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Organized by the Association of Applied Geochemists (AAG) and the Sociedad Geológica de Chile (SGCh).
Registration and abstract submission processes are now open.
We welcome you to Chile and to IAGS2020 "Facing the challenges of today using applied geochemistry"
With the success of the 1st International Congress on Earth Sciences in SE Asia in 2017, we are now looking forward to experience another great event at the 2nd International Congress on Earth Sciences in SE Asia.The event will be taking place in Nusa Dua, Bali this November 2019. Head on to our website at http://fos.ubd.edu.bn/foscon/ for more details.
You may now also register at our website or click on the 'Sign Up' button on our page. Submission of abstracts and proposals for sessions is ongoing until 11th October 2019 and 3rd May 2019 respectively. Feel free to contact us via our website or any of our social media accounts for any queries.
#ICES2019
Good day.
Regards,
ICES Team.
ICES-2017 extends a warm welcome to our Congress. We invite you to suggest a new session or to register and submit your Abstracts. All the Congress papers can be submitted for a peer review publication to Geosciences, an open access, Scopus listed journal, with fees waived. You may consider submitting an ePoster, as well. Reputable speakers will deliver keynote lectures presenting their research advances. Looking forward to seeing you in Brunei Darussalam
Please find more details at http://fos.ubd.edu.bn/foscon/
The Geological Society of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University is a dynamic academic society promotes Geology and advances the interests of its members through academic and social initiatives.
The values of the Geological Society are:
Academic Excellence
Achievement
Knowledge & Learning
Care for the Natural Environment
Partnership
Community Engagement
The core business of the society:
Academic activity
Fieldwork
Community engagement
Discovering Tomorrow
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02/03/2016
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Multiple cosmic impacts 790,000 years ago |
Approximately 790,000 years ago, there were multiple cosmic impacts on earth with global consequences. Geoscientists from Heidelberg University reached this conclusion after dating so-called tektites from various parts of the world. The research group under the direction of Prof. Dr. Mario Trieloff studied several of such rock glasses, which originated during impacts of asteroids or comets.
Read more : http://www.geologypage.com/2016/02/multiple-cosmic-impacts-790000-years-ago.html
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Siccar Point is an iconic geological site on the east coast of Scotland, famous for Hutton’s Unconformity found in 1788. James Hutton was a Scottish geologist whose work contributed to the understanding of landscape-forming processes and the concept of geological time. This video by the British Geological Survey offers excellent footage of the historical unconformity, where gently sloping red sandstone overlies steeply dipping grey sandstone. The age difference between the two is approximately 65 million years. “We can see what Hutton understood at the time: that there is a huge change in Earth’s history recorded in these two contrasting sequences of rocks, and that a vast span of time would have been required for these processes to take place.”
31/12/2015
The Geological Society of the NMMU wishes you a prosperous new year.
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03/11/2015
The Geological Society of the NMMU wishes all students well with the upcoming examinations.
Prepare well in advance and study smart.
All of the best!
29/10/2015
Geological Society of South Africa
Location: Eksteensfontein, Eksteensfontein, 8284, South Africa
These fluvial Enon Red beds were caused by rifting of Gondwana, which began around 180 Ma. These clasts supported quartzite pebbles-boulders(~350mm) of the Table Mountain Group have a red colour that signifies a high oxygen content on earth.
Image and text are adapted from the Council for Geoscience Field School Blog: http://cgsfieldschool.blogspot.co.za/2015/10/day-5-enon.html)
23/09/2015
Geological Society of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University's cover photo
23/09/2015
Some photos of the society's latest environmental outreach:the Summerstrand Beach Clean-up.
19/09/2015
GEOS Beach Clean Up
18/09/2015
Celebrate spring tomorrow with the GEOS society. All students are welcome, even if you are not a Geology student or member of the society! It should not take longer than a hour and a half. See you there!
06/08/2015
Geological Society of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University's cover photo
Living Rock: An Introduction to Earth's Geology
Living Rock - An Introduction to Earth's Geology movie was released Aug 13, 2002 by the DVD International studio. Ever wonder why earthquakes happen, or how ...
30/07/2015
SOCIETY HOODIES NOW AVAILABLE!!!
20/07/2015
Timeline Photos
GEOSNMMU wishes all Muslim students and their families an Eid Mubarak.
Today is also Nelson Mandela Day - don't forget to give 67 minutes of your day to a good cause.
13/07/2015
Mass extinction event from South Africa's Karoo
phys.org An international team led by researchers from the Evolutionary Studies Institute (ESI) at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, has obtained an age from rocks of the Great Karoo that shed light on the timing of a mass extinction event that occurred around 260 million years ago.
09/07/2015
How mining companies can beat the mineral exploration crisis
miningreview.com There is a worldwide mineral exploration crisis, according to a new report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The report, Tackling the Crisis in Mineral Expl
15/06/2015
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Fluorite |
Locality: Bois le Duc, Foisches, Givet, Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Field of view: 0.6 cm
Photo Copyright © Harjo Neutkens
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15/06/2015
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Biotite |
Member of:Mica Group
Locality: Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
FOV: 0.67 mm
Photo Copyright © Chinellato Matteo
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15/06/2015
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Uvarovite |
Chemical Foormula: Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3
Color: Emerald Green
Locality: Saranovskii Mine (Saranovskoe), Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Gornozavodskii area, Permskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia
FOV: 6 mm
Photo Copyright © R. Tanaka
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15/06/2015
World's largest asteroid impact site could be in Australia
geologypage.com Not long ago, asteroid impacts weren't considered as a significant factor in the evolution of Earth. Following the Late Heavy Bombardment, which pummelled the inner solar system around 3.8 billion to 3.9 billion years ago, asteroid impacts were generally regarded as minor events. All this changed in…
15/06/2015
Geological Society of South Africa
Over the past 21 years the GSSA has presented drilling courses to the southern African drilling industry aimed at improving the knowledge and skills of practicing geologist. The course includes a review of all common drilling methods as well as a detailed review of all aspects of diamond core drilling.
For further details, follow this link:http://www.rca.co.za/files/michelle/Drilling18March2015/June2015DrillingSkillsAnnouncement_V18March2015(2).pdf
For the registration form, follow this link:http://www.rca.co.za/files/michelle/Drilling18March2015/JuneDrillingSkillsRegistrationForm2015_V18March2015(2).pdf
http://www.geoscience.org.za/vacancies-and-careers/current-vacancies/2256-cgs-internship-programme
08/06/2015
115-million-year-old remains of a tiny fossil bird from Brazil
geologypage.com The 115-million-year-old remains of a tiny toothed bird with a two-pronged tail resembling a pair of darts have filled knowledge gaps about feather evolution, scientists reported Tuesday. The remarkably-preserved 3-D specimen from northeast Brazil is the oldest bird fossil yet from Gondwana, the sup…
The Geological Society wishes all students well with the 2015 mid-year examinations. Remember the words of Colin Powell, "success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty and persistence."
31/05/2015
Ancient Microbe-Sediment Systems of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa
geologypage.com The modern sedimentary environment contains a diversity of microbes that interact very closely with the sediments, sometimes to such an extent that they form "biosediments." But can such a phenomenon be fossilized? How far back in time can "biosedimentation" be traced? In this study for Geology, Fra…
31/05/2015
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Ammonite Fossils |
These spiral shells are fossils of an extinct species of marine animals called ammonites. Ammonite fossils are fairly common and serve as excellent index fossils. Index fossils are fossils used to reliably identify geologic time periods. The presence of ammonite fossils usually indicates a Jurassic (200 million to 145 million years ago) or Triassic (250 million to 200 million years ago) time period.
Photo Copyright © Brian Piltz, MyShot
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27/05/2015
A nice summary for second year Paleontology students
25/05/2015
Research team discovers plant fossils previously unknown to Antarctica
geologypage.com Erik Gulbranson, a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, trudges up a steep ridge overlooking his field camp of mountain tents and pyramid-shaped Scott tents in Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys. A brief hike nearly to the top of a shorter ridge ends at the quarry, where picks…
25/05/2015
Geological Society of South Africa
Short Course on Diamonds and their primary and secondary sources, 20 – 23 October 2015, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. Course leaders: Mike de Wit and John Bristow.
Topics to be covered include:
- Exploration
- Primary and secondary sources of diamonds
- Evaluation and economic valuation of diamond deposits.
- Mine visit to Cullinan Mine, Pretoria on 23 October
For details of this course you can contact Mike De Wit at [email protected], or John Bristow at [email protected]. Details for the 2015 course will in due course also be available at: www.ceatup.com. Some of the places have been reserved for the 2015 Geology honours students so places will be limited and early bookings is recommended.
Registration and enquiries:
Samedah Davis
Tel: +27 (012) 434 2562
Email: [email protected]
22/05/2015
SA set to allow shale gas exploration to proceed despite 24-month risk assessment
miningweekly.com The South African government has formally launched a R12.5-million, 24-month strategic environmental assessment (SEA) of shale gas mining in the Karoo in an effort to understand the potential environmental risks of exploiting probable, but as yet unexplored, unconventional gas resources in the water…
22/05/2015
Geological Society of South Africa
Fossilized, dinner-plate size, algal mounds (stromatolites) of the Rocknest Formation as exposed at Port Epworth (Nunavut), western Canadian Arctic. The dolomitic strata of the Rocknest Formation are between 1970 – 1880 million years old. Stromatolites, here preserved in life position, constitute some of the earliest traces of life itself on Planet Earth. Photo by Marc St-Onge (GSC). This image was sourced from http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/science/geology/10862
22/05/2015
Geological Society of South Africa
This photo shows a depositional contact between two sedimentary rocks. Conglomerate overlies sandstone, and the package has been tilted.
http://marlimillerphoto.com/Sed-04.html
19/05/2015
Today the NMMU Geology Third year and Honours classes went on a field trip in the Addo district.
13/05/2015
Did ocean acidification from asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs cause extinction of...
geologypage.com New research, led by the University of Southampton, has questioned the role played by ocean acidification, produced by the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs, in the extinction of ammonites and other planktonic calcifiers 66 million years ago. Ammonites, which were free-swimming molluscs of t…
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