Past NSW Division Meetings, Events and Activities
11 July 2019 - NSW Division Meeting
Speaker: Sarah Kachovich (University of Queensland)
Topic: Unlocking the biostratigraphical potential of radiolarians
17 June 2019 - Joint NSW Division Event - Distinguished Lecture
Speaker: Ross Large (UTAS)
Topics: Rhythms of Earth and Life through
Details: This event is brought to you by the AusIMM Geoscience Society, the AusIMM Sydney Branch, the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG), the Sydney Mineral Exploration Discussion Group (SMEDG) and the Geological Society of Australia (GSA) NSW Division
13 June 2019 - NSW Division Meeting and GSA Annual General Meeting
Speaker: Steve Hill (Geoscience Australia)
Topic: Welcome to Planet, Continent and Country: and why geoscientists like YOU are key to this conversation
9 May 2019 - NSW Division Annual General Meeting
Speaker: Nathan Daczko (Macquarie University)
Topic: Impacts of reactive melt ascent through deep arc crust on melt evolution: recognising and investigating melt migration pathways/A cryptic Gondwana-forming orogen located in Antarctica11 April 2019 - NSW Division Meeting
Speaker: Serge Smolonogov MAIG RPGeo
Topic: Changing Mine Geology Culture in Nevada - One Australian Expatriate, Two Years to Complete
14 March 2019 - NSW Division Meeting
Speaker: Titus Murray (FaultSeal)
Topic: Faulting and ground water in the Southern Coal Fields
14 February 2019 - NSW Division Meeting
Speaker: Amanda Thran (University of Sydney)
Topic: Piles of dirt on the seafloor: what can they tell us about bottom current activity?
3-4 December 2018 - GESSS NSW
Description: GESSS NSW is moving to the University of Sydney for 2018. Our mission is to educate, engage and interact with Earth Science students across NSW, to develop long lasting networks and friendships for our future.
Location: Abercrombie Building, University of Sydney
8 November 2018 – NSW Division Monthly Meeting - Honours and Masters Night
Speaker: Joshua Shea (Macquarie University), Jessie Grey (University of Newcastle), Emily Hull (University of New South Wales) and Christopher Henderson-Matuschka (University of Wollongong)
Topics:
Joshua Shea - Identifying a Source Assemblage for Buckland Volcanic Province
Jessie Grey - An Analysis of Historical Triggers of Landfalling Tropical Cyclones in NSW ~ Implications for current and future seasons
Emily Hull - Life on the Edge: investigating obsidian exchange in the Louisiade Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
Christopher Henderson-Matuschka - Storm chasing in the Australian Tropics: Is there a record of past tropical cyclones in Lake Eacham?
11 October 2018 – NSW Division Monthly Meeting
Speaker: Vasileios Chatzaras (University of Sydney)
Description: Geological record of the seismic cycle at the deep levels of plate boundary strike-slip faults
13 September 2018 - NSW Division Meeting
Speaker: Sean Murray (Macquarie University GeoAnalytical)
Topic: A lot of indirect evidence that some dolomites in the Bahamas were made by bacteria: What I wouldn’t give to get sulfate pore fluid data from 30 years ago
11 and 18 August 2018 - NSW Division stall at Blue Mountains and Royal Botanic Gardens
Topic: Come along for this free outdoor events to celebrate the environmental sciences! Explore the Royal Botanic Garden (Aug 11) to get hands-on with science experiments, explore behind-the-scenes, visit state-of-the-art science facilities and use scientific equipment! Take a trip through time to the ancient land of Gondwana for a fantastic family day of hands-on science fun at the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden (Aug 18)!
9 August 2018 - NSW Division Meeting
Speaker: Kate Hine (Mitre Geophysics)
Topic: An update on exploration success at the Woodlawn Deposit, NSW
12 July 2018 - NSW Division Meeting
Speaker: Marita Bradshaw
Topic: The seven rocks that made Australia: A review of the last 4 billion years and a look to the future that links key geological events to their impact on Australia’s economy and society
14 June 2018 - NSW Division Monthly Meeting
Speaker: Claire Mallard, University of Sydney
Topic: Fully-dynamic global models to explore processes that control plates reorganizations
10 May 2018 - NSW Division Monthly Meeting
Speaker: Tara Djokic (UNSW)
Topic: Life in Archean hot springs and implications for astrobiology
12 April 2018 - NSW Division Monthly Meeting
Topic: Permian pumice to Miocene magmas: a new geological map of Warrumbungle National Park
Speaker: Dr Kate Bull (Geological Survey of NSW)
8 March 2018 - NSW Division Monthly Meeting
Topic: Cuu Long Basin Exploration Rejuvenation: A multidisciplinary approach to rejuvenating the play portfolio of a mature basin
Speaker: Dr Pedro Restrepo-Pace (Oil Search)
8 February 2018 - NSW AGM
Speaker: Dr Tim Chapman (University of Sydney)
Topic: Looking up from the base of a magmatic arc: A perspective on Zealandia