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NEWSBREAKERSGippsland still rattledThe largest aftershock to shake Gippsland since the region was hit with a magnitude-5.4 earthquake on June 19 was felt July 20. A spokesperson from Geoscience Australia said there have been well over 200 aftershocks since the June event with the July 20 event registering a magnitude of 4.4. Geoscience Australia report:http://bit.ly/MCqjXJz IGCP Australian Participants — Funding for conference attendance!Each year the Australian Committee of the International Geoscience Program of UNESCO receives funding to support conference attendance for Australian participants in IGCP projects. The grants range from $2000 - $4000 and application is made by requesting an application form from the Chair of the Committee - Prof Patricia Vickers Rich (pat.rich@monash.edu). Successful applicants need to demonstrate that their attendance is directly linked to the aims of one or more currently active IGCP projects with which they are associated. Application is not complex and turnaround time is generally no more than one month. FROM THE DIVISIONS
Divisional information is regularly updated at http://gsa.junctionworld.com/events/divisionmeetings.html Australian Capital Territory
Regular meetings: Third Tuesday of each month (Except January) New South WalesFriday 26th July 2012 Friday 2nd August 2012 Thursday 5th September 2012 Queensland
2012 meeting dates to be advised South AustraliaThursday 23rd August 2012 Tasmania2012 meeting dates to be advised December 2012 VictoriaFriday 26th July 2012 Wednesday 21st August 2012 Western Australia
Regular meetings: First Wednesday of each month (except December and
January) GSA EVENTSThe 34th IGC - it's almost here!This will be a truly global event, with more than 5,000 delegates expected from over 112 countries. Particularly large contingents are expected from China, Russia and Brazil. There will also be a contingent of delegates from across Africa supported by AusAID.
Facebook link: http://on.fb.me/IxhFGK Day registration for the IGC is now available. A discount applies for GSA members. GSA membershipMembership with the GSA has many rewards and benefits. Is your membership current? National Rock Garden on show at the IGC!The National Rock Garden will be featured in a display booth at the IGC in Brisbane from 5-10th August. All members are invited to visit the booth to make a gold coin donation to the NRG fund and be in the draw to win a prize.
The National Rock Garden will have up to 100 large specimens of the country's most iconic rocks.
Each specimen will weigh approximately 10–15 tonnes. To find out how you can contribute follow
this link: To download the latest National Rock Garden newsletter just click this link.
If you would like to join the Friends of the National Rock Garden and receive
newsletters and information directly by email please send a request to rockgarden@gsa.org.au IN THE NEWSDeep sea a titanic resource?
The technological advances that helped find the Titanic are now being used to find, map and potentially recover mineral rich sediments from deep sea locations. Now that such resources are potentially within economic reach concerns are being raised about the possible environmental implications for some of the world's most unusual ecosystems. Joides Resolution finds the box set!In one 300 metre section of drill hole located in about 5 km of water in the North Atlantic the Joides Resolution drilling program has intersected the Eocene Layer of Mysterious Origin (ELMO), the Eocene-Oligocene boundary, the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, the K-T Boundary and records of many smaller climate events. One member of the science party described the find as a box set of the Greatest Hits of Earth's (recent) Climate Past. ON THE WEBAfghanistan geologically mapped from the airThe United States Geological Survey (USGS) has released a map that shows the distribution of selected iron-bearing minerals and other materials derived from analysis of HyMap imaging spectrometer data of Afghanistan. Using an aircraft flown at an altitude of ~15,240 metres the USGS collected 218 flight lines of data that was then adjusted using comparisons with ground-based reflectance measurements. Just a passing storm?
The NOAA Space Weather Centre forecast a possible disruption to global communications due to a large solar flare and coronal mass ejection in Earth's direction on July 12. The event reportedly caused minor disturbances to Global Positioning System signals and radio blackouts at high latitudes. This is the sixth big flare of 2012, a year that could be the peak of the current 11-year solar cycle, coming twelve years after the Earth was hit by one of the biggest solar storms in modern history. IN THE MEDIAWhich planet is this?Researchers at MIT are examining the river networks seen in images taken of Titan's surface from NASA's Cassini-Huygens probe. The team has mapped 52 prominent river networks from four regions on Saturn's largest moon and have been modelling the materials and processes that might be responsible. Ground water resource found in Namibia
A massive high quality ground water resource has been found in Namibia that could supply the region for hundreds of years if managed carefully. However, government officers worry that unauthorised drilling could threaten the new supply because a smaller salty aquifer sits on top of the new find. Random drilling into the aquifer could create a hydraulic shortcut between the two aquifers contaminating the new high quality resource. What's in AJESThe Australian Journal of Earth Sciences online is available through the Taylor & Francis' website: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/taje20. It is very easy to navigate and use. Volume 59 Issue No.5 Archean ore systemsEditors: Kevin Cassidy, Jon Hronsky and Stephen Wyche
S. Barnes, M. Van Kranendonk and I. Sonntag
P. Duuring, W. Bleeker, S. W. Beresford, M. L. Fiorentini and N. M. Rosengren
D. Mole, M. Fiorentini, N. Thebaud, C. McCuaig, K. Cassidy, C. Kirkland, M. Wingate, S. Romano, M. Doublier and E. Belousova
M. J. Pawley, M. T. D. Wingate, C. L. Kirkland, S. Wyche, C. E. Hall, S. S. Romano and M. P. Doublier
N. Said, R. Kerrich, K. Cassidy and D. Champion
N. Thebaud and S. Barnes
S. Wyche, C. L. Kirkland, A. Riganti, M. J. Pawley, E. Belousova and M. T. D. Wingate
D. Wyman
I. Zibra Coming up in TAGSeptember TAG deadline even closer!
The September TAG is well under way and the deadline for submissions is July 30! Highlights coming up include a discussion about the impact of the American geologist James Dwight Dana (it's the bicentenary of his birth next year), the latest GSA Award recipients and more. TAG publishes member contributions, so start writing but get it in before you head off to the IGC.
Follow the TAG link to submit material for 2012 editions or to find out more: WHAT'S ON
NT Minerals summit – Early bird registration open until 29 July The Last Frontier The Australian Innovation Challenge: Entries close 12 August The Last Frontier The seventh conference on Mine Closure, Brisbane, 25 – 27 September 2012 Early Bird registration closes 13 August 2012
Geologi Short Film Competition 2012 Entries close 24 August 2012
Top GeoShot 2012 Entries close 22 September 2012
The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Education Endowment Fund Applications close Friday 28 September 2012
Prof. Iain Stewart tells a stunning new story about our planet, Sydney, 26 July 2012 How to Grow a Planet: How Plants Changed Earth History. GeoParks in Australia, Melbourne, 27 July 2012 A way forward for Australia Prof. Iain Stewart tells a stunning new story about our planet, Perth, 30 July 2012 How to Grow a Planet: How Plants Changed Earth History. 6th Biennial Sensitive High Resolution Ion MicroProbe (SHRIMP) Workshop, Brisbane, 1-4 August 2012 Third Circular now available for download 34th International Geological Congress, Brisbane, 5–10 August 2012 Unearthing our Past and Future Prof. Iain Stewart tells a stunning new story about our planet, Brisbane, 7 July 2012 How to Grow a Planet: How Plants Changed Earth History. Prof. Iain Stewart tells a stunning new story about our planet, Townsville, 11 August 2012 How to Grow a Planet: How Plants Changed Earth History. Asian Current Research on Fluid Inclusions (ACROFI), Brisbane, 11–12 August 2012 Stay on after the IGC! Prof. Iain Stewart tells a stunning new story about our planet, Cairns, 13 August 2012 How to Grow a Planet: How Plants Changed Earth History. Open Day at Geoscience Australia, Canberra, 19 August 2012 Geoscience Australia celebrates National Science Week ACG Open Pit Mining Seminar Series, Perth, 22 – 24 August 2012 Ground Support in Mining (Introduction) Short Course AMEC summit, Perth, 4–6 September 2012 http://www.amecconvention.com.au/ NT Minerals summit, Darwin, 11 – 13 September 2012 The Last Frontier – Capitalising on Mining, Exploration and Career Opportunities in the
Northern Territory The seventh conference on Mine Closure, Brisbane, 25 – 27 September 2012 Mines and Money Australia, Sydney, 15 – 17 October 2012 Australian Resources Conference & Trade Show, Perth, 12 – 14 November 2012 Joint SSA and NZSSS Soil Science Conferencew, Hobart, 2 – 7 December 2012 http://www.soilscience2012.com/ CONTACTSHead Office
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