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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, at San Salvador Island, Bahamas.
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An update to the EFG Code of Ethics (Regulation C1) was unanimously approved and agreed upon by the EFG Council at its 72nd meeting held in Brussels on Nov. 19-20. This important update relates to the maintenance of a high level of professionalism in a working environment.
This is particularly pertinent as geoethics and professionalism are core objectives of the EFG. Through consultation with and much appreciated cooperation and contributions from Silvia Peppoloni (International Association for Promoting Geoethics) and Jesús Martínez-Frías (International Association for Promoting Geoethics), the following addition has been made to the EFG's Code of Ethics.
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In the framework of the first EU raw materials week, the INTRAW project consortium organised, on 30 November 2016, a scenario workshop in Brussels where three scenarios describing the world of raw materials in 2050 were discussed.
The EU-funded INTRAW project was launched in early 2015 with the aim of mapping best practices and boosting cooperation opportunities related to raw materials between the EU and five technologically advanced non-EU countries (Australia, Canada, Japan, South Africa and the United States).
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Annual membership dues are due and payable Jan. 1, in accordance with Article 8, Section 8.2.1, of the Bylaws.
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Dec. 15 — Holiday Inn Concord Downtown, 172 North Main Street, Concord, New Hampshire 03301
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. Registration Fees: $100 AIPG Members / $125 Non-Members | Register online or Registration Form | Event Details | Earn 4 Contact Hours or .4 CEU’s
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A warm, stylish accessory constructed from 100 percent acrylic. This beanie comes in a variety of solid colors, or with a contrasting trim, embroidered with the AIPG logo.
Available colors: gray, gray/black, black, black/natural, light pink/white, natural/navy, navy, navy/natural.
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CNN
A magnitude-7.8 earthquake hit close to the Solomon Islands early Dec. 9, forecasters said. The earthquake hit less than 30 kilometers (19 miles) off the island of Makira — and 70 kilometers (43 miles) southwest of the island's city of Kirakira — about 4:38 a.m. local time Dec. 9 (12:38 p.m. ET Dec. 8), the U.S. Geological Survey said. A number of tsunami warnings issued not long after the quake have been canceled, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.
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Gizmodo
Using an expert computer system to parse through more than 3 million satellite photos, scientists have compiled a high resolution map of the Earth that's offering an unprecedented glimpse into how our planet's surface water has changed over the past three decades.
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The Hindu
Atmospheric rivers and low-level jets are important mechanisms by which water is transported in the atmosphere. Atmospheric rivers carry 90 percent of ocean moisture transported to the mid-latitudes. Similarly, most of the moisture transported from ocean to land in the tropics is via low-level jets. A recent global study has confirmed that these phenomena play a major role in the occurrence of extreme rainfall events, and their absence leads to droughts.
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California Magazine
To understand what's happening on the surface of things, you must look deep within. That might be the guiding mantra of a trio of UC Berkeley geologists who are looking a hundred miles below the Earth's surface in order to better understand the tectonic forces that shape our planet. Using a 3-D imaging technique called seismic tomography and data gathered from more than 1,000 on- and offshore seismometers, researchers have captured a clearer picture of one portion of the Earth's elusive deep structure.
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Gizmodo
The Greenland ice sheet contains enough water to raise global sea levels 24 feet should it all melt. And a massive melt-out is exactly what seems to have happened about a million years ago, according to a groundbreaking analysis of a unique geologic sample from Greenland's rocky underbelly. More than half of the Greenland ice sheet appears to have melted to bedrock in the not-too-distant past, when temperatures weren't much warmer than they are today, according to new research.
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Mining Review Africa
Ivanhoe Mines' geologists have received the 2016 Colin Spence Award for excellence in global mineral exploration for the Flatreef discovery in South Africa. The award cites their roles in the discovery and delineation of the high-grade, flat-lying Flatreef underground deposit now being developed at Ivanhoe's Platreef platinum-group metals, nickel, copper and gold mining project on the northern limb of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa's Limpopo province.
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The Economist
Thanks to the moon's gravitational tug, the speed at which Earth spins has been slowing since the satellite's birth about 4 1/2 billion years ago. Physicists can calculate from first principles how big the effect should be. It turns out that the moon should be adding about 2.3 milliseconds to the length of the day with each century that passes. This means, for instance, that 100 million years ago, when dinosaurs ruled Earth, a day was nearer 23 than 24 hours. But that 2.3 milliseconds is only an average. Geological events within Earth can speed the process up, or slow it down.
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University of Oregon via ScienceDaily
Five million years ago, the Colorado River met the Gulf of California near the present-day desert town of Blythe, California. The evidence, say University of Oregon geologists, is in the sedimentary rocks exposed at the edges of the valley where the river flows today.
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ABC News
A team of planetary geologists who recovered a meteorite from a Western Australian farm believe there may be another significant piece to discover, potentially leading to further discoveries about Earth. The 1.15-kilogram meteor landed near Morawa on Oct. 31 and was discovered days later by members of Curtin University's Desert Fireball Network.
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Phys.org
Scientists at the University of Southampton have found that the majority of instances of coastal flooding around the United Kingdom in the last 100 years have been due to moderate storm events combined with high spring tides, rather than extreme storms. Researchers from the University and the National Oceanography Center, Southampton have undertaken one of the most detailed assessments of extreme sea level and coastal flooding ever carried out for the U.K.
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