This message was sent to ##Email## January 7, 2020   Home  |   Membership  |   Events  |   Licensure  |   Jobs  |   Contact Us Subscribe  |   Archive  |   Advertise      AIPG NEWS Nominations for AIPG National Awards and Section Leadership Awards: Deadline is Jan. 15 AIPG Send in your nominations for AIPG National Awards and AIPG Section Leadership Awards by Jan. 15.  READ MORE    SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by Chubb & Assured Partners Proud to Support the AIPG The right coverage to help Geologists unearth greater business opportunities Putting you at the epicenter of our business, so you can focus on yours Do your client’s insurance requirements have you in a quandary? Let us find for you the most efficient solution We’ll take care of your insurance needs and requirements so you can take care of your clients. 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This 3-inch diameter patch has four thread colors (blue, red, yellow and black) with an easy to attach heat seal backing.  READ MORE    INDUSTRY NEWS High-carbonate lakes explain the origin of life 'phosphate problem' New Atlas For decades, scientists have pondered the so-called "phosphate problem" when seeking to understand the origins of life on Earth. The problem revolves around the fact that phosphorous is one of the six key chemical ingredients of life, yet its scarcity raises the question of how early Earth supplied this essential element. A new study has now provided a possible explanation.  READ MORE First active fault zone found on Mars National Geographic Millions of miles away, a robot geologist stands alone on the dusty surface of Mars, listening for faint seismic echoes in the ground below. Its finger on the red planet's pulse is sensitive enough to pick up the whoosh of wind, the drone of dust devils, the creak of tectonic cracks, and many other rumbles ricocheting though the planet's insides. While most of these signals have been indistinct murmurs, two have stood out loud and clear, allowing scientists to trace them back to their source: the first active fault zone yet found on the red planet.  READ MORE Crater found from asteroid that covered 10% of Earth's surface in debris Astronomy A flash of light would have come first, followed by a shockwave and massive earthquake. Only later would the hailstorm of black, glassy debris begun to fall, a rocky rain that would touch ten percent of the planet's surface. That's the scene that followed a massive asteroid impact 790,000 years ago. The remains it scattered, called tektites, have been found from Asia to Antarctica. For decades, scientists have searched for the elusive resting place of the impactor that coated the Earth with debris. Now, they may have finally found it. Elusive crater A new report published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says that the meteorite likely struck in southern Laos, carving a huge crater now covered by a lava flow.  READ MORE Present-day volcanism on Venus as evidenced from weathering rates of olivine Science Advances At least some of Venus' lava flows are thought to be less than 2.5 million years old based on visible to near-infrared (VNIR) emissivity measured by the Venus Express spacecraft. However, the exact ages of these flows are poorly constrained because the rate at which olivine alters at Venus surface conditions, and how that alteration affects VNIR spectra, remains unknown. Lab studies indicate that lava flows lacking VNIR features due to hematite are no more than several years old. Therefore, it's possible Venus is volcanically active now.  READ MORE Volcanic ash forecast using ensemble-based data assimilation: An ensemble transform Kalman filter coupled with the FALL3D-7.2 model (ETKF-FALL3D version 1.0) Geoscientific Model Development Quantitative volcanic ash cloud forecasts are prone to uncertainties coming from the source term quantification (e.g., the eruption strength or vertical distribution of the emitted particles), with consequent implications for an operational ash impact assessment. We present an ensemble-based data assimilation and forecast system for volcanic ash dispersal and deposition aimed at reducing uncertainties related to eruption source parameters.  READ MORE Researchers create nanoscale sensors to better see how high pressure affects materials Iowa State University Researchers have developed new nanoscale technology to image and measure more of the stresses and strains on materials under high pressures. As the researchers reported in the journal Science, that matters because, "Pressure alters the physical, chemical and electronic properties of matter." The new sensing technology could advance high-pressure studies in chemistry, mechanics, geology and planetary science.  READ MORE Multi-proxy approach for identifying Heinrich events in sediment cores from Hatton Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean) Geosciences A series of six gravity cores has been used to reconstruct the depositional history of Hatton Bank (Rockall Plateau, NE Atlantic Ocean). The cores have been studied for magnetic susceptibility (MS), geochemical composition, grain size distribution, and a semi-quantitative foraminiferal association. Two main interbedded facies have been described: (i) calcareous ooze; and (ii) lithogenous silt. The study reveals prominent peaks from the MS signal, silt, Mg/Ca, Fe/Ca, Al/Ca, and Rare Earth Elements normalized by Continental Crust (REE/CC), which are sensitive indicators for Heinrich events (H1, H2, H3, H4, and H5) and ash layers.  READ MORE Study assesses incentives, development strategies for peruvian mature heavy oil Journal of Petroleum Technology Mature heavy-oil fields in the northern Peruvian jungle have produced oil for more than 40 years under primary recovery mechanisms (cold methods). The complete paper explores technical and economic development options to produce heavy-oil resources at commercial rates and showcases three optimization scenarios of higher recovery efficiency aimed at increasing net present value at the basin level.  READ MORE Student researchers make dismaying microplastics find in the Arctic Ocean The City University of New York via Phys.org Aboard the Icebreaker Oden, a Swedish vessel on an Artic expedition, a multidisciplinary group of scientists, filmmakers and students, including three City College of New York undergraduates, made a dismaying discovery in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. 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