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geoz 201 November 2019
NEWSBREAKERS
Lithium supply exceeds demand
A downturn in the demand for electric vehicles has seen lithium supplies exceed demand for the first time since the electric cars hit the market. Industry analysts don't expect the decline to continue, forecasting a shiny future of the metal in the longer term.
https://tinyurl.com/qnoxh6m
Critical minerals focus
The Australian Government is prioritising the development of rare earth and critical mineral assets for the benefit of Australia and our technology-driven industries. Financial support for eligible critical minerals projects is now available through Export Finance Australia, including the Defence Export Facility and the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility. In addition a Critical Minerals Facilitation Office, aimed at helping miners secure investment, financing and market access for critical mineral projects, will open January 1 2020 and focus on rare earth projects.
https://tinyurl.com/tee7rxr
FROM THE DIVISIONS
Divisional information is regularly updated at http://tinyurl.com/h5rkf52
Check this site for more recent information on the following events:
Australian Capital Territory
The ACT Division hosts talks and intends to run occasional field trips throughout the year. If you would like to be kept up-to-date on these activities, please email Michelle Cooper, ACT Newsletter Editor, to be added to the Division's mailing list.
Hunter Valley
2019 and 2020 meeting dates to be advised
New South Wales
Regular Division meetings: Second Thursday of every month (except January)
Club York, 95-99 York Street, Sydney. For more information contact: kelsiedadd@gmail.com
Click here if you want to watch the presentations from NSW Division Meetings online.
Northern Territory
Friday 14th February 2020
NT Division Annual Dinner
Details TBA
Queensland
Division meetings fourth Tuesday of each month
Location: Transcontinental Hotel, 482 George St, Brisbane (unless specified elsewhere)
For more information: mark@pirlo.com.au
GeoPub Brisbane - every Wednesday evening
Pig 'N' Whistle - Bottom of the Queen Street Mall, Brisbane CBD - in the Beer Garden Section.
Starts ~5.30 pm, Informal get-together for Explorers, Miners & other Geoscientists.
Call for Nominations, GSAQ Awards
Nominations are also called for the award of the following:
Dorothy Hill Medal
Dorothy Hill Medal for Queensland Geology is awarded to a person distinguished for their contributions to the advance of geological knowledge in the State of Queensland.
Neville Stevens Medal
The Division may annually award a medal known as the N.C. Stevens Medal to a person distinguished for contributions to the geological community and the promotion of public awareness of Earth Sciences in Queensland.
Campbell Miles Medal
The John Campbell Miles Medal is presented to a person distinguished for their contributions to the advancement of economic geology, mineral systems, exploration technology or the discovery of a significant mineral or energy resource within Queensland.
A written justification that will form the basis for a citation must accompany each nomination and should be forwarded to our secretary. Nominations for the Dorothy Hill Medal should preferably include a comprehensive list of publications by the nominee. Nominations will remain current for a period of 5 years.
Detailed guidelines for the medals can be found here.
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: annaepetts@gmail.com
GeoFamily Xmas in the Park Picnic - Sunday 8th December 2019
The final GeoFamily picnic for 2019 will be at Point Malcolm Reserve with a Xmas party theme! All
are welcome, families, friends and guests (no need to be a member, all are welcome!) Don't have
kids? Come and enjoy the park and the social networking anyway. GeoFamily picnics are held to
promote a healthy work/life balance, professional networking activities, and allow everyone a
chance to be involved in our professional organisations. It's also a great way to foster a love of
outdoors, adventure and nature play with the next generation of geoscience, engineering and
metallurgy students!
We will have a Xmas party and other activities and games so it would be great to see everyone in
their Christmas spirit. There is easy parking nearby, a mix of activities for young and older kids and lots of grass areas, BBQ spaces and areas for picnics. The park is perfect for summer, with the
beach a stone's throw away and features:
• Giant Slide
• Big Musical Instruments
• Swings
• Two mini in-ground trampolines
• Two Flying Foxes
Don't forget to bring a hat, sunscreen, kites and beach gear!
Check out the online flier at https://ausimm.com/news/geofamily-xmas-in-the-park
This event is brought to you by the AusIMM Adelaide Branch, ASEG and the GSA - SA Division.
Location: Point Malcolm Reserve, 343 Military Road, Semaphore Park
Time: 10 am to 12 pm
Cost: Free, please bring a plate to share (nut free), rug, chairs and a drink (for the kids and
something for the adults too).
Please RSVP to annapetts@gmail.com
Monday 20th January 2020
SA Division New Year's Drinks
Details TBA
| Student Group Sponsorship South Australian university Earth and Environmental Science - focused student groups can apply for GSA SA Division support for activities, excursions and events (up to $500). All that is required is filling out an application form, provide a budget and commit to writing a short article for GSA's quarterly magazine, The Australian Geologist (TAG). Please contact Morgan Blades (morgan.blades@adelaide.edu.au) for more information and an application form. Past sponsorship has been provided to the Adelaide University Geological Society (AUGS) and the Flinders University Palaeontology Society (FUPS). |
Tasmania
5-6 December 2019 - Tasmanian Geoscience Forum
Joint GSA, AusIMM and AIG event
Geoscientists sharing their progress in exploration, mining and research.
Tidal Waters Resort, St Helens, 1 Quail Street, St Helens, Tasmania. 9.00 am - 5.00 pm Forum,
7.00 pm Forum Dinner
Field trip 6 December.
Find out more and register here.
Victoria
Regular meetings: Last Thursday of each month (except January and December)
Fritz Loewe Theatre, McCoy Building, University of Melbourne, 5.15 pm for 6.15 pm
For more information: secretary@vic.gsa.org.au
GeoPub Melbourne - every 2nd Friday of the month
Dicksteins Corner Bar, 433 Little Collins St, Melbourne
Starts ~5.30 pm, casual, relaxed, ends when we go home.
For more information contact: geopubmelb@gmail.com
Thursday 27th February 2020
Details TBC
Thursday 26th March 2020
Mark McLean
The Otway Basin Full Spectrum gravity/gravity gradiometry survey
Fritz Lowe Theatre, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, 5.30 pm for 6.15 pm
Student Scholarships
The GSAV are pleased to offer scholarships for honours and postgraduate students in geological sciences for assistance with travel costs associated with attending conferences (fieldwork excluded). The number and value of the scholarships awarded each year is made at the discretion of the GSA Victoria committee. Up to $500 for travel within Australia and between Australia and New Zealand and $700 for travel elsewhere is available, paid half before and half after the conference. More information, including the eligibility criteria and application form, is available at http://www.gsavic.org/scholarship.html.
Western Australia
Regular meetings: First Wednesday of each month (except December and
January)
Irish Club of WA, 61 Townshend Road, Subiaco, 5.30 pm
For more information: info@wa.gsa.org.au
Did you know you can view seven of the WA Division technical talks on the WA Division's YouTube channel?
Click this link: https://tinyurl.com/y6rcv9o4 to open the channel and see what's on offer.
Gibb Maitland Medal 2020 Call for nominations
The WA Division of the GSA awards the Gibb Maitland Medal annually in recognition of individuals who in their careers have made substantial contributions to geoscience in Western Australia. Geoscientists associated with industry, government, education or any other professional sphere of activity are all eligible for the award. In assessing nominations, the primary consideration of the subcommittee is the significance and impact of the nominees' contributions to geoscience in Western Australia and, where relevant, the quality of their scientific work. To reflect the importance of resources to WA, particular consideration is given to contributions that relate to discovery and/or documentation of mineral and energy resources in the state.
Nominations should be made in writing to the Convenor of the Awards Subcommittee: Professor Pete Kinny School of Earth and Planetary Sciences Curtin University GPO Box U1987, Perth WA 6845 P.Kinny@curtin.edu.au
Please refer to the guidelines on the GSA website (WA Division - Awards).
Nominations close on Monday 25th November 2019.
GSA MEMBERSHIP
Renew your GSA Membership for 2020!
GSA members can now renew their memberships for the coming new year. Enclosed within your renew letter is a renewal notice, GSA Endowment Fund donation form, 2020 GSA book sale form and a pre-paid self-addressed envelope.
Membership renewal options:
• Signing in to renew your membership through the GSA website
• Paying via credit card over the phone to the GSA Business Office on (02) 9290 2194
• Mailing a cheque or a renewal form to the GSA Business Office in the self-addressed envelope
• Paying via Electronic Funds Transfers
Account Name: Geological Society of Australia Inc.
(BSB: 082067 Account Number: 52-507-4491 - make sure to quote your name and member no.)
If you have any question or would like to change any elements of your GSA membership please contact the GSA Business Office on (02) 9290 2194 or email membership@gsa.org.au. It's also a great time to reactivate your membership if your membership has lapsed for several years - just contact the GSA Business Office to start the process.
Announcing ARGA - the GSA's newest Specialist Group
The Australian Regolith Geoscientists Association (ARGA) has merged with the GSA to become the Society's newest Specialist Group, the Australian Regolith Geoscientists Alliance (keeping the same, well-recognised acronym of ARGA).
ARGA promotes the important role that regolith science plays in Australia. Regolith geoscience is critical in the Australian context, as more than 70% of the continent is covered by transported material and deep weathering profiles.
The alliance has existed since the ending of the Cooperative Research Centre for Landscape Environments and Mineral Exploration (CRC LEME) in 2008. It builds upon the legacy of decades of Australian regolith research, including work at universities, state and Australian government agencies that culminated in CRC LEME.
ARGA welcomes all people who have an interest in regolith geoscience and its many facets, including geology, geochemistry, geophysics, geochronology, mineral exploration, pedology, biology, hydrology, meteorology, agronomy, forestry, etc. The joining fee is just $5.50!
The objectives of ARGA are to further the study of regolith geoscience and its allied disciplines (including Critical Zone studies) by:
• facilitating the exchange of information among members of the association,
and in general for all those interested in regolith geoscience
• stimulating interest in regolith geoscience
• encouraging the practical applications of regolith geoscience research
• providing high-quality education and training
• promoting regolith geoscience to the broader community.
ARGA's goal is to promote research and education in regolith geoscience by fostering interaction and knowledge exchange between academia, government agencies, the minerals industry and the general public. To achieve these goals as a Specialist Group, ARGA facilitates:
• an ARGA Symposium and/or field workshop at the next
Australian Geoscience Council Convention (AGCC) and/or
the Australian Earth Sciences Convention (AESC),
together with organisational and editorial support
• a biennial conference and field trips in opposite years to the AGCC and/or AESC,
with extended abstracts volumes
• the Keith Scott Memorial Award for best presentation at the biennial ARGA conference
• student travel sponsorship to attend ARGA conferences and student prizes
for ARGA conference presentations
• special issues of AJES
• ad hoc field trips and training courses for interest groups on a demand basis
• the ARGA website (http://regolith.org.au/).
We invite you to learn more about ARGA at http://regolith.org.au/ and register as a member of ARGA with your next GSA subscription to become part of the newest Specialist Group. We'd love you to get involved as ARGA launches into the next stage of its development!
Instructions for GSA Members to join ARGA online
1. Go to http://www.gsa.org.au/and click Sign In at the top of the homepage.
2. Enter your sign in details (your username will be your email address)
3. Click Cart at the top of the homepage.
4. Click Continue Shopping
5. Scroll down the page and select AUSTRALIAN REGOLITH GEOSCIENTISTS ALLIANCE
6. Click Add to Cart
7. Click Proceed to Checkout to make your payment.
If you experience any difficulty joining ARGA through the GSA website please email tim.holland@gsa.org.au for assistance
GSA EVENTS
GESSS 2019
Friday 29th November 2019 GESSS WA
GESSS WA allows Honours, Masters and PhD students to present their research to the local scientific community, to gain experience in communicating their research findings through oral and poster presentations, to promote their talents to future employers, to discover areas of research at other universities, or departments, and to meet new people in the Earth Sciences field. The first of the Western Australian GESSS series was held in 2018 with the aim to continue the initiative into 2019 and alternate between the host universities; The University of Western Australia and Curtin University.
Venue: Curtin University
Register here. Read more here: https://gessswa.wixsite.com/2019/home
Recent GESSS events
12th November 2019 GESSS QLD
Well done to the GESSS QLD Committee for delivering an outstanding symposium at QUT. Thanks also to the 30 plus presenters, keynote speaker Marina Costelloe (Geoscience Australia), the sponsors and attendees.
There was also a number of student prize winners - congratulation to Tegan Beveridge (James Cook University) for Best Talk, Joseph Knafelc (Queensland University of Technology) for Best Talk utilising CARF/IFE, Matt Campbell (University of Queensland) for Best Poster, Tom Cotter (Queensland University of Technology) for Best Poster utilising CARF/IFE, Jack Ward (University of Queensland) People's Choice Poster, Adi Sondkar (University of Queensland) for the inaugural GESSSQ Undergraduate Student Prize and Kristy Guerin (Queensland University of Technology) for winning the Geo Bake off!
Kristy Guerin's winning entry in the Geo Bake off: A juxtaposition of two chocolate truffles: the effect of heating on texture and composition with special reference to ferruginous nodules.
Image courtesy GESSS Q Twitter
Joseph Knafelc, Prize winner for Best Talk utilising CARF/IFE.
Image courtesy GESSS Q Twitter
8th November 2019 GESSS SA
Special thanks to the GESSS SA Committee for making GESSS SA such a successful event, and also to the over 30 students who presented their research, the sponsors who supported the event, keynote speaker Zoe Doubleday and all of the attendees.
Congratulations to Priya (University of Adelaide) for winning Best Oral Presentation and Jacinta Greer (University of Adelaide) for winning Best Poster Presentation. Michael Curtis (University of Adelaide), also won an additional prize from ASEG for best geophysics presentation.
Jacinta Greer (on the right) with her award for best poster at GESSS SA.
GESSS SA Chair Adrienne Brotodewo on the left.
Image courtesy Amy Tschirn.
Priya (on the right) with her award for Best
Oral Presentation at GESSS SA.
GESSS SA Chair Adrienne Brotodewo on the left.
Image courtesy Amy Tschirn.
Michael Curtis won an additional prize from ASEG for best geophysics presentation.
Image courtesy Amy Tschirn.
31st October - 1st November 2019: GESSS NSW
... and the winners are ...
GESSS NSW Prize winners (left to right): Timothy Churchill - University of New South Wales (Best Poster), Luke Steller - University of New South Wales (Runner Up Three Minute Thesis), Amanda Thran - University of Sydney (Best Seminar Day 1), Nathan Enriquez - University of New England (Runner Up Seminar Day 2), Brayden Holland - University of New England (Runner Up Seminar Day 1), Joe Ibrahim - University of Sydney (Best Seminar Day 2), Lauren Todorov - University of New South Wales/ University of Illinoi (Runner Up Poster), and Nan Li - University of New South Wales (Three Minute Thesis winner).
Image courtesy GESSS NSW Facebook.
Convergence on the Coast
A joint biennial meeting of the Specialist Group in Tectonics and Structural Geology (SGTSG) and the Specialist Group in Solid Earth Geophysics (SGSEG) is happening 18 – 22 November 2019 in Port Lincoln, SA.
This year the Specialist Group in Tectonics and Structural Geology is joining forces with the Specialist Group in Solid Earth Geophysics to bring you Convergence on the Coast, 18 – 22 November 2019 in Port Lincoln, SA. The aim is to bring together the research community in structural geology, tectonics and solid earth geophysics within Australia and internationally to discuss the latest research and developments in these fields. The primary focus of this technical conference is to enable collaboration and exchange of ideas between the geoscience research, government and industry communities.
Themes and Invited Speakers
• Observational geophysics.
Keynote: Assoc. Professor Meghan Miller.
RSES Australian National University
• Geodynamics and thermodynamics.
Keynote: Dr Elena Sizova, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
• Domes, basins and dynamic topography.
Keynote: Dr Mark Hoggard, Harvard University.
• The Australia-Antarctic connection.
Keynote: Dr Naomi Tucker. University of Western Australia
• Experimental studies of rocks and structure.
Keynote: Kathryn Hayward. RSES Australian National University
• Tectonic controls on mineral systems.
Keynote: Dr Louise Corriveau. Geological Survey of Canada
• Multi-scale structures and fluid-rock interaction.
Keynote: Professor Stephen Cox. RSES Australian National University
• Plate margin and intra-plate orogenesis.
Keynote: Professor Gianreto Manatschal. University of Strasbourg
Events
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Pre-conference Field Trip: Lithospheric structures, orogenic fronts and mineral systems: a traverse through the south-eastern Gawler Craton. Wed 13th - Sun 17th November 2019 |
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Mid-conference field trip: One day field trip on Wednesday 20th November, visiting the spectacular local coastal outcrops of the Southern Gawler Craton |
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Post-conference Field Trip: Tectonics, magmatism and crustal growth in the southern Gawler Craton. Sat 23rd - Wed 27th November 2019 |
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Free Loop 3D modelling workshop: Loop is a new platform that will enable field geologists, researchers from academia and government organisations, explorers, resource modellers & managers to better define their 3D geological environment as well as assessing the requirement for optimised additional data/knowledge acquisition. The platform will be Open Source, scalable and applicable to problems from the mine-scale to the plate-scale, in data-rich and poor environment. It will serve to solve problems related to urban geology, basins resources exploration and exploitation as well as minerals and scientific exploration in poly-deformed metamorphosed terranes. |
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Conference dinner and awards night: Wednesday 20th of November at the stunning Line and Label Restaurant, featuring local beer and wines as well as a selection of canapés and a seafood paella, cooked and served by their award-winning chefs and featuring all local produce. |
SGGMP Biennial meeting, 24th - 28th of November 2019
The 2019 SGGMP biennial conference will be held in the Paranaple Convention Centre in the beautiful town of Devonport in northern Tasmania, 24th - 28th of November.
Over three days there will be talks reporting on contemporary research in mineralogy, petrology and geochemistry and a combined poster session. The program also includes one half day excursion to some geological sites along the northwest coast of Tasmania west of Ulverstone and one day field trip to the Heazelwood River-Waratah district of western Tasmania including a visit to a Cambrian boninitic ultramafic complex and to the famous Mt Bischoff tin mine.
This exciting meeting will provide an opportunity for the Australian community of researchers to report on and discuss their current results in a range of fields ranging from volcanology, geochemistry, experimental petrology and igneous petrogenesis to mineralogy and mineral physics.
IN THE NEWS
Japan shares radar data
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has announced it will provide free and open access to the wide-swathe observation data from the L-band radar satellites; ALOS (ALOS/AVINIR-2, PALSAR) and ALOS-2 (ALOS-2/ScanSAR).
https://tinyurl.com/tspkd3x
A new form of fossilisation
Filamentous microfossils in chert from the Carboniferous of northern Alaska are relics of migrated oil. In this unusual deposit, silica nucleation on bacterial cell walls was followed by the decomposition of cellular carbon, producing silica-encased, bacterial moulds that were later infiltrated by oil.
News report: https://tinyurl.com/y6fj3llx
Research abstract: https://tinyurl.com/sh4y7q3
ON THE WEB
Too big to be seen!
The Benham Rise is an oceanic igneous province on the western margin of the Philippine Sea. New research has recently revealed the Benham Rise is actually crowned by a giant submarine caldera approximately 150km in diameter. Named Apolaki Caldera it may be the world's largest known caldera.
News report: https://tinyurl.com/w4w9z4j
Research paper: https://tinyurl.com/vvjs4pc
That sinking feeling
A cluster of 19 sinkholes have been discovered near Baise City, China. The China Geology Survey confirmed that the new finds host beautiful caves containing undamaged speleothems.
https://tinyurl.com/yx5emu2c
2021: International Year of Caves and Karst
The purpose of the International Year of Caves and Karst (IYCK) is to teach the world about the importance of caves and karst. Public understanding and support of caves and karst is currently very limited. As a result, funding, regulations, and opportunities for exploration, research, and management are also very limited. The IYCK website is designed to teach the public about caves and karst and has a large amount of educational information online already - check it out!
http://www.iyck2021.org/
IN THE MEDIA
Sentinel 6a ready
Sentinel-6a is a new addition to Earth observation satellites that is set to accurately monitor sea-level rise. The Sentinel-6 data will complement data from the Sentinel-3 altimeter. It has a 10-day repeat cycle but the distance between its tracks is relatively large, optimising it for monitoring large features like the Gulf Stream and the Kuroshio Current, whereas Sentinel-3 is on a 27-day repeat cycle where the tracks are closer together, which makes it good for seeing the small ocean eddies that move very slowly.
https://tinyurl.com/vgjd3kg
Birds bones in 3D
A new bird fossil from the early Cretaceous of Japan, Fukuipteryx prima, is similar to some Jurassic birds but with more modern tail features. The fossil is also special because the skeleton is preserved in three dimensions, providing a very good look at the skeletal structure of an early Cretaceous bird.
News report: https://tinyurl.com/w4d9eom
Research paper: https://tinyurl.com/t2b4cgc
Women & Leadership Australia scholarships - EOI closing soon
For fifteen years, Women & Leadership Australia (WLA) has been developing female leadership and supporting the presence of women in business and community leadership roles. Prioritising women who work in the science sector has been a key component of WLA's strategic impetus to date.
End of year funding grants are currently available to women who work in the science sector to support their participation in a professional development program. The fee support opportunity provides a scholarship of between $2,000 and $7,000 for women to take part in one of three leadership courses. The grants have been provisioned for use by women right across the country, with a specific focus on the science industry, but must be allocated by the end of 2019. The programs are suitable for junior managers right through to executive level women.
Expressions of Interest have been extended until December 6. See here: www.wla.edu.au/funding.html
Mars: The field trip continued ...
A butte view
Curiosity has descended from Central Butte and is now looking forward to climbing Western Butte pictured here. Slowing Curiosity is ascending towards its target, Mt Sharp!
https://tinyurl.com/rskr4vd
Image courtesy of NASA.
Insight's weather report
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/
Fossil hunting 2020
https://tinyurl.com/su7azj6
First methane, now oxygen
https://tinyurl.com/u6erq87
More news from the solar system ...
ISS pays tribute to Apollo 12
https://tinyurl.com/vp27zx3
The dance of avoidance
https://tinyurl.com/qt6frfx
Untouched for 40 years
https://tinyurl.com/y3mb8ej8
The vortex!
https://tinyurl.com/rhensav
Mercury in transit
https://tinyurl.com/tn89j5p
Going to the Moon - for profit
https://tinyurl.com/r63gexk
Solar probe results beamed in
https://tinyurl.com/yhqt26zj
Voyager 2 outward bound
https://tinyurl.com/y2cjd9m8
... and elsewhere ...
Ejected (at 6 million km/hr)!
https://tinyurl.com/wrez3k4
What's in AJES
Access to AJES online
You can access the Australian Journal of Earth Sciences online through signing into the GSA website. Go to www.gsa.org.au and click 'Sign In' at the top of the homepage. After you enter your sign in credentials, please click on your name which will appear at the top of the page. This will take you to your profile page where you will click on the tab 'My Journals'. Here you will be provided a link to access AJES plus Geodinamica Acta and the International Geology Review. Once you click on these links, you don't need to enter any other sign in details - you are already authenticated and should have full access to the journals including every issue of AJES published!
AJES Vol 67/3
J. H. Hodgkinson and M. Grigorescu
Strategic elements in the Fort Cooper Coal Measures: potential rare earth elements and other multi-product targets.
Read the abstract
T. J. Munson, S. W. Denyszyn, J. M. Simmons and M. Kunzmann
A 1642 Ma age for the Fraynes Formation, Birrindudu Basin, confirms correlation with the economically significant Barney Creek Formation, McArthur Basin, Northern Territory.
Read the abstract
M. Nawaz and R. Wasson
Sediment transfer in an extremely low-gradient, low-relief and highly buffered system: Darwin Harbour Catchment, northern Australia.
Read the abstract
R. A. Eggleton
On the Snowy Mountains Granites.
Read the abstract
Y. G. Fu and G. Y. Hu
Petrogenesis of Jurassic Xietongmen intrusive rocks at the southern margin of the Lhasa terrane: implications for intra-oceanic arc evolution.
Read the abstract
A. P. Fan, S. N. Sun, R. C. Yang, Z. Zhang, S. De, J. D. N. Nenzhelele, Y. Li, H. P. Liu, Y. Q. Zhou and J. Yuan
Provenance analysis of the Cretaceous Laiyang Group on the Lingshan Island in the western Yellow Sea, China and its tectono-sedimentary implications.
Read the abstract
D.-D. Wang, G. Dong, G.-C. Zhang, Z.-X. Li, Q. Mao and G.-Z. Song
Coal seam development characteristics and distribution predictions in marginal sea basins: Oligocene Yacheng Formation coal measures, Qiongdongnan Basin, northern region of the South China Sea
Read the abstract
Z. X. Zhao, C. M. Dong, C. Y. Lina, X. G. Zhang, X. Huang, B. J. Li, W. Guo and Z. Q. Zhu
Sedimentary environment and facies of the Huagang Formation in the northern central Xihu Depression, East China Sea Basin, China.
Read the abstract
J. L. Liu, J. C. Zhang, Z. Li, M. H. Chang, S. Wang, L. Chen and H. C. Yu
Gas-generation potential of shales in small and medium-sized basins: A case study from the Xuanhua Basin, north China.
Read the abstract
S. P. Villacorta, K. G. Evans, K. Nakatani and I. Villanueva
Large debris flows in Chosica, Lima, Peru: the application of hydraulic infrastructure for erosion control and disaster prevention.
Letter: H. Aghaei, M. Hall, and B. Wagstaff
How thermal maturity analysis supports stratigraphic restoration in heavily faulted fluvial outcrops; based on a case study on Strzelecki Group outcrops, west Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
Discussion: M. Gray, and J. Gordon
Geodiversity and the ‘8Gs’: a response to Brocx and Semeniuk (2019). Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 67 (3)
Response: M. Brocx and V. Semeniuk
Geodiversity and the ‘8Gs’: a response to Gray and Gordon (2020). Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 67 (3)
AJES is available to financial members of the GSA. Don't miss the next issue because your membership has lapsed!
Coming up in TAG
December TAG drawing close!
The December issue of TAG is in production and should be in your hands within the coming weeks. It includes a retrospective on the Newcastle's 1989 earthquake; a special report on Silver relating to clothes, static and bugs; Society, Division, Specialist Group and NRG Updates; Letters to the Editor; From the AJES Editor's Desk; Education and Outreach; Heritage Matters; Geotourism; book reviews and more!
If you haven't read the September issue of TAG in full, there's a great special report on Kasia Sobczak and Pascal Asmussen, inaugural recipients of the new GSAQ Early Career Researcher (ECR) Engagement Initiative.
This initiative is designed to promote post-grad and early career geoscientists engagement in GSA, and encourage them to publish in AJES. Kasia and Pascal (both of QUT) went to Vienna at the EGU conference last April!
For more information on the GSAQ Early Career Researcher (ECR) Engagement Initiative, please contact GSAQ gsa.qld@gmail.com
Kasia Sobczak and Pascal Asmussen.
Image courtesy Valeria Bianchi.
If you would like to submit content for the March issue of TAG, the copy deadline is 20 January. Please email any questions or content to tag@gsa.org.au.
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WHAT'S ON
DEADLINES:
Call for contributions - submission deadline November 30 2019
Nomen Nudum, annual newsletter of the Australasian Palaeontologists
Read more as well as back issues here.
Call for Papers - Abstract deadline extended to Monday 16 December 2019 23.59 AEST
Bowen Basin Symposium 2020:
Mackay, Queensland. 8 - 10 September 2020
Beyond 2020: The Future of Coal
Registration now open! Early bird fees until 28/2/2020
http://www.2020bbs.com.au/
2019 EVENTS:
Free database and online systems training, Perth, 21 November 2019
NSW Geoscience Data Workshop, Newcastle, 21 November 2019
Geosciences 2019, Hamilton New Zealand, 24 - 27 November 2019
The Australasian Groundwater Conference, Brisbane, 24 - 28 November 2019
https://www.groundwaterconference.com.au/
SGGMP Biennial Conference, Devonport, 24 - 28 November 2019
IAH Groundwater Industry Awards, Brisbane, 25 November 2019
International Mining Geology Conference, Perth, 25 - 26 November 2019
http://mininggeology.ausimm.com/
The Geological Survey of South Australia Discovery Day 2019, Adelaide, 28 November 2019
Dr Louise Corriveau of the Geological Survey of Canada will be speaking on Alteration facies in IOCG terranes: a global view.
For more information and to register click here: https://tinyurl.com/y64vsbre
GSWA in the Goldfields, Kalgoorlie, 28 November 2019
GSWA Kalgoorlie Open Day & Free database and online systems training, Kalgoorlie, 28 November 2019
South Australian Exploration & Mining Conference 2019, Adelaide, 29 November 2019
CODES Annual Review 2019, Hobart, 29 November 2019
The CODES Annual Review is an all-day event that includes oral and poster presentations by staff and students on research undertaken over the previous 12 months, and plans for the coming year.
https://www.utas.edu.au/codes
Iron Oxide Copper-Gold mineral systems workshop, Adelaide, 2 - 3 December 2019
Keynote speakers will include Dr Louise Corriveau, Geological Survey of Canada, an expert in mineral assemblages related to alteration.
For more information and to register click here: https://tinyurl.com/yxbkeedh
2020 EVENTS:
AUGEN: Field Geology in the 21st Century, NE Tasmania, 29 - 31 January 2020
Epithermal Au-Ag and Porphyry Cu-Au exploration short course, Wollongong, 11 - 12 February 2020
Coal 2020, Wollongong, 12 - 14 February 2020
http://www.coaloperatorsconference.net.au/.
International Symposium on Deep Seismic Profiling of the Continents and their Margins (SEISMIX 2020), Fremantle, 15 - 19 March 2020
Mineral Systems of the Mount Isa Inlier, Cloncurry, 12 - 15 May 2020
Asian Current Research on Fluid Inclusions, Townsville, 16 - 18 June 2020
6th International Archean Symposium, Perth, 14 - 16 July 2020
Target 2020, Perth, 17 July 2020
The Bowen Basin Symposium, Mackay, 8 - 10 September 2020
http://www.2020bbs.com.au/.
Abstract submissions extended until 16 December 2019
2021 EVENTS:
2021 is International Year of Caves and Karst
Read more here.
http://www.iyck2021.org/
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The Australian Earth Sciences Convention, Hobart, 9 - 12 February 2021
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