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Hosted by the AIPG National and the AIPG Wisconsin Section
in cooperation with the AIPG Minnesota Section, Wisconsin DNR, WGNHS, and Wisconsin Industrial Sand Association.
May 11-13, 2017
Holiday Inn Eau Claire South
4751 Owen Ayers Court
Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701
Join us for a sand mine life-cycle seminar specifically designed for mining manager, operators, educators, students, regulators, geologists, engineers, equipment manufacturers and land use planners involved in siting, permitting, operating and reclaiming sand mines in the Midwest.
- May 11 — WPDES Nonmetallic Mining Permit Process Seminar
- May 12 — Sand Mine Life Cycle Seminar
- May 13 — Field Trip: Industrial Sand Resources of West-Central Wisconsin
More details and registration coming soon.
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Music City Rocks — Geology in the Past, Present and Future
How geology has shaped our history, provides present day resources and prepares us for tomorrow's challenges.
Sept. 23-26, in Nashville, Tennessee.
Nashville Airport Marriott
600 Marriott Drive
Nashville, TN 37214
(615) 889-9300 | (888) 228-9290
Call for Abstracts is now open! Submit by May 1.
Book your group rate for American Institute of Professional Geologists.
Marriott hotel(s) offering your special group rate: Nashville Airport Marriott for $149 per night
Sept. 22-27. The last day to book is Sept. 1.
Just for fun, check out this YouTube video about geology in Tennessee.
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The AIPG Ohio Section Newsletter — February 2017
The AIPG Northeast Section Newsletter — Winter 2017
The AIPG California Section Newsletter — January 2017
The AIPG Texas Section Newsletter — January 2017
The AIPG Michigan Section Newsletter — January 2017
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AIPG Student Scholarship applications for undergraduate and graduate are due Feb. 15.
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AIPG Ohio Section Winter Meeting and Dinner Presentation at The Nutter Center, Berry Room, at the Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton — Trapping of CO2 in Permeable Sections of the Reservoir; The New Paradigm in CO2 Geosequestration, by Dr. Robert W. Ritzi, Wright State University.
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The KY Section-AIPG is organizing and hosting a technical short course "Modern Carbonate Analogs for the Geologic Record" March 11-18, 2017 at San Salvador Island, Bahamas.
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Location: Kennesaw State University, Continuing Education Building, 3333 Busbee Drive, Room 400, Kennesaw, Georgia 30144. This conference will focus on innovative assessment and remediation technologies being used in the environmental field. Case studies will include petroleum hydrocarbons and chlorinated solvents sites. Presenters will include representatives from private consultants, regulatory personnel, industry, and legal backgrounds. Attendees will earn 14 personal development hours of continuing education. Contact: AIPG GA Section President — Ronald J. Wallace
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Sponsorship opportunities available.
Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center, Roscommon County, Michigan.
The presentations at this workshop will focus on how to identify risk management remedies ranging from aggressive removal to long term exposure maintenance, what are the right questions to ask, and how to collect the data to answer those questions. This workshop will provide the same thought provoking, high quality technical presentations and discussions that have come to be expected of the AIPG Michigan Section's annual workshop. As professionals working in the environmental industry, we make decisions regarding potential and real exposures daily using tools developed from the latest advances in science and technology, statutory requirements and professional experience.
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American Geosciences Institute
Assessing, Mitigating, and Communicating Flood Risk
Feb. 8 — 1 p.m. EST/10 a.m. PST
Flooding is a perennial hazard for rivers and coasts alike. Every year, flooding results in billions of dollars of damage and the loss of dozens to hundreds of lives across the United States. Efforts to mitigate this hazard rely on the work of geoscientists, planners and communicators to assess and minimize risks, prepare and inform communities, and ensure that lives and livelihoods are prioritized before, during and after flood events.
This webinar features experts from federal and state government, who will discuss recent and ongoing activities co-ordinated at national and local levels to assess, mitigate and communicate flood risk.
CFMs who participate in the entire live webinar will earn 1 CEC.
To register, please visit: http://bit.ly/flood-webinar.
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European Federation of Geologists
Organized by the European Federation of Geologists/United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the event will be held Feb. 9-10 at the Royal Belgium Institute of Natural Sciences, in Brussels.
This event will provide a unique opportunity to discuss a transparent and harmonized classification framework for fossil and renewable energy sources and minerals in a cross-disciplinary environment, including EU policymakers, UN representatives, international energy experts, national government officials, academics, energy and minerals company executives, as well as finance, industry and environment experts.
The conference will foster the convergence of terminology and the comparability/compatibility of data, thus contributing to the creation of a solid European Knowledge Database on mineral and energy resources. Such harmonization is equally important to government policymakers and to companies and regulators within the energy and minerals industries, including the users and providers of data on energy and minerals reserves and resources and renewable energy. UNFC will be reviewed, including its potential for application in Europe and beyond and its relationship with other classification and public reporting systems.
There will be presentations from speakers representing a range of relevant UNECE and European policy areas linked to energy and minerals, as well as from international and European experts drawn from regulatory authorities, industry and non-governmental organizations. There will also be contributions from representatives of fossil and renewable energy companies, the mining industry and academia.
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The Geological Society of America
South-Central
March 13-14, San Antonio
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Southeastern
March 30-31, Richmond, Virginia
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Joint Northeastern/North-Central
March 19–21, Pittsburgh
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Cordilleran
May 23–25, Honolulu
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European Federation of Geologists
The European Federation of Geologists and the Association of Greek Geologists will co-organize a workshop on geothermal energy on the island of Santorini (Greece) on May 18-19.
The aim of this Workshop is to provide a glimpse to the future of geothermal energy, facilitating cross-fertilization between different scientific areas and contributing to bringing society a step closer to reaching the goal of zero CO2 emissions.
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| Date |
Event |
More Information |
| Feb. 8 |
AGI Critical Issues Seminar: Assessing, Mitigating, and Communicating Flood Risk |
San Salvador Island, Bahamas |
| Feb. 19-22 |
2017 SME Annual Conference & Expo CMA
119th National Western Mining Conference |
Denver |
| March 11-18 |
KY Section-AIPG technical short course: "Modern Carbonate Analogs for the Geologic Record" |
San Salvador Island, Bahamas |
| April 18-19 |
GA Section presents 7th Conference on Innovative Environmental Assessment and Remediation Technology |
Kennesaw, Georgia |
| May 11-13 |
AIPG Sand Mine Life Cycle Seminar and Nonmetallic Mining in Wisconsin: Water Management Operations and Environmental Protection Seminar |
Eau Claire, Wisconsin |
| June 13-14 |
7th Annual Michigan Section Technical Workshop |
Roscommon County, Michigan |
| June 24 |
AIPG National Executive Committee Meeting, AIPG Headquarters Offices |
Thornton, Colorado |
| Sept. 23 |
AIPG National Executive Committee Meeting, Marriott Hotel |
Nashville, Tennessee |
| Sept. 23-26 |
AIPG 2017 National Annual Conference |
Nashville, Tennessee |
| June 16-21, 2018 |
Resources for Future Generations: Energy — Minerals — Water — Earth |
Call for Sessions flyer
Conference Brochure |
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Hanes® men's Beefy-T® long sleeve T-shirt is crafted from 6.1 oz., 100 percent ring-spun cotton for a soft hand with excellent durability. Comes with embroidered AIPG lettering with pick and gavel.
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White T-shirt with AIPG logo on the front and "Geologists are Gneiss, Tuff and a Little Wacke" the on back. Available sizes: Small-2XLarge.
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This polar fleece, 1/4 zip pullover jacket has a sweat patch and double collar, 1-inch double needle elastic waist and cuffs, taped contrast collar, on-seam pockets, yolk front and double needle half-moon sweat patch. Embroidered AIPG lettering and pick and gavel in white and gold. Available in a variety of colors and sizes.
 
Science News
The breath of oxygen that enabled the emergence of complex life kicked off around 100 million years earlier than previously thought, new dating suggests. Previous studies pegged the first appearance of relatively abundant oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere, known as the Great Oxidation Event, or GOE, at a little over 2.3 billion years ago. New dating of ancient volcanic outpourings, however, suggests that oxygen levels began a wobbly upsurge between 2.460 billion and 2.426 billion years ago.
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The New York Times
Geologists have found something strange under the island of Mauritius, the former British colony east of Madagascar with a population of 1.3 million. They're calling it "Mauritia." But it's not a traditional continent. As Lewis D. Ashwal, the researcher who made the discovery, put it: "It's a continent in the geological sense, not in the geographical one." It's buried beneath millions of years' worth of volcanic material.
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The Associated Press via Edmonton Sun
A section of sea cliff above a massive "firehose" lava flow on Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano has collapsed and splashed into the ocean as tourists and geologists watched.
A large crack in the section of cliff above the gushing molten lava stream gave way Feb. 2 as scientists stood just yards away. Geologists with Hawaii Volcano Observatory were at the site to monitor the crack when it collapsed and captured the scene on video.
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BBC News
An attempt to drill into the heart of a volcano in the southwest of Iceland is now complete.
Geologists have penetrated 4,659 meters down, creating the deepest-ever volcanic borehole.
Their aim is to tap into the steam at the bottom of the well to provide a source of geothermal energy.
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EarthSky
The turquoise plume of water in the satellite image is coming from an underwater volcano in the midst of an eruption. The plume appears to have originated from a seamount that geologists call "Submarine Volcano III," located 33 kilometers (20 miles) from Tonga's main island of Tongatapu.
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UPI
New research undermines the supposed correlation between an ancient asteroid collision and an uptick in biodiversity on Earth.
Roughly 470 million years ago, Earth experienced a rise in biodiversity known as the Ordovician radiation — named for the geologic period during which it occurred. Around the same time, Earth was peppered with a barrage of meteorites. Scientists have suggested the arrival of meteorites — triggered by the collisions of two large asteroids somewhere between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter — delivered some life-promoting properties.
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The Christian Science Monitor
A rock that fits in the palm of a scientist's hand and weighs less than a pound is helping paint a picture of the history of volcanism on Mars. That's because the little igneous rock broke off the Red Planet when something slammed into the Martian surface about 1.1 million years ago. It hurtled through space and then fell to Earth, landing in the desert in Algeria.
Yes, it's a Martian meteorite.
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The Guardian
Ripples in the sand are a beauty to behold. Sometimes their sinuous curves can be spied beneath a tinkling stream, and other times you feel them under your feet as the currents in the sea create ridges and hollows in the sand. But what controls the size and shape of a ripple? Is it the size of the grains, the depth of the water, or perhaps the strength of the flow? For geologists the question matters because they use fossilised ripples to try to better understand past environments or interpret conditions on other planets.
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Victoria University via Phys.org
New research from Victoria University of Wellington suggests a cluster of deep earthquakes beneath Taranaki may provide a vital clue to understanding how New Zealand's landmass was created. The study, published in the United States journal Geology, investigated the "unusual" earthquakes that occur beneath the line that runs between the volcanoes of Mount Taranaki and Mount Ruapehu.
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Forbes
It's something we've all heard before "The next big California earthquake and the entire state will fall into the ocean" or some variation thereof. Despite the geology and physics that only exist in Dwayne Johnson movies, this will not happen for a number of reasons.
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