact)
• Title and abstract of talk (if not presenting, please provide a description of less than 200 words
of why you'd like to attend and why you should receive the scholarship)
• Contact details
The successful recipients will be asked to write a short article on their experience at the AESC 2016 for publication in TAG and the NSW division newsletter.
Queensland
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 July, 2016
GeoNight at the Pub: Discussion panel
How can we improve the AESC experience
Details TBA
Thursday 4th August, 2016 Year: Ralph Tate Memorial Lecture
INCORRECTLY advertised for June previously.
Vic Gostin
Joint meeting with the Field Geology Club of South Australia
Mawson Theatre, University of Adelaide. 7.00 pm
Thursday 15th September 2016
Annual Dinner
Award of Webb & Howchin Medals
More details to come once finalised.
Tasmania
2016 meeting dates to be advised
For more information: taryn.noble@utas.edu.au
Friday 17th June 2016
HyLogging Workshop
An exclusive 1-day workshop covering the principles and applications of hyperspectral core logging.
Proceeds from this workshop will go towards the establishment of the GSA Tasmania Student Travel Grant.
For more information contact Sean.Johnson@utas.edu.au
Victoria
Thursday 23rd June 2016: Howitt Lecture
Erin Matchan
Ar-Ar dating of volcanoes and Indigenous oral history
Royal Society lecture theatre, upstairs at 8 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, 7.00 pm - 8.00 pm
Thursday 28th July 2016
Dr Matthias Raab
CO2CRC Otway Project
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 15th July 2016
Professor Paul Hoffman, Harvard University, Cambridge MA USA
Snowball Earth Short Course - FREE
Download the flyer here.
Curtin University Bankwest Lecture Theatre, Building 200A room 220, 9.30 am to 3.30 pm
Wednesday 6th July 2016
Quentin Masurel, University of Western Australia
The geology of the Sadiola gold camp (Mali, West Africa) and implications for the tectono-magmatic
evolution of the Kédougou-Kénieba inlier
Irish Club of WA (Inc), 61 Townshend Rd, Subiaco, 5.30 pm for 6.00 pm
GSA EVENTS
AESC 2016: Register on or before 10 June to avoid the late fees!
AESC 2016: Uncover Earth's Past to Discover Our Future
AESC 2016 is the place to extend your scientific education this year, network with colleagues and build on your professional development. You can explore the program in full or sample selected symposia and program elements.
Download the convention program here.
Themes
• Earth's Environment - Past to Present
• Tectonics of the Planet
• Deep Earth Geodynamics
• Mineral Endowment
Click here for a snapshot.
• Geoscience and Society
• Earth Science for Energy
Symposia
• The 40th Anniversary of Olympic Dam Symposium
Download the draft program here.
• AUSCOPE Symposium
Download the draft program here.
• Early-Mid Career Geoscientist Symposium
Download the draft program here.
• Sprigg Symposium: Earth's Evolving Climate
Download the draft program here.
• UNCOVER Symposium: The future of under cover exploration
Download the draft program here.
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
Standard registration opened: 23 April 2016
Remember: Late registration fees apply 2 weeks out from the convention
Nuclear Energy Public Forum
Join us at the AESC 2016 Public Forum
• Monday, Monday 27th June 2016
• Time: 7.00pm
• Venue: Adelaide Convention Centre
• More details: http://aesc2016.gsa.org.au/public-forum/
• Chair: Michelle Cooper (GSA Governing Council and Executive Committee)
• Moderator: Dr Paul Willis (Director, RiAus)
• Panel:
Dr Vanessa Guthrie (MD/CEO Toro Energy),
Dr Tony Irwin (Technical Director, SMR Nuclear Technology),
Professor Ian Lowe (Griffith University)
Professor Barry Brook (University of Tasmania) and
Greg Ward (Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission).
Pose a question: Want a question raised at the forum? Submit it here by COB Monday 23rd June for your chance to be part of the action.
Download the Public Forum flyer here.
UNCOVER Symposium: The future of under cover exploration
Australia's economy is supported through exploitation of natural resource wealth. Discovery of new deposits has not kept pace with depletion of these resources, the end result of depletion of easily discovered near-surface deposits.
UNCOVER is an industry-academia-government cooperation intended to drive a step change in mineral exploration discovery rates at greater depth and under cover. This vision requires the coming together of groups on a scale never before attempted. This symposium will showcase some of the early work focused on undercover exploration. Download the draft program here.
Post-conference UNCOVER workshop:
UNCOVER Isotope Geology: A window into crustal evolution, fertility and the geodynamics of Earth
This workshop is focused on exploring the strengths and limitations of modern isotope geology for characterising the Australian crust and its mineral systems.
http://tinyurl.com/hk2ke5l
Field trips
Terroir of the Adelaide Hills Wine region
This trip will travel to four wineries in the Adelaide Hills Wine Region to study aspects of the terroir of the various vineyards. We will be talking to the wine makers at each location to discuss the important contributors to terroir: geology, regolith, soil, altitude and microclimate, sun aspect, vine selection, trellising and pruning practices, picking parameters (baumé, acidity), picking technique and oenological practices.
The purpose of the tour is:
To critically examine and discuss the terroir of several Adelaide Hills vineyards
To appreciate some of the variations of terroir within a single wine region
To taste and appreciate the fine wines produced at each location
If desired, to purchase some fine wines.
Date: Sunday 26th June 2016
Read 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
Post-conference fieldtrip to Lake Eyre Basin, 16-23 July 2016!
This desert camping-style excursion will focus exclusively on Cenozoic rocks and fossils in the arid Lake Eyre Basin.
http://tinyurl.com/jnod8zq
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.
IN THE NEWS
Iron fit for a King
XRF analysis of Tutankhamun's dagger suggests the ornate iron weapon was forged from meteoritic iron. The dagger, complete with gold handle and sheath, was discovered by British archaeologist Howard Carter in 1925 alongside the mummy of King Tutankhamun.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/j2mbz2p
Research abstract: http://tinyurl.com/gllc7mw
Free for all?
The European Union's Competitiveness Council has announced that by 2020 all publicly funded scientific papers published in Europe should be free to access. This new policy means the results of research supported by public and public-private funds should be freely available to and reusable by anyone and it will challenge how subscription-based journals operate beyond that date. However, at this point the policy is yet to become law and is certain to be a conversation starter at many conferences.
http://tinyurl.com/gkwmco5
ON THE WEB
Mt Ruapehu heats up
Mount Ruapehu, one of the most active volcanoes in New Zealand, has a large crater lake. In April the temperature of the crater lake increased from 20oC to 45oC. Apart from the threat posed by erupting ejecta, the snow covered peak is also prone to generating lahars as the hot lake water is expelled by the eruption. New Zealand has raised the volcanic alert to level 2, indicating moderate to heightened volcanic unrest. This false-colour image depicts vegetation as red, the crater lake as light blue, and rock as brown. The smaller inset thermal infrared image shows warmer areas in yellow and cooler temperatures in purple. Satellite image courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory.
http://tinyurl.com/zq5uchn
Chicxulub set to reveal its secrets
Drilling the Chicxulub impact structure off-shore of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula has been hailed as a major success. Core recovery has been close to 100%. The refrigerated cores, still in their casing, will first be CT scanned in the USA to get undisturbed images of their interior structure. Later in Bremen, Germany, the science team will analyse the cores in detail. The science team has members from the USA, Mexico, Japan, Australia, Canada, China, the UK and five other European countries. The cores will be archived in Texas and made available for future sampling and research.
http://tinyurl.com/h8y65p5
IN THE MEDIA
Another weird one from Riversleigh
The Riversleigh fossil deposit continues to surprise and amaze. A previously unknown family of carnivorous Australian marsupials has emerged from the middle Miocene deposit that has a dentition apparently best suited to crack and crush strong snail shells.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/glnhbnk
Research abstract: http://tinyurl.com/jqmk8dn
From ash to cash?
Researchers in the USA analysing ash from Appalachian coal-fired power-plant operations have identified some coal ash as a valuable source of rare earth elements. Containing up to 591 milligrams of rare earths per kilogram of ash there could literally be billions of dollars' worth of rare earth elements in the ash just waiting for someone to take advantage of it.
http://tinyurl.com/jc6yqmd
Mars: The field trip continued ...
Another nice vein
Drilling of the bedrock target known as Oudam is set to start and close examination of the veins will also be undertaken now that the outcrop has been brushed clean. The drill sample will undergo mineralogical analysis and the tailings will be documented with a multispectral set of images.
http://tinyurl.com/gmkdran
Image courtesy of NASA
More news from the solar system ...
Recent geological activity on Pluto explained
http://tinyurl.com/jfjctu7
Where did the Moon's water come from?
http://tinyurl.com/jx48dxn
Looking beneath Jupiter's red spot
http://tinyurl.com/h5t3274
Is Planet Nine and exoplanet?
http://tinyurl.com/zphh5rm
... and elsewhere ...
Hubble constant in a muddle
http://tinyurl.com/zslyuq7
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.2
Review: T. P. Mernagh, E. N. Bastrakov, S. Jaireth, P. de Caritat, P. M. English, and J. D. A. Clarke
Australian salt lakes and associated mineral systems.
N. Kharazizadeh, W.P. Schellart, J.C. Duarte and M. Hall
The variation of crustal stretching and different modes of rifting along the Australian southern continental margin.
E. L. Matchan, E. B. Joyce, and D. Phillips
A new 40Ar/39Ar eruption age for the Mount Widderin volcano, Newer Volcanic Province, Australia, with implications for eruption frequency in the region.
J. D. Clemens and M. A. Elburg
Possible spatial variability in the Selwyn Block of central Victoria: evidence from Late Devonian felsic igneous rocks.
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.
L. Zhou, X. Pang, L. Wu, L. Kuang, F. Jiang, H. Pang, J. Peng and R. Yu
Critical conditions for tight oil charging and delineation of effective oil source rocks in Lucaogou Formation, Jimusar Sag, Junggar Basin, northwest China.
F-L. Li and W-S. Li
Controlling factors for dawsonite diagenesis: A case study of the Binnan Region in Dongying Sag, Bohai Bay Basin, China.
Follow this link to see the most recent papers published on-line.
Coming up in TAG
Have you got editorial for the September issue of TAG?
The June issue is in the mail and that means we missed including your article. You can always send your news item early and we will include in the September issue of TAG. The September deadline is 22 July. 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:
Field Trip booking is now open - Early bird rate closes 17 June 2016
35th International Geological Congress:
Cape Town South Africa, 24 August – 4 September 2016
From 18 June to 17 July 2016 a late booking fee will apply.
http://tinyurl.com/zvhqck7
Early bird registration closes August 19 2016
Volcanic processes, products, successions and resources short course 2016:
Merimbula 4 - 10 December 2016
For more information contact Professor Ray Cas
Call for Papers - Abstract deadline November 01 2016
Target 2017:
Perth 19 - 21 April 2017
Innovating now for our future
http://tinyurl.com/j3cpudt
EVENTS:
Science First: Building the Digital Science capability, Canberra, 8 June 2016
Workshop on Australia's Ni-Cu-PGE mineral potential - new data, new targets, Perth, 10 June 2016
HyLogger workshop, Hobart, 17 June 2016
For more information contact Sean.Johnson@utas.edu.au.
Download flyer here.
AESC 2016, Adelaide, 26 – 30 June 2016
Uncover Earth's Past to Discover Our Future
http://www.aesc2016.gsa.org.au.
UNCOVER Isotope Geology, Adelaide, 1 July 2016
A window into crustal evolution, fertility and the geodynamics of Earth
Move2016 Software Training, Melbourne, 5 – 15 July 2016
GSA Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, Adelaide, 11 – 15 July 2016
Palaeo Down Under 2
Snowball Earth Short Course - FREE, Perth, 15 July 2016
Download the flyer here.
Introduction to Groundwater: Principles and Practices, Brisbane, 27 – 29 July 2016
Brownfields Exploration: Deep and Meaningful, Kalgoorlie, 30 – 31 July 2016
35th International Geological Congress, Cape Town South Africa, 24 August – 4 September 2016
5th International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterisation, Gold Coast, 5 – 9 September 2016
13th International Nickel-Copper-PGE Symposium, Perth, 5 – 9 September 2016
Soil and Groundwater Pollution and Remediation Workshop, Melbourne, 13 – 16 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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