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geoz 92 June 2014
NEWSBREAKERS
Flights cancelled as Sangeang Api volcano erupts
Flights to Darwin and Bali were cancelled over a number of days as volcanic plumes billowed from Sangeang Api, an island volcano off the Indonesian island of Sumbawa in the Flores Sea. Ash clouds initially headed towards Darwin resulting in all flights in and out of the city being cancelled.
News report: http://bit.ly/1rAVFn9
Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre: http://bit.ly/T8Rpft
Image courtesy of NASA and Jeff Schmaltz LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team
Pavlof rings alarm bells
A code red warning has been issued for the Alaskan stratovolcano, Pavlof, located on the southwestern end of the Alaska Peninsula. Code red indicates a new eruption is imminent.
Alaska Volcano Observatory: http://bit.ly/1kjor6D
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 2014: Third Tuesday of each month (Except January)
Jaeger Lecture Theatre, Jaeger Building (Building 61), Australian National University. 5.00pm for 5.30pm start.
For more information: emma.mathews@ga.gov.au
New South Wales
2014 meeting dates to be advised
For more information: meetings@nsw.gsa.org.au
Queensland
2014 meeting dates to be advised
For more information: info@qld.gsa.org.au
Every Wednesday evening: GeoPub
Weekly Informal get-together for Explorers, Miners & other Geoscientists
O'Malleys Irish Pub - Basement Level of the Wintergarden in the Queen Street Mall, Brisbane. 5.30 pm
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: jim.jago@unisa.edu.au
GeoNight at the Pub: First Thursday of each month (starting 6th February)
The Griffins Head, Hindmarsh Square, Grenfell Street, Adelaide (Front Bar), 5.00pm to 7.30pm
For more information: anna_petts@yahoo.com.au
Tasmania
2014 meeting dates to be advised
For more information: taryn.noble@utas.edu.au
Victoria
2014 meeting dates to be advised
For more information: secretary@vic.gsa.org.au
Western Australia
Regular meetings: First Wednesday of each month (except December and
January)
Irish Club of WA, 61 Townshend Road, Subiaco, 5.30pm
For more information: info@wa.gsa.org.au
GSA EVENTS
GSA Council Elections
In July 2014, the Governing Council will be implemented. The process of electing the new Governing Council of GSA is now in progress.
Call for General Councillors
Nominations for the five positions of General Councillor to complete the inaugural nine person Council are now closed. Ballot papers are being mailed to all members. As advised in numerous communications, the Governing Council will combine the authority of the current Executive and the biennial Council meeting. The five General Councillors will be determined by a ballot of all members and the new Council will be endorsed on 8th July 2014, at the 2014 AGM of the Society, to be held in association with the AESC in Newcastle.
Additional Information:
Membership of the new Council will be a significant, national, professional responsibility, and an exciting opportunity for any Member committed to our profession, its standing and its growth. An ideal Council will include a mix of attributes such as: vision and a national perspective; energy and enthusiasm; wisdom; business acumen and management experience; experience in GSA committees; and recognition within the profession. We are starting an exciting new chapter in the evolution of GSA and here is your opportunity to shape the future of the Society.
If you have any queries about the new model please contact sue@gsa.org.au or one of the Governance committee members: Jim Ross, Chris Yeats, Laurie Hutton laurie.hutton@dnrm.qld.gov.au or Ian Graham i.graham@unsw.edu.au
The Australian Earth Sciences Convention 2014
Newcastle accommodation filling up! There is another event on in Newcastle during the AESC which means accommodation will be extremely hard to come by. The Secretariat has block bookings in place at a number of hotels. However, all unsold rooms must be released back to the hotels 30 days prior to the convention. We highly recommend you book your accommodation sooner rather than later to avoid disappointment.
The convention themes are:
• Energy
• Resources
• Environment
• Infrastructure, Service and Community
• Dynamic Planet
• Living Earth
Dedicated symposia include:
• 39th Symposium on the Advances in the Study of the Sydney Basin
• Comparisons & Contrasts in Circum-Pacific Orogens
Exploring in Australia?
Then you may be interested in these talks at the AESC:
• New exploration techniques and models, including bioexploration
• Multiscale characterisation of ore forming processes
• Latest developments in analytical geochemistry and geochronology
• Intrusion-related and orogenic gold deposits
• Geophysical & geochemical evidence of structure of the deep subsurface
• Coal Seam Gas and groundwater
• Public Forum on Energy 2050
• Petroleum prospectivity exploration and modelling of proven
and frontier basins
• The 39th Sydney Basin Symposium
• Coal - An old resource in a new age
• The Thomson Orogen in Queensland and NW NSW
• Nuclear Energy
• Magnetic anomalies and geological interpretation
• Optical sensing for advanced mineral characterisation for exploration
and mining
• UNCOVER - Searching the deep earth
• Geological challenges on major engineering/infrastructure projects
Image courtesy of Mike Smith.
AESC Public Forum: Energy 2050
As part of the Australian Earth Sciences Convention 2014, a public forum on Energy 2050: The Future of Energy in Australia will be held on Monday July 7th at 7:30 pm at the Civic Theatre, Newcastle. The forum panel will consist of world class speakers including Professor Iain Stewart, Geoscience Communication at Plymouth University (UK); Dr Gary Ellem, University of Newcastle; Professor Ben Hankamer, University of Queensland, Institute for Molecular Bioscience; Dr Tony Irwin, Technical Director SMR Nuclear Technology, Dr Alex Wonhas, CSIRO and Rachel Connell, Director, Office of Coal Seam Gas, NSW Trade & Investment.
You can purchase forum tickets through the convention website: http://bit.ly/1jO5W5B
Coinciding with the AESC: The Earth Beneath Our Feet, Newcastle, NSW, 7 – 14 July 2014
A free exhibition for everyone. You can see
unbelievable minerals and fossils, explore beautiful Australia, and learn
how the Earth is constantly reshaping itself - creating and destroying
through volcanoes, earthquakes, and erosion! Discover stories of our great
geologists and find out what is happening in the incredible world of
modern geoscience.
http://bit.ly/1rFbkBV
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 Convention secretariat: aesc@willorganise.com.au.
IN THE NEWS
Genomic evolution in real time, Hawaiian style
Crickets on two Hawaiian islands have evolved an inability to sing in order to avoid predation by a recently introduced parasitic fly. Research has demonstrated that the wing changes for this adaptation are physically different and arose from separate mutations and represent a new and very rapid example of convergent evolution.
News report: http://bbc.in/Sj5rdC
Research abstract: http://bit.ly/1oAvUBi
Biggest geothermal plant back on track
The Indonesian 330 Megawatt Sarulla geothermal project, the biggest of its type in the world, was put on hold due to the Asian financial crisis but has just received financing to go ahead. It will provide clean power to the Indonesian grid, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 1.3 million tonnes a year when completed in 2018.
http://reut.rs/1iNtiJ8
ON THE WEB
Big crocodile tooth snapped up
A 5.5cm long tooth from the Jurassic crocodilian, Dakosaurus maximus, has been dredged from the seabed near Dorset, England. The biggest yet found in the United Kingdom, the tooth was purchased by a private collector but now resides in the Natural History Museum, London.
News report: http://bbc.in/RYn7e4
Research abstract: http://bit.ly/1nbyYRv
Fish refugia under threat
Data spanning 3 million years and thirty interglacial cycles has revealed that Indo-Pacific coral reefs have acted as refugia for fish, explaining the amazing fish biodiversity we see today in these regions. However, the warmer waters that have protected the fish during these extreme events may now be a hazard to fish life as oceans warm and coral reefs die back.
News report: http://ab.co/1wxvnlF
Research abstract: http://bit.ly/1jNGIUR
IN THE MEDIA
Geoscientists in demand but under supplied in the USA
The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) has issued a new Status of the Geoscience Workforce Report. In it the AGI finds geoscience-related employment continues to grow but even with increasing numbers of graduates there is an expectation that there will be a shortfall of 135,000 geoscientists by 2020.
http://bit.ly/1mLZ4sx
Innovation Challenge open for entries
The $65,000 The Australian Innovation Challenge is an opportunity to take your good idea to the next level. The awards have seven cash prizes. Five professional categories, each carrying a prize of $5000, cover everything from new medical devices to telescopes and innovation in education. The overall winner will receive a further $25,000. The Backyard Innovation category is open to the public, and the winner will take out $10,000 in prize money. This year, there is also a Young Innovators category open to students under the age of 21. It carries a $5000 prize. Click here to find out more about entering.
http://bit.ly/1p2wdTe
Mars: The field trip continued
Outcrop at Windjana sporting two drill holes; one test hole and the second hole used to obtain samples for chemical analysis.
http://1.usa.gov/1pNVBfe
Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech
Excited about drill results at Windjana?
http://1.usa.gov/1hU2RBn
More news from the solar system ...
Titan teaches us how to look at exoplanets
http://ab.co/1pNGa6A
... and elsewhere ...
Exoplanets just like home (maybe)
http://ab.co/T8MV8n
Kepler-10c dubbed a Mega Earth
http://bbc.in/1tDcycK
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 61 No.3 - Sydney Basin
Colin Ward, Adrian Hutton, Harry Bowman, Kaydy Pinetown (eds)
C. R. Ward, A. C. Hutton, H. N. Bowman & K. L. Pinetown
Geological advances in the Sydney Basin: introduction to the thematic issue.
D. Och, I. Graham, H. Zwingmann, R. Offler & L. Sutherland
Constraining timing of brittle deformation and fault gouge formation in the Sydney Basin.
B. J. Franklin, J. F. Young & R. Powell
Testing of Sydney dimension sandstone for use in the conservation of heritage buildings.
G. H. McNally & D. F. Branagan
Geotechnical consequences of the Newcastle Coal Measures rocks.
L. Zhao, C. R. Ward, D. French & I. T. Graham
Mineralogy and major element geochemistry of the lower Permian Greta Seam, Sydney Basin, Australia.
S. Thomson, D. Thomson & P. Flood
Observations on the distribution of coal seam gas in the Sydney Basin and the development of a predictive model.
K. L. Pinetown
Regional coal seam gas distribution and burial history of the Hunter Coalfield, Sydney Basin.
A. Burra, J. Esterle & S. Golding
Coal seam gas distribution and hydrodynamics of the Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia.
A. Saghafi
Estimating greenhouse gas emissions from open-cut coal mining: application to the Sydney Basin.
J. Ross
Groundwater resource potential of the Triassic sandstones of the southern Sydney Basin: an improved understanding.
D. I. Cendón, S. I. Hankin, J. P. Williams, M. van der Ley, M. Peterson, C. E. Hughes, K. Meredith, I. T. Graham, S. E. Hollins, V. Levchenko & R. Chisari
Groundwater residence time in a dissected and weathered sandstone plateau: Kulnura-Mangrove Mountain aquifer, NSW, Australia.
B. F. J. Kelly, W. Timms, T. J. Ralph, B. M. S., Giambastiani, A. Comunian, A. M. McCallum, M. S. Andersen, R. S. Blakers,R. I. Acworth & A. Baker
A reassessment of the Lower Namoi Catchment aquifer architecture and hydraulic connectivity with reference to climate drivers.
Other papers published on-line recently
Follow this link to see the most recent papers published on-line.
G. R. Burton & S. J. Trigg
Geodynamic significance of the boundary between the Thomson Orogen and the Lachlan Orogen, northwestern New South Wales and implications for Tasmanide tectonics: discussion
R. A. Glen, Y. H. Poudjom Djomani, E. Belousova, R. Hegarty & R. J. Korsch
Geodynamic significance of the boundary between the Thomson Orogen and the Lachlan Orogen, northwestern New South Wales and implications for Tasmanide tectonics: reply
I. C. Roach, S. Jaireth & M. T. Costelloe
Applying regional airborne electromagnetic (AEM) surveying to understand the architecture of sandstone-hosted uranium mineral systems in the Callabonna Sub-basin, Lake Frome region, South Australia
Coming up in TAG
TAG for June 2014
The June issue is being mailed to GSA members and subscribers. The September issue deadline is 25 July. Have you got 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 June 30 2014
Bowen Basin Symposium 7-10 October, 2015
Bowen Basin and Beyond
Click here for flyer
Early bird registration - closes June 30 2014
IUCN World Parks Congress, Sydney, 12 – 19 November 2014
Parks, people, planet: inspiring solutions
http://bit.ly/1l277D2
Geoscience Australia's 2014 Top GeoShot photographic competition - entries close 12 September 2014
Winners receive a professionally framed enlargement of their image and their image will be displayed in Geoscience Australia's foyer in Canberra for the year.
Call for Papers - Abstract deadline December 1 2014
9th International Symposium on Field Measurements in Geomechanics: 8 – 10 September 2015
Instrumentation: the key to managing project performance
http://bit.ly/1wYNmSc
EVENTS:
Dinosaur & Marine reptile Dig! Richmond, QLD, 6 – 12 July 2014
For more information contact: paul@stumkatstudios.com
Australian Earth Sciences Convention - AESC 2014, Newcastle, NSW, 7 – 10 July 2014
1st Circular available NOW.
http://bit.ly/17ZRWUi
The Earth Beneath Our Feet, Newcastle, NSW, 7 – 14 July 2014
A free exhibition for everyone. You can see
unbelievable minerals and fossils, explore beautiful Australia, and learn
how the Earth is constantly reshaping itself - creating and destroying
through volcanoes, earthquakes, and erosion! Discover stories of our great
geologists and find out what is happening in the incredible world of
modern geoscience.
http://bit.ly/1rFbkBV
Practical Rock Mechanics (Introduction) Short Course, Perth, 28 – 29 July 2014
Click here for more information
Ground Support in Mining (Introduction) Short Course , Perth, 30 July – 1 August 2014
Click here for more information
9th International Mining Geology Conference 2014, Adelaide, 18 – 20 August 2014
Click here for more information
Open Pit Geotechnical Analysis and Design Training Course, Perth, 26 – 28 August 2014
31st Annual Meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology, Sydney, 27 September – 3 October 2014
Blasting for Stable Slopes Short Course, Perth, 3 – 5 November 2014
IUCN World Parks Congress, Sydney, 12 – 19 November 2014
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