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UPI
Until recently, scientists had confirmed the existence of a single magma chamber, located directly beneath the caldera of Mount St. Helens. But scientists have found three more sizable chambers deep below and to the east of the peak. The chambers were revealed by imagery captured as part of an ongoing effort to map the volcano's underground plumbing.
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Science News
The greatest extinction in Earth's history might not have been so great after all. A suspected colossal die-off of roughly 75 percent of land species didn't accompany the Permian extinction around 252 million years ago, a team of geologists contend. That divisive result comes from new work in South Africa that redates the demise of Dicynodon — a mammal relative whose disappearance defines the terrestrial extinction event in the rock record.
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CNN
President Barack Obama on Nov. 6 rejected the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, ending the political fight over the Canada-to-Texas project that has gone on for much of his presidency. Secretary of State John Kerry concluded the controversial project is not in the country's national security interest, and Obama announced from the White House that he agreed. "America is now a global leader when it comes to taking serious action to fight climate change, and frankly, approving this project would have undercut that leadership," Obama said.
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Paper renewal notices will be mailed the week of November 9th. Paying online helps save on printing, postage and administrative costs. If your employer pays your dues and would like to receive an invoice that includes all the employees that are AIPG members on one invoice have them contact the office at 303-412-6205.
The 2016 membership dues are available to pay online. Annual membership dues are due and payable Jan. 1 in accordance with the bylaws. You are encouraged to login to the AIPG Member portion of the website to pay your dues for 2016. Paying online helps save on printing and postage costs. Call if you have any questions 303-412-6205. Click on MEMBER LOGIN to pay dues, make a donation and purchase insignia items. Your login is your email and the system has you setup your password if you haven't already. You must login to pay dues, search the directory or make changes to your record.
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Nominations for awards, accompanied by a supporting statement should be sent via mail (to AIPG, 12000 Washington Street, Thornton, Colorado 80241-3134), fax (303-253-9220), or email by Jan. 15 to the AIPG National Headquarters. National awards include the Ben H. Parker Memorial Medal, the Martin Van Couvering Memorial Award, the John T. Galey, Sr. Memorial Public Service Award, Honorary Membership, and the Outstanding Achievement Award. (Click on award to go to the awards description.) Click here for AIPG National Awards Nomination Form in pdf.
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This is a half-day workshop was developed to provide water utility personnel, engineers, hydrogeologists, regulatory officials and other interested persons in understanding about the sand and gravel and bedrock aquifers their wells are located in and how and why well performance declines over time along with options that are available to rehabilitate your well. The workshop begins with an introduction of the geology and aquifers of New England. From plate tectonics to glacial geology along the effects of weathering that have created the majority of high-yield aquifers located throughout New England. A quick trip through well types, water well terminology, groundwater flow into well screens and a discussion of specific capacity as it applies to sand and gravel and bedrock aquifers. Specific capacity is easy to calculate and use as a measure of the performance of your well, but something that is often overlooked. Moving forward, there is a segment on declining well performance including a discussion of the chemical, physical, and microbiological factors that are the cause for drop in performance in wells. Improving the performance of your well will be discussed by examining physical and chemical methods to rehabilitate your well and improve specific capacity. Understanding the permitting considerations along with the costs of well rehabilitation services will be discussed. The final segment of the workshop will be case studies on well rehabilitation. This will tie together all of the other segments of the workshop.
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AIPG Student Scholarship applications for undergraduate and graduate are due Feb. 15.
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You are invited to submit an article, paper or guest column based upon your geological experiences or activities to the American Institute of Professional Geologists to be included in "The Professional Geologist" (TPG) quarterly journal. The article can address a professional subject, be technical in nature or comment on a state or national issue affecting the profession of geology. Article submissions for TPG should be 800 to 3,200 words in length. Photos, figures, tables, etc. are always welcome! Author instructions are available on the AIPG National Website. AIPG Members that are interested in becoming an Associate Editor are required to fill out a questionnaire available on the AIPG National website.
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The American Institute of Professional Geologists is accepting applications for the position of Executive Director. The position is to be filled as soon as a qualified candidate is vetted. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
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| Nov. 17-19 |
22nd International Petroleum Environmental Conference (IPEC) |
Denver |
| Dec. 4 |
AGWT — Colorado Groundwater Issues |
Denver |
| Dec. 9 |
AIPG New England Aquifers: Elusive and Complex Conference |
Marlborough, Massachusetts |
| Dec. 16 |
AIPG New England Aquifers: Elusive and Complex Conference |
Glastonbury, Connecticut |
| March 21-24, 2016 |
118th National Western Mining Conference & Expo |
Denver |
| April 5-6, 2016 |
AIPG Water Resources Unplugged Conference |
Orlando, Florida |
| Sept. 10-13, 2016 |
AIPG 2016 National Conference |
Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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The National
A strong earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia on Nov. 4 after a volcano eruption elsewhere in the country forced the closure of airports and blanketed villages and farmlands with ash.
The magnitude-6.3 earthquake was centered 28 kilometers northeast of the Alor island chain in East Nusatenggara province, according to Indonesia's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency. The U.S. Geological Survey, which also put the magnitude at 6.3, said the earthquake had a depth of 14 kilometers.
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Phys.org
Oceanographers, marine biologists and geologists are the scientists most commonly associated with studying changes in sea ice. But these days, it just might be a mathematician drilling ice cores in the Antarctic. With 17 trips to the Arctic and Antarctic under his belt, Ken Golden of the University of Utah has made a career of helping better understand the mathematics of what goes on inside the thick layers of sea in those regions.
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Science 2.0
While Mars doesn't have much in the way of Earth-like weather, it does evidently share one kind of weird meteorology: acid fog. Astronomer Shoshanna Cole of Ithaca College gathered data from instruments on the 2003 Mars Exploration Rover Spirit and suggests acidic vapors may have eaten at the rocks in a 100-acre area on Husband Hill in the Columbia Hills of Gusev Crater on Mars.
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The Washington Post
An enormous shelf cloud shocked onlookers as it rolled off the Pacific ocean toward Sydney's Bondi Beach on the afternoon of Nov. 6. Photographs and videos show a tall and menacing cloud wall that steadily encroached on the coastline. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe thunderstorm warning as it blew ashore mid-afternoon, cautioning large hail, heavy rain and damaging winds were possible.
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Live Science
A gaping crack the length of six football fields that opened up in a matter of one to two weeks in northern Wyoming is likely the product of a landslide, geologists said. A hunter looking for antelope discovered the jagged gash near Ten Sleep, a town in rural Wyoming by the Bighorn Mountains, on Oct. 1. With an estimated size of 750 yards long by 50 yards across (686 meters by 46 meters), the open fracture wasn't exactly something the hunter could traverse.
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Duluth News Tribune
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has been touring metals mining operations, including in South Dakota and Michigan's Upper Peninsula, as he wrestles with approving such mining in Northeastern Minnesota. Nearly a billion years ago, the area was one of the most geologically active on Earth. A curved ridge opened up, leaving behind a large gap in the ground. It filled with water to become Lake Superior. Mineral-rich magma thrust upward over the land, leaving northern Minnesota with world-class deposits of iron, copper, nickel and platinum.
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