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geoz 98 September 2014
NEWSBREAKERS
Expect more magnitude 9+ earthquakes!
Research since the 2004 magnitude 9.3 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and the 2011 magnitude 9 Tohoku earthquake suggests all past methodologies failed to predict the strength of these earthquakes and a new approach is needed. A new method developed recently can calculate the probability of stronger earthquakes above magnitude 8. It suggests Pacific subduction zones will experience a magnitude 8.5 earthquake within 250 years, a magnitude 8.8 within 500 years, and a magnitude 9 or greater within 10,000 years.
News report: http://ab.co/1qdOYAG
Research abstract: http://bit.ly/1u52hXY
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
Thursday 16th October 2014
Dr Paul Heithersay, Deputy Chief Executive Resources and Energy, Department of State Development
IOCG Deposits
Mawson Theatre, University of Adelaide. 5.30 pm for 6.15 pm
Thursday 20th November 2014
A/Prof Nigel Cook, University of Adelaide
Title of talk TBC
Mawson Theatre, University of Adelaide. 5.30 pm for 6.15 pm
GeoNight at the Pub: First Thursday of each month
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
Wednesday 1st October 2014 (new date)
Tasmanian Minister for Resources, Paul Harriss
Book launch of Geological Evolution of Tasmania
University of Tasmania Geology-Geography building, 2.30 pm
Download an order form for the book here.
21 - 23 November 2014
Field trip to Maria Island
Please email Garry.Davidson@utas.edu.au if
you are interested in booking one of the 10 4-6 berth rooms that are available for the two night
visit.
Victoria
KR7 Down Under, Melbourne, 29 September – 3 October 2014
Climate Change: the Karst record
http://bit.ly/WJbknb.
Friday 3rd October 2014
Selwyn Symposium 2014: The Nullarbor Plain: Recent Advances
University of Melbourne, 9.00am to 5.00pm .
For more information click here.
To register complete the registration form click here.
Western Australia
2015 Gibb Maitland Medal Nominations now open.
The Gibb Maitland Medal is awarded by the Western Australia Division of the GSA in order to recognise individuals who have made substantial
contributions to geoscience in Western Australia.
Nominations close: Monday 1 December 2014
For more information including the guidelines and nomination form: http://wa.gsa.org.au/
Ravi Anand was the 2014 Gibb Maitland Medallist. Read his acceptance speech in WAG here.
GSA EVENTS
GSA membership renewals for 2015
2015 Member renewals will be posted late September 2014.
Now is the time to contact the GSA office to update your membership details.
Please email info@gsa.org.au or phone (02) 9290 2194.
Specialist Group in Tectonics and Structural Geology.
Riding the Wave: A conference to showcase current research and ideas in Structural Geology and Tectonics
Pre-conference field trip: 15-22 November 2015
New Caledonia: ophiolite obduction, accretion and high-pressure metamorphism
Field trip convener: Geoffrey Clark
Post-conference field trip: 28-30 November 2015
Gympie Block/D'Aguilar Ranges: Oscillating deformation and the birth and death of the
final orogeny on onshore Australia - core complex, ophiolitic blueschist, rift systems and
terrane accretion.
Field trip convener: Rod Holcombe
Key dates:
Early Bird registration and submission of approximate titles for oral presentation
selection: 30 June 2015
Abstract deadline: 15 September 2015
For queries and expressions of interest contact:
Gideon Rosenbaum,
Email: g.rosenbaum@uq.edu.au
Phone: 07 3346 9798
National Rock Garden News
The National Rock Garden has received its first Rock Sponsor donation - a substantial donation of $20,000 to assist with the acquisition, transportation and preparation of a large granite tor from the Monaro region of southern NSW.
In other news, Doug Finlayson, a foundation Director, and driving force behind the early stages of the project, has stepped down. In his place are two new Directors - Mike Smith and John Bain, both existing members of the NRG Steering Committee. Doug is thanked for his enormous contributions, including editorship of the Newsletter; he will be sorely missed.
The latest issue of the newsletter, including notes of the rock of the month is available here. Find information about the development of the master plan here.
New AAP Memoir available now!
Memoir 45: Cambro-Ordovician Studies V
Download the order form here
IN THE NEWS
Plate Tectonics on Europa?
Jupiter's moon Europa may have an active system of tectonics plates, with the surface constantly worked by plate motions. Mapping of the surface features has revealed structures comparable with spreading centres and subduction-like convergent zones.
News report: http://ab.co/1nFtKf3
Research abstract: http://bit.ly/1uMxX4Z.
Mount Mayon rumbles again
Mount Mayon, an active volcano in the central Philippines, appears to be close to eruption. The area has been put on alert level three by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. There is increased volcanic activity including a growing lava dome, crater glow, rock fall events, volcanic earthquakes and gas emissions.
http://ab.co/1uQg0lW
ON THE WEB
Geophysics reveals Stonehenge complex
A magnetometer, a ground-penetrating radar and a 3D laser scanner have been used with other instruments to scan the Stonehenge area to a depth of three metres at high resolution. Results indicate the very visible monument is surrounded by 17 other shrines or structures.
http://bbc.in/1qDZ4zO
Aquatic and carnivorous: Spinosaurus aegyptiacus
A new Cretaceous dinosaur fossil has revealed an aquatic predator, Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, the only known example of a semi-aquatic dinosaur.
News report: http://ab.co/XzheHo
Research abstract: http://bit.ly/WS5sHk
Speaking of big...
The most complete giant sauropod dinosaur ever discovered: Dreadnoughtus schrani
http://bbc.in/1pNtHU1
IN THE MEDIA
Landing site chosen
The Rosetta probe will launch its robot lander, Philae, towards Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in a one-off landing attempt on 11 November. The probe will deploy screws and harpoons in an effort to lock itself down to the surface after it matches the movements of the comet.
http://bbc.in/1tVQ9w1
Lava flows imaged from space
Iceland's Bárðarbunga volcano as imaged on September 16, 2014. The lava flow is hot enough to glow in near-infrared light, so it appears red in the image, which displays near-infrared, red, and green wavelengths as red, green, and blue respectively.
Image courtesy of NASA's Earth Observatory
http://1.usa.gov/1yeJv6L
Mars: The field trip continued ...
The layers in this outcrop in the Pahrump Hills show an upward thickening which is consistent with deposition in an aqueous environment.
http://1.usa.gov/1uGfokP
Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
At the base of Mount Sharp
http://1.usa.gov/1qL6nH1
The route to hematite ridge
http://1.usa.gov/1DiKaEl
Unusual silicon enrichment in rocks known as Wildrose and Bonanza King
http://1.usa.gov/1DiJhvy
Read the extended mission plan
here
More news from the solar system ...
Hostile Venus zone defined
http://ab.co/1taC4cr
Rosetta takes a selfie
http://bbc.in/1u560Vo
Rosetta makes a map
http://bit.ly/1oYLfXa
Another near miss
http://bit.ly/1wdVigO
... and elsewhere ...
We are living in a galactic cannibal
http://ab.co/1uFh7qx
Impossible star system found
http://bit.ly/1piXRsm
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.6 - Printed and mailed to subscribers
C.-S. Wang, R. Norman, T. K. Yeh, K. Zhang, S. L. Choy & T.-P. Tseng
Investigation into the atmospheric parameters retrieved from ROPP and CDAAC using GPS Radio Occultation Measurements over the Australian area.
H-B. Tan, J-Z. Huang, W-J. Zhang, X-Q. Liu, Y-F. Zhang, N. Kong & Q. Zhang
Fractionation of hydrogen and oxygen isotopes of gypsum hydration water and assessment on its geochemical indications.
P. W. Whitehead & P. N. Nelson
Displacement of the Great Divide in north Queensland associated with Neogene lava flows.
A. D. Albani, P. C. Rickwood & J. W. Tayton
Mount Woolnough: the submerged volcano, SE of Sydney, NSW.
J. H. Cann, C. S. Lower & J. B. Jago
Provenance and sediment characteristics of contemporary gravel deposits at Sellicks Beach, eastern shore of Gulf St Vincent, South Australia.
J. B. Jago & C. G. Gatehouse
A small trace fossil assemblage from the ?middle Cambrian Pantapinna Sandstone, Flinders Ranges, South Australia and its paleoenvironmental significance.
D. F. Lascelles
Paleoproterozoic regolith beneath wave-cut erosion surfaces preserved on the northern margin of the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia.
C. W. Kwon, S. W. Kim, S.-I. Park, J. Park, J.-H. Oh, B. C. Kim, H. J. Koh & D.-L. Cho
Sedimentological characteristics and new detrital zircon SHRIMP U-Pb ages of the Babulu Formation in the Fohorem area, Timor-Leste.
Other papers published on-line recently
Follow this link to see the most recent papers published on-line.
S. Jones
Contrasting structural styles of gold deposits in the Leonora Domain: evidence for early gold deposition, Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia
Follow this link to see the 2014 AESC conference abstracts.
Coming up in TAG
TAG for September 2014
The September issue has been mailed to you. If you didn't receive your issue please contact the GSA office. Have you got something to say in 2014? If you have, then the December issue is the opportunity for publishing in TAG in 2014. Please send your news item, feature or Letter to the Editor to: tag@gsa.org.au. If you are submitting a Feature or Special Report please send your article in as soon as possible and if you need information about word lengths and submitting? Contact: tag@gsa.org.au
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Fee: $150.00
For more information: info@gsa.org.au
WHAT'S ON
DEADLINES:
Early Bird registration closes 30th September
11th SA Exploration and Mining Conference, Adelaide, 5 December 2014
Click here for more information
Call for grant applications: open 9am AEST 1 October to 4pm AEDT 23 October 2014
National Science Week 2015
http://bit.ly/1wptwht
Call for Papers - Abstract deadline October 13 2014
11th International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation by Blasting, Sydney 24 – 26 August 2015
http://bit.ly/1lKkQ3y
Register for a great online broadcast Q&A session - before October 14 2014
In Class with Brian Cox, online October 14 2015
http://bit.ly/1lHj3xj
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/1uQTNVn
Call for Papers - Abstract deadline December 1 2014
4th annual Australasian Universities Geoscience Educators Network meeting: 12 – 13 January 2015
Submit abstracts and expressions of interest here.
Complete the poll on possible discussion topics here.
Register your interest in the proposed field trip here.
Nomination deadline December 1 2014
The Gibb Maitland Medal
For more information including the guidelines and nomination form: http://wa.gsa.org.au/
EVENTS:
Australian Water Modelling School, Gold Coast, 24 – 26 September 2014
31st Annual Meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology, Sydney, 27 September – 3 October 2014
14th Australian Space Research Conference, Adelaide, 29 September – 1 October 2014
KR7 Down Under, Melbourne, 29 September – 2 October 2014
Climate Change: the Karst record
http://bit.ly/WJbknb
Short Course: Orogenic Gold Deposits: Nature and Geological Targeting, Kalgoorlie, 7 October 2014
Gold14@Kalgoorlie Symposium, Kalgoorlie, 8 – 10 October 2014
Sustainable Economic Growth for Regional Australia, Alice Springs, 8 – 10 October 2014
Includes a session on Geotourism
http://bit.ly/1jKdYn4
Short Course: Exploration Strategies for Sediment-hosted and Orogenic Gold, Kalgoorlie, 11 October 2014
Earth Science Week, Australia, 12 – 18 October 2014
Earth's Connected Systems
http://bit.ly/1uiJqck
Short Course: Porphyry Copper-Gold and Related Epithermal Deposits, Perth, 14 October 2014
In class with Professor Brian Cox, online only, 14 October 2014
You must register to attend
http://bit.ly/1lHj3xj
Public Talk: Tsunami Warning Systems since 26 December 2004, Canberra, 16 October 2014
Bookings required
http://bit.ly/1seTFzq
Reinjection of Coal Seam Gas Associated Water, Brisbane, 23 October 2014
Pre-conference master class: Sustainable Remediation, Gold Coast, 29 October 2014
Pre-conference master class: Stakeholder Engagement: The Absolute Essentials, Gold Coast, 29 October 2014
EcoForum conference and exhibition, Gold Coast, 29 – 31 October 2014
3rd Unconventional Gas and Water Management, Gold Coast, 29 – 31 October 2014
Blasting for Stable Slopes Short Course, Perth, 3 – 5 November 2014
Water in Mining School, Sydney, 5 – 7 November 2014
Natural Chemistry and Environmental Tracers in Groundwater: Principles and Applications, Perth, 10 November 2014
IUCN World Parks Congress, Sydney, 12 – 19 November 2014
5th Groundwater Essentials, Melbourne, 17 – 18 November 2014
Water Management for Landfills, Melbourne, 26 – 28 November 2014
Water, Mining and Coal Seam Gas, Sydney, 29 November – 1 December 2014
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