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STAFF ACTIVITIES 2008
CONFERENCES AND OUTSIDE STUDIES
EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
OUTREACH AND WORKSHOPS
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
HONOURS SUPERVISION
OTHER MATTERS
CONFERENCES AND OUTSIDE STUDIES
Earth Chemistry
Ms. J.N. AVILA attended EURISPET - European Intensive Seminars
of Petrology - Isotopes applied to petrological problems, The
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 31 January - 9
February.
Ms. J.N. AVILA attended Silicate Dust in Protostars: Astrophysical, Experimental
and Meteoritic Links, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 25-26 July.
Ms. J.N. AVILA attended the 71st Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society,
Matsue, Japan, 28 July - 1 August and presented a paper entitled "Tungsten
Isotopic Compositions in Presolar Silicon Carbide Grains".
Ms. J.N. AVILA attended Chronology of the Solar System, Hiroshima, Japan,
3 August and presented a paper entitled "Tungsten Isotopic Compositions
in Presolar Silicon Carbide Grains: Implications for 182Hf-182W and 187Re-187Os
chronometers".
Ms. J.N. AVILA attended the 8th Australian Space Science Conference, Canberra,
Australia, 29 September - 1 October and presented a paper entitled "Isotopic
Signatures of Heavy Elements in Presolar Silicon Carbide Grains from AGB
stars".
Dr. V.C. BENNETT, Visiting scientist Lunar and Planetary Institute and
NASA- Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas from 15 May - 15 July, 2008.
Dr J.J. BROCKS attended 'Contamination-free biomarker analysis of
shales using oxidative microwave digestion - 15th Australian Organic
Geochemistry Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 9 - 12 August 2008.
Dr J.J. BROCKS, gave an invited lecture entitled, "Molecular fossils
and the reconstruction of billion-years-old microbial ecosystems" at
the 12th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME), Cairns, 17 - 23
August 2008.
Dr J.J. BROCKS, Keynote Lecture, 'Molecular fossils and the evolution
of eukaryotes in the Precambrian', International Kalkowsky-Symposium,
Göttingen, Germany, 5 - 11 October 2008.
Dr J.J. BROCKS, Invited Lecture, 'Toxic purple oceans and the reconstruction
of a billion year old microbial ecosystems', ACT MS Symposium, Canberra,
25 November 2008.
Dr J.J. BROCKS, "Building the Biomarker Tree of Life - Molecular
Fossils & Environmental Genomics", Tempo & Mode Series B
presentation for the Centre of Macroevolution and Macroecology, The Australian
National University, 14 May 2008.
Dr J.J. BROCKS, 'Integrating community proteogenomics and lipid biogeochemistry
to unravel ancient evolutionary history' - 15th Australian
Organic Geochemistry Conference, Adelaide, 9 - 12 August 2008.
Dr J.J. BROCKS with Ms C. Jones (UC Berkeley), Prof S. George and Mr S.
Bray (Macquarie University), drilling expedition to Lake Tyrrell, Victoria,
20 - 26 July 2008.
Dr J.J. BROCKS with Ms C. Lee (RSES, ANU), Prof J. Banfield, Ms C. Jones
(UC Berkeley), Prof E. Allen (UC San Diego), Prof E. Roden (U. Wisconsin,
Madison) and Prof G. Luther (U. Delaware), Field Work at Lake Tyrrell,
Victoria, to collect samples for biomarker analysis and environmental genomics,
9 - 13 August 2008
Dr J.J. BROCKS with Dr. S Hinsken (University of Basel), Field work in
the Rebberg Quarry, Altkirch, France, to collect Oligocene hypersaline
sediments, October 2008.
Ms T.A. Ewing attended the EURISPET Intensive Seminar
- Isotopes applied to petrological problems, Canberra, 31 January - 9 February,
presented a poster entitled "Hf isotope measurements and U-Pb
dating of rutile - Challenges and preliminary results".
Dr. S.J. Fallon attended the 11th International Conference on Accelerator
Mass Spectrometry in Rome, Italy, 14 - 19 September 2008, and presented
2 papers entitled "The Next Chapter in Radiocarbon Dating at
the Australian National University: Status report on the single stage
AMS" and "A simple radiocarbon dating method for determining
the age and growth rate of deep-sea sponges".
Dr. S.J. Fallon attended
the 4th International Deep Sea Coral Symposium in Wellington, NZ, 1
- 5 December 2008 and presented a paper entitled "Age Determination
and Ecological and Compositional Correlates of Growth Rates in Deep-Water
Bamboo Corals (Isididae)"
Dr M. Forster conducted field work in the Lesser Himalaya, NW India
on 4-22 April, in the Core Complex region in Arizona, USA in April
30 till May 4, in Evvia Greece with academics from Athens University
from 27-30 May (Dr Lazios, Dr Kranis and students) and 19-21 June (Dr
N. Skarpelis, Prof D. Papanikilous); in Cyclades island Ios Greece
1-18 June, in ophiolitic zones in Northern Greece 13-21 September.
Dr M. Forster undertook collaborative research in Athens University
10-12 September.
Ms C. GREGORY attended EURISPET Intensive seminars - Isotopes
applied to petrological problems, ANU, Canberra, February, and presented
a poster entitled "Tracing the evolution of calc-alkaline magmas
using micro-analysis of accessory minerals".
Mr J. HIESS attended the 18th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Vancouver,
Canada, 13-18 July, and presented an invited talk entitled "Archean
TTG petrogenesis - The U/Pb-O-Hf isotopic perspective."
Ms J. Hope attended 'Contamination-free biomarker analysis of
shales using oxidative microwave digestion - 15th Australian
Organic Geochemistry Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 9 - 12
August 2008.
Mr. S.J. McKibbin attended a workshop on Silicate Dust in Protostars:
Astrophysical, Experimental and Meteoritic Link, 25-26 July, University
of Tokyo, Japan, and a presented poster entitled "Isotopic Compositions
and Systematics of Early Solar System and Presolar Materials: an Evaluation
of Matrix Effects and Mass Interferences".
Mr. S.J. McKibbin attended the 71st Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical
Society, 28 July - 1 August, Matsue, Japan, and presented a talk entitled "A
new ion-probe determination of 53Mn/55Mn in D'Orbigny and Sahara
99555 using matrix-matched standards".
Mr. S.J. McKibbin attended the 8th Australian Space Science Conference,
29 September - 1 October, Canberra, and presented a talk entitled "Evolution
of the angrite parent body and concordancy of isotope chronometers
in angrite meteorites".
Dr D. RUBATTO attended the 33rd International Geological Congress,
Oslo, Norway, 6-14 August 2008, presented a keynote paper on "U-Pb
dating of high-grade metamorphism".
Dr D. RUBATTO conducted fieldwork in Corsica, France on September 17-20
2008.
Dr D. RUBATTO presented invited talk at the University of Lausanne,
Switzerland on September 29 2008, and the ETH in Zurich, Switzerland
on October 3 2008 on "U-Pb dating of metamorphism in the Central
Alps".
Dr D. RUBATTO conducted fieldwork in Sikkim, India on November 1-10
2008.
Mr R. Schinteie attended the 15th Australian Organic Geochemistry Conference:
Oil, soil, water wine, 8 - 12 September, Adelaide, and presented "Ancient
life at the extremes: geochemical evidence for Neoproterozoic and Cambrian
halophiles?"
Mr R. Schinteie attended the 2008 Kioloa Student seminars, Kioloa Campus,
ANU, 16 November, and presented a talk entitled "Molecular palaeontology
of the Neoproterozoic-Cambian interval: lipid biomarkers and ancient
microbial ecosystems".
Dr I.S. WILLIAMS attended the Archaeological Science Conference, Canberra,
4 - 6 February and presented a paper entitled "A new technique
for micro-scale analysis of oxygen isotopes in biogenic materials".
Dr I.S. WILLIAMS visited the Polish Geological Institute, Warsaw, 5 - 11
July, preparing work on the geochronology of the basement rocks of
Poland carried out in collaboration with Dr J. Wiszniewska and Dr E.
Krzeminska for publication.
Dr I.S. WILLIAMS attended the 18th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference,
Vancouver, Canada, 13 - 18 July, represented Australian Scientific
Instruments at their exhibition booth, including demonstrating SHRIMP
remote analysis. He also presented a paper entitled "Applications
of SHRIMP II to oxygen isotopic analysis of granite zircon and conodont
apatite".
Dr I.S. WILLIAMS attended the Australian Earth Sciences Convention
2008, Perth, 20 - 24 July and presented a paper entitled "Advances
in SHRIMP zircon U-Pb geochronology and oxygen isotopic analysis".
Earth Environment
Dr L. AYLIFFE visited Dr J. Hellstrom at The University of Melbourne
in September to perform U-Th dating of micro-carbonate samples from
Liang Luar, Flores, Indonesia.
Prof. P. DEDECKKER organised and ran, together
with Prof. J. H. Cann from the University of South Australia, in December
a field trip associated with the AQUA conference in South Australia
in the Coorong area of South Australia.
Dr A. DUTTON, Australian Earth
Science Convention, Perth, WA, 21-24 July presented a paper entitled “Sea
level reconstructions from fossil coral reefs along the Cape Range coast,
Western Australia.”
Dr A. DUTTON Frontiers of Science Symposium held by the Australian
Academy of Science, 21-22 February, was invited to give a talk entitled “Discovering
the Dynamics of Earth’s Environment: Geochemical Perspectives
from Ancient Climates.”
Dr A. DUTTON conducted field work in Western Australia from 10-19 November.
Dr
S. EGGINS conducted an extended field-based foraminifer culture program
at the Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies (USC) on Santa Catalina
Island during July and August, and assisted Prof. M McCulloch with coral
coring activities on the southern Great Barrier Reef during October.
Dr
M.J.ELLWOOD’s Conference participation included:
J. Sutton, M. Wille, S. Eggins, W. Maher, P.L., Croot, AND M.J. ELLWOOD
(2008) Germanium/Silicon and silicon isotopes fractionation in sponges.
November 2008. Chemistry of the Biosphere, New Zealand Institute
of Chemistry, Dunedin New Zealand.
A. De Leon, S. Wille, S. Eggins, AND M.J. ELLWOOD, (2008) A novel seawater
palaeo-ph proxy in biogenic silica. November 2008. Chemistry of the
Biosphere, New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, Dunedin New Zealand.
S.J. Fallon, K. James, R. Norman, AND M. ELLWOOD, (2008) Determining
Age and Growth Rate of Marine Sponges by Radiocarbon Dating of Carbon
trapped in Silica Spicules September 2008. 11th International Conference
on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Rome, Italy
M.B., Anderson, D. Vance, C. Archer, M. ELLWOOD, C. Allen, C.D. Hillenbrand
and R.F. Anderson (2008) The Zn isotopic composition of diatom frustules:
An archive of past trace metal depletion in HNLC zones? July, 18th
Annual Goldschmidt Conference, Vancouver, Canada
C. Law, M. Wooward, P. Boyd, C. Stevens, P. Sutton, M. ELLWOOD, A.
Marriner, J. Hall, and K. Safi(2008). New nitrogen sources in the subtropical
South-west Pacific. 18 June. Geochemical Seminar Series, School of
Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK
C. Law, M. Wooward, P. Boyd, C. Stevens, P. Sutton, M. ELLWOOD, A.
Marrier, J. Hall, AND K. Safi (2008). New nitrogen sources in the subtropical
South-west Pacific. 25 June. Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
M.J. ELLWOOD AND P.W. Boyde (2008). Trace metal cycling during winter
in the Subantarctic Zone from 40-52S; 155-160E. 14th Ocean Sciences
Meeting, a joint meeting of AGU, ASLO, TOS, and ERF. 3-7 March. Orlando,
Florida, USA
W.A. Maher, M.J. Ellwood AND P.L. Croot (2008). Oceanic germanium/silicon
fractionation: evidence from oceanic profiles and diatom cultures.
14th Ocean Sciences Meeting, a joint meeting of AGU, ASLO, TOS, and
ERF. 3-7 March. Orlando Florida.
M.J. ELLWOOD, P. Wilson, K. Vopel, AND M. Green (2008). Zinc cycling
in the Whau Estuary, Auckland New Zealand. NZ Trace Elements Group
Conference. 13-15 February. Hamilton, NZ
Dr K.E. FITZSIMMONS undertook
a study visit to Aberystwyth University, UK, in October to December
2008 to participate in collaborative research relating to luminescence
dating techniques.
Dr K.E. FITZSIMMONS, 12th International Conference on Luminescence
and Electron Spin Resonance Dating, Beijing, China, September 2008,
presented a paper entitled “Reconstructing Australian palaeoenvironments
from lake records: evidence from Lake George, southeastern Australia.”
Dr K.E. FITZSIMMONS, Australasian Quaternary Conference, Victor Harbour,
Australia, December 2008, presented a paper entitled “Late Quaternary
landscape change at Lake George, New South Wales.”
Dr K.E. FITZSIMMONS, K.E., Australian and New Zealand Geomorphology
Group 2008 Conference, Queenstown, Australia, February 2008, presented
a paper entitled “The late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental history
of Lake George, New South Wales”.
Dr K.E. FITZSIMMONS, K.E., ANU Archaeological Science Conference, Canberra,
Australia, February 2008, presented a paper entitled “Dating
the landscape: the timing of sediment deposition using optically stimulated
luminescence”.
Dr M.K. GAGAN, Goldschmidt 2008 Conference, Vancouver,
Canada, 13-18 July, presented an invited keynote paper entitled “The Indian
Ocean Dipole and great earthquake cycle: long-term perspectives for
improved prediction”.
Prof. R. GRÜN, as direct successor
of Professors Martin Aitken and Ann Wintle, became the Chairman of
the standing International Organising Committee for the International
Conferences on Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating.
Prof. R. GRÜN was invited to present The challenge of dating old
human fossils at the Colloque international: Les premières expansions
humaines en Eurasie à partir de l’Afrique Facteurs limitant
ou favorisant. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris
26-28 November 2008. He presented a talk entitled The relevance of
parametric U-uptake models in ESR age calculations at the 12th International
Conference on Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating. 18-22
September 2008, Beijing, China.
Miss T.E. KELLY, ANU Archaeological Science Conference, 4 - 6 February
2008, Canberra, ACT, AUS. Presented a paper titled "Sr Isotope Tracing at
a Neanderthal Site in Southern France".
Miss T.E. KELLY, 6th Applications of Stable Isotopes to Ecological Studies
Conference (IsoEcol VI), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. 25-29 August. Presented
a paper titled "Strontium Isotope Tracing at a Neanderthal Site in
France".
Miss T.E. KELLY, Old Forests, New Management Conference, Hobart, Tas, AUS.
17-21 February, was co-author (3rd) on a poster titled "Beetle
assemblages in streamside reserves are edge-affected compared to
unlogged forest".
Ms S.C. LEWIS, Goldschmidt 2008, Vancouver,
Canada, 13-18 July, presented a paper entitled “Speleothem reconstructions of palaeomonsoon
dynamics from Flores, Indonesia over the last 24 kyr”.
Ian MOFFAT made the following conference presentation Moffat, I., Wallis,
L.A., Chang, N. and Beale, A., 2008, The Geophysical Detection of Historic
Graves, The Australian National University Archaeological Science Conference,
Canberra, Australia.
Prof. M.T. McCULLOCH, gave a plenary talk at the
11th International Coral reef Symposium: Reefs for the future. Miami,
Florida in July 2008.
Prof. M.T. McCULLOCH, presented a paper at the 2008 Goldschmidt Conference,
Vancouver on sea level changes.
Prof. M.T. McCULLOCH presented a talk entitled “Current state
and future of the oceans and marine life in a high CO2 world.” Presented
at ‘IMAGINING THE REAL
LIFE ON A GREENHOUSE EARTH’ A conference organised by Manning
Clark House in honour of Dr Barry Jones.
Prof. M.T. McCULLOCH, presented a paper at the 4th International Deep
Sea Coral Conference entitled ‘Proliferation and Demise of Deep-Sea
Corals in the Mediterranean during the Younger Dryas’ .
Prof. M.T. McCULLOCH was a co-author on 8 other presentations given
at the 4th International Deep Sea Coral Conference.
Mr I. MOFFAT presented
the conference posters Moffat, I., Wallis, L.A., Chang, N., Beale,
A., Hall, S., Holt, L., Schuman, D., Snowdowne,
L. and Snowdowne, J., 2008, The Role of Geophysical Techniques in Community
Archaeology: Examples from Historic Cemeteries, AIMA/ASHA/AAMH Conference,
Adelaide, South Australia
Mr I. MOFFAT presented the conference posters Keys, B., Wallis, L.A.
and Moffat, I., 2008, Archaeological dating and the role of sedimentary
analysis in exploring human-environment relationships at Gledswood
1, Queensland, AINSE Quaternary Dating Workshop, Sydney, New South
Wales.
Mr I. MOFFAT presented the conference posters Moffat, I., Grün,
R., Kelly, T.E., Fitzsimmons, K. and McMillan, R., 2008, Preliminary
Findings on the Depositional History of the Lake Mungo Lunette, AINSE
Quaternary Dating Workshop, Sydney, New South Wales.
Dr B. OPDYKE attended
The International Coral Reef Society Meeting in Fort Lauderdale July
2008
Dr B. OPDYKE attended The Geological Society of America Meeting in
Huston Texas, October 2008
Prof B.J. PILLANS conducted fieldwork in the
Pilbara region, Western Australia from 5-19 May and in Brazil from 6-17
October 2008.
Prof B.J. PILLANS presented two papers at the 13th Australian & New
Zealand Geomorphology Group Conference in Queenstown, Tasmania, 10th-15th
February. Oral presentation: “Long term landscape evolution of
the Western Australian Shield”. Poster Presentation: “Joe
Jennings: Father of modern Australian geomorphology”.
Prof B.J. PILLANS gave an invited paper entitled“Challenges in
Late Cenozoic chronostratigraphy and definition of the Quaternary” at
the 33rd International Geological Congressin Oslo, 6th-14th August.
Prof B.J. PILLANS gave a keynote talk entitled “Geochronology
of regolith-landform evolution in Australia: a brief review” at
the Australian Earth Science Convention in Perth, 20th-24th July.
Prof B.J. PILLANS gave a plenary talk entitled: “Quaternary adventures
in Zealandia: from Wanganui to the West Island” at the Geosciences’08
Conference in Wellington, New Zealand, 23rd-26th November.
Ms J. SUTTON,
M. Wille, M. Ellwood, W. Maher, M. Kelly, S. Eggins. 2008. Germanium/Silicon
and Silicon Isotope Fractionation in Sponges: Implications for Paleo-Reconstruction
of Oceanic Silicon. Chemistry and the Biosphere conference, Dunnedin,
New Zealand.
Dr P. TREBLE, attended an ARCNESS funded workshop “An integrated
data modeling approach to the Australasian Holocene” at the University
of New South Wales from 12-13 November.
Dr P. TREBLE conducted field work in southwest Western Australia from
5-12 April; 14-30 September.
Dr J. TROTTER, Goldschmidt conference, Vancouver,
Canada, July 2008. Poster presentation, Trotter et al., “In-situ
conodont thermometry: did cooler oceans trigger the Great Ordovician
Biodiversification Event (GOBE)?”
Dr J. TROTTER, International Deep Sea Coral conference, Wellington,
New Zealand, December 2008. Joint author, Montagna et al., “Growth
rate, trace elements, and stable isotopes in Corallium rubrum from
shallow and bathyal settings in the Mediterranean Sea”.
Dr J. TROTTER
participated in field work in the Great Barrier Reef in October and
December 2008.
Earth Materials
Dr M.-A. BONNARDOT went to the Australian Earth Sciences Convention
in Perth, July 2008.
Dr A. G. CHRISTY, Dr M.D. Norman and Prof R.J. Arculus were co-authors
on the paper “A new variety of eucrite: clues to early differentiation
of igneous asteroids.” presented by former Honours Student Ms. K.
R. Bermingham at the 39th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, League
City, Texas, USA, 10-14 Mar, 2008.
Dr A. G. CHRISTY and Prof D.J. Ellis were co-authors on the paper “The
petrology of eclogiteS From the Bantimala Complex, Southern Sulawesi” presented
by M.Phil student Mr A. Maulana at the 37th Annual Convention, Indonesian
Association of Geologists, Bandung, Indonesia, 26-30 Aug, 2008.
Prof S.F. COX presented an invited lecture and a volunteered lecture at
the Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, in December,
together with a presentation at the Hubble Quorum at the US Geological
Survey immediately prior to AGU. He also gave an invited plenary keynote
lecture at the AusIMM PACRIM 2008 meeting at the Gold Coast in November.
Mr R.J.M. FARLA, 32nd Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting, Wagga
Wagga, Australia, presented a paper on “Dislocation Annealing in
Fine-Grained Synthetic Olivine.”
Mr R.J.M. FARLA, 2008 Australian Earth Sciences Convention (AESC), Perth,
Australia, presented a poster on “From Dislocation Recovery to Dislocation
Damping in Upper Mantle Materials.”
Mr R.J.M. FARLA, 1st The Asian Network for Deep Earth Mineralogy (TANDEM)
Symposium, Matsuyama, Japan, presented an updated poster on “Prospects
for Laboratory Studies of Dislocation Damping.”
Dr F. E JENNER, with Dr P. Holden, Dr J.A. Mavrogenes, Prof H. t.C. O’Neill
and Dr C.M. Allen: AGU 2008 Fall Meeting, presented a poster entitled “Geochemical
Behavior of Selenium in Igneous Systems”.
DR F.E. JENNER, with Dr J.A. Mavrogenes, Prof R.J. Arculus: AGU 2008 Fall
Meeting, presented a poster entitled “Magnetite fractionation of "chalcophile" elements.”
DR F.E. JENNER, with Dr L.I. Karrei, Dr J.E. Mungall, Prof R.J. Arculus,
and Dr J.A. Mavrogenes AGU 2008 Fall Meeting, presented a poster entitled “High-Ca
Boninites From the Northern Tonga Region: Involvement of Four Independent
Components During Petrogenesis, and Retention of Monosulfide Solid Solution
in the Source”.
Dr J.D. FITZ GERALD attended the 20th Australian Conference on Microscopy & Microanalysis
in Perth 10-15 February to present a paper “Paleaoclimatology, Microanalysis
and Microscopy of the Foraminifera Orbulina universa” and two coauthored
posters “Dislocation Annealing in Fine-Grained Synthetic Olivine” and “Structured
Diffuse Scattering and Polar Nano Regions in BaTiO3-based Relaxor Ferrolelectrics”.
Dr A. HALFPENNY, ARC Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits, Sciences Planning
Meeting, CODES, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 2-5 June, presented a talk
entitled “Effects of stress states and fluid pressure on fluid dynamics
and compositional evolution of intrusion-related hydrothermal systems.”
Dr A. HALFPENNY conducted field work in the Porgera Gold Mine, Papua New
Guinea from 11-28 April; 16 September – 5 October and 26 October – 8
November.
Dr J. HERMANN, Australian Earth Science Convention, Perth, Australia, 20-24
July, presented a paper “Experimental constraints on the slab component
of arc magmas”.
Dr J. HERMANN, Experimental Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry, Innsbruck,
Austria, 7-10 September, presented a keynote lecture “Cooking the
subduction soup”.
Dr J. HERMANN attended the AESC pre-conference fieldtrip to the Pilbara
region (Australia) from 13.-20.7. 2008.
Dr J. HERMANN conducted fieldwork in Corsica (France) from 14.-20. September
and in Liguria (Italy) on the 21. September.
Dr J. HERMANN presented a seminar at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland,
on the 30th September 2008.
Prof I. JACKSON attended and presented papers at the 32st Condensed Matter
and Materials Meeting (Wagga Wagga, NSW, February), the Misasa III Symposium
(Okayama University, Misasa, Japan, March, invited), the Australian Earth
Sciences Convention, Perth, July), the Rheology Grand Challenge Workshop
(MIT, Boston, August, invited), the Gordon Research Conference on Rock
Deformation (Tilton, New Hampshire, August) and participated in a scientific
workshop at Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan (March) and in collegial
discussions with Prof R. C. Liebermann and colleagues at Stony Brook University,
Stony Brook, New York (August).
Dr G.S. LISTER attended the Donald Harrington Symposium on the Geology
of the Aegean. Jackson School Geosciences, Austin Texas. U.S.A. The accretionary
model for orogenesis and its application to the evolution of the Aegean
crust, and – invited lecture.
Dr G.S. LISTER attended Tectonic mode switches and the nature of orogenesis. Invited
Lecture, Athens University, June 18th, 2008.
Dr G.S. LISTER, Tectonic mode switches and the nature of orogenesis. Ophiolites
2008, Kalambaka, Greece 13-20 September – invited lecture.
Dr G.S. LISTER, Argon enters the retentive zone. At the 5th TANG3O workshop
meeting at University of Queensland.
Mr G. MALLMANN, 1st Global COE symposium: Formation of The Asian Network
in Deep Earth Mineralogy (TANDEM), Matsuyama, Japan, 23-25 November, presented
a paper entitled “Determining the redox states of basalts and picrites
using V/Sc olivine-melt partitioning: Experimental calibration and application
to natural systems”.
Mr G. MALLMANN visited the Argonne Photon Source in Chicago, USA, 13-15
February 2008, to work on the oxidation state of vanadium in silicate glasses.
Prof H.St.C. O’NEILL attended the 18th Goldschmidt conference in
Vancouver, Canada, where he presented papers on “Clarification of
the influence of water on mantle wedge melting” and “Collisional
erosion and the non-chondritic composition of the Earth”. He conducted
experiments using synchrotron X-rays at the Advanced Photon Source, Chicago,
in February, the Diamond Light Source, U.K., in August and the Photon Factory,
Japan, in October.
Mr C. PIRARD, Eurispet Canberra 2008, Canberra, Australia, 31 January – 9
February presented a poster entitled “Time and chemicals evidenceS
For suprasubduction dykes in Massif du sud, New Caledonia”.
Mr C. PIRARD, Eurispet Budapest 2008, Budapest, Hungary, 21-31 August 2008
presented a poster entitled “Records of metasomatic events in the
obducted lithospheric mantle of New Caledonia”.
Mr C. PIRARD, Experimental Mineralogy Petrology Geochemistry (EMPG XII),
Innsbruck, Austria, 8-10 September 2008 presented a talk entitled “Experimental
investigation of fluid transfer in sub-arc mantle conditions”.
Dr R. RAPP, 9th International Kimberlite Conference, Frankfurt, Germany,
9-15th August, presented a paper entitled “Continent formation and
chemical evolution of the cratonic lithosphere".
Earth Physics
Dr P. ARROUCAU, 2008 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Cairns, Australia,
9 July-1 August, presented a paper entitled “High Resolution
Ambient Noise Tomography in Southeast Australia”.
Dr G.F. DAVIES,
Australian Earth Science Convention, Perth, 20-24 July 2008, presented
the invited paper “The early mantle: depletion,
plates, resurfacing episodes and isotopes”.
Prof. R. W. GRIFFITHS,
the American Physical Society – Division
of Fluid Dynamics, San Antonio, USA, presented a paper on “Responses
to changed boundary conditions in horizontal convection”.
Prof.
R. W. GRIFFITHS, attended the International Congress of the Union of
Theoretical and Applied Mathematics, Adelaide, 25-29 August 2008.
Prof. R. W. GRIFFITHS, presented a paper “Effects of topography
on mixing in controlled exchange flows”; Sandström Symposium
on Ocean Circulation workshop, Stockholm, 3 November 2008.
Dr A.McC.
HOGG, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society 15th Annual
Conference, Geelong, 29 January – 1 February 2008.
Dr
A.McC. HOGG presented a paper “Enhanced warming of the Southern
Ocean”. European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna,
14-18 April 2008.
Dr A.McC. HOGG presented a solicited paper “The Turbulent Oscillator:
A mechanism of low-frequency variability of the wind-driven ocean gyres”,
and a paper “Eddy Heat Flux in the Southern Ocean: Response to
variable wind forcing”. International Congress of the Union of
Theoretical and Applied Mathematics, Adelaide, 25-29 August 2008.
Dr
A.McC. HOGG presented a paper “The large-scale effect of
mesoscale ocean-atmosphere coupling”. Sandström Symposium
on Ocean Circulation workshop, Stockholm, 3 November 2008.
Dr G.O. HUGHES,
the International Congress of the Union of Theoretical and Applied
Mathematics, Adelaide, 25-29 August 2008.
Dr G.O. HUGHES presented a
paper “Adjustment processes in horizontal
convection”; Sandström Symposium on Ocean Circulation workshop,
Stockholm, 3 November 2008, presented a paper “Available potential
energy and irreversible mixing in the meridional overturning circulation”.
Prof.
B.L.N. KENNETT made a short visit to Europe in February for a Ph.D.
examination in Utrecht and collaborative work in Munich.
Prof. B.L.N. KENNETT attended the Goldschmidt Conference in Vancouver
with a presentation on mantle mixing scales. He then attended
the Australian Earth Sciences Convention on Perth where he delivered
a keynote address on the structure of the Australian lithosphere.
Prof.
B.L.N. KENNETT In September visited Ehime University in Japan and gave
a set of lectures and two seminars, he then engaged in collaborative
work at the Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo where
he also presented a seminar.
Prof. B.L.N. KENNETT in late October
went with an ANU delegation to Peking University and the Chinese Academy
of Sciences in Beijing presenting two seminars.
Prof. B.L.N. KENNETT
attended the European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna in April,
where he received the Gutenberg Medal in Seismology.
Prof. B.L.N. KENNETT
also attended the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
Dr
R.C. KERR, the International Congress of the Union of Theoretical and
Applied Mathematics, Adelaide, 25-29 August 2008, presented a paper “The
effect of diffusion on the stability of strongly tilted mantle plume
tails”.
Ms M.J. O’BYRNE, the International Congress of the Union of
Theoretical and Applied Mathematics, Adelaide, 25-29 August 2008, presented
a paper “Effects of upstream disturbances in a model of headland
wakes”.
Dr S.H. POZGAY, American Geophysical Union, December 2008,
presented a paper entitled “Seismic Investigations of Lithospheric Transitions
between the Northern and Southern Australian Cratons (BILBY)”.
American Geophysical Union, December 2008, presented a paper entitled “Detection
of Multiply Reflected Core Phases at Broadband and Short Period Arrays
in Australia”.
Dr S.H. POZGAY conducted field work in north Sumatra,
Indonesia in April-May 2008, Central Australia in Aug-Sept 2008 and
Nov 2008 and in southern New South Wales in Oct 2008.
Dr. N. RAWLINSON
spent three months at Bristol University in the United Kingdom, where
he collaborated with members of the seismology group on ambient noise
and teleseismic tomography. He gave talks at Bristol University and
the University of Leeds during his stay.
Dr. N. RAWLINSON presented
a paper “Exploring deep Australia
using active and passive seismic arrays” at Seismix 2008, June
2008, Saariselka, Finland and presented a paper “WOMBAT: An evolving
seismic array experiment in Australia” at Australian Earth Sciences
Convention, July 2008, Perth, Australia.
Dr M.L. RODERICK, American
Geophysical Union Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Cairns, 29 July-1
August.
Dr M.L. RODERICK co-authored a paper entitled “Parameterizing
evaporative demand in the Palmer Drought Severity Index across Australia”.
Dr
M.L. RODERICK attended American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference
on Water Vapour and Climate Change, Kona, Hawaii, 20-24 October, presented
a paper entitled “Evaporative demand and water resources under
a changing climate”
Dr M.L. RODERICK attended American Geophysical
Union Fall Conference, San Francisco, USA, 15-19 December, presented
a paper entitled “Stilling
and terrestrial hydrologic cycle”. American Geophysical Union
Fall Conference, San Francisco, USA, 15-19 December, co-organized and
convened a session entitled “Evaporation and Water Transport
Dynamics in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer”.
Dr M. SALMON Thrust
belt Formation followed by Back-Arc Extension: Mantle Dynamics from
central North Island , New Zealand, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet.
Suppl., Abstract T13D-1986.
Prof. M. SAMBRIDGE,
attended the CIG workshop on Mathematical and Computational Issues
in the Solid Earth Geosciences, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, between
15-17th September 2008.
Prof. M. SAMBRIDGE visited
and gave seminars at Univ. of Edinburgh, Univ. of Strasbourg, Univ.
of Rennes, ETH Zurich, Colorado School of Mines.
Mr K. STEWART, the International Congress of the Union of Theoretical
and Applied Mathematics, Adelaide, 25-29 August 2008.
Dr H. TKALCIC,
co-chaired the session “The crustal and deep earth structures under Asia
and Oceania” for the AOGS Annual Meeting 2008 in Busan, South
Korea.
Dr H. TKALCIC also co-chaired the session “Ins and Outs of the
Earth’s core” at The American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
2008 in San Francisco, USA, and participated in eight presentations.
Dr
H. TKALCIC was sponsored by The University of Zagreb, Croatia to work
at the Department of Geophysics in Zagreb for two weeks (May) on the
lithospheric structure under Croatia and the Adriatic Sea.
Dr
H. TKALCIC conducted field-work in Central Australia (BILBY seismic
deployment installation) for two weeks in September.
Dr. P. TREGONING
attended the Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting where he presented
two papers: “Present-day crustal deformation in
Papua New Guinea”, “Drought detection in the Murray-Darling
basin from space gravity and hydrologic observations” and a poster “Detecting
Hydrological Loading Effect variations from GRACE/GPS over the Amazon
basin”.
Dr. J. ZHANG conducted GPS field work from 21 May to 1
July 2008 in PNG .
Dr. J. ZHANG presented a poster in the Ocean Surface Topograpy
Science Team (OSTST) meeting held on 10-15 Nov. 2008 in Nice, France,
in the name of “Bass Straite In-Situ Calibration Site: Trials of the French
Transportable Satellite Laser Ranging System”.
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)
Dr Neville Exon organized and chaired a session at the Australian
Earth Science Convention in Perth in July entitled "The Geology
of Australia's Offshore Areas", and presented three papers there,
two related to IODP.
PRISE
Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG, Archaeological Science Conference to launch the
Masters in Archaeological Science degree, Canberra, 4-6 February, presented
a talk with L. Shewan (University of Sydney) on “Assessment of
human mobility in Cambodia”.
Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG, 6th South American Symposium on Isotope Geology, Bariloche,
Argentina, 13-17 April.
Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG, Australian Earth Science Convention 2008, Perth, 20-24
July, presented a talk on “In situ measurement of sulphur isotope
ratios: New developments and results using the SHRIMP”.
Mr C.M. FANNING, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research / International
Arctic Science Committee International Polar Year Open Science Conference,
St Petersburg, Russia, 8-11 July, presented a paper entitled “Isotopic
constraints on the provenance of Patagonian and Antarctica Peninsula turbidites;
implications for plate reconstructions”.
Mr C.M. FANNING, The 2008 SHRIMP Workshop, St Petersburg, Russia, 29 June – 4
July.
Mr C.M. FANNING, VI South American Symposium of Isotope Geology, San Carlos
de Bariloche, Argentina, 13-17 April, presented an invited keynote talk
entitled “An overview of current and new research dealing with micro-chronology
(U-Pb ion microprobe) and micro-isotope geochemistry (Lu-Hf and Oxygen
isotope studies)” and co-authored a number of other presentations.
Mr
C.M. FANNING, Australian Earth Sciences Conference, Perth, 20-24 August,
presented a paper entitled “Age constraints on the Sturtian
Glaciation in Adelaide Geoscyncline, South Australia and the Pocatelo
Formation of Idaho, USA indicate that there was no single Sturtian
Snowball”.
Mr C.M. FANNING, Selwyn Symposium 2008, Melbourne, 25
September, presented an invited paper entitled “Age constraints for the Sturtian Glaciation;
data from the Adelaide Geoscyncline, South Australia and Pocatello
Formation, Idaho, USA”.
Mr C.M. FANNING conducted fieldwork in the
Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina, 24 April to 2 May, in Mendoza Province,
Argentina, 15-20 November and in Tierra del Fuego, Chile, 27 November – 8
December.
Mr S. Hui, 39th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston,
Texas, 10-14 March co-authored a poster “Petrography and Chemistry of
Cosmic Spherules from the Lewis Cliff, Antarctica” (presented
by Dr M.D. Norman).
Mr S. Hui, Australian Earth Sciences Convention, Perth,
Australia, 20-24 July, co-authored a poster entitled “Petrography and Chemistry
of Cosmic Spherules from the Lewis Cliff, Antarctica” (presented
by Dr M.D. Norman).
Mr S. Hui, 8th Australian Space Science Conference,
Canberra, Australia, 29 September – 1 October, presented a talk entitled “Geochemistry
and analysis of Apollo 16 lunar impact glasses: Preliminary Results”.
Ms.
E.S. Kiseeva, EurISPet (European Intensive Seminars of Petrology) in
Canberra (Australia), 31 January – 9 February.
Ms. E.S. Kiseeva,
9th International Kimberlite Conference, Frankfurt, Germany, 10-15 August,
presented a poster entitled “The role
of carbonated eclogite in kimberlite and carbonatite petrogenesis”.
Dr
M.D. NORMAN, Goldschmidt Conference, Vancouver, Canada 13-18 July, presented
a paper entitled “Age and origin of Apollo 16 feldspathic
fragmental breccias”.
Dr M.D. NORMAN, Australian Earth Science Convention,
Perth, Australia, 21 – 25 July, presented two papers entitled “New perspectives
on the lunar cataclysm from crater density populations” and “A
new type of basaltic eucrite: clues to early differentiation of igneous
asteroids”.
Dr M.D. NORMAN, 39th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston,
USA, 5-9 December, presented an invited paper entitled “The lunar
cataclysm: status and prospects”.
A. Rosenthal, Goldschmidt Conference 2008, Vancouver, Canada, 13-18 July, (as part of Mervyn and Katalin Paterson Fellowship), gave an oral presentation entitled “Melting of residual eclogites with variable proportions of quartz/coesite” and co-authored a second oral presentation entitled “Clarification of the influence of water on mantle wedge melting”.
A. Rosenthal, 9th International Kimberlite Conference, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 10-15 August, (as part of Mervyn and Katalin Paterson Fellowship), presented two posters entitled “New insights into the genesis of peridotite-pyroxenite layers: Western Gneiss Region, Norway” and “Origin of kamafugite magmas in the East African Rift of western Uganda” and co-authored an oral presentation entitled “Experimental melting of peridotites in the presence of CO2 and H2O at 40-60kbar”.
A. Rosenthal, Marie Curie EURISPET Seminar on “Isotopes Applied to Petrological Problems”, Canberra, Australia, 31 January - 9 February, presented a talk and a poster.
A. Rosenthal, Marie Curie EURISPET Seminar on “Petrology of the lithosphere in extensional settings”, Budapest, Hungary, 21 - 31 August, presented a talk and a poster.
Dr G. Yaxley, 9th International Kimberlite Conference, Frankfurt, Germany,
10-15 August, presented a paper entitled “Ni in garnet thermometry
- a new experimental calibration at 3.0 – 4.5 GPa of Ni-Mg exchange
between garnet and olivine at upper mantle pressures”.
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EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Earth Chemistry
Dr Y. AMELIN is Associate Editor, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.
Dr Y. AMELIN is a member of the editorial board, Chemical Geology.
Dr J.J. BROCKS, Associate Editor, PALAIOS, a Journal of the Society of
Sedimentary Geology.
Dr J.J. BROCKS, Editor, Chemical Geology.
Dr M. Forster routinely reviewed manuscripts for Journal of Geophysical
Research (Solid Earth) and Lithos.
Dr. M. Honda, Associate Editor, Geochemical Journal.
Prof T.R. IRELAND is an Associate Editor of Geochimica et Cosmochimica
Acta.
Dr D. RUBATTO, Associated Editor, Lithos.
Dr D. RUBATTO, Editorial Board, Chemical Geology
Dr D. RUBATTO, Editorial Review Board, Journal of Metamorphic Geology.
Earth Environment
Prof. P. DE DECKKER is on the editorial board of
Journal of Paleolimnology, Palaeogeography-Palaeoclimatology-Palaeoecology,
and Journal of Marine Micropaleontology
Dr S. EGGINS, Editorial Board, Quaternary Geochronology.
Dr K.E. Fitzsimmons,
Editor, Quaternary Australasia.
Prof. R. GRÜN
is the Editor-in-Chief of Quaternary Geochronology, associate editor
of the Journal of Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences and member
of the Editorial Boards of Quaternary Science Reviews and Radiation
Measurements.
Mr I. MOFFAT, Associate Editor, Exploration
Geophysics.
Dr B. OPDYKE,
Editor, Geology
Prof. B.J. PILLANS, Editorial Board,
Quaternary Science Reviews.
Dr
G. YOUNG, Editorial Board, Alcheringa; Guest editor, Palaeoworld (IGCP
491 special issue).
Earth Materials
Dr A.G. CHRISTY, Editorial
Board, Mineralogical Magazine.
Dr A.G. CHRISTY, Editorial Board, Central European Journal of Geosciences.
Prof S.F. COX continued as a member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of
Journal of Structural Geology and Geofluids.
Dr J.D. FITZ GERALD, Editorial Board, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals.
Dr J. HERMANN, Associate Editor, LITHOS.
Prof I. JACKSON, Member Editorial Board, Physics of the Earth and Planetary
Interiors, Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
Prof G. LISTER, Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research, American
Geophysical Union.
Prof H. St.C. O’NEILL, Editorial Board, Chemical Geology; Editorial
Board, Elements; and Editorial Board, eEarth.
Dr D.C. “BEAR” McPHAIL,
Guest Editor, Chemical Geology, for Geofluids IV, April 2009.
Dr U. TROITZSCH, Reviewer, Journal of
the American Ceramic Society.
Earth Physics
Prof. R.W. GRIFFITHS, Associate Editor, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Prof.
R.W. GRIFFITHS, member of the Editorial Committee for the Annual Review
of Fluid Mechanics.
Prof. B.L.N. KENNETT, Member of Advisory Editorial
board for Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors and Earth
and Planetary Science Letters.
Dr S.H. Pozgay, Associate Editor for special
issue entitled “The
Izu-Bonin-Mariana Subduction System: A Comprehensive Overview” in
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
Dr P. TREGONING is an Associate Editor
of the Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth.
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)
NEVILLE EXON, Editorial Board, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences.
PRISE
Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG,
Editorial Board, Journal of African Earth Sciences.
Dr M.D. NORMAN, Editorial Board, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences and
Open Mineralogy Journal.
Dr G. Yaxley coordinated production of a special issue of the Journal of
Petrology to honour the career of Prof David Green.
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OUTREACH AND WORKSHOPS
Earth Chemistry
Dr Y. AMELIN translated from Russian into English the preface by Victor
Safronov (one of the founders of modern planetary physics) on Minoru
Ozima's book "The History of the Earth". The material
will be published in Eos.
Dr V.C. BENNETT presented a lecture on "Introduction to Radiogenic
Isotope Tracers" at the EURISPET School, Canberra, 1-10 February.
Dr J.J. BROCKS was interviewed by Nature and several journalists about
his publication "Reassessing the first appearance of eukaryotes and
cyanobacteria".
Dr. S.J. Fallon hosted two students from the CSIRO Student Research Scheme.
Dr M. Forster visited Assoc Prof David Phillips at the University of Melbourne,
Argon Laboratory, 27 March.
Dr M. Forster visited Dr Fred Jourdan at the Western Australian Argon Isotope
Facility, Curtin University, 23 July.
Dr M. Forster attended the TANG3O workshop and meeting at University Queensland
on 27-28 November.
Ms C. GREGORY participated in "Rock your World" at Questacon,
presented by the Research School of Earth Sciences, 7 June, Canberra.
Dr D. RUBATTO organised the EURISPET international postgraduate school,
Canberra, 1-9 February 2008, an event within the EURISPET Marie Curie Conferences
and Training Courses.
Dr D. RUBATTO organised an outreach day at Questacon under the theme "Rock
your World" on June 7 2008.
Dr I.S. WILLIAMS hosted a visit to the SHRIMP laboratory by students attending
the National Youth Science Forum, 3 and 17 January.
Dr I.S. WILLIAMS hosted a visit to the SHRIMP laboratory by students and
teachers from Radford College, 7 April.
Dr I.S. WILLIAMS joined many other staff and students from RSES as an explainer
at Earth Science Day at Questacon, 7 June.
Dr I.S. WILLIAMS was a member of the organising committee for EURISPET08,
held at RSES, 1 - 8 February. He presented a lecture entitled "An
introduction to U-Pb geochronology (from a SHRIMPers point of view)" and
was one of the guides for the 2-day geological field trip.
Dr I.S. WILLIAMS attended the 2008 SHRIMP Workshop, St Petersburg, Russia,
29 June - 4 July. He presented a paper entitled " Measuring
SHRIMP U-Pb ages of Palaeozoic zircons: Can we do better?".
Dr I.S. WILLIAMS attended the Workshop on Data Handling in LA U-Th-Pb Geochronology,
Vancouver, Canada, 12 - 13 July.
Earth Environment
Prof. P. DE DECKKER was a keynote speaker at an EGU session in Vienna
on “Aeolian dust”, and also on “Deep-sea canyons to
the evolution of the Lacepede Shelf” at the Australasian Quaternary
Association at Victor Harbour, SA.
Dr A. DUTTON, Pages Workshop on Empirical
constraints on sea-level rise over the next century, Bern, Switzerland,
25-29 August, presented an invited paper entitled, Sea level reconstructions
from submerged speleothems of Argentarola Cave, Italy.”
Dr A. DUTTON participated in the “Rock Your World” day at
Questacon and gave two lectures on climate change to Questacon visitors.
Dr
S. EGGINS participated in the “Ocean Acidification:
Australian Impacts in the Global Context” workshop in Hobart, June
2008, hosted by the ACE CRC.
Dr M.J. ELLWOOD was interviewed on radio
about the growth of sponges in the deep ocean. Approximately 3 minute
interview with Leigh Hatcher, ABC Radio Canberra, broadcast at 4.30 pm
26 July.
Dr K.E. FITZSIMMONS was guest lecturer at Aberystwyth University, UK,
and Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, UK.
Dr K.E. FITZSIMMONS is a regular contributor on the Fuzzy Logic Popular
Science radio show, 2XX FM.
Dr M.K. GAGAN was interviewed in July by Eric
Hand of Nature magazine (Coral isotopes show quake history, v. 454, p.
378, 2008) regarding the use of carbon isotopes in corals to reconstruct
submarine earthquake recurrence intervals.
Dr M.K. GAGAN was interviewed in November for television, radio, newspaper,
and web-site postings regarding a publication in Nature Geoscience (v.
1: 849-853, 2008) entitled Recent intensification of tropical climate
variability in the Indian Ocean.
Miss T.E. KELLY had her research reported in ScienceWise, the ANU College
of Science magazine, in an article titled "How Wombats are Getting Their
Teeth into the Climate Change Debate: the climate history of Willandra
Lakes" (also available online at http://sciencewise.anu.edu.au/articles/wombats)
Prof M.T. McCULLOCH gave a presentation
on ‘Response of coral
reefs to rapidly increasing ocean acidification’ at the workshop
on ‘Ocean Acidification: Australian Impacts in the Global Context’ sponsored
by the Department of Climate Change in Hobart Tasmania in June 2008.
Prof. M.T. McCULLOCH was interviewed on ABC radio Brisbane regarding
Ocean acidification, September 2008.
Prof. M.T. McCULLOCH was interviewed by ABC radio Adelaide regarding
his plenary presentation at the at the 11th International Coral reef
Symposium in Florida.
Prof. M.T. McCULLOCH presented a talk entitled “Coral Reefs Acid
Trip” at the ARC Centre of Excellence Coral Reef Studies Public
Symposium, Canberra, Academy of Science, October.
Prof. M.T. McCULLOCH presented
a talk entitled “Coral Reefs in a High CO2 World”at
the Botanic Gardens, Canberra in November.
Prof. M.T. McCULLOCH gave a presentation entitled ‘Coral reefs
and Global Change: an Australian Perspective’ to the Department
of the Environment and Heritage in Canberra in November 2008.
Mr I. MOFFAT
contributed to a newspaper article discussing research, Bone hunters
search for Meadows’ secrets, The Courier, 03/10/08
Mr I. MOFFAT contributed to a newsletter article discussing research,
Inland Northwest Queensland Archaeological Excavation, Southern Gulf
links, October 2008.
Mr I. MOFFAT presented to the Meadows Primary School, South Australia
about the application of geophysical to locating historic graves 28/11/08
Mr I. MOFFAT was interviewed by Radio 99.3 FM:
A Modern Australian Explorer, Sydney, 05/10/08
The Use of Geophysics for Historical Graves, Sydney, 22/10/08.
Mr I. MOFFAT contributed to a newsletter article discussing research,
History and Archaeology: Working as One, Looking East: Newsletter of
the City of Norwood Payneham and St Peters, 2008.
Mr I. MOFFAT contributed to a magazine article discussing research, Aboriginals
and academics bury bones of contention, New Scientist, 9/9/08.
Mr I. MOFFAT made a television appearance using geophysical techniques
to locate clandestine burials, Missing Persons Unit, Channel Nine, 29/5/08
Mr I. MOFFAT contributed to a magazine article discussing research, How
wombats are getting their teeth into the climate change debate: The climate
history of the Willandra Lakes, Science Wise Magazine, Vol. 5, Num 2,
March/April 2008.
Mr I. MOFFAT contributed to a newsletter article discussing research,
The Search for Casurina’s Lost Anchor, The Link: DEH Volunteer
News, Issue 14, 11/01/08
Mr I. MOFFAT gave a lecture in the Department of Archaeology
Public Lecture Series, Flinders University, 2008, MOFFAT, I., Wallis,
L.A., Chang, N. and Beale, A., “Locating Historic Graves with
Geophysical Techniques”.
Mr I. MOFFAT was a co-presenter to the
Forensic Science Society of South Australia, 2008, Wallis, L.A. and
Moffat, I., “Understanding
the interplay between archaeology, geophysics and forensics: Case studies
including the Woolgar Aboriginal Massacre, the Maesbury Street Cemetery,
Sellheim Cemetery and Ngarrindjeri burials”.
Dr B. OPDYKE does
regular interviews on community radio, focussed on Climate Change issues.
Dr B. OPDYKE gave regular Climate Change talk to Melrose HS Students,
in 2008 Dr B. OPDYKE gave a Climate Change talk to Public School Science
Teachers as well as helped with a special Science teachers field trip
showing the Geology around Canberra.
Ms J SUTTON participated in the “Rock Your World” day
at Questacon.
Dr P. TREBLE was interviewed for The West Australian newspaper
for the article “Drying caves studied for climate change link” which
appeared 14/7/2008, for ECOS magazine “Caves provide new clues
to Australian climate” on 28/10/08. Dr Treble was also interviewed
for Bush Telegraph “Stalagmites and rainfall” on ABC Radio
National on 1/2/2008. Her research also featured in The Sydney Morning
Herald “Stalagmites’ nuclear touch a record of climate change” 23/1/08.
Dr
J. TROTTER participated in the “Ocean Acidification:
Australian Impacts in the Global Context” workshop in Hobart, June
2008, hosted by the ACE CRC.
Dr J. TROTTER was interviewed by international and local media about
her recent publication in “Science”, covering Ordovician
palaeoseawater temperatures and links with major marine biodiversification
events. Media coverage included ABC radio, Deutschlandfunk, National
Geographic, The Australian, The Advertiser, Geonieuws (Dutch Geological
Assoc.), ScienceNetwork WA, Forskning (Norwegian research and science
portal), Science Education News, and Sea Technology.
Dr J. TROTTER participated in the ARC Major Grants Announcements Expo
at Parliament House, October 2008, highlighting the success of Discovery
Project Proposal DP0986505 “Ocean Acidification in a Rapidly Increasing
CO2 World” submitted by Prof. M McCulloch, Dr J Trotter, and Prof.
R Dunbar.
Dr G. YOUNG conducted daily geology walks for members of
the public during the ANU Open Week at Kioloa Field Station in January,
demonstrating the Permian geology and palaeontology at Merry Beach. He
also gave an evening public lecture on ‘Ancient fossil fish from
Australia’. He was interviewed on ABC 666 on 29 May about the Nature
paper reporting the oldest evidence of vertebrate live birth; this received
wide media attention across the world. An article on the significance
of fossil fish collections at ANU was published in The Canberra Times
(July 13, 2008).
Earth Materials
Dr A.G. CHRISTY assisted Prof D.J. ELLIS and Dr S.G. BEAVIS in delivering
presentations at ANU to approximately 70 High School StudentS From the
NSW South Coast, July 2008.
Prof S.F. COX presented a 3 day structural
geology training workshop for Barrick Gold Ltd geoscientists and undergraduates
of the University of Papua New Guinea during a research field visit to
the Porgera gold mine (PNG) in October.
Dr J. HERMANN presented a talk
at the Earth Science Day at Questacon (7 June) on “How to make Diamonds”.
Dr
J. HERMANN coordinated two visits of students participating at the National
Youth Science Forum at RSES.
Prof G. LISTER was interviewed on television
about the Sichuan Earthquake, China.
Dr D.C. “BEAR” McPHAIL gave an interview with Serena Locke
of Radio 666, Canberra (13 October, 2008) on groundwater in the Lower
Murrumbidgee Catchment, the subject of a new ARC Linkage Grant starting
in 2009.
Dr D.C. “BEAR” McPHAIL provided independent expert commentary
on the environmental impacts of potential uranium mining and transport
of copper and uranium ore near Alice Springs, NT for the Alice Springs
News, November-December 2008.
Dr D.C. “BEAR” McPHAIL represented RSES and the ANU on the
Minerals Tertiary Education Council (MTEC), which is education and training
body of the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA).
Dr D.C. “BEAR” McPHAIL represented RSES and the ANU on the
Central Coast and Western NSW branch committee of the Australian Institute
of Minerals and Metallurgy (AusIMM).
Dr D.C. “BEAR” McPHAIL represented RSES and the ANU for the
Anglo American Scholarship in Applied Geochemistry (3rd- and 4th-year
undergraduate scholarship).
Dr D.C. “BEAR” McPHAIL hosted a visiting group of students
from the University of the 3rd age for a tour of Earth and Marine Science
displays and facilities (4 April, 2008).
Dr D.C. “BEAR” McPHAIL gave a lecture on acid mine drainage
to a group of school students as part of the Australian School Innovation
in Science, Technology and Mathematics (ASISTM) outreach program coordinated
by David Ellis and Sara Beavis (28 July 2008).
Dr D. MICKLETHWAITE participated in the QUESTACON public outreach event.
Dr
U. TROITZSCH coordinated ANU Open Day activities for the Earth and Marine
Sciences Education Program.
Earth Physics
Prof. B.L.N. KENNETT gave a number of radio interviews on issues related
to earthquakes and tsunamis.
Dr R.C. KERR and Mr J. ROBERTSON gave presentations
on earth science to students at Aranda Primary School, Orana Primary
School, and the Australian Science Festival.
Several members of the GFD Group introduced Year 11 students at the
ANU Secondary College to the variety of research undertaken in the Geophysical
Fluid Dynamics Laboratory.
Dr. N. RAWLINSON ran a four week course in
seismology (EMSC8002) as part of the RSES Earth Physics Masters course.
Dr M.L. RODERICK presented
an address entitled “The surface water
balance: how is it panning out?” at the Annual General Meeting
of the Geological Society of Australia (Canberra Branch), 15 April.
Dr
M.L. RODERICK presented a public lecture titled “Climate Change
and Water: Getting the Big Picture Right” at the National Science
Festival, 21 August.
Dr M.L. RODERICK is the nominated “Scientist-in-Schools” representative
at Radford College and ran a 1 day workshop on “Climate change
and water” for the science teaching staff on 30 June.
Dr M. SALMON
and Dr P. ARROUCAU were part of the organisation committee for the RSES
Questacon earth science day. They helped plan and implement the seismology
component. 7 June.
Dr H. TKALCIC gave two invited talks;
at the University of Zagreb, Croatia and the University of Belgrade,
Serbia, entitled: “Modern global
seismology and things that Jules Verne didn’t know on his journey
to the centre of the earth”.
Dr P. TREGONING was invited to give
a presentation at the Australia-China Remote Sensing Symposium at the
Australian Academy of Science in November 2008. He also attended the
AuScope Workshop in October 2008
PRISE
Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG was invited to participate in a Field Workshop on
the Limpopo Belt – International Field Laboratory, in the Limpopo
Province, South Africa from 13 – 19 July.
Mr S. Hui was a demonstrator at the Questacon “Rock Your World” Day
7th June 2008.
Ms E.S. Kiseeva gave a talk at the A. P. Karpinsky Russian Geological Research
Institute during her visit in Saint-Petersburg in July, 2008.
Dr M.D. NORMAN
was interviewed by ABC regional radio stations about planetary science
activities at the July 2008 Australian Earth Science Convention, Perth.
A. Rosenthal wrote a 'Student Profile' for CoS international postgraduate prospectus, published in the ANU College of Science prospectus 2009: “Anja”. Science Graduate Prospectus, ANU, College of Science, p. 46. This is a printed publication aimed at recruiting international and interstate postgraduate students at ANU.
A. Rosenthal participated in an ANU Workshop in Science Communication.
Dr G. Yaxley was invited to participate as a lecturer in the EurISPet
Workshop held in Budapest in August.
Dr G. Yaxley presented a seminar at GEMOC, Macquarie University in May,
entitled “Melting of heterogeneous upper mantle – implications
for magma genesis”.
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TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Earth Chemistry
Dr J.J. BROCKS taught 'Early evolution of life on Earth (and
other planets?)' in Geol3022 Planetary Science.
Dr J.J. BROCKS taught the 'Carbon Cycle' as part of the 'Global
Cycles' course EMSC3027.
Dr M. Forster taught the Honours course "Reading Rocks".
Prof T.R. IRELAND convened and taught the Planetary Geology course (EMSC
3022), and participated in a course on the Nuclear Cycle (PHYS 8205) and
the Field Geology Course (EMSC 1007).
Dr D. RUBATTO coordinated and taught (60%) "Chemistry of Earth and
Oceans", a 2nd year undergraduate course (GEOL2015).
Dr D. RUBATTO taught "U-Pb dating of high-grade metamorphism" at
the EURISPET international postgraduate school, Canberra, 1-9 February
2008.
Dr I.S. WILLIAMS ran an intensive hands-on training course in SHRIMP analysis
procedures for new SHRIMP users at Australian Scientific Instruments, 24
September - 17 October.
Earth Environment
Prof. P. DE DECKKER taught 2nd year Marine Palaeontology and Evolution
of Life and shared the teaching of the 3rd year course Environmental
and Regolith Geoscience, together with Prof. B. Pillans.
Prof. P. DE DECKKER taught one week in the 1st year course The Blue Planet.
Prof. P. DE DECKKER taught the 3rd year course on Carbonate Reef Field
Studies in New Caledonia. Several staff form the IRD [Institut de Recherche
pour Le Dévelopement] in Nouméa participated in the teaching
activities and staff helped ferry students to the island which the students
mapped as part of their work. The course commenced in 2007 and continued
into 2008.
Dr A. DUTTON taught a 2-week section of the Surficial Processes
course (EMSC 2014).
Dr A. DUTTON participated as a field instructor for one day of the
field mapping course near Wee Jasper.
Dr A. DUTTON taught a component of Introduction to Earth Science in
the Field (EMSC 1007) which included 6-days on site at the Kioloa campus.
Dr
S. EGGINS taught a third year course Special Topics (EMSC 3050).
Dr S. EGGINS with Dr M. ELLWOOD (40:60) taught the third year course
Marine Biogeochemistry (EMSC 3023).
Dr S. EGGINS taught a week long unit on marine chemistry and a related
fieldwork component in the 1st year course Blue Planet (EMSC 1006).
Dr
M.J. ELLWOOD coordinated and taught the third year course Marine Biogeochemistry
(EMSC 3023).
Dr M.J. ELLWOOD taught the third year course Special Topics (EMSC 3050).
Dr M.J. ELLWOOD taught the second year course Chemistry of the Earth
and Oceans (EMSC 2015).
Dr K.E. FITZSIMMONS gave a guest lecture and laboratory
tour for the ANU Centre for Archaeological Research workshop for Honours
and Masters students.
Dr M.K. GAGAN taught a section on stable isotope
geochemistry for the Earth and Marine Science course Chemistry of the
Earth and Oceans (EMSC2015, second semester)
Dr M.K. GAGAN served as external supervisor (2006-2008) for Ms E. St
Pierre, ARC Postgraduate Research Scholar with Dr J.-x. Zhao and Assoc.
Prof. S. Golding at the University of Queensland, and for Mr M. Griffiths,
ARC Postgraduate Research Scholar with Dr R. Drysdale at the University
of Newcastle.
Prof. R. GRÜN taught a 6 unit course Scientific dating
techniques and isotope analysis for archaeology and palaeoanthropology
(BIAN 3010/6510) at the Dept. of Archaeology and Anthropology, ANU.
Miss T.E. KELLY taught as a lab and field demonstrator in SRES1004, Australia's Environment.
Ian MOFFAT was the
principal lecturer for the subject “Introduction
to Archaeological Geophysics”, Department of Archaeology, Flinders
University.
Ian MOFFAT was a sessional lecturer in “Indigenous Archaeology
Field School”, “Archaeological Field Methods Field School” and “Archaeological
Field Methods”, Department of Archaeology, Flinders University.
Dr
B. OPDYKE has taught the following course units:
EMSC1006 The Blue Planet including Course Coordinator 2 hour Lectures
(given), attended 15 Lectures, planned and ran a 2 day field trip,
tutored 5 practicals (each repeated 4 times) and helped mark them,
marked field reports, helped mark the exams, 6 one hour tutorials,
126 Students
EMSC2014 Surficial Processes including 30 lectures, 9 (2 hour) practicals,
2 day field trip.
EMSC2012 Introduction to Structural and Field Geology including 6 full
days in the field.
EMSC3027 Global Cycles including Course Coordinator, attended all 39
lectures, 18 students.
EMSC3019 Coral Reefs including 7 Days in the field, 3 full days travel.
Prof.
B. PILLANS gave 12 lectures and co-convened EMSC3026 “Environmental
and regolith geoscience” (third year undergraduate course, second
semester)
Dr G. YOUNG taught the vertebrate palaeontology part of the ‘Marine
Palaeontology and Evolution’ course (EMSC 2019).
Dr G. YOUNG had one student (D. Evans) on a special topic project during
first semester (GEOL 3050).
Earth Materials
Dr A.G. CHRISTY co-convened (with Prof D.J. Ellis), demonstrated all
practicals and delivered some lectures in EMSC 2017 Mineralogy, first
semester, 2008.
Dr A.G. CHRISTY demonstrated all practicals and delivered some lectures
in EMSC 2020 Lithosphere, second semester, 2008.
Dr A.G. CHRISTY delivered
lectures and practicals in the Master of Nuclear Science course PHYS 8205
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle, August 2008.
Dr A.G. CHRISTY taught for the first week of the field course EMSC
1007 Introduction to Earth Sciences in the Field, November 2008.
Prof S.F. COX taught EMSC2012 Introduction to Structural and Field
Geology, EMSC3002 Structural Geology and Tectonics, and portions of
EMSC1007 as part of the RSES Earth and Marine Science Education program.
Dr J. HERMANN was convener of the course “Magmatism and Metamorphism” (EMSC
3024) and taught 15 hours of lectures, 36 hours of practicum and one
day of excursion.
Dr J. HERMANN taught one hour at the course “Chemistry of Earth
and Oceans” (EMSC 2019).
Dr J. HERMANN taught one day at the course “Introduction to Earth
Science in the field” (EMSC 1007).
Prof I. JACKSON coordinated and co-taught PHYS3070 Physics of the Earth
(with Drs. H. TKALCIC and P. TREGONING) and PEAT8011 Introduction to
Earth Materials (with Prof H.St.C O’NEILL and Dr J.D. FITZ GERALD).
Prof G. LISTER taught third year Geology Field Camp (GEOL 3001).
Dr D.C. 'BEAR' McPHAIL coordinated and delivered the 3rd-year
course EMSC3025 Groundwater, co-coordinated and taught 6 weeks of the
2nd-year course CHEM2204 Environmental Chemistry, co-coordinated and
delivered part of the MTEC Honours course Regolith Geoscience for Mineral
Exploration.
Mr N.D. TABILY tutored in first year earth science and third year economic
geology courses.
Dr U. TROITZSCH taught several lectures and practicals
about X-ray Diffraction, X-ray Fluorescence, and Clay Mineralogy, as
part of the undergraduate courses Mineralogy (EMSC2017) and Chemistry
of the Earth and Oceans (EMSC2015).
Earth Physics
Dr P. ARROUCAU – Computer based practical course, Seismology
(EMSC 8002).
Dr G.F. DAVIES taught the Physics of the Earth Honours and
Masters course Plate Tectonics and Mantle Dynamics (EMSC8016).
Dr. G.F. DAVIES
taught two weeks of Global Cycles and Paleoceanography (GEOL3027).
Dr A.McC. HOGG taught The Blue Planet (GEOL1006).
Dr A.McC. HOGG and
Dr M. RODERICK taught Ocean and Atmosphere Modelling (EMSC3029).
Drs G.O. HUGHES, A.McC. HOGG and R.C. KERR, and Prof R.W.
GRIFFITHS taught Physics of Fluid Flows (PHYS3034 and EMSC8004).
Prof. B.L.N.
KENNETT – “Research Methods and Management”,
a component of the Masters Course in Physics of the Earth and a component
of EMSc1007 “Earth Sciences in the Field”.
Prof. B.L.N.
KENNETT presented a set of lectures on “Imaging
the Earth” as part of the Global Centre of Excellence in Deep
Earth Studies at Ehime University, Japan – he was the first international
lecturer in the new CoE.
Dr S.H. POZGAY taught laboratory practicals
for Seismology (PEAT 8002). Dr
S.H. POZGAY taught laboratory practicals for Physics of the Earth (PHYS
3070).
Dr. N. RAWLINSON ran a four week course in seismology (EMSC8002)
as part of the RSES Earth Physics Masters course.
Dr M.L. RODERICK conducted
lectures, for two weeks, on the hydrologic cycle as part of the third
year course titled Global Cycles and Paleooceanography (EMSC3027).
Dr M.L. RODERICK conducted lectures, for two days, on surveying
and mapping as part of the first year course titled Introduction to
Earth Science in the Field (EMSC1007).
Dr M.L. RODERICK convenes the Bachelor
of Global and Ocean Sciences (Hons) degree program.
Dr M. SALMON taught the earthquake magnitude
lab class for Seismology masters course (EMSC8002).
Prof. M. SAMBRIDGE taught a graduate course
geophysical inversion at California Institute of Technology, USA, during
his sabbatical visit there.
Prof. M. SAMBRIDGE supervised the research project of Mr. Peter
Crosthwaite as part of the Physics of the Earth Master’s course.
Prof. M.
SAMBRIDGE taught the pre-meeting short course on geophysical inversion
at Colorado School of mines industry sponsors meeting in May 2008.
Prof. M. SAMBRIDGE gave a guest lecture in the 3rd year undergraduate
course (PHYS3070) entitled ‘Physics of the Earth’.
Dr H. TKALCIC
taught an undergraduate course “Physics of the
Earth” with Prof I. Jackson and Dr P. Tregoning (PHYS 3070),
Faculty of Science (second semester).
Dr H. TKALCIC took a share in
teaching a Masters course “Seismology” (PEAT
8002), Faculty of Science), with Dr. Rawlinson (first semester).
Dr
P. TREGONING taught the Master’s course EMSC8009 “Melting
polar ice sheets, sea level rise and climate change” and also taught
1/3 of the course PHYS3070 “Physics of the Earth”. He is
the Masters Coordinator at RSES and was the sub-Coordinator of the Physics
of the Earth Honours programme.
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HONOURS AND MASTERS SUPERVISION
Earth Chemistry
Dr J.J. BROCKS supervised the Honours project of Ms A. Green, The
Evolution of Sterol Biomarkers in the Proterozoic.
Dr J.J. BROCKS co-supervised the Honours project of Mr C. Munday, Characterising
the Microflora of Aeolian Dust and its Sources in Australia.
Dr J.J. BROCKS co-supervised the honours project of Ms M. Bausch (Marum,
University of Bremen), Molecular Signatures of Biological Soil Crusts and
Salt Lakes of South Australia.
Dr M. Forster supervised two honours projects: Ms C. Firth on the character
of the greenschist overprint on the HP rocks on Ios Greece, and of Ms Jia-Urnn
Lee on the microstructural character of shear zones within the Lesser Himalaya,
NW India.
Mr R. Schinteie assisted in the laboratory supervision of honors student
Ms A. Green.
Earth Environment
Prof. P. DE DECKKER supervised Mr G. Nash on ‘Aspects of the
late Quaternary evolution of the Lacepede Shelf in South Australia”
Prof. P. DE DECKKER co-supervised the thesis of Mr C. Munday from
the School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology on the microflora
of aerosols from the Lake Gnarpurt region of Victoria.
Dr A. DUTTON
is supervising the honours project of Ms C. Thompson on “Diagenesis
in Eocene tropical planktonic foraminifera”.
Ian
MOFFAT is co-supervising the honors project of Mr. B Keys on “Geoarchaeology
and Geochronology of the Gledswood One Rockshelter, North-west Queensland”,
Department of Archaeology, Flinders University.
Dr B. OPDYKE has one
current Honours student
Prof. P. DE DECKKER is co-supervising Ms L.
Bean’s thesis
on the fossil fish from Talbragar, NSW .
Prof. R. GRÜN supervised
the Masters project of Ms W. Lees on Sr isotope tracing of human
migration in Vanuatu.
Dr B. OPDYKE has one current Masters student
Dr GAVIN YOUNG supervised
M.Sc student James Hunt and M.Phil student Greg Bell.
Dr D.C. “BEAR” McPHAIL supervised the three Honours projects
of Mr J. McDonald on the Reactive Transport of Copper in Iron-Rich
Regolith: Experiments and Modelling, Mr S. Biddlecombe on the Alteration
Zoning at the Tusker Gold Deposit, Tanzania, and Ms L. Soroka on the
Groundwater Geochemistry for Mineral Exploration in the Cobar Goldfields,
NSW. He also co-supervised with Dr I. Roach (GA) the Honours project
of Rhiannon Mann on the regolith characteristics and landscape evolution
of the Tomingley Area, NSW.
Earth Materials
Dr A.G. CHRISTY and Prof D.J. ELLIS are supervising Mr A. Maulana
in his M.Phil project on high-pressure rocks in subduction complexes
of southwest Sulawesi, Indonesia
Dr M.-A. BONNARDOT supervised half-time the honours project of Mr T.
O’Kane on the tectonic reconstruction of Papua New Guinea and
full-time the intern Ms D. Tanner on relationship between transform/transfer
faults and anorogenic alkaline trends in Namibia and Angola.
Dr J. HERMANN supervised two Honours projects of Ms. K. Boston on “P-T-t
history of the, Sesia-Lanzo Zone, Western Alps” and Ms S. McAlpine
on “An Investigation of the Contact metamorphic Overprint on Eclogite
Facies Rocks, Sesia-Lanzo Zone, Western Alps”.
Prof I. JACKSON supervised the M. Sc. project of Mr R. Chopping on modeling
the seismic signature of altered rocks in crustal shear zones.
Prof G. LISTER supervised the honours project of Mr A. Barker on a the
large-scale tectonics of the Aegean Sea, Greece; b) Mr T. O’Kane
on a the large-scale tectonics of PNG; and c) Ms I. Stenhouse on Geospeedometry
using the garnet-ilmenite system
Dr D.C. “BEAR” McPHAIL supervised the three Honours projects
of Mr J. McDonald on the Reactive Transport of Copper in Iron-Rich Regolith:
Experiments and Modelling, Mr S. Biddlecombe on the Alteration Zoning at
the Tusker Gold Deposit, Tanzania, and Ms L. Soroka on the Groundwater
Geochemistry for Mineral Exploration in the Cobar Goldfields, NSW. He also
co-supervised with Dr I. Roach (GA) the Honours project of Rhiannon Mann
on the regolith characteristics and landscape evolution of the Tomingley
Area, NSW.
Earth Physics
Dr A.McC. HOGG supervised the Honours project of Mr D. Hutchinson
on “Wind Stress Parameterisation in the Southern Ocean”.
Dr
G.F. DAVIES supervised the Masters project of Mr Chow Song Wei on “Thermal evolution of the Earth with plate bending”.
Dr
H. TKALCIC supervised the Honours project of Myall Hingee, on a development
of a real-time system for source parameter determination in the Australian
region.
Dr H. TKALCIC supervised the final project
(Engineering Degree) of Edward Leask, on studying the source of the
2007 Shark Bay, WA earthquake.
Dr H. TKALCIC supervised the GEOL 3050 special topic research
project of Steven Petkovski, on studying the lithospheric structure
under The Republic of Macedonia using teleseismic receiver functions.
Dr
H. TKALCIC supervised the Ph.B. project of Daniel Leykam, on studying
the Earth’s core using seismic data from Antarctica.
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OTHER MATTERS
Earth Chemistry
Dr V.C. BENNETT was on the Program Committee of the 2008 Goldschmidt
Conference and was the theme organizer for the Early Earth sessions.
Dr V.C. BENNETT is on the Board of Directors of the Geochemical Society.
Dr V.C. BENNETT, member ANU Major Equipment Committee.
Dr V.C. BENNETT served as a member of the Petrology and Geochemistry Panel
of the US National Science Foundation.
Dr J.J. BROCKS, Member of the ANU College Advisory Board.
Dr J.J. BROCKS was selected for the ANU Earl Career Development Program.
Dr J.J. BROCKS, Member of The ANU Early Career Think Tank.
Dr J.J. BROCKS, Selection Committee for the Stanley Miller Award (given
to young scientists working in the field of the Origin of Life).
Professor I.H. CAMPBELL, Secretary General of the Commission for the Evolution
of the Solid Earth, a sub-commission of the International Mineralogical
Association; and is co-leader of the Commission for Large Igneous Provinces
(LIP).
Dr M. Forster is a member for the TANG3O group, a national group involved
in noble gas geochronology.
Dr M. Forster is a member for the OHS committee, RSES.
Dr M. Forster is a member of Organizing Committee for 2010 Australian Earth
Science Conference to be held in Canberra.
Dr D. RUBATTO, Treasurer, Association for Research between Italy and Australasia.
Mr R. Schinteie assisted visiting student Ms M.M. Pawlowska (Cambridge
University, UK) settle into the biogeochemistry laboratories (Jaeger 1)
and showed her how to use equipment and teach principles of organic geochemistry.
Earth Environment
Mr M. AUBERT was awarded a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council of Canada (SSHRC): Rock-Art Science Task Group.
Prof.
P. DE DECKKER is a member of the Australian IODP Council.
Dr A. DUTTON
served as a member of the MARGO committee to promote Marine Geoscience
in Australia.
Dr A. DUTTON is the treasurer for the Sedimentary Division of the Geological
Society of Australia.
Dr A. Dutton is a member of the ANU Climate Initiative.
Dr M.K. GAGAN
served as a member of the ANZIC Science Steering Committee for the Australian
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP).
Dr M.K. GAGAN is a member of the Australasian INTIMATE Project (INTegration
of Ice, MArine and TErrestrial records of the Last Glacial Maximum
and Termination), which is a core program of the INQUA Palaeoclimate
Commission.
Dr M.K. GAGAN is a corresponding member of the INQUA Palaeoclimate
Commission (PALCOMM).
Miss T.E. KELLY, Committee Member, ANU Postgraduate Representative Council (PRC).
Miss T.E. KELLY, Representative for Research School of Earth Sciences, Postgraduate and Research Student Association.
Miss T.E. KELLY, Representative for PARSA, University Research Committee.
Miss T.E. KELLY, Representative for PARSA, College of Science HDR Committee.
Miss T.E. KELLY, Committee Member and Newsletter Editor, Canberra Archaeological Society.
Prof. M.T. McCULLOCH, is a counsel member of the
Australian Coral Reef Society, and attended the meetings in 2008.
Prof. M.T. McCULLOCH, participated Centre of Excellence, Scientific
Management Meeting, Miami Florida July 2008.
Prof. M.T. McCULLOCH, organised a coral reef session entitled Lessons
from the Past at the 11th International Coral reef Symposium, Florida
USA.
Prof. M.T. McCULLOCH, attended the Marine and Tropical Sciences Research
Facility Workshop in Townsville, Queensland.
Dr B. OPDYKE is the Chair of the Australian Sedimentologists Specialists
Group (subdivision of the Geological Society of Australia)
Dr B. OPDYKE served on the Geological Society of Australia’s
Executive council until July 2008.
Prof B.J. PILLANS, President, Stratigraphy & Chronology
Commission, International Union for Quaternary Research.
Prof B.J. PILLANS, Vice President, Geological Society of Australia
Prof B.J. PILLANS, President, Australian & New Zealand Geomorphology
Group
Prof B.J. PILLANS, Chair, Working Group on Lower/Middle Pleistocene
Boundary, International Commission on Stratigraphy
Prof B.J. PILLANS,
President, ACT Branch, Geological Society of Australia
Dr
P. TREBLE began employment at the Australian Nuclear Science & Technology
Organisation in July 2008. She remains a Visiting Fellow at RSES, ANU
until July 2009.
Dr GAVIN YOUNG is a Titular Member of the International
Union of Geosciences Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy, and co-leader
(with Prof ZHU MIN, Beijing) of IGCP Project 491 (‘Middle Palaeozoic
Vertebrate Biogeography,
Palaeogeography and Climate’)
Earth Materials
Dr A.G. CHRISTY is Australian National Representative on the Commission
for New Minerals and Mineral Classification of the International Mineralogical
Association.
Dr A.G. CHRISTY is a member of the Pyrochlore Group Nomenclature subcommittee
of the Commission for New Minerals and Mineral Classification.
Dr A.G. CHRISTY is co-ordinator for the Ph.B. program in the Earth Sciences
disciplinary area, exclusive of Geophysics.
Prof I. JACKSON served as Executive Committee member and Vice-President,
International Association for Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s
Interior, and as co-convenor of Symposium L1 Structure and dynamics of
the lithosphere: observations, modelling and laboratory constraints, IASPEI
General Assembly Capetown, South Africa 10-16 January 2009.
Prof H.St.C.
O’NEILL serves on the Program Advisory Committee of
the Bragg Institute, for the new OPAL Reactor at Lucas Heights, NSW.
Dr D.C. “BEAR” McPHAIL served on the Executive of the Cooperative
Research Centre for Landscape Environments and Mineral Exploration, followed
by serving as an alternate Board member representing ANU.
Earth Physics
Dr P. ARROUCAU collaborated with Telopea Park School (Barton, ACT)
to develop “Sismos a l'Ecole”, a project aimed at setting
up a seismic station in a school as a springboard for educational and
scientific activities dealing with earthquakes and natural hazard.
Prof.
B.L.N. KENNETT, Chair, Geological Society of Australia Specialist Group
in Solid Earth Geophysics to July 2008.
Prof B.L.N. KENNETT, Member
National Committee for Earth Sciences and Chair of Working Party on
National Geotransects.
Dr H. TKALCIC was
responsible for the managing of the seismic and infrasonic facility
in Warramunga, NT.
Dr H. TKALCIC, with Dr. C
Tarlowski, Mr. A. Arcidiaco and Mr. J. Li organised an effort for the
major seismic data reformatting, reorganisation and building the acquisition
tools to access the RSES archive of seismic data.
Dr H. TKALCIC hosted a three month long visit by Professor Vernon
Cormier from the United States, sponsored by the VC’s Office.
Dr
P. TREGONING was the Geodesy representative on the Program Committee
of the Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting held in Cairns in August
2008.
PRISE
Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG acted as the external supervisor and advisor for
2 PhD and 2 MSc students from South Africa and assisted RSES PhD students
with analytical procedures, laboratory practice and interpretation
of data for their theses and publication.
Dr M.D. NORMAN, Steering Committee, Australian Space Science Decadal Plan
and Chair, Planetary Science Working Group.
Dr M.D. NORMAN, National Executive Committee, Geological Society of Australia.
Dr M.D. NORMAN, Program Committee, Australian Earth Science Convention,
Perth.
A. Rosenthal acted as RSES Student Facilitator and initiated the RSES mentoring network for new PhD students.
A. Rosenthal coordinated organization of the inaugural RSES Student Conference (April 30th, 2008), aimed at facilitating exchange of recent scientific research results and experiences, including an oral presentation.
A. Rosenthal coordinated organization of the presentations in honour of Professor David H. Green's '18th birthday' (February 29th, 2008), including an oral presentation.
A. Rosenthal gave an invited talk at Utrecht University, The Netherlands within a Solid Rock Seminar Series.
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