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geoz 99 October 2014
NEWSBREAKERS
Ebola now impacting gold, iron and aluminium mining as well as off-shore oil drilling
Gold mining operations in West and Central Africa are facing difficulties due to the ongoing Ebola emergency amidst safety concerns for their work forces. Iron ore and aluminium producers are in a similar situation. In addition, Exxonmobil has recently announced it is postponing operations off the coast of Liberia for the same reason.
News report: http://bit.ly/1xW4Gto
News report from UN - WHO: http://bbc.in/1u326Lk
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
Tuesday 21st October 2014
Philip Main
Geochronology and Thermochronology of the Carajás Granite and Spatially Associated Cu - Au deposits
Jaeger Lecture Theatre, Jaeger Building (Building 61), ANU. 5.00 pm for 5.30 pm
New South Wales
Thursday 20th November 2014
Honours Night
The best honours students from NSW present their work
Upper campus UNSW. For more information: m.vanderley@unsw.edu.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 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
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. Download the flyer here.
Victoria
2014 meeting dates to be advised
For more information: secretary@vic.gsa.org.au
Western Australia
Wednesday 5th November 2014
Dr Aaron Hunter, Curtin University
A Bizarre Crinoid from a Methane Seep in the Late South Cretaceous of South Dakota, USA
Irish Club of WA (Inc), 61 Townshend Rd, Subiaco, 5.30 pm for 6.00 pm
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 are in the mail. Membership is from the 1st January - 31st December.
To pay online:
Internet Explorer is the most user-friendly browser to enable online membership renewal.
Firstly, Click the member login area
Login: this is your member number
Password: on your member renewal form, unless you manually changed it.
The blue box on the left has your profile, click: Pay My Membership
This window has the details listed on your member renewal, if you do not want to change anything, simply add to basket to make the payment.
If you wish to make changes click on the tick boxes and add to basket. You will now be in the checkout window.
Insert your credit card details in this secure area and complete your transaction.
If you would like a receipt, please email: info@gsa.org.au
If in doubt please do not hesitate to contact the GSA by 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
IN THE NEWS
Drilling the Alpine Fault
A deep-drilling project into New Zealand's Alpine Fault is underway. It aims to intersect the fault near Whataroa, north of Franz Josef glacier, with the aim of examining the structures in the area prior to the next earthquake.
News report: http://yhoo.it/1tuwR1j
GNS press release: http://bit.ly/1CnpEz7.
Rock art revelations
Rock art found in caves on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi have been dated at 40,000 years old. Previously, the oldest rock art, from Spain, was dated at about 41,000 years old. These new finds indicate the development of cave painting culture was not exclusively a European phenomenon or that dispersal of this culture is much older than previously thought.
News report: http://ab.co/1yF0oqD
Research abstract: http://bit.ly/1v3Ds2N
ON THE WEB
International Global Precipitation Measurement mission data free on-line
Data from the joint NASA and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) mission's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory is now available free on-line. It is regarded as the most accurate and comprehensive collection of rain, snowfall and other types of precipitation data ever assembled.
http://1.usa.gov/1zbunHP
Awesome new seafloor map
A new map of the world's seafloor has been generated using previously unutilised satellite data. The new map reveals many previously uncharted seamounts and other structures.
http://bit.ly/1BDFTHS
Geological Society of London lists their Top 100 Geosites for the UK and Ireland
In celebration of Earth Science Week 2014, The Geological Society and their partners have launched a list of 100 Great Geosites across the UK and Ireland. The list is divided into 10 categories and is also featured on a new interactive map.
About the project: http://bit.ly/1rd7FFl
The final list: http://bit.ly/1gmxyn9
The interactive map: http://bit.ly/ZWgk9M
IN THE MEDIA
Explore Hawaiian Volcanos GeoVenture (February 2015)
The Geological Society of America is running a trip designed especially for university students to the Big Island of Hawaii in February 2015. The trip is based on one of Earth's most active volcanoes and students will participate in activities such as field mapping and lava tube mapping as well as experiencing the recent activity.
For more information, email Gary Lewis (trip leader): glewis@geosociety.org
Download the flyer
Drone images from hell
The lava erupting along a near Iceland's Bárðarbunga volcano has been captured on film by a drone that flew so close bits of it melted and the camera and navigation systems failed. Fortunately it returned to base in fail-safe mode and the camera memory card survived to reveal some very impressive footage.
http://wrd.cm/1ueaPOL
Mars: The field trip continued ...
This image shows the first sample-collection hole drilled in Mount Sharp. The powder is temporarily held within the sample-handling mechanism on the rover's arm and then transferred into a scoop on the rover's arm. In the open scoop, the powder's texture can be evaluated to ensure it is safe to be sieved and sampled for analysis.
http://1.usa.gov/1sKFseh
Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Comet Siding Spring C/2013 A1 will make a very close flyby of Mars on October 19.
NASA is taking steps to protect its Mars orbiters from damaging comet dust, while preserving opportunities to gather data.
http://1.usa.gov/1pdjpI4
MAVEN reports on atmosphere
http://1.usa.gov/1tuOUVi
The journey to Mars continues
http://1.usa.gov/1EvOCA3
More news from the solar system ...
Philae touchdown for November 12
http://bbc.in/1ve7MXb
Philae takes a picture from the mother ship
http://bbc.in/1EVIZvq
STEREO has gone mono
http://bit.ly/ZF41hc
A new moon for Earth?
http://ab.co/1sSvyIC
... and elsewhere ...
Still bright in X-ray 3,700 years on
http://ab.co/1qx8ARG
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.
Volume 61 No.7
S. Jones
Contrasting structural styles of gold deposits in the Leonora Domain: Evidence for early gold deposition,
Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia.
M. F. Gazley, J. K. Vry & M. A. Pearce
Further evidence for ~8 kbar amphibolite facies metamorphism in the Marymia Inlier, Western Australia.
M. C. Bruce & I. G. Percival
Geochemical evidence for provenance of Ordovician cherts in southeastern Australia.
J. D. Clemens, D. Frei & F. Finger
A New Precise Date for the Tolmie Igneous Complex in northeastern Victoria.
B. Jago, C. J. Bentley, Lin Tian-rui & K. D. Corbett
A middle Cambrian shallow water trilobite fauna from the Comstock Formation, near Queenstown,
western Tasmania.
Y. Wang, Y. Wang, W. Du & X. Wang
The correlation between macroscopic algae and metazoans in the Ediacaran: a case study on the
Wenghui biota in northeastern Guizhou, South China.
O. O. Sonibare, O. B. Agbaje, D. E. Jacob, J. Faithfull, T. Hoffmann & S. F. Foley
Terpenoid composition and origin of amber from the Cape York Peninsula, Australia.
C M Aruffo, A. Rodriguez-Herrera, E. Tenthorey, F. Krzikalla, J. Minton & A. Henk
Geomechanical modelling to assess fault integrity at the CO2CRC Otway Project, Australia.
P. Wang, X. Chen, X. Pang, J. Li, H. Yang, F. Jiang, J. Guo, F. Guo, W. Peng & J. Xu
Gas generation and expulsion characteristics of Middle-Upper Triassic source rocks, Eastern Kuqa Depression,
Tarim Basin, China: Implications for shale gas resource potential.
Other papers published on-line recently
S. K. Hamilton, J. S. Esterle & R. Sliwa
Stratigraphic and depositional framework of the Walloon Subgroup, eastern Surat Basin, Queensland
Follow this link to see the most recent papers published on-line.
Coming up in TAG
TAG for December 2014
The December TAG is in production. We want to share your local news and report on what matters to the geoscience community. The copy deadline is 24 October. 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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WHAT'S ON
DEADLINES:
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 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:
Earth Science Week, Australia, 12 – 18 October 2014
Earth's Connected Systems
http://bit.ly/1uiJqck
Erosion and Sediment Control Level 2 - Site Managers and Supervisors, Darwin, 20 October 2014
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
Our Real Earth, Geology and Environment, Perth, 15 November 2014
Event open to all school teachers, parents and students (years 7 to 12).
http://bit.ly/1EZmjdG
5th Groundwater Essentials, Melbourne, 17 – 18 November 2014
SD2014 - Science, Society and Sustainability, Adelaide, 18 – 20 November 2014
GIS Day, Brisbane, 19 November 2014
Water Management for Landfills, Melbourne, 26 – 28 November 2014
Introduction to Coal Seam Gas, Mining and Groundwater, Sydney, 26 – 28 November 2014
Unsaturated soil mechanics seminar, laboratory testing workshop and tailings workshop, Perth, 1 – 4 December 2014
Soil and Groundwater Pollution: Characterisation, Remediation and Risk Management, Sydney, 1 – 4 December 2014
Emerging Technologies in Waste Management Seminar Series, Perth, 9 – 13 March 2015
Big Data, Inspiring Information and Strategic Knowledge, Perth, 23 March 2015
The Yilgarn, Perth, 30 – 31 March 2015
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