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* Promotional rates available under deals 1 and 2 are only available when GSA members travel with Europcar within Australia between 1 June 2006 and 30 September 2006 using the relevant deal code. Prices include GST and are quoted per day. Standard terms and conditions apply.
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Australian Earth Sciences Convention 2006 |
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New One Planet Campaign |
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| The GSA has launched a new promotional campaign – One Planet So Many Stories – to refocus our efforts and thinking about the variety of disciplines in the Earth Sciences, the importance of on-going geological education in our career paths, and how membership with the GSA can stimulate a sharing of knowledge and the professional and personal benefits that can bring. |
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New Executive |
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| Incoming President Andrew Gleadow says that perhaps now is the time to consider establishing a more truly national Executive. Towards this end, and within the existing structure, he has invited a number of people from around the country to join the new Executive Committee as we consider some of the important issues before us. The new committee is detailed on the GSA website. |
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Australian Capital Territory |
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SGTGS Tectonics & Structural Geology |
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11th International Conference of the Cambrian Stage Subdivision Working Group, South Australia |
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16th Annual VM Goldschmidt Conference Geochemistry Downunder |
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34th International Geological Congress (IGC): Australia 2012 |
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The GSA is thrilled to announce its support of this prestigious event. The Executive voted unanimously in March 2006 to provide financial support on behalf of all GSA members. The Australian Geoscience Council will be the formal organising body responsible for Australia 2012. The President and Secretary-General of the Preparatory Committee are Geoscience Australia's Dr Neil Williams and Dr Ian Lambert, respectively. www.ga.gov.au/igc2012 |
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Earth Scientist elected science academy president |
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Earth Science Week 8-14 October 2006 |
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International Year of Planet Earth 2008 |
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Geological topics in NOVA |
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| The Australian Academy of Science has a collection of geoscience topics sponsored by various research organizations. We came across this one ‘Looking for clues to our mineral wealth.’ |
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Online periodic table |
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 The Mining Hall of Fame in Western Australia has a beaut online and interactive Periodic Table . A fantastic way to learn about the use of elements in everyday items. |
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If you’re on the road |
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| If you’ve ever wanted to know where all the Earth science related exhibitions are around Australia, visit the special search listing at Australian Musuems Online. Lists are available for all manner of topics, and in the Earth sciences include Earth Sciences, Mineralogy, Palaeontology, Geology, Mines and Mining. A fantastic resource for your next trip with the kids! |
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National Heritage Listing for Glasshouse Mountains |
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| The Prime Minister, John Howard, announced recently that the rugged volcanic peaks of the Glass House Mountains are being added to the National Heritage List. |
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In the firing line |
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| Cosmos Magazine recently featured in its regular column First Person, New Zealand vulcanologist Peter Otway: Not many people survive being on top of an erupting volcano and he has a great story for his grandkids. The article is available as a free sample online. |
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Heart of Gold We’ll Never See |
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Jenolan the world’s oldest caves |
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| The Australian reports that the Jenolan Caves in the NSW Blue Mountains are the world's oldest known open caves, beating the Dead Sea Scroll caves by over 240 million years. |
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The start of the world as we know it |
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| Plate tectonics has created oceans and pushed up mountain ranges. But when did the process that shapes the planet get going? Alexandra Witze joins the geologists debating the issue. The story is available to Nature subscribers |
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Red Sea parts way to a new ocean |
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| The Australian reports that the Red Sea is parting in a way that could create a new ocean basin and redraw the map of Africa and the Arabian region. |
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Edition 53/4 |
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Research papers
A C Gillis & G F Birch:
Investigation of anthropogenic trace-metals in sediments of Lake Illawarra, New South Wales
N F Exon, P J Hill, Y Lafoy, G Bernardel & C Heine:
Kenn Plateau off northeast Australia: an important continental fragment in the southwest Pacific jigsaw
I Puttonen & J H Cann:
Foraminiferal record of the postglacial (Holocene) marine transgression and subsequent regression, northern Spencer Gulf, South Australia
V M Kovalevych, W-L Zang, T M Peryt, O V Khmelevska, S Halas, I Iwasinska-Budzyk, P J Boult & P S Heithersay:
Deposition and chemical composition of Lower Cambrian salt in the eastern Officer Basin, South Australia
N Rawlinson, B L N Kennett & M Heintz:
Insights into the structure of the upper mantle beneath the Murray Basin from 3-D teleseismic tomography
G C Young:
Devonian fish remains, biostratigraphy and unconformities, Narromine 1:250 000 map sheet area, central New South Wales (Lachlan Fold Belt)
M J Van Kranendonk, W Bleeker & J Ketchum:
Phreatomagmatic boulder conglomerates at the tip of the ca 2772 Ma Black Range dolerite dyke, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia
A T Jones:
Wind-generated tool marks resembling trace fossils in a shallow estuarine environment
S Edwards, D M McKirdy, Y Bone, P A Gell & V A Gostin:
Diatoms and ostracods as mid-Holocene palaeoenvironmental indicators, North Stromatolite Lake, Coorong National Park, South Australia
Discussion and reply
P E Playford & R M Hocking: Discussion. Tectonic control on development of a Frasnian–Famennian (Late Devonian) palaeokarst surface, Canning Basin reef complexes, northwestern Australia. A D George, N Chow & K M Trinajstic: Reply.
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| Remember to log your event for FREE in the geoscience category on the ScienceAlert website. |
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10th Murray–Darling Basin Groundwater Workshop
‘Does the science hold water?’
18–20 September 2006
Chifley on Northbourne Hotel, Canberra www.conlog.com.au/groundwater |
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New Zealand Geosciences '06
‘Our Planet, Our Future’
4–7 December 2006 www.gsnz.org.nz |
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This fabulous gathering was the largest domestic Earth Sciences conference ever held in Australia, attracting 1,073 registrants, 495 oral presentations, 116 poster papers and 96 exhibition booths.
Earth Science Week is an international event that endeavours to raise awareness of earth science and its significance and impact to every day life. It encourages a sense of responsibility for the use and protection of our natural resources and the environment. This year Earth Science Week theme is "Citizens Science". It encourages people to learn more about what geoscientists do and how their work contributes to the wellbeing of society. Visit the 
The latest status report is available on the 
The IMAX spectacular Forces of Nature is showing at the IMAX Theatre Melbourne until the end of the year. 
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