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Science World Report
Volcanic material found separately in the Solomon Islands as well as the Baffin Island in Canada may reportedly throw more light on the history of our planet. The volcanic debris was thrown out around 4.5 billion years ago, which makes it only 50 million years younger than the solar system.
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Phys.org
Sharks swim around a platform off Mexico's east coast as scientists drill deep into the ocean floor, extracting the remains of the asteroid widely blamed for the demise of the dinosaurs. Some 30 meters (98 feet) above the ocean floor, the researchers pull out cylinders filled with rocks that could unlock the mysteries of life and death caused by the cataclysmic crash in the Gulf of Mexico some 66 million years ago.
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The Washington Post
Three-and-a-half billion years ago, when Earth was in its infancy, scientists believe our planet was struck by an enormous asteroid that probably helped set the course of life as we know it.
And we're only just finding out about it now.
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AIPG
The AIPG Michigan Section Newsletter — May 2016
The AIPG Texas Section Newsletter — May 2016
The AIPG Wisconsin Section Newsletter — Spring 2016
The AIPG Ohio Section Newsletter — April 2016
The AIPG California Section Newsletter — Spring 2016
The AIPG Georgia Section Newsletter — April 2016
The AIPG Colorado Section Newsletter — Spring 2016
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AIPG
The AIPG quarterly journal, The Professional Geologist, April/May/June 2016 issue is available online in pdf and digital version (active links and pages flip like paper copy). This issue includes: AIPG National Conference information; Tales from the Field — Light at the End of the Tunnel; AIPG National Officer Ballot; The Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceaus Strata in Western Staten Island, New York; Our Saves Count Also; Geothermal Energy-Current Status and Future Possibilities; The Reading Geologist — Book Reviews; and much more — now available online. All back issues of TPG are available online.
AIPG
To have your abstract considered for a presentation or poster, please click here to submit an abstract online by June 6.
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AIPG
Students, you are invited to submit an abstract! Technical sessions will be held on Monday, Sept. 12, and Tuesday, Sept. 13. They will consist of podium and poster presentations, and will include a student poster competition. To have your abstract considered for a presentation or poster, please click here to submit an abstract online by June 6.
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AIPG
The AIPG Section Leadership Award was established by the Executive Committee in 2013 to recognize one or more of our members who have demonstrated a long-term commitment and have been long-term contributors to AIPG at the section level. AIPG has many sections where one or more individuals have demonstrated exceptional leadership for their section and in many instances kept the section together and moving forward. These individuals are commonly not known at the National level or by AIPG members outside of their sections, however, their contributions have been vital to their sections and they perform this work because of their commitment to our profession and AIPG. The award will consist of a plaque (or similar) that will be presented to the awardees at the annual meeting of AIPG.
Based on the above criteria the Awards Committee may select multiple nominees for the award.
The AIPG Section Leadership Award is administered by the Executive Committee of AIPG. The selection of the winning member(s) will be decided by the AIPG Awards Committee. The deadline for submittal of nominees for the AIPG Section Leadership Award, to AIPG National Headquarters, is May 31 of each year. The nomination form for AIPG Section Leadership Award (pdf file or Word doc). The awardees will be announced in early July so they may attend the annual meeting.
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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.
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| Date |
Event |
More Information |
| June 14-15 |
6th Annual AIPG Michigan Section Technical Workshop — Environmental Risk Management: Why, When, Where and How |
Roscommon County, Michigan |
| June 25 |
AIPG Executive Committee Meeting |
Thornton, Colorado |
| Aug. 8-11 |
NCSL Legislative Summit |
Chicago |
| Aug. 17-18 |
17th Annual Energy Exposition |
Loveland, Colorado |
| Aug. 22-25 |
Rocky Mountain Energy Summit |
Denver |
| Aug. 27-Sept. 4 |
35th International Geological Congress |
Cape Town, South Africa |
| Sept. 10-13 |
AIPG 2016 National Conference |
Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| Sept. 18-24 |
Association of Environmental &
Engineering Geologists 2016 Annual Meeting |
Kona, Hawaii |
| Sept. 25-28 |
GSA National Conference |
Denver |
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The "down under" styling adds a sense of adventure to any outing. Heavyweight 100 percent cotton canvas; drawstring with cord locks and fashion brass eyelets. Two-side snaps give the option of wearing the brim up or down. Available colors: canvas/canvas, canvas/navy (navy inside).
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AIPG's lightweight jacket is perfect for spring and summer. It is 100 percent polyester with a locker loop, dyed-to-match zipper, front pouch pockets and elastic cuffs and hem. Available colors: black, red, lime, blue, navy. Available sizes: small-3XLarge.
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Alaska Public Media
Geologist Rob Witter works for the United States Geological Survey. His work looks at the frequency of past giant earthquakes in the Aleutians — especially large quakes that might cause tsunamis. This research can be used for national seismic hazard maps as well as to create tsunami evacuation plans.
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Phys.org
Neutron computer tomography at ANSTO has been used in one of the first studies to reconstruct the interior structure of rare iron meteorites non-invasively. Floriana Salvemini and Ulf Garbe, Dingo instrument scientists, collaborated on a study of iron-nickel meteorites with co-investigators in Italy and Switzerland that has been published in a special issue of the journal Minerals, "Meteorites and Cosmic Mineralogy."
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Forbes
The geological record is notoriously imperfect and geologists may face great difficulties when reconstructing long lost environments. However, fossils and tracks of animals can provide crucial clues.
In 1917, during the last years of World War I, the Italian army built a mule track onto the 712 meter (2,330 feet) high Pasubio Massif, including 50 galleries in the hard rocks of its Triassic Hauptdolomite formation. Almost 70 years later during an excursion, geologist Marco Avanzini noticed on the roof of one of the galleries some strange bulges. He immediately recognized the bulges as natural casts of dinosaur footprints.
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The Washington Post
Puffing out clouds of vapor continuously is a volcanic phenomenon not far from Naples. And it's not Vesuvius, whose spectacular eruption doomed the flourishing Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in the year 79. It's the Phlegraean Fields — Campi Flegrei in Italian mdash; a sprawling constellation of ancient volcanic centers near the Tyrrhenian Sea and extending under the sapphire-blue waters. The Solfatara Crater, a steaming, smelly reminder of nature's explosive power, is the star of the bunch.
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Gizmodo
Using NASA airborne radar, scientists have shown the degree to which New Orleans and its surrounding areas are sinking each year. Mostly caused by groundwater extraction, it's yet another disaster in the making.
These new maps, produced by researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Center for Geoinformatics at Louisiana State University, are the most accurate and detailed yet of the the region's sinking pattern.
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The Morning Call
On Bethlehem, Pennsylvania's Burnside Plantation, underneath a grassy patch lined by mature weeping willow trees, scientific sleuths fanned out to uncover a historical mystery involving Gen. George Washington.
Using equipment similar to what police use to search for buried bodies, Kutztown University geology professor Laura Sherrod and a trio of her students searched for evidence that a kiln occupied that spot 239 years ago.
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Reporting Texas
The University of Texas at Austin's graduate program in petroleum engineering was ranked the best in the country this year by U.S. World & News Report. One reason for the program's success is Larry Lake, a widely acknowledged expert in enhanced recovery techniques for oil reservoirs at the Cockrell School of Engineering.
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