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.AIPG NATIONAL NEWS
TPG October/November/December Issue available online
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FEATURES
Understanding of Aquifer Systematics Can Aid Water Planning and Policy, W. Peter Balleau, CPG-2716
Implementing Stealth Education in the Geosciences – Part 3, James F. Howard, Ph.D., CPG-2536
Underground Natural Gas Storage and the Future of Carbon Sequestration, James L. Gooding, MEM-3070
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REGISTER NOW! Sign Up for FIELD TRIPS and MINI-WORKSHOPS. Time is running out. If we do not have enough people signed up they will be cancelled.
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RESERVE YOUR HOTEL ROOM BY OCTOBER 8TH TO SAVE!
FIELD TRIPS (click here for field trip descriptions)
Friday, October 22, 2021 (pre-conference trip)
- 7:00 am - 5:00 pm Geysers Geothermal Plant Tour
Sunday, October 24, 2021
- 7:00 am - 5:00 pm Petrified Forest and Wine Tasting at Old Faithful Geyser
- 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Sierra Nevada-Northern Mines Malakoff Diggins State Park/Empire Mine State Park
Monday, October 25, 2021
- 8:30 am - 5:00 pm North Bay Geology-Flooding, Faults, Groundwater, and a Winery
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
- 7:00 am - 5:30 pm A Fresh Look at the Geology of Mount Diablo
- 7:00 am - 5:00 pm Modern Aggregate Gravel and Gold Mining in the Lower Yuba River with Field
Evidence of the Historic Gold Mining Operations
MINI-WORKSHOPS (includes CEUs) - click here for mini-workshop descriptions
Monday, October 25, 2021
- 7:00 am - 9:00 am Drones in Geology - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Site Assessment and Characterization
- 7:00 am - 9:00 am Overview of Environmental Considerations for Hydraulic Fracking
There are lots of fun activities for Guests!
GUEST ACTIVITIES:
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October 5th - AIPG Virtual Book Club - Some Assembly Required By Neil Shubin
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Neil Shubin's Some Assembly Required is for me the most important publication on fossil evolution since Niles Eldridge and Stephen Jay Gould's 1972, Puntuated Equilibria: an alternative to phyletic gradualism, which built upon Ernst Mayr's model of geographic speciation, Michael Lerner's theories of developmental and genetic homeostasis, and their own empirical research. Eldredge and Gould proposed that the degree of gradualism commonly attributed to Charles Darwin is virtually nonexistent in the fossil record, and that stasis dominates the history of most fossil species.
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AIPG Virtual Book Club - November 8, 2021 - Getting Green Done by Auden Schendler
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The great flaw in the sustainable-business movement today is that few are willing to admit that achieving sustainability is difficult, and maybe impossible, without big changes in the way the world currently operates. (p. 9).
The bottom line is that this job isn't about the beauty, it's about the mess. It's not about the glory, it's about the dogged pursuit of an enormously challenging goal. This book is testimony to the fact that the sustainable business movement isn't gliding along rails. We're slogging through the mud, struggling with difficult problems that have complex answers. There's contradiction in the very fact of our existence, and uncertainty as to the outcome of our work. I am constantly asked: "Climate change is big these days. But what's next?" My latest response has been, "Honesty. The point is that unless we own up to the realities, we're deluding ourselves, we'll never be able to get down to solving the real problems." (pp. 238-239)
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.OTHER INDUSTRY NEWS
Reminder Today's Webinar: The Mountains Beneath Our Feet - The Precambrian And Paleozoic
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Zoom Webinar Series Part 1 of 'The Geology of the Llano Uplift and Central Texas'
Lead by: John L. Berry, CPG, Texas Section
- Geologic Map and Cross-Section through Austin
- Plate Tectonics – The Wilson Cycle
- Supercontinents and Encircling Oceans
- Rodinia: Assembly, Peak and Break Up
- Growth of Continental Crust through Time
- Why do new mountains form in the same places as old ones? (erosion, isostasy, uplift, partial melting, rifting)
- How do we map continental movements? (Paleomagnetism)
- Dating geological events: Radiometric dating
- Cameos: Ernest Rutherford, Patrick Blackett
- Grenvillean of North America
- Pangaea: Assembly, Peak and Break Up
- Pangaea, the Llano Uplift and the Permian Basin
- Grenvillean vs. Ouachitan of Central Texas
- Questions?
Earn 0.1 CEU for attending!
Cost: Members - $10, Non-Members - $25, Student Members - $0
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EFG Employment Survey 2021
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In the annual "EFG Employment Survey", the European Federation of Geologists (EFG) aims at taking a snapshot of the current labour market for geologists in Europe and beyond:
- Which industries are professional geologists working in?
- What is their current employment state and security?
- Do their professional activities align with their training?
- Are they exploiting job opportunities in other European countries?
- What are the prospects for the future?
To help us produce a comprehensive report about the evolution of our profession, we would appreciate if you could take our short survey. This report will be published later this year and provide a clear overview of work opportunities in Europe, helping (future) geoscientists to orientate their studies or career decisions and providing professional associations with a steer on which services to offer to their members.
The survey is available here and answering it will take you approximately 10 minutes: https://bit.ly/3aUc7do
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AGI Announces Back-to-School Discounts
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) announces back-to-school discounts on publications and electronic resources for the fall 2021 semester to assist educators, students, and the wider geoscience community.
Our best-selling resources for educators and students are now discounted through October 15, 2021.
The Geoscience Handbook is now discounted 40% off retail price. Learn more about this comprehensive resource, which is available in both a full-color spiral-bound print format or as a downloadable digital file.
The definitive Glossary of Geology is 40% off its $99 retail price. The Glossary provide students, educators, and professionals access to the definitive definitions of geoscience terminology across the entire professional literature.
The Geotimes Collection, every issue of Geotimes/Earth Magazine (1956-2019) on a flash drive, is now 30% off its regular $100 price. Explore the history of the geosciences through the stories of the magazine.
All publications are available at the AGI Store: https://store.americangeosciences.org.
For more information on bulk ordering, please email pubs@americangeosciences.org.
About AGI
The American Geosciences Institute (AGI), a federation of scientific and professional associations representing over a quarter-million geoscientists, is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to serving the geoscience community and addressing the needs of society. AGI headquarters are in Alexandria, Virginia.
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11th International Symposium on Managed Aquifer Recharge
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ISMAR11 includes a full day of pre-conference workshops, three days of technical sessions, plenary sessions, awards luncheon, field trips and great networking, socializing, and entertainment opportunities.
Stay connected by signing up for the ISMAR11 mailing list for the latest information on abstracts, registration information, etc.
Conference website - https://www.ismar11.net/#about
Call For Abstracts
We want to hear from you! Managed Aquifer Recharge covers such a wide variety of activities that it is impossible to capture all the potential topics in a call for abstracts. What we have listed in the link below is a general guide to how topics may be organized at the conference. Don’t feel constrained by this list, just submit your abstract!
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.AIPG SECTION NEWS
October 7, 2021 — AIPG Illinois / Indiana fall 2021 meeting
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Abstract: Climate change — present, and future — poses a serious threat to Illinois' citizens, economy, and environment. We'll discuss climate change in Illinois, its varied and interconnected impacts, and projections of future changes and the roles of mitigation and adaptation.
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Baseball Cap
AIPG's baseball cap has a velcro enclosure and embroidered lettering.
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Tall Cafe Mug
This tall 16 oz. cobalt blue cafe mug has a glossy finished exterior with an easy to hold handle. It is safe in the microwave and features the AIPG logo in microwavable metallic gold.
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T-shirt Earth is Our Coloring Book
- Heavy Cotton Tee
- Choice of colors: white and ash gray
- 5.3-ounce, 100% preshrunk, open-ended carded cotton (except gray shirts which are 99% cotton and 1% other fibers)
- Classic loose fit for all-day comfort
- Shoulder-to-shoulder tape and seamless collar
- Double-needle neck sleeve and bottom hem
*Price includes shipping.
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.INDUSTRY NEWS
Roman-era mixers and millstones made with geology in mind
Phys.org
A study on stone tools from an outpost of the Roman Empire has found that for ancient bakers and millers, having the right tools was a matter of geology.
A team of geoscientists and archaeologists made the discovery by analyzing samples of the tools at a University of Texas at Austin geology lab, finding that dough mixing vats and millstones from Roman-era ruins of Volubilis, a city in Morocco, were made from specific rock types that probably improved each tool's function.
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Limiting the impacts of technology materials for the low carbon transition
ScienceDaily
Researchers have demonstrated how a detailed "cradle to grave" evaluation at the outset of new metal mining explorations can greatly mitigate against negative environmental impacts.
A team of researchers from the University of Exeter, Minviro, the British Geological Survey, and the Circular Economy Solutions Unit has shown the benefits of utilising a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in the quest to enhance 'green' mining techniques.
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How glacier tables are formed
Phys.org
A trio of researchers at the University of Lyon, has learned via lab experimentation how glacier tables are formed. Marceau Hénot, Nicolas Plihon and Nicolas Taberlet have published their findings in Physical Review Letters.
Glacier tables are large boulders sitting atop columns of ice on glaciers. They are commonly seen around the bases of glaciers and do not occur at higher elevations. How they form has been a matter of opinion for many years. In this new effort, the researchers sought to answer the question
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Climatically driven landscape evolution during warm periods
ScienceDaily
The "Lichtenberg" project is an experimental laboratory for landscape research: By means of a drilling campaign and with the support of the State Office for Mining, Energy and Geology (LBEG), the research team started a comprehensive investigation of the area near the village of Lichtenberg about three years ago, because the sediments offer a unique insight into the history of the Eemian.
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Extreme volcanism did not cause the massive extinction of species in the late Cretaceous
Phys.org
A study published in the journal Geology rules out that extreme volcanic episodes had any influence on the massive extinction of species in the late Cretaceous. The results confirm the hypothesis that it was a giant meteorite impact that caused the great biological crisis that ended up with the non-avian dinosaur lineages and other marine and terrestrial organisms 66 million years ago.
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As Italy's glaciers recede, a stunning world of ice is being lost
Yale Environment 360
Like mountain glaciers worldwide, the glaciers of the Italian Alps are steadily melting away. Photographer Luigi Avantaggiato is documenting the disappearance of these magnificent rivers of ice, chronicling not just their wasting but also the impact of that melting on a pastoral way of life that has been intertwined with the glaciers for millennia.
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