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geoz 135 September 2016
NEWSBREAKERS
Australian Earth Science Olympiad students bring home the medals
Four students chosen to represent Australia at the 10th International Earth Science Olympiads in Japan were all smiles recently with three bronze medals and one silver medal to show for their efforts. Up against teams from 26 other countries the students completed two theory exams and five practical exams across a range of geoscience and astronomy topics to achieve their individual medals. From left to right: Winnie Yuan - Bronze, Daniel Ho - Bronze, Jeff Brown - Bronze and Catriona Illingworth - Silver.
In addition to their individual achievements Winnie was a member of the international team awarded a Silver certificate for their International Field Team Investigation oral presentation and Jeff was a member of the international team awarded a Bronze certificate for their Earth Science Poster. Jeff was also voted the Most Popular Participant by his student peers! The GSA congratulates all four students on their outstanding achievements. Photograph courtesy of Greg McNamara.
Read more about the team here: http://tinyurl.com/jqe92w5
TEPO wins a Eureka Prize!
The 2016 UNSW Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research has been awarded to the Trace Elements in Past Oceans (TEPO) project. TEPO is a multidisciplinary research collaboration utilising analytical chemistry, geology, palaeontology, evolutionary biology and toxicology. The project is contributing to a step change in understanding the connections between plate tectonics, past ocean chemistry and the evolution and extinction of life on Earth.
Watch the TEPO video: http://tinyurl.com/hqfgf99
Here is a list of all the Eureka Prize winners: http://tinyurl.com/gpexv8d
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
Tuesday 20th September 2016
Antony Burnham
Diamonds
Jaeger Lecture Theatre, Jaeger Building (Building 61), ANU. 5.00 pm for 5.30 pm
New South Wales
Thursday 8th September 2016
Dr Craig O'Neill, Macquarie University
A decade of transition: the future trends in geoscience
Barbarian Room, The Rugby Club, Rugby Place (off 31 Pitt Street), Sydney 5.30 pm
Geological Trivia. Free Entry.
Hunter Earth Sciences Discussion Group (HEDG)
Tuesday 11th October 2016
Earth Science Week event
Dr Ian Percival and Trudi Semeniuk
Geological Heritage in NSW 1979-2016: what was there, what is still there, why it matters, and how we promote it
Newcastle Museum, 6 pm for 6.30 pm.
Tuesday 22nd November 2016
New research presentations, University of Newcastle
Details TBA
Queensland
Tuesday 27th September 2016
Dr Ian Wilson, Adjunct Professor, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, University of Queensland
Use and abuse of geology in environmental work.
Transcontinental Hotel, 482 George St, Brisbane. 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 22nd September 2016
Annual Dinner
Award of Webb & Howchin Medals
Guest Speaker Richard Hillis
Hiking the Heysen
Hyde Park Tavern, King William Road, Hyde Park.
Ticket price will be $50 per person for a three course meal. Drinks not included.
Contact Secretary Morgan Blades for more information.
Thursday, 20th October 2016
Student Careers Night Joint Meeting with the Adelaide University Geological Society.
Graduate speakers will discuss career options and personal journeys in geoscience.
More details TBA
Thursday, 1st December 2016
The Geological Survey of South Australia Discovery Day.
Discover New Data, New Technology, New Insights.
A pre-conference meeting held prior to the South Australian Exploration and Mining Conference.
More details available here closer to the time: http://tinyurl.com/j6r63ou
The South Australian Exploration and Mining Conference:
Adelaide, 2 December 2016
Early bird registration closes October 1 2016
Price is $160pp - the same price as last year!
The conference will feature 20 presentations from new and emerging players, exploration projects, feasibility studies as well as mining developments and operations. The draft program will be available soon. You can be assured of the usual high quality presentations and outstanding networking sessions, including the post-event drinks and end of year celebration of SA's dynamic, close knit resources industry.
http://tinyurl.com/zgxplnc
Tasmania
Thursday 8th September 2016
Dr Dave Gray, University of Tasmania
Musing of North Coast Tasmanian structural geology - a 40 year perspective
School of Earth Sciences, Lecture Theatre, University of Tasmania, 5.30 pm for 6.00 pm
7th - 9th December 2016
AusIMM and GSA: The Tasmanian Geoscience Forum
The Geological Society of Australia - Tasmania Branch are arranging optional, field trips for Friday 9th December.
Download the flyer here.
Victoria
Thursday 29th September 2016
Selwyn Symposium
Supercontinent Assembly through Breakup: An Eastern Gondwana Perspective
The Selwyn Memorial Evening Lecture will be presented by Dr Hamish Campbell
Read more here: http://www.gsavic.org/selwyn-symp-2016.html
Fritz Lowe Theatre, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, 8.30 am to 10.00 pm
Thursday 27th October 2016
Associate Professor John Paterson, UNE
The Emu Bay Shale Konservat-Lagerstätte: a view of Cambrian life from East Gondwana
Fritz Lowe Theatre, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, 5.30 pm for 6.15 pm
November 2016, date TBA
Social Night that will include a tour of the Monash University earth sciences garden of 500 rock specimens followed by a Chinese feast in Springvale
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
Wednesday 7th September 2016
Dr Nicholas H. Jansen
Harnessing your inner spectral geologist
Irish Club of WA (Inc), 61 Townshend Rd, Subiaco, 5.30 pm for 6.00 pm
GSA WA Division Bursaries for field trips, conferences or lab work. 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 close September 30, 2016. Download the application form here.
GSA EVENTS
Discover Volcanism - Hawaii field trip: 11-19 February 2017.
See amazing volcanism first-hand and explore the active volcanoes of Hawaii for a week with a group of like-minded geoscience enthusiasts. The eight day Discover Volcanism trip is based in Hilo, Hawaii and takes the group through the basics of Plate Tectonics, hot-spot volcanism, volcano life cycles, volcanic products and more. Collect data, samples and learn how to develop scientific field notes and map in the field and in a lava cave. Participants also visit an active volcano observatory, a tea farm and winery, historical parks and learn about local traditions and culture that has developed through living with the hazards of volcanic activity. Also examine examples of engineering solutions to some unusual hazard problems in Hawaii. There is even time to walk on a black and green sand beach, swim in volcanically heated hot pools and snorkel on a coral reef with turtles and dolphins (if they appear).
The trip caters for a small number of people so that personalised learning experiences can happen for all the participants. The trip is also not overly expensive, with all the land transport, accommodation, breakfasts, some dinners, park entry fees covered. All you need to do is get to and from Hilo, Hawaii and make your field lunches and you're almost set.
Cost: US$1575 per person (not including airfares to/from Hilo, HI Twin share)
Members of the Geological Society of Australia receive a US$75 discount
For more information you can visit http://geoetc.com/hawaiifeb17/ or email Gary Lewis on gary@geoetc.com for more details.
New AAP Memoir
Memoir 49 is now available.
Cambro-Ordovician Studies VI
J.R Laurie, I.G. Percival, J.B. Jago, J.R, Paterson and G.A. Brock.
Download the order form here.
IN THE NEWS
Aftershocks continue in Italy
Not all the aftershocks in Italy are seismic. It is now known that the Magnitude 6.2 earthquake that recently devastated the region around the Italian village of Amatrice was not preceded by any frequent, low-magnitude, tremors in the surrounding area. No seismic activity was recorded before the main event. This is in stark contrast to the 2009 earthquake in nearby L'Aquila, which was preceded by numerous tremors and infamously resulted in the manslaughter trial of scientists and a public official for failing to warn the public of an imminent major earthquake. Observers are shocked by the amount of damage in the Amatrice area while the earthquake and seismic aftershocks have rekindled painful memories for the survivors of the L'Aquila event.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/h2j3aj5
Earthquake and aftershock location map: http://tinyurl.com/zg8q9ff
Details of the Magnitude 6.2 event: http://tinyurl.com/j8cbmob
Tall Poppy in the field of geoscience
The GSA congratulates Dr Tom Raimondo - GSA member at the University of South Australia - who was recently awarded one of nine South Australian Tall Poppy Awards. His research examines the eroded remains of the MacDonnell Ranges and its implications for the formation of mountain belts.
http://tinyurl.com/hp7x29f
ON THE WEB
Digging deep in South Australia
The South Australian Geophysical Reference Model, a 3D model showing underground landscapes to a depth of 100km for all of South Australia, is now publicly available. The model allows users to access the state's vast resource data sets of geological landscapes which will in turn enable better corporate exploration programs.
http://tinyurl.com/j8vrqfd
A gold-mine of gravity data now accessible
Geoscience Australia has released a new nation-wide gravity data set, the result of over 400,000 gravity observations made in the last seven years by national and state agencies. In formulating the data acquisition program a gap analysis was conducted which highlighted areas with low coverage and low quality data. Targeting gaps for data acquisition under the Exploring for the Future programme has resulted in the new release being better able to assist future corporate exploration programs.
http://tinyurl.com/z83euld
IN THE MEDIA
New minerals from Siberia
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been synthetically produced for some time and their open framework structures can soak up gases such as hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Until recently these materials were not known to have natural equivalents. However, the minerals stepanovite and zhemchuzhnikovite found in Siberia over 50 years ago have recently had their structures completely analysed. This has revealed that they are effectively natural MOFs.
News report: http://tinyurl.com/zq3sd4n
Research abstract: http://tinyurl.com/howgk4q
Ancient mounds record climate history
Mound Spring core samples from north Kimberley sites may provide rock art scientists with a timeline of the region's climate history to help figure out why there was a sudden change in cave painting styles. The cores record around 15,000 years of local climate history and shows vegetation changes indicated by fossilised pollens with data from the core suggesting several changes in monsoon activity that are in turn reflected in rock art style changes.
http://tinyurl.com/zacxxel
Visit Antarctica - you know you want to!
Join Dr Paul Willis, director of The Royal Institution of Australia, on an exclusive 12-day Weddell Sea & Antarctic Explorer expedition.
Departing 7 February 2017 aboard the ice-strengthened expedition ship, Polar Pioneer, this incredible expedition will take in the highlights of both sides of the Antarctic Peninsula, attempting landings at the fossil-rich islands in the Weddell Sea.
You'll land amidst bustling penguin colonies, cruise past giant glaciers and tabular icebergs, visit spectacular fossil-rich landscapes, and enjoy some of the world's best whale watching experiences.
As resident palaeontologist and passionate Antarctic fan, Paul will be on hand to share his knowledge and provide a series of special talks about Antarctica's past and present, as well as the prospects of its future due to Climate Change.
Places are limited to just 54 passengers, so enquire now so you don't miss out on this incredible adventure. GSA members get a 10% discount!
Click here for more information.
Mars: The field trip continued ...
Getting dizzy on Mars...
This 360-degree panorama compiled from more than 130 images taken on August 5 as Curiosity neared features called Murray Buttes on lower Mount Sharp. This date also was the fourth anniversary of Curiosity's landing.
http://tinyurl.com/j4g3bmw
Animated Pan: http://tinyurl.com/jlq9ewz
Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Where are all the publications on Mars listed so I can follow them up?
Here! http://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission/science/
Follow the links on the right hand side to the current list of papers (PDF) and the web page latest papers list and links. Note: the PDF is updated regularly.
A busy week of moves and measurements on Mars.
http://tinyurl.com/zvvtr9q
More news from the solar system ...
New objects with odd orbits
http://tinyurl.com/ztjlzek
Recycled rocket set for launch
http://tinyurl.com/jrqsjf5
... and elsewhere ...
Is it life Jim?
http://tinyurl.com/gral9bd
Redefining the Goldilocks Zone
http://tinyurl.com/glxdmt6
This IS a supernova!
http://tinyurl.com/zo9vv7j
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.4
I. D. Lindley
Epithermal and arc-related layered mafic platinum-group element mineralisation in the mafic-ultramafic rocks of eastern Papua.
M. F. Gazley, J. K. Vry, M.-A. Millet, M. R. Handler, E. du Plessis and J. A. Baker
New age constraints on metamorphism, metasomatism, and gold mineralisation at Plutonic Gold Mine, Marymia Inlier, Western Australia.
D. J. Gray
Integration of historic groundwater data into the Continent-Scale Geochemistry Initiative.
M. Macphail, L. K. Fifield, B. Pillans and G. Hope
Lake George revisited: New evidence for the origin and evolution of a large closed lake, Southern Tablelands, NSW, Australia. 2: Earliest Pleistocene (Gelasian) environments.
J. Ma and Z. Huang
Tight-reservoir micropore formation and evolution in sedimentary organic-matter-bearing tuff: a case study from the Permian Tiaohu Formation in the Santanghu Basin, NW China.
L. Jiang, S. H. Wu, Q. H. Yang, K. Huang, B. Yu, P. Wang and Z. H. Xu
Spatial distribution and temporal evolution of sediment transport pathway of deltaic deposits in a rift basin: an example from Liaodong Bay sub-basin, Bohai Bay, China.
Z. Li, Y. Xu, L. Yang, J. Guo and J. Chen
Physical and numerical simulations of the presence of a forsterite transitional zone at high temperature and pressure: Insight for scCO2 geological storage.
AJES Vol 63 No.5
A. Glikson, R. J. Korsch and P Milligan
The Diamantina ring feature, Winton region, Western Queensland.
C. Klootwijk
Paleomagnetism of the Carboniferous Rouchel Block, Tamworth Belt, and pole path revision for the New England Orogen, eastern Australia.
M. Rexer and C. Hirt
Evaluation of intermediate TanDEM-X digital elevation data products over Tasmania using other digital elevation models and accurate heights from the Australian National Gravity Database.
T. E. Ogden, M. A. McLean, T. J. Rawling and R. A. Cayley
Redefined crustal structure of the Buchan Rift, northeast Victoria: Evidence from potential field modelling of newly acquired land-based gravity data.
S. Clarke, T. Hubble, J. Webster, D. Airey, E. De Carli, C. Ferraz, P. Reimer, R. Boyd, J. Keene, and Shipboard Party SS12/2008
Sedimentology, structure and age estimate of five continental slope submarine landslides, eastern Australia.
B. Paláncz, J. L. Awange, A. Somogyi, N. Rehány, T. Lovas, B. Molnár, and Y. Fukuda
A robust cylindrical fitting to point cloud data.
A. Kirkby, G. Heinson, and S. Holford
The resistivity structure of the Penola Trough, Otway Basin from magnetotelluric data.
A. Scheib, P. Morris, R. Murdie and C. Delle Piane
A passive seismic approach to estimating the thickness of sedimentary cover on the Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia.
C. V. Murray-Wallace, A. P. Belperio, A. Dosseto, W. A. Nicholas, C. Mitchell, R. P. Bourman, S. M. Eggins, and R. Grün
Last interglacial (MIS 5e) sea level determined from a tectonically stable, far-field location, Eyre Peninsula, southern Australia.
Follow this link to see the most recent papers published on-line.
Coming up in TAG
Have you got editorial for the December issue of TAG?
The September issue is at the printer and that means we missed including your article. You can always send your news item early and we will include it in the December issue of TAG. The December deadline is 24 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.
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 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
Call for Papers - Abstract deadline September 28 2016
AGU Chapman Conference on Submarine Volcanism
Hobart 29 January – 3 February 2017
New Approaches and Research Frontiers
http://tinyurl.com/hag46rr
Early bird registration closes October 1 2016
The South Australian Exploration and Mining Conference:
Adelaide, 2 December 2016
Call for Papers and Posters - Deadline December 01 2016
Short Course: Fractionated Granites and Mineralization
Benalla, 24 September 2017
EVENTS:
5th International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterisation, Gold Coast, 5 – 9 September 2016
Geologic controls on Antarctic Ice-sheet dynamics, Canberra, 7 September 2016
13th International Nickel-Copper-PGE Symposium - Platinum sponsor: IGO, Perth, 5 – 9 September 2016
The program features workshops and a mix of speakers from academia, geological surveys and industry, and will emphasise the practical applications of research outcomes related to ore-deposit formation and exploration. Komatiite-hosted deposits, PGE-rich disseminated sulfide deposits and non-conventional polymetallic Ni(-PGE) ores from around the world are represented. A post-conference field trip focuses on komatiites, nickel deposits and associated volcanic stratigraphy of the Kalgoorlie Terrane, Yilgarn Craton.
Registration for the symposium is $900 (GST incl.) and a special rate of $275 is available to students or to unemployed or retired GSA, AIG and AusIMM members. For more information or to register, please visit:
http://tinyurl.com/jhurkrh.
Soil and Groundwater Pollution and Remediation Workshop, Melbourne, 13 – 16 September 2016
Farewell gathering to celebrate the life of the late Dr Erwin Scheibner, Sydney, 14 September 2016
The AusIMM New Leaders' Conference, Brisbane, 19 – 20 September 2016
followed by the National Mining Games
Cobar Explorers' event hosted by Geological Survey of NSW, Cobar NSW, 20 September 2016
Supporting disaster risk reduction programs in the Philippines with geospatial analysis, Canberra, 21 September 2016
Inaugural SMEDG Dinner, Sydney, 29 September 2016
Life-of-Mine Conference, Brisbane, 28 – 30 September 2016
Introduction to Groundwater: Principles and Practices, Sydney, 11 – 13 October 2016
Geological Survey of NSW Open Day, Maitland Sydney, 13 October 2016
Geoscience in government
Bookings are requested for groups of over 5 people. Contact: Geological Survey of NSW geosurvey.events@industry.nsw.gov.au.
http://tinyurl.com/j9xz7ou
Regulating the cumulative impacts of groundwater withdrawals: Australia and further afield, Melbourne, 18 October 2016
Dr. Rebecca Nelson is the 2016 NCGRT / IAH Distinguished Lecturer
Download the flyer here.
UNCOVERing the potential of the Stavely region, western Victoria , Canberra, 19 October 2016
Regulating the cumulative impacts of groundwater withdrawals: Australia and further afield, Hobart, 20 October 2016
Dr. Rebecca Nelson is the 2016 NCGRT / IAH Distinguished Lecturer
Download the flyer here.
Environmental Tracers in Groundwater Hydrology: Tools for Improved Process Understanding, Perth, 24 – 26 October 2016
Deep Exploration Technologies CRC annual conference, Swan Valley WA, 25 – 28 October 2016
Regulating the cumulative impacts of groundwater withdrawals: Australia and further afield, Perth, 26 October 2016
Dr. Rebecca Nelson is the 2016 NCGRT / IAH Distinguished Lecturer
Download the flyer here.
Introduction to Coal Seam Gas, Mining and Groundwater, Brisbane, 1 – 3 November 2016
Regulating the cumulative impacts of groundwater withdrawals: Australia and further afield, Brisbane, 3 November 2016
Dr. Rebecca Nelson is the 2016 NCGRT / IAH Distinguished Lecturer
Download the flyer here.
Regulating the cumulative impacts of groundwater withdrawals: Australia and further afield, Sydney, 10 November 2016
Dr. Rebecca Nelson is the 2016 NCGRT / IAH Distinguished Lecturer
Download the flyer here.
Introduction to Coastal Processes and Coastal Engineering, Adelaide, 14 – 16 November 2016
Environmental Tracers in Groundwater Hydrology: Tools for Improved Process Understanding, Darwin, 21 – 23 November 2016
Optimising Resource Extraction CRC Annual Assembly, Perth, 30 November 2016
Regulating the cumulative impacts of groundwater withdrawals: Australia and further afield, Sydney, 30 November 2016
Dr. Rebecca Nelson is the 2016 NCGRT / IAH Distinguished Lecturer
Download the flyer here.
Regulating the cumulative impacts of groundwater withdrawals: Australia and further afield, Sydney, 1 December 2016
Dr. Rebecca Nelson is the 2016 NCGRT / IAH Distinguished Lecturer
Download the flyer here.
The South Australian Exploration and Mining Conference, Adelaide, 2 December 2016
AGU Chapman Conference on Submarine Volcanism, Hobart, 29 January – 3 February 2017
New Approaches and Research Frontiers
Gold17@Rotorua, Rotorua New Zealand, 21 – 23 February 2017
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