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geoz 68 April 2013
NEWSBREAKERS
Yellowstone model made of the right stuff
Recent research suggests the problematic patterns of volcanism in the northwestern United States can be explained by a plume upwelling through mantle that circulates in the wedge beneath a subduction zone. The laboratory modelling shows how a hot spot can interact with a subducting plate to produce the features seen at Yellowstone including the opposing age progression of two neighbouring volcanic chains.
News report: http://bit.ly/10wj48Q
Research Abstract: http://bit.ly/XBrqvT
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
Friday 19th April 2013
Canberra Heritage Festival 2013
Geological Treasure Hunt
PDF brochure
New South Wales
Thursday 18th April 2013
Emeritus Prof. Peter Williams, The University of Western Sydney
The chemistry of exploration geochemistry : what that means.
3rd Floor Rugby Club, Rugby Place, Circular Quay. 5.30pm for 6.00pm
Queensland
Wednesday 17th April 2013
Professor Gordon Southam, University of Queensland
Bacteria-metal (-mineral) interactions with a focus on the biogeochemistry of gold
The Theodore Club, Level 1, 333 Adelaide St, Brisbane. 5.15 pm for 6.00 pm
South Australia
Thursday 18th April 2013
Annual general meeting of the GSA SA Division and Chairman's Address
Mawson Theatre, University of Adelaide. 5.30 pm for 6.15 pm
Thursday 2nd May 2013
Geonight at the pub
Griffins Head, Hindmarsh Square from 5pm
Thursday 16th May 2013
GSA President's Address - Laurie Hutton
Mawson Theatre, University of Adelaide. 5.30 pm for 6.15 pm
Tasmania
2013 meeting dates to be advised
For more information: mduffett@mrt.tas.gov.au
Victoria
Thursday 2 May 2013
Annual General Meeting
Speaker to be confirmed
Fritz Loewe Theatre, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, 5.30pm for 6.15pm
Thursday 30 May 2013
Dr Alan Goode, AMIRA International
Data Metallogenica - supporting and training the next generation of economic geologists
Fritz Loewe Theatre, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, 5.30pm for 6.15pm
Western Australia
Wednesday 1st May 2013
Peter Haines, Geological Survey of Western Australia
The Petermann Orogeny: syntectonic sediment pulse across the Centralian Superbasin and beyond traced by detrital zircon ages and Lu-Hf isotopes
Irish Club of WA (Inc), 61 Townshend Rd, Subiaco, 5.30 pm for 6.00 pm
Congratulations WA division on your 500th issue of WAG!
GSA EVENTS
The Australian Earth Sciences Convention 2014: First Circular now available.
The Australian Earth Sciences Convention 2014 1st Circular is available online now.
The convention themes are:
• Energy
• Resources
• Environment
• Service & Community
• Dynamic Planet
• Living Earth
Dedicated symposia include:
• 9th Symposium on the Advances in the Study of the Sydney Basin
• Comparisons & Contrasts in Circum-Pacific Orogens
Please distribute information about the AESC 2014 to your colleagues within the geoscience community:
Australian Earth Sciences Convention
AESC 2014: Sustainable Australia
7-10 July 2014
Newcastle NSW
The organising committee looks forward to welcoming you in Newcastle and if you want any information about the AESC do not hesitate to contact the GSA office: info@gsa.org.au.
AJES Online Access
GSA members entitled to access AJES online were recently advised to activate their access via http://www.tandfonline.com/action/customerActivation
Some members experienced an error message when attempting to activate their AJES account because they were not registered with Taylor & Francis Online. Members without an existing Taylor & Francis Online registration must register by clicking on the 'register' button on the activation page and then by following the prompts and completing the required details.
Once registered you can login through the activation page and activate your AJES access by completing the form:
Society, Please select Geological Society of Australia
Membership number, Your member number
Activation code, Your surname
After you have registered, you need to logout and go to: http://www.tandfonline.com/ajes, here you are prompted to enter your Membership number and Activation code. This will take you directly to all online issues of the Australian Journal of Earth Sciences.
You only need to register with Taylor & Francis once and your access to AJES via the simple http://www.tandfonline.com/ajes login is current while your GSA membership with provision for AJES online access is current.
In partnership with Taylor & Francis, the GSA has ensured all back-issues of AJES have been retro-digitised for your use.
If you encountered any issues with the access, please contact: enquiries@tandf.com.au
GSA membership
If you are interested in membership with the GSA please contact the GSA office: info@gsa.org.au or look online at: http://gsa.junctionworld.com/membership/join.html
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/
This month's rock of the month is the Boogardie orbicular granite located 35 km west of Mount Magnet in Western Australia. This unusual granitic rock, located on Boogardie Station, is one of a few orbicular granite localities known worldwide.
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 Angus M Robinson
Erratum: In geoz67 we incorrectly spelled Angus's surname in this acknowledgement. Apologies Angus.
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/
Click here for the Second Circular
2nd Australian Tertiary Geoscience Teaching Meeting Abstract volume is now available.
If you missed the meeting held January 2013 in Townsville, you can now purchase the abstracts: Purchase online or contact the GSA.
IN THE NEWS
Volcanic ash blooming marvellous
The Eyjafjallajökull volcano that erupted in April 2010 deposited iron-rich ash into the North Atlantic triggering a plankton bloom that fed in part on the extra soluble iron liberated into the ocean. However, the bloom rapidly utilised and was ultimately limited by the available nitrogen in the sea water.
News report: http://bbc.in/ZLYVb5
Research abstract: http://bit.ly/10AZYh7
Dinosaur hatchlings ready to roll
Rare bones from dinosaur eggs found in early Jurassic deposits in China indicate the embryonic dinosaurs grew very rapidly and were busy exercising prior to hatching.
News report: http://bit.ly/10WEYC7
Research abstract: http://bit.ly/14Y3G9AQ
ON THE WEB
G-pick? Check. Hand-lens? Check. Drone? Check!
In an effort to improve the remote-sensing capability of satellites and computer models of volcanic activity researchers have flown a Dragon Eye unmanned aerial vehicle through the vapour plume of Turrialba Volcano, Costa Rica. Data safely collected by the aircraft is enabling researchers to compare it to data collected at the same time by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft.
NASA report: http://1.usa.gov/ZwCh6y
New South Wales holidays all mapped out
The first state Geotourism Map in Australia has been released by Cartoscope Pty. Ltd. This NSW map features 96 sites and has an accompanying website so that users can get extensive geological detail in layman's terms and maps on each site. The map was supported by a TQUAL grant and sponsors helped lessen some of the costs. So far 15,000 of the 100,000 maps have been distributed mostly to visitor centres and many to secondary schools science departments. The map is receiving very favourable comments both from geoscientists and tourism information services.
Accompanying website: http://bit.ly/XUsS9m
IN THE MEDIA
Pine Island Glacier gets pinned down
Twenty-five GPS-radio enabled spears recently survived being dropped from the air into Pine Island Glacier, a fast-moving glacier that drains around 10% of the western Antarctic. The British Antarctic Survey plans to monitor the progress of the glacier for the next two years in order to better understand how it behaves and to validate their numerical models.
http://bbc.in/17pI9X0
Signs of geo-flatulence?
Unusual crater-like structures on the seafloor of the Chatham Rise about 500km east of Christchurch appear to be caused by fluids and gases erupting through sediments into the ocean. The largest of these structures is 11km by 6km in diameter and 100m deep. As investigations continue scientists are debating whether these structures are the result of volcanic gases escaping or the result of methane escaping when the sea-level was lower and the warmer sea temperatures liberated the gas from methane hydrated within the seafloor sediments.
http://bit.ly/148qW5B.
Mars: the 2013 field trip - Curiosity on R&R
Image: Mars will be passing almost directly behind the sun, from Earth's perspective between April 9 and April 26. The sun can easily disrupt radio transmissions between the two planets during that near-alignment. To prevent an impaired command from reaching an orbiter or rover, mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have suspended sending any commands to spacecraft at Mars for the duration of this conjunction. Transmissions from Mars to Earth will also be reduced.
Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech
http://1.usa.gov/XjCTlM.
Argon-Argon ratio a tale of loss
http://1.usa.gov/16Imkk4
Atmospheric pressure grows
http://1.usa.gov/XBq44c
Rocks: Hydrogen vs Alkali
http://1.usa.gov/12b4021
Lasers and dust
http://1.usa.gov/102ktYx
More about Argon
http://1.usa.gov/17bESaH
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!
Volume 60 Issue No.2
P. N. Southgate, N. L. Neumann and G. M. Gibson
Depositional systems in the Mt Isa Inlier from 1800 Ma to 1640 Ma: Implications for Zn-Pb-Ag mineralisation.
C. J. Carson
The Victoria and Birrindudu Basins, Victoria River region, Northern Territory, Australia: a SHRIMP U-Pb detrital zircon and Sm-Nd study.
A. Rajabi, E. Rastad and C. Canet
Metallogeny of Permian-Triassic carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb and F deposits of Iran: A review for future mineral exploration.
A. S. Merdith, T. C. W. Landgrebe, A. Dutkiewicz and R. D. Müller
Towards a predictive model for opal exploration using a spatio-temporal data mining approach.
J. B. Jago, C. G. Gatehouse, C. McA. Powell and T. Casey
Implications of cross-bedding data from the upper part of the Cambrian succession, Arrowie Basin, South Australia.
C. J. Adams, R. J. Korsch and W. L. Griffin
Provenance comparisons between the Nambucca Block, Eastern Australia and the Torlesse Composite Terrane, New Zealand: connections and implications from detrital zircon age patterns.
A. Babaahmadi and G. Rosenbaum
Kinematics of the Demon Fault: Implications for Mesozoic dextral strike-slip faulting in eastern Australia.
A. C. Macken, M. C. McDowell, D. N. Bartholomeusz and E. H. Reed
Chronology and stratigraphy of the Wet Cave vertebrate fossil deposit, Naracoorte, and relationship to paleoclimatic conditions of the Last Glacial Cycle in south-eastern Australia.
R. H. Sharma
Evaluating the effect of slope curvature on slope stability by a numerical analysis.
Coming up in TAG
TAG for June 2013
The deadline for general copy for the June edition is 29 April. Content received after the 29 April will be held over till the September issue. Don't be disappointed, get your Letter to the Editor or a news item in now to: tag@gsa.org.au. If you are submitting a Feature or Special Report please send your article by mid-April. Need information about word lengths and submitting? Contact: tag@gsa.org.au
JOB VACANCIES
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Advertising positions are now available in Geoz. Be the first to advertise here.
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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 entries - closing date 3 May 2013
2013 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes
For a complete list of the prizes, conditions of entry, judging criteria and entry forms go to:
http://eureka.australianmuseum.net.au/
Registration and Abstract submission - closing date 27 May 2013
Rocks, Reef and Rainforest - Mission Beach - July 14 - 19
Biennial Conference of the Specialist Group in Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology
Registration open - Early Bird Registration closes 17 June 2013
40th IAH International Congress - Perth 15 - 20 September
Solving the Groundwater Challenges of the 21st Century
Bookings open - event date 23 June 2013
Geology Train!
Experience the excitement of a rugged, narrow-gauge, coal-fired, steam-powered mountain train ride and view great outcrops. GeoTourism at its steamy best!
2014 Haddon Forrester King Medal nominations - closing date 29 July 2013
The 2014 Haddon Forrester King Medal for research in mineral exploration is now open for nominations
The Medal is a prestigious career award for life-long achievement and outstanding contribution to science.
EVENTS:
Advanced Techniques in Mining and Mineral Exploration, Townsville, 22 April – 3 May 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
ACG Mine Rehabilitation and Closure Seminar and workshops, Perth, 1 – 3 May 2013
Australian Centre for Geomechanics
Download PDF flyer here
Advanced Application of Seismology in Mines Short Course, Perth, 7 – 10 May 2013
No workshop proceedings will be available for purchase.
http://www.groundsupport2013.com/events
Shotcrete Design and Performance Workshop, Perth, 12 May 2013
No workshop proceedings will be available for purchase.
http://www.groundsupport2013.com/events
Ground Support 2013, Perth, 13 – 15 May 2013
No workshop proceedings will be available for purchase.
http://www.groundsupport2013.com/home
4th Australian Water Schools, Gold Coast, 15 – 17 May 2013
Fundamentals of Water Science, Technology and Governance.
Download PDF flyer here
Shale Resource Plays for Investors, Sydney, 16 May 2013
Learn more about gas and oil resources being exploited from shale plays.
Download PDF flyer here
Ground Support Technology: Integrated Field Laboratory and Theoretical Research, Perth, 16 – 17 May 2013
No workshop proceedings will be available for purchase.
http://www.groundsupport2013.com/events
Introduction to the Oil & Gas Industry, Sydney, 21 – 22 May 2013
For non-technical personnel who work in the petroleum industry or in related activities.
Download PDF flyer here
Science at the Shine Dome 2013, Canberra, 29 – 31 May 2013
Futores, Townsville, 2 – 5 June 2013
Future and understanding of Tectonics, Resources, Environment and Sustainability
http://bit.ly/TpDgoj
Liquefied Natural Gas, Perth, 3 – 5 June 2013
Fundamentals of the Technical and Commercial Supply Chain
Download PDF flyer here
Critical minerals 2013, Perth, 4 – 5 June 2013
Mines, Markets, Manufacturing and Money
http://bit.ly/11YCH7P
AusIMM International Uranium Conference, Darwin, 11 – 12 June 2013
Advanced Field Training, Townsville, 7 – 14 June 2013
Introduction to the Oil & Gas Industry, Perth, 9 – 10 July 2013
For non-technical personnel who work in the petroleum industry or in related activities.
Download PDF flyer here
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