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geoz 81 November 2013
NEWSBREAKERS
To Bee or not to Bee
Australian research has revealed that the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary extinction event almost included bees. Using molecular phylogenetic analyses researchers have shown that one bee group, the Xylocopinae, have a pattern of no radiation followed by rapid diversification that is consistent with a massive extinction event close to the K-T boundary.
News report: http://ab.co/1bXZVSb
Research abstract: http://bit.ly/18QrZY7
India takes aim
India plans to be the fourth nation to operate scientific studies of Mars with the launch of a package with five instruments on board. Planned mainly as a demonstration of India's capabilities in space the Mars orbiter will the colour photographs, look for methane, analyse the atmosphere and map the surface using a thermal imaging spectrometer.
http://bbc.in/1aoeJGk
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: emma.mathews@ga.gov.au
New South Wales
Tuesday 26th November 2013
Presenter TBA
New research in earth sciences in NSW
Customs House, Newcastle, 6.00 pm for 6.30 pm
Queensland
Tuesday 19th November 2013
Dr Wes Nichols
Intrusions in Coal at Callide Mine
The Theodore Club, Level 1, 333 Adelaide St, Brisbane. 5.15 pm for 6.00 pm
South Australia
GeoNight at the Pub: First Thursday of each month but 7th November last for 2013
The Griffins Head, Hindmarsh Square, Grenfell Street, Adelaide (Front Bar), 5.00pm to 7.30pm
For more information: anna_petts@yahoo.com.au
Thursday 21st November 2013
Dr Mark Bishop
Title of talk TBA
Mawson Theatre, University of Adelaide. 5.30 pm for 6.15 pm
Thursday 28th November 2013
10th SA Exploration and Mining Conference
A joint AIG, ASEG, AusIMM, GSA & SACOME effort
Adelaide Convention Centre: http://bit.ly/1fym0v2
Tasmania
Thursday 5th December - Friday 6th December 2013
Tasmanian Geoscience Forum
Sharin progress in exploration, mining and research
Cradle Mountain Chateau, Cradle Mountain, Tasmania.
Download brochure here.
Victoria
Monday 25th and half day Tuesday 26th November, 2013
The Andy Gleadow Retirement Symposium
For catering purposes RSVP Barry Kohn (b.kohn@unimelb.edu.au) by 18 November
Fritz Loewe Theatre, Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne
Thursday 28th November 2013
Liz Rogers
Diving Exploration and Cave Geology on the Nullarbor
For more information: secretary@vic.gsa.org.au
Western Australia
Wednesday 6th November 2013
Tony Kemp, Centre for Exploration Targeting &
ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems
Title of talk TBA
Irish Club of WA (Inc), 61 Townshend Rd, Subiaco, 5.30 pm
GSA EVENTS
GSA membership
Members renewals have been mailed. If you haven't received yours please 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.
SGTSG Thredbo Conference and post-conference field trip, February 2014.
The deadline for abstract submissions has been extended until November 17.
Abstracts received after this date may still be accepted but without any guarantee that this will secure an oral presentation (i.e. poster place only).
The biennial meeting of the Specialist Group in Tectonics and Structural Geology will be held 2-8 February 2014.
• Welcome BBQ and cricket match: Sunday 2 February
• Conference Dinner: Friday 7 February
Medals and prizes will be awarded at the conference dinner.
• Field trip: A 3-day post-conference field trip (Saturday, 8 February - Monday, 10 February)
is planned along the NSW south coast between Merimbula and Batemans Bay,
including spectacular crosscutting and magma mingling igneous relationships at
Bingi-Bingi Point, before returning to Canberra.
Led by Dr Chris Ferguson, University of Wollongong and Prof Steve Cox (ANU).
Abstract submissions: Please send expressions of interest to the science committee: marnie.forster@anu.edu.au, simon.mcclusky@anu.edu.au or geoff.fraser@ga.gov.au.
Click here for more information and registration details or contact Gordon Lister gordon.lister@anu.edu.au.
The Australian Earth Sciences Convention 2014
Check out the Australian Earth Sciences Convention 2014 web site at http://aesc2014.gsa.org.au/. The First Circular is available here.
The convention themes are:
• Energy
• Resources
• Environment
• Infrastructure, 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. and if you would like to receive notifications when registration or call for papers is open for the AESC, please click here.
The National Rock Garden inauguration of the Federation Rock Display
On Sunday 20 October, 2013, the ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher officially opened the Federation Rocks display at the National Rock Garden on the western foreshore of Lake Burley Griffin. The display, at the entrance to the six-hectare site, consists of a set of large rocks selected for their significance to their home state or territory.
http://bit.ly/1eCQppi
Federation rocks.
Image courtesy of Brad Pillans
View the highlights of the day's events on the National Rock Garden Facebook page. Stay up to date with the latest NRG news by liking the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/National-Rock-Garden/509206615828657?ref=hl
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/
The National Rock Garden (NRG) qualifies for Deductible Gift Recipient status (DGR). In other words, donations to the NRG are tax deductible so now donating to the NRG can be a win-win! Bookmark this page: http://bit.ly/1gl0K8d
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
Newsletter No. 7, October 2013 is available now. Click here to download the pdf. Read all about the planning behind the design and how inauguration day unfolded.
IN THE NEWS
Science by Doing
Nobel Laureate Professor Brian Schmidt recently launched the Australian Academy of Science's innovative secondary school science education program Science by Doing.
After four years of development and some funding issues along the way, Science by Doing is up and running. It combines the latest in interactive technology with expertise in science and education to create rich, exciting tools for teachers and students in years 7 to 10. It also incorporates interactive activities, video and hands-on experimentation to engage secondary students with inquiry-based, high-tech units fully aligned to the national curriculum for science, and supports school-based science teaching teams with training and mentorship.
http://bit.ly/1aojgbQ
A turtle's worst nightmare?
Fossil remains of a giant platypus, twice the size of a modern platypus, have been found in the Riversleigh World Heritage area. Obdurodon tharalkooschild had teeth able to chew crayfish, frogs and small turtles. Modern platypus adults do not have teeth.
http://ab.co/1ed1Bvk
ON THE WEB
Top GeoShot Winners announced
Over 350 outstanding entries were received for this year's Top GeoShot photographic competition including 67 entries for the Student category. Geoscience Australia announced the winners as part of Earth Science Week celebrations.
Overall winner:
Peter Power with his photo, Coogee Cliffs, of Coogee Beach Sydney.
People's Choice award:
Mieke Boynton with her photo, Secrets and Whispers, of Hancock Gorge, Karijini National Park, Western Australia.
Student category:
Matt Tomkins with his photo, Wee Jasper Morning, of the reflection of hills in Lake Burrinjuck dam near Yass, New South Wales.
The photographs were judged on their creativity and how well they fitted with the competition theme of Exposed to the Elements. The winning entries are available for viewing on Geoscience Australia's website, with all 350 Top GeoShot entries now on display in Geoscience Australia's foyer
http://bit.ly/1bXUAyo
Digital dino on-line
The 40 metre long Cretaceous dinosaur, Argentinosaurus, has been digitally reconstructed and is available on-line as a set of anatomically detailed slides and walking animations. The study also provides the first ever virtual trackway for Argentinosaurus.
News report: http://ab.co/1h48Qrq
On-line publication: http://bit.ly/17uuEss
IN THE MEDIA
Patagonian ice retreating
Patagonian glaciers are retreating and have been for over a decade. The 3 kilometre retreat documented in this recent image shows that between 2002 and 2013 there has been a significant retreat of Upsala Glacier. Unfortunately this observation is repeated elsewhere in Patagonia.
Image courtesy of NASA's Earth Observatory
http://1.usa.gov/HDLbxu
EGU gets serious about education
The European Geosciences Union has recently launched GeoEd, the new column on GeoLog (the EGU official blog) dedicated to education in the geosciences. It will cover new and ongoing education initiatives across the EGU, as well as individual posts under the broad global pedagogical theme of education for sustainable development.
http://bit.ly/19E5Kk2
Mars: Curiosity back in business!
The low ridge that appears as a dark band below the horizon in the centre of this scene is a Martian outcrop called Cooperstown, a possible site for contact inspection with tools by Curiosity.
http://1.usa.gov/HDsTNQ
Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech.
SAM finds water
http://1.usa.gov/18vRECN
Summary of published findings
http://1.usa.gov/18c8x6R
All the latest right here!
http://1.usa.gov/OBZOSO
They really are Martian!
http://bit.ly/1aO18dD
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.5: some already online
K. Mills, P. Gell, P. Hesse, R. Jones, P. Kershaw, R. Drysdale and J. McDonald
Paleoclimate studies and natural-resource management in the Murray-Darling Basin I: past, present and future climates.
K. Mills, P. Gell, J. Gergis, P. Baker, M. Finlayson, P. l. Hesse, R. Jones, P. Kershaw, S. Pearson, P. Treble, C. Barr, M. Brookhouse, R. Drysdale, J. McDonald, S. Haberle, M. Reid, M. Thoms and J. Tibby
Paleoclimate studies and natural resource management in the Murray-Darling Basin II: Unravelling human impacts and climate variability.
C. S. Lower, J. H. Cann and D. Haynes
Microfossil evidence for salinity events in the Holocene Coorong Lagoon, South Australia.
D. Gregory, S. Meffre and R. Large
Mineralogy of metal contaminated estuarine sediments, Derwent estuary, Hobart, Australia: Implications for metal mobility.
R. J. Holm and S. W. Richards
A re-evaluation of arc-continent collision and along-arc variation in the Bismarck Sea region, Papua New Guinea.
Supplementary papers
S. J. Craven, N. R. Daczko and J. A. Halpin
High-T-low-P thermal anomalies superposed on biotite-grade rocks, Wongwibinda Metamorphic Complex, southern New England Orogen, Australia: heat advection by aqueous fluid?
D. W. Hamacher and C. O'Neill
The Discovery and History of the Dalgaranga Meteorite Crater, Western Australia.
Supplementary papers
F. Sun, L. Tekoum, J. C. Doumnang, R. Tchameni and A. A. Ganwa
Petrographic and structural analysis of the Precambrian rocks in the Zalbi Sector, northwest Léré, Chad.
Other papers published on-line recently
Follow this link to see the most recent papers published on-line.
L. Zhao, C. R. Ward, D. French & I. T. Graham
Mineralogy and major-element geochemistry of the lower Permian Greta Seam, Sydney Basin, Australia
G. H. McNally & D. F. Branagan
Geotechnical consequences of the Newcastle Coal Measures rocks
B. J. Franklin, J. F. Young & R. Powell
Testing of Sydney dimension sandstone for use in the conservation of heritage buildings.
A. Saghafi
Estimating greenhouse gas emissions from open-cut coal mining: application to the Sydney Basin.
Coming up in TAG
TAG for December 2013
Christmas is just around the corner and so is the December issue of TAG. If you sent in a contribution please note that content received after the 25 October will be held over till the March issue. Something to say in 2014? Get your Letter to the Editor or a news item published in TAG by sending it to: tag@gsa.org.au. If you are submitting a Feature or Special Report please send your article in as soon as possible. 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 March 14 2014
The Australian Earcth Science Convention:
Newcastle 7-10 July, 2014
Sustainable Australia
http://bit.ly/17ZRWUi
EVENTS:
ACG Blasting for Stable Slopes, Perth, 4 – 6 November 2013
Demonstration of GSWA online systems, Perth, 7 November 2013
NB: TENGRAPH online is not covered.
http://bit.ly/170fI1c
22nd Coastal Conference, Port Macquarie, 12 – 15 November 2013
Valuing our Coastal Zone, Planning our Future, What's the big picture?
http://bit.ly/106nHKm
Demonstration of GSWA online systems, Kalgoorlie, 14 November 2013
NB: TENGRAPH online is not covered.
http://bit.ly/170fI1c
Global Eco Asia-Pacific Tourism Conference, Noosa, 18 – 20 November 2013
Geotourism Half Day Forum: Wednesday 20 November.
Download PDF flyer here
26th International Applied Geochemistry Symposium, Rotorua New Zealand, 18 – 21 November 2013
Incorporating the 35th New Zealand Geothermal Workshop.
http://bit.ly/13zjGxB
The Andy Gleadow Retirement Symposium, Melbourne, 25 – 26 November 2013
For more information contact the GSAV secretary secretary@vic.gsa.org.au
10th SA Exploration and Mining Conference, Adelaide, 28 November 2013
Registrations for the SA Exploration and Mining Conference are now open.
http://bit.ly/16aMASF
GSQ Digging Deeper Seminar 2013, Brisbane, 4 December 2013
Mine Site Reconciliation 2013, Gold Coast, 4 – 6 December 2013
3rd Tasmania Geoscience Forum, Cradle Mountain Tasmania, 5 – 6 December 2013
Contact Taryn.Noble@utas.edu.au for more details.
Biennial meeting of the Specialist Group in Tectonics and Structural Geology, Thredbo NSW, 2 – 2 February 2014
Welcome BBQ and cricket match will be held on the Sunday 2 February.
For more information contact Gordon Lister gordon.lister@anu.edu.au.
Australian Earth Sciences Convention - AESC 2014, Newcastle, NSW, 7 – 10 July 2014
1st Circular available NOW.
http://bit.ly/17ZRWUi
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