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geoz 63 February 2013
NEWSBREAKERS
Major Earthquake and Tsunami for the Solomon Islands
A magnitude 8.0 earthquake centred near the Santa Cruz islands, part of the Solomon Islands nation, shook the region on Wednesday February 6. It was followed by several aftershocks, the largest measuring magnitude 6.4. A tsunami warning was issued and although a small tsunami was recorded locally a pacific-wide alert was cancelled.
News report: http://bbc.in/14Qy0RK
Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre: http://ptwc.weather.gov/
There's bacteria in them thar hills!
The bacteria Delftia acidovorans is frequently found on the surface of gold nuggets and has been suspected of being the agent responsible of generating solid gold from gold in solution within the regolith. Research has confirmed the bacteria secrete a metabolite that protects against gold toxicity and also causes gold biomineralisation.
News report: http://bit.ly/11GwehT
Research abstract: http://bit.ly/XReWvD
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: Third Tuesday of each month (Except January)
Jaeger Lecture Theatre, Jaeger Building (Building 61), Australian National University.
For more information: eva_papp@grapevine.com.au
Monday 11th February 2013: Birch Lecture:
Professor Dan Shechtman, 2011 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry
Discovery of quasi-periodic materials - a paradigm change in crystallography
Chemistry theatre 1, Arthur Hambly lecture theatre, building 34, ANU. 4.00 pm
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Tuesday 12th February 2013: Research Lecture:
Professor Dan Shechtman, 2011 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry
Technological entrepreneurship - a key to world peace and prosperity
Chemistry theatre 1, Arthur Hambly lecture theatre, building 34, ANU. 11.00 am
Click here for flyer
New South Wales
2013 meeting dates to be advised
For more information: meetings@nsw.gsa.org.au
Northern Territory
Wednesday 6th February 2013
2013 Annual General Meeting
Curves Bar, Vibe Hotel, Darwin Waterfront. 5.30 pm
Contact: Jo.Whelan@nt.gov.au or 08 8999 5375
Friday 8th February 2013
2013 Annual Dinner
Char Restaurant, Cnr The Esplanade and Knuckey St, Darwin. 7.00 pm
Contact: Jo.Whelan@nt.gov.au or 08 8999 5375
Queensland
Friday 22nd February 2013
Brisbane Exploration Discussions Group (BEDG) Friday seminar series:
Geochemistry in Exploration - geochemistry is the new black
The Theodore Club, Level 1, 333 Adelaide St, Brisbane.
For more information: d.young@findex.net.au
South Australia
Thursday 7th February 2013
Geonight at the pub
Nibbles provided, drink specials on the night
The Griffith's Head, Grenfell Street, Adelaide (Front Bar). 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm
Thursday 21st February 2013
Ian Lewis, Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
Volcanoes and Limestone - UNESCO Kanawinka Global Geopark in the South East & Western Victoria
Mawson Theatre, University of Adelaide. 5.30 pm for 6.15 pm
Tasmania
Thursday 7th February 2013
Professor Steve Self
Environmental impacts of rare, very large explosive volcanic super-eruptions
School of Earth Sciences, Lecture Theatre, University of Tasmania, 6pm
Wednesday 13th February 2013
Professor Steve Self
Atmospheric impacts of huge eruptions of basaltic lava
School of Earth Sciences, Lecture Theatre, University of Tasmania, 6pm
Thursday 21st February 2013
Dr Jim Jago, Associate Professor, University of South Australia
The Emu Bay Shale lagerstätte, Kangaroo Island: Australia's Burgess Shale deposit
School of Earth Sciences, Lecture Theatre, University of Tasmania, 6pm
Victoria
2013 meeting dates to be advised
For more information: secretary@vic.gsa.org.au
Western Australia
2013 meeting dates to be advised
For more information: info@wa.gsa.org.au
GSA EVENTS
GSA membership
The 2013 Member renewals have been mailed; if you haven't received your renewal notice contact the office. Members can update their details or renew their membership online. Need help? Don't know your membership number, not sure if you have renewed? If in doubt, please contact the GSA office: info@gsa.org.au.
GSA membership is from the 1st January - the 31st December 2013. If you are interested in joining the GSA please contact: info@gsa.org.au.
Mega Memoir Sale
Memoirs 1 - 34 at heavily discounted rates for all of our Members. Limited time only, Sale ends 28 February 2013. Click here for the Order Form
The National Rock Garden - a rock solid idea
The National Rock Garden (NRG) now qualifies for Deductible Gift Recipient status (DGR). In other words, donations to the NRG are now tax deductible so now donating to the NRG can be a win-win!
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 the NRG web site: http://www.nationalrockgarden.org.au/
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
Image courtesy of Doug Finlayson
Biennial Conference of the Specialist Group in Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology: Rocks, Reef and Rainforest (R3)
Following the format of the successful Kangaroo Island (2009) and Murramarang (2011) SGGMP conferences, this Gordon-style conference held in tropical North Queensland
will combine oral and poster presentations, field trips, and a packed social program.
Mission Beach, QLD, July 14th to 19th 2013.
Places are limited!
http://sggmp2013.webs.com/
IN THE NEWS
Gulp!
A massive sinkhole in Guangzhou,China, was caught on video recently as it 'swallowed' several buildings. Subway construction rather than geological processes seems to be the cause.
News and video: http://bit.ly/XeKbCi
Not exactly Flipper
Resting for over 100 years in a Scottish museum the partial skeleton of a dolphin-like crocodile has been unearthed and identified. The Jurassic species, Tyrannoneustes lythrodectikos, was a large marine predator that may provide a link between small marine crocodiles and other much larger marine carnivores.
http://bbc.in/Wr43Ej
ON THE WEB
Re-Ordering the river
Geophysical palaeochannel surveys have revealed the Ord River was once a tributary of the Keep River and did not empty into Cambridge Gulf near Wyndham as it does today.
http://bit.ly/YoHB1v
Richard the Third: no bones about it!
Skeletal remains found under a car park in Leicester, once the site of Greyfriars church, have been confirmed by DNA, C-14 and other evidence as those of Richard III. The bones not only confirm the king died a violent death but that he also had a curved spine. There is no evidence in the bones of a withered arm. Facial reconstruction techniques have also confirmed features shown in portraits of Richard III painted after his death.
News report: http://bbc.in/WJiNyC
Facial reconstruction: http://bbc.in/TBlKRP
IN THE MEDIA
That Eureka moment
The 2013 Eureka prize nominations are now open. There are prizes that reward excellence in the fields of scientific research & innovation, science leadership, school science and science journalism & communication. Entries close 3 May 2013. See the web site for details and on-line forms.
Prize details: http://bit.ly/17R2FC
Eureka news: http://bit.ly/9RHNlR
The wet and the dry of it
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite captured flooding in the Fitzroy River on January 30 2013. The image uses a combination of visible and infrared light to better distinguish between water and land. Water varies in colour from electric blue to navy. Vegetation is bright green and bare ground is earth-toned. See the web site for a 'before' image taken January 17 2013.
Image courtesy of NASA/GSFC, Rapid Response
http://1.usa.gov/Ymc24I.
Mars: the 2013 field trip (continued)
Image: Drill mark left in a target patch of rock called 'John Klein' in preparation for the first drilling of a rock by the rover. This test used only the hammering action of the drill, not rotary action. The divot is approximately 17 millimetres long.
Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS.
http://1.usa.gov/WWmAIA.
Position drill and test.
http://1.usa.gov/114mSBO
'John Klein' area
http://1.usa.gov/W9N9Yg
Night snaps under UV
http://1.usa.gov/Vdsi5o
Drill bit close up
http://1.usa.gov/VAv9Wr
Meanwhile, from space
http://1.usa.gov/14bwDNc
What's in AJES
The 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.
AJES is available to financial members of the GSA. Don't miss Volume 60 Issue No.1, a thematic issue on C02 sequestration.
Volume 59 Issue No.8
B. L. N. Kennett and M. Salmon
AuSREM: Australian Seismological Reference Model
D. F. Lascelles
Banded iron formation to high-grade iron ore: a critical review of supergene enrichment models
J. H. Cann and C. V. Murray-Wallace
Interstadial age (MIS5c) beach-dune barrier deposits in the Coorong Lagoon, South Australia
M. Honda, D. Phillips, M. A. Kendrick, M. K. Gagan and W. R. Taylor
Noble gas and carbon isotope ratios in Argyle diamonds, Western Australia: Evidence for a deeply-subducted volatile component
Discussion and Reply:
D. F. Lascelles Discussion on Microplaty hematite - its varied nature and genesis by R. C. Morris and Genesis modeling for the Hamersley BIF-hosted iron ores of Western Australia: a critical review by R.C. Morris and M. Kneeshaw.
Reply: R. C. Morris and M. Kneeshaw
Coming up in TAG
TAG for March 2013
The March TAG will soon be on its way and includes a colour feature on the AuSREM and a feature on the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme. Also included are Special Reports on Australia's dinosaur trail, Earth Science Western Australia and much more. The March issue is 4 pages longer than usual and is only sent to members who have paid their 2013 membership fees.
TAG for June 2013
The deadline for general copy for the June edition is 29 April. Don't be disappointed, get your Letter to the Editor or a news item in now to: tag@gsa.org.au. Alternatively, if you are submitting a Feature or Special Report send your article by mid-April. Need information about word lengths and submitting? Contact: tag@gsa.org.au
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WHAT'S ON
DEADLINES:
Call for Papers - Abstract deadline extended to 8 February 2013
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society 2013 - 10th Anniversary Meeting and First Time in the Southern Hemisphere:
Brisbane 24-28 June, 2013
Call for Papers - Abstract deadline 25 February 2013
Slope Stability 2013:
Brisbane 25-27 September, 2013
Call for Papers - Abstract deadline 31 March 2013
Fourth Global Geotourism Conference:
Iceland 25-28 August, 2013
EVENTS:
Snowden Professional Development Courses, 2013 programme
10% Discount for GSA members
Download PDF flyer here
The Birch Lecture ANU, Canberra, 11 February 2013
Discovery of quasi-periodic materials - a paradigm change in crystallography.
Download PDF flyer here
Chemistry Research Lecture ANU, Canberra, 12 February 2013
Technological entrepreneurship - a key to world peace and prosperity.
Download PDF flyer here
8th Annual Water Symposium, Sydney, 22 February 2013
Addressing future water supply challenges.
Download PDF flyer here
Brisbane Exploration Discussions Group (BEDG) Friday seminar series, Brisbane, 22 February 2013
Geochemistry in Exploration - geochemistry is the new black.
Download PDF newsletter here, details on page 2
YOUANMI seismic and MT workshop, Perth, 27 February 2013
New seismic reflection and magnetotelluric data collected for the 2010 Youanmi and 2011 Southern Carnarvon seismic surveys.
http://bit.ly/px8B96
Environmental Geochemistry of Mine Site Pollution - An Introduction, Perth, 18 – 19 March 2013
Geology of Gold course, Melbourne, 18 – 22 March 2013
10% Discount for GSA members
Download PDF flyer here
Total Tailings Management Seminar, Perth, 20 – 21 March 2013
Advanced Tailings Management Seminar, Perth, 22 March 2013
Interpretation of Geochemical Data for Environmental Applications Workshop, Perth, 29 April 2013
Associate Prof Ron Watkins, Director, Environmental Inorganic Geochemistry Group, Curtin University
Download PDF flyer here
A Framework for Managing Risk After Mining Workshop, Perth, 30 April 2013
Bill Biggs, Biggs and Associates; Professor Ken Mercer, Australian Centre for Geomechanics
Download PDF flyer here
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