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The AIPG Georgia Section Newsletter — March 2017
The AIPG Michigan Section Newsletter — March 2017
The AIPG California Section Newsletter — March 2017
AIPG Section Newsletters from Spring 2016 - February 2017 are available here.
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The purpose of the AIPG Student Chapter of the Year Award is to recognize the most outstanding student chapter for their participation in, and contribution to, the American Institute of Professional Geologists. The award will consist of a plaque to be presented to the student chapter, a certificate to each of the officers of the chapter at the time of their submittal, a $500 award for the chapter, and a trip for one member of the winning student chapter to the annual AIPG conference and executive meetings. The student that attends the annual meeting will observe the organization and functions of AIPG and participate in the executive board meeting.
The submission deadline is April 15.
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Everyone is in favor of good moral and professional ethical behavior but few have thought about them rigorously. What constitutes common morality and professional ethics? This webinar, hosted by David M. Abbott Jr., AIPG Certified Professional Geologist 4570, will explore the basic concepts and definitions of and the differences between common morality and professional ethics. This includes the distinction between moral rules and moral ideals. What steps are used to determine the legitimate basis for an allowable violation of a moral or ethical rule? What is the relationship between ethical behavior and integrity? Case histories will illustrate the concepts presented and the methodology of ethical analysis.
AIPG accredited — 1 hour webinar = 1 Professional Development Hour (PDH) or .1 CEUs.
Live webinar prices:
- $35 for AIPG CPG Members
- $50 for AIPG Members
- $65 for Non-Members
- $20 for Students
Register online.
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Presenter: Dr. Abani R. Samal, Ph.D., AIPG Certified Professional Geologist 11143
Construction of a computerized model to estimate mineral resources is a common practice in mineral exploration projects and mining operations. Many times a technical report is the done as per international reporting standards such as NI-43-101 or JORC to meet requirement of certain stock exchanges in the world. In all these standards there are certain minimum suggested requirements that have to be met for reporting mineral resources and reserves. The standards are not and cannot be prescriptive. However, irrespective of standards of reporting it is important that the mineral resource estimation be done following "the best practices" in this area. This is to ensure that the resource estimation is reliable and based on valid parameters.
This webinar will highlight the best practice followed in mineral resource assessment by many mining companies in order to get the best predictable resource estimation of a mineral deposit. The topics include data-collection, storage and ownership, geological modeling, drill hole data analyses (compositing, capping / high grade data analyses), application of geostatistics, grade estimation, resource classification and reporting. With some real but anonymous examples the topics will be explained.
AIPG accredited — 1 hour webinar = 1 Professional Development Hour (PDH) or .1 CEUs.
Live webinar prices:
- $60 for AIPG CPG Members
- $75 for AIPG Members
- $90 for Non-Members
- $20 for Students
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Register online.
- May 11 — WPDES Nonmetallic Mining Permit Process Seminar — Schedule
- May 12 — Sand Mine Life Cycle Seminar — Speaker Schedule
- May 13 — Field Trip: Industrial Sand Resources of West-Central Wisconsin — Itinerary
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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.
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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. For more information, contact Ronald J. Wallace, AIPG Georgia Section President, ronald.wallace@dnr.state.ga.us.
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Registration is $45 for AIPG and HAGS Members; $60 for non-AIPG Members. Checks for registration should be sent to Kevin Kelly at: Langan Engineers, 2700 Kelly Road, Suite 200, Warrington, PA 18976-3653.
For more information, contact Dennis Pennington at pennden15@gmail.com.
Click here for registration. The agenda is available here.
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The trip will visit various historical and outcrop sites, current uranium mines, processing plants and other related sites of interest. The field trip is to be held May 19-21, backtracking to San Antonio, Austin and then Houston by sundown. Register your interest in the field trip and to reserve your seat on the bus (first come, first saved), send us an email with your name and email and the number of seats you wish to reserve. For more information, go to AIPG Texas Section — May 2017 Field Trip Announcement .
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Sponsorship Opportunities
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 in-dustry, 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.
Michigan Section events for 2017
- April 13 — Section Meeting (Joint with MBGS), Lansing/East Lansing, speaker and topic TBA
- May 16 — Golf Outing, Moose Ridge Golf Course, South Lyon
- June 13-14 — 7th Annual Technical Workshop, Ralph A. McMullan Center, Roscommon
- Aug. 12-13 — Joint Michigan/Wisconsin Field Trip, details forthcoming
- Sept. 7 — Section Meeting, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, speaker and topic TBA
- Nov. 30 — Annual Section Meeting, Weber's Inn, Ann Arbor, speaker and topic TBA
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AGI
Friday, May 12
Time: 1 p.m. EST
Joint AGI/AGU webinar
Free
The AGU and AGI policy staff will discuss the details of the new administration's budget and what it means for the geosciences. Register for this free webinar here.
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Friday, April 14
Time: 2 p.m. ET
The American Geosciences Institute will host a free webinar, "State Responses to Induced Earthquakes," on Friday April 14 at 2 p.m. ET. The surge in recent years of earthquakes associated with some oil and gas operations, especially the deep underground injection of wastewater, has spurred a range of actions and responses from geoscientists, regulators and operators. This webinar will explore state-level activities in Oklahoma, Texas and Ohio to monitor and reduce induced earthquakes.
The webinar will feature Jeremy Boak (Director of the Oklahoma Geological Survey), Michael Young (Associate Director for Environment at the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology) and Steven Dade (Geologist 2 at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources), focusing on several key topics:
- Improved monitoring networks for detecting small earthquakes
- Regulations and their effects
- Collaborations between government, industry and other groups to reduce induced earthquakes
- Outreach and education to improve public awareness
Attendees will have the chance to ask questions of the speakers in a live question and answer session during the webinar. For more information and to register for the webinar, visit http://bit.ly/induced-eq-webinar.
This webinar is co-sponsored by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the American Energy Society, the American Geophysical Union, the American Institute of Professional Geologists, the Association of American State Geologists, the Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists, the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society, the Environmental Defense Fund, the Society of Exploration Geophysicists and the U.S. Geological Survey.
| Date |
Event |
More Information |
| March 28 |
Live webinar: Fundamentals of Professional Ethics: Elements and Examples |
Register online |
| April 12 |
AGI webinar: State Responses to Induced Earthquakes in Oklahoma, Texas, and Ohio |
Register online |
| April 14 |
Live webinar: Best Practices in Mineral Resource Estimation & Reporting |
Register online |
| April 18-19 |
GA Section presents 7th Conference on Innovative Environmental Assessment and Remediation Technology |
Kennesaw, Georgia |
| April 20-21 |
AIPG Pennsylvania Section Spring Conference: Emerging Contaminants |
New Cumberland, Pennsylvania |
| May 11-13 |
AIPG Sand Mine Life Cycle Seminar and Nonmetallic Mining in Wisconsin: Water Management Operations and Environmental Protection Seminar |
Eau Claire, Wisconsin |
| May 12 |
AGI webinar: How the New Administration's Budget Impacts the Geosciences |
Register online |
| May 19-21 |
AIPG Texas Section — Field Trip to Uranium Country |
South Texas |
| 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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Nature
Enormous volcanoes vomited lava over the ancient Earth much more often than geologists had suspected. Eruptions as big as the biggest previously known ones happened at least 10 times in the past 3 billion years, an analysis of the geological record shows. Such eruptions are linked with some of the most profound changes in Earth's history.
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UPI
Determining what exactly Earth's earliest crust was like has proven difficult for geologists. But new analysis has offered researchers a window into Earth's crustal past.
Scientists discovered the chemical signatures of early Earth's crust in rock samples recovered in Canada.
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University of Wyoming via Phys.org
Two University of Wyoming researchers led a voyage to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean and discovered five previously unknown active hydrothermal vents and a completely new vent site. Crabs, shrimp, snails, Pompeii worms, small fish and bacteria flourish in an environment where sea water, as hot as 370 degrees Centigrade, flows upward through vent chimneys up to 22 meters tall.
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U.S. Geological Survey
Geologists have discovered evidence that unusual seas detached living corals from a Caribbean reef and scattered them far inland, as boulders, during the last centuries before Columbus arrived. The new findings will reinforce precautions against coastal hazards, Caribbean tsunami specialists said.
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Victoria University via Phys.org
Recently published research from Victoria University of Wellington and GNS Science has provided a unique insight into the hydrological effects of earthquakes in New Zealand. Led by Victoria alumnus Grant O'Brien for his Master's thesis, the research highlights the impact earthquakes can have on groundwater systems hundreds of kilometres away.
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U.S. Geological Survey
A new method for evaluating the resource potential for large, underexplored regions for critical minerals in Alaska is now available online. Critical minerals are used in products that are vital to national security, technology and also play an integral role in our everyday modern life.
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American Institute of Physics via ScienceDaily
Researchers in Italy hope to measure Earth's rotation using a laser-based gyroscope housed deep underground, with enough experimental precision to reveal measurable effects of Einstein's general theory of relativity. The ring laser gyroscope technology enabling these Earth-based measurements provide, unlike those made by referencing celestial objects, inertial rotation information, revealing fluctuations in the rotation rate from the grounded reference frame.
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Geology For Investors
Block (gravity) caving is a bulk underground mining method, which allows large low-grade deposits to be mined underground. This method involves undermining the orebody to make it collapse under its own weight into a series of chambers from which the ore extracted. It is a useful technique to extend the life of large deposits previously mined by open pits, and it is a method increasingly proposed for new mines around the world.
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