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geoz 131 July 2016
NEWSBREAKERS
New AusGIN portal launched
The new Australian Geoscience Information Network (AusGIN) website has been launched by the Australian State, Territory and Commonwealth geological surveys. The completely revamped Geoscience Portal is now a state-of-the-art online mapping application that brings together geoscience spatial data from all Australian government jurisdictions. Featured datasets include boreholes, mineral occurrences, and mineral tenements from all States and the Northern Territory, and national geophysical datasets including new onshore seismic and rock properties data.
AusGIN: http://www.geoscience.gov.au/
Link to the portal: http://tinyurl.com/z2d96fk
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 14th July 2016
Simone Meakin, Geological Survey of New South Wales
Reaching new audiences - the evolving role of geological surveys and
Trudi Semeniuk, University of Sydney
Using the Geoheritage Tool-kit to identify, assess and prioritise sites of geoheritage significance in New South Wales
Barbarian Room, The Rugby Club, Rugby Place (off 31 Pitt Street), Sydney. 5.30
Queensland
Saturday 23rd July 2016
Saturday Field Trip - visit to Mount Walker Quarry
Contact Tony Webster for more information: a.webster2@uq.edu.au
Wednesday 27th July 2016
Professor Joan Esterle (2016 recipient of the Dorothy Hill Medal)
Joan will be talking on aspects of her research into Queensland's coal basins.
Medal Presentations:
The 2016 Dorothy Hill Medal is awarded to Professor Joan Esterle (Chair of the Vale-UQ Coal Geoscience Program)
The 2016 Neville Stevens Medal is awarded to Mr John Siemon
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 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
Victoria
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
Thursday 25th August 2016
Student Night - speakers to be announced
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
GSA EVENTS
AESC 2016
The AESC organising committee and the Geological Society of Australia thanks all delegates, speakers, partners and exhibitors for their participation in another successful AESC. We hope you found the conference stimulating and enjoyable.
Download the AESC 2016 Abstracts here.
Did you enjoy AESC 2016 and now want to stay informed about other GSA events and activities? It's easy: become a member or like our facebook page
Coal Quality Workshop - Friday 15th July 2016
The Coalfield Geology Council of New South Wales and the Geological Society of Australia are pleased to offer a practical coal workshop. This one day workshop looks at both theoretical and practical methods to determine coal quality.
For more information and for booking a place click here.
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
Bay of Plenty earthquake swarm explained
New Zealand's Bay of Plenty area experienced seven years of increased seismic activity between 2004 and 2011. Research has revealed magma has been recharging at 9 kilometres depth, raising the landscape by around 40 centimetres and causing numerous minor earthquakes in the process.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/j8q4xgq
Research abstract: http://tinyurl.com/jh4k5zw
Helium resource identified in the East African Rift
The global reserves of Helium gas are not large but a new resource has recently been identified in the East African Rift Valley. This resource, and possibly others like it, have averted a Helium shortage in the short term at least.
http://tinyurl.com/h4xld3p
ON THE WEB
Canadian subduction zone under new watch
An improved network of seismic monitors are set to monitor the Cascadia subduction zone off British Columbia to provide crucial seconds of warning on earthquake events and resultant tsunami. The Canadians are convinced this new system will be even better than a similar system currently serving the west-coast communities of the United States.
http://tinyurl.com/zxf5cyw
Penguins in the firing line
The world's largest Chinstrap penguin colony located on Zavodovski Island, the northernmost island of the South Sandwich archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, may have been seriously harmed by recent eruptions of Mount Curry, the island's central stratovolcano. Until detailed investigations are undertaken the fate of the colony remains unknown.
http://tinyurl.com/jeybpyc
IN THE MEDIA
Travel grants for young Australian and NZ geoscientists
The Geological Society of Australia, the Australian Geoscience Council and the Australian Academy of Science's National Committee for Earth Sciences are pleased to announce the establishment of two travel funds that provide support to young Australian and New Zealand geoscientists to attend conferences and undertake fieldwork.
The 34th IGC Fund Travel Grant Scheme is open year-round to support young geoscientists undertake international travel for fieldwork or conference attendance. The grants are awarded by the Academy's Earth Sciences committee in partnership with the Australian Geoscience Council.
The new 25th IGC Fund is open in International Geological Congress years to practicing geoscientists who have been chosen to present at the IGC and is awarded by the Geological Society of Australia in partnership with the Academy's Earth Sciences committee. Congratulations to the eight young researchers who have been awarded a travel grant to support their attendance and give presentations at this year's IGC in Cape Town:
• James Austin, CSIRO
• Milo Barham, Curtin University
• Morgan Blades, University of Adelaide
• Rhodri Davies, Australian National University
• Tara Djokic, University of New South Wales
• Brendan Hanger, Australian National University
• Stephen Harris, University of New South Wales
• Huaiyu Yuan, Macquarie University
For more information follow these links:
The Australian Academy of Science's National Committee for Earth Sciences: http://tinyurl.com/o7ztqxt
The 34th International Geological Congress Travel Grant Scheme for Early-Career Australian and New Zealand Geoscientists: http://tinyurl.com/gnghz5k
The 25th International Geological Congress Fund: http://tinyurl.com/j472ffv
Geotourism gets a boost at the AESC
Geotourism received a boost recently with a cooperation agreement signed between the Geological Society of Australia and the Geological Society of China at the Australian Earth Science Convention in Adelaide.
Contact the chair of the Geotourism Standing Committee, Angus Robinson, for more details: angus@leisuresolutions.com.au
Memorandum of Cooperation: Click here to read the memorandum in full.
...and speaking of geotourism:
The Geological Society of Australia has been providing advice to UNESCO about the potential for registering the Warrumbungle region as a Geopark. The Warrumbungle National Park is well known for it spectacular volcanic landforms, zeolite minerals and biodiversity. Declaring the area a UNESCO Global Geopark would put the region's geological heritage on the world map and contribute to the growth in geotourism across the country.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/hfdcvxr
Mars: The field trip continued ...
A nicely balanced rock and a safe-mode shut down
Curiosity snapped this shot of an area known as Murray Buttes, complete with what looks like a balancing rock, before it went into a safe-mode shutdown on Sol 1389. Preliminary information indicates an unexpected mismatch between camera software and data-processing software in the main computer. Reports indicate Curiosity is OK.
http://tinyurl.com/zowgdwc
Image courtesy of NASA
Happy soliday
http://tinyurl.com/gol83lm
Martian manganese oxides. What do they mean?
http://tinyurl.com/zwm3q4a
Tridymite on Mars
http://tinyurl.com/huqwqlr
More news from the solar system ...
Juno in orbit!
http://tinyurl.com/zpewfxb
... and so is Lego. Awesome.
http://tinyurl.com/zdrrah3
New Horizons, Dawn and seven other missions extended
http://tinyurl.com/zwpxj9c
Large radio-telescope getting closer
http://tinyurl.com/j5jvrew
Rosetta crashes Friday September 30
http://tinyurl.com/z82u28f
A sub-surface ocean on Pluto?
http://tinyurl.com/hfl3o7s
Martian crater named for Nepal village
http://tinyurl.com/hknuou3
Mercury's magnetic anomalies explained
http://tinyurl.com/gvs585m
... and elsewhere ...
Water clouds on a brown dwarf?
http://tinyurl.com/zo2mhn9
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!
AJES Vol 63 No.3
J. W. Counts, F. Rarity, R. B. Ainsworth, K. J. Amos, T. Lane, S. Morón, J. Trainor, C. Valenti, and R. Nanson
Sedimentological interpretation of an Ediacaran delta: Bonney Sandstone, South Australia.
K. R. Regmi, R. F. Weinberg, I. A. Nicholls, R. Maas, and M. Raveggi
Evidence for hybridisation in the Tynong Province granitoids, Lachlan Fold Belt, eastern Australia.
M. W. Dawson
Cisuralian coals of the Mullaley Sub-basin, northern New South Wales.
D. Kulikowski, K. Amrouch, and D. Cooke
Geomechanical modelling of fault reactivation in the Cooper Basin, Australia.
S. C. Boone, C. Seiler, A. J. Reid, B. Kohn and A. Gleadow
A Upper Cretaceous paleo-aquifer system in the Eromanga Basin of the central Gawler Craton, South Australia: Evidence from apatite fission track thermochronology.
S. J. Gale
The mined-out phosphate lands of Nauru, equatorial western Pacific.
T. Hu, X. Pang, X. Wang, H. Pang, Y. Liu, Y. Wang, L. Tang, L. Chen, Z. Pan, J. Xu and Y. Pang
Tight oil play characterisation: the lower-middle Permian Lucaogou Formation in the Jimusar Sag, Junggar Basin, Northwest 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 September deadline for TAG is 22 July! Late submissions will be held over for the December issue. 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
Call for Papers - Abstract submission opens 1 September 2016, closes 31 January 2017
Future Understanding of Tectonics, Ores, Resources, Environment and Sustainability:
Townsville 4 - 7 June 2017
FUTORES II
http://tinyurl.com/zl5zqrw
EVENTS:
GSA Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, Adelaide, 11 – 15 July 2016
Palaeo Down Under 2
Coal Quality Workshop, Tocal, NSW, 15 July 2016
For more information and bookings click here.
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
AIG & GSA Technical Seminar Series, Brisbane, 18 August 2016
Geology and Exploration in North-east Queensland
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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Hornsby NSW 2077
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fax 02-9290 2198
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