ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid SystemsCommunications 2015
2015 Appointments and Positions
CCFS web resources provide information on background, research and downloadable files of the Annual Report and Research Highlights.
Links to the GEMOC website (http://www.gemoc.mq.edu.au/) provide past GEMOC Annual Reports, updated details on its methods, new analytical advances and software updates (GLITTER), activities of research teams within GEMOC, synthesised summaries of selected research outcomes and items for secondary school resources.
Links to the CET (Centre for Exploration Targeting) website (http://www.cet.edu.au/) provide access to wider information about CET activities beyond its involvement in CCFS and especially the wide base of end-user interaction.
Links to The Institute for Geoscience Research (TiGer) website (http://tiger.curtin.edu.au/) provide information about their facilities, participants and research activities.
Strong industry interaction in CCFS in 2015 ranged from presentations to specific industry groups in their offices to numerous formal and informal workshops at CET and GEMOC, and invited and plenary presentations at peak industry symposia, workshops and conferences nationally and internationally.
CCFS publications for 2015 are given in Appendix 5
The 188 CCFS publications that were published in 2015 are dominantly in high-impact international journals (Thomson ISI); the remainder are in outlets targeted to specific stakeholders (e.g., Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Economic Geology).
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PARTICIPATION IN WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES AND INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS IN 2015
CCFS Investigators, associated staff, early-career researchers and postgraduates had a high profile at 35 peak geophysical, metallogenic, geodynamic and geochemical conferences as convenors, invited speakers, or presenters, with 212 presentations including:
- 4th Australasian Universities Geoscience Educators Network (AUGEN) Meeting, Melbourne, Australia, 12-13 January 2015
- ASEG-PESA 24th International Geophysical Conference and Exhibition, Perth, Australia, 15-18 February 2015
- 13th Biennial AMAS Australian Microbeam Analysis Symposium, Hobart, Australia, 11-13 February 2015
- WA Geophysics Workshop, Perth, Australia, 18 February 2015
- 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA, 16-20 March 2015
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGG-CAS), Beijing, China, 30 March 2015
- European Geosciences Union (EGU), Vienna, Austria, 12-17 April 2015
- 2015 Joint Assembly: Canadian Cratons Through Time: 4.0 Ga of Chemical Evolution and Tectonism, Montreal, Canada, 3-6 May 2015
- AGU-GAC-MAC Joint Assembly, Montreal, Canada, 3-7 May 2015
- WA, Multiscale Seismic Workshop, ARRC, Perth, Australia, 19 May 2015
- Astrobiology Science Conference 2015, Habitability, Habitable Worlds and Life, Chicago, USA, 15-19 June 2015
- World Chinese Geoscience Conferences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, 15-21 June 2015
- Inaugural Advanced Resource Characterisation Facility Conference, Perth, Australia, 18 June 2015
- 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical-Society, Berkeley, CA, USA, 27-31 July 2015
- Microscopy and Microanalysis 2015, Portland, USA, 2-6 August 2015
- Saying goodbye to a 2D Earth, International Conference, Margaret River, WA, Australia, 2-7 August 2015
- 12th Annual Meeting Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), Singapore, 2-7 August 2015
- 2nd Mars 2020 Landing Site Workshop, Monrovia, California, USA, 4-6 August 2015
- IGCP-649 Workshop on: Ophiolites and Related High-Pressure Rocks in the Qilian Mountains, Xining, China, 5-10 August 2015
- 2015 Goldschmidt Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 16-21 August 2015 (pictured above: Romain Tilhac at the Goldschmidt Conference)
Romain Tihlac at the Goldschmidt Conference.
- 13th SGA Conference, Nancy, France, 24-27 August 2015
- 2nd European Mantle Workshop, Wroclaw, Poland, 24-28 August 2015
- International Conference Large Igneous Provinces, Mantle Plumes and Metallogeny in the Earth's History, Irkutsk-Listvyanka, Russia, 1-8 September 2015
- 8th Hutton Symposium on Granites and Related Rocks, Florianópolis, Brazil, 20-25 September 2015
- First China-Russia International Meeting on the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and IGCP 592 Workshop, Beijing, China, 23-25 September 2015
- TIGeR Conference, Curtin University, Perth, Australia, 23-25 September 2015
- SEG 2015: World-Class Ore Deposits: Discovery to Recovery, Hobart, Australia, 27-30 September 2015
- 15th Australian Space Research Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 29 September - 1 October 2015
- Geological Society of America Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1-4 November 2015
- 2nd Lithosphere Dynamics Workshop, Perth, Australia, 19-20 November 2015
- Specialist Group in Tectonics and Structural Geology (SGTSG) conference: Riding the Wave, Caloundra, Queensland, Australia, 22-27 November 2015
- Geological Survey of Western Australia 2015 Annual Lectures, Perth, Australia, 3 December 2015
- Greenland Day Conference, Perth, Australia, 9 December 2015
- 59th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association, Cardiff, UK, 14-17 December 2015
- AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 14-18 December 2015
INVITED TALKS AT MAJOR CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS IN 2015
| ASEG-PESA 24th International Geophysical Conference and Exhibition, Perth, Australia, 15-18 February 2015 |
Geoscience data integration: Insights into mapping lithospheric architecture G.C. Begg, W.L. Griffin, S.Y. O'Reilly and L. Natapov Keynote |
| 13th Biennial AMAS Australian Microbeam Analysis Symposium, Hobart, Australia, 11-13 February 2015 |
Quantitative microstructural analysis of geological materials: New views on glacier flow, meteorite impacts and deep mantle processes S. Piazolo Invited |
| WA Geophysics Workshop, Perth, Australia, 18 February 2015 |
Large scale issues in the WA lithosphere H. Yuan Invited |
| WA, Multiscale Seismic Workshop, ARRC, Perth, Australia, 19 May 2015 |
Passive seismic studies in the Capricorn orogen H. Yuan Invited |
| World Chinese Geoscience Conferences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, 15-21 June 2015 |
Supercontinent-superplume coupling in Earth history: toward a new tectonic paradigm Z.X. Li Invited |
| Inaugural Advanced Resource Characterisation Facility Conference, Perth, Australia, 18 June 2015 |
High-impact atom probe research: A case study on shocked zircon S.M. Reddy Invited The NRSP's Geoscience Atom Probe: Context and future research S.M. Reddy Invited |
| 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical-Society, Berkeley, CA, USA, 27-31 July 2015 |
Record of the early impact history of the Earth-Moon system: targeted geochronology of shocked zircon N.E. Timms, S.M. Reddy, A.J. Cavosie, A.A. Nemchin, M.L., Grange and T.M. Erickson Invited |
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12th Annual Meeting Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), Singapore, 2-7 August 2015 |
Heterogeneous crust in the Western Australian Craton: Seismic characteristics and tectonic implications H. Yuan Invited |
| 2015 Goldschmidt Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 16-21 August 2015 |
Geochronology of ex situ shocked zircons: Towards dating impacts A.J. Cavosie, S.M. Reddy, N.E. Timms, T.M. Erickson and M.R. Pincus Invited To subduct or not to subduct? that is the Archaean question… V. Debaille, C. O'Neill and A.D. Brandon Invited Timescales of magma transfer, degassing and crustal assimilation at Merapi Volcano, Indonesia R. Gertisser, H. Handley, M. Reagan, K. Preece, K. Berlo, J. Barclay and R. Herd Invited New insights into the lithospheric and deeper mantle W.L. Griffin, J.C. Afonso, T. Satsukawa, N. McGowan, N. Pearson and S.Y. O'Reilly Invited Constraints from Sr-Nd-Hf-Pb-Os isotopes for enriched and depleted Hawaiian Plume components in the oldest Emperor Seamounts K. Hoernle, B. Schaefer, M. Portnyagin, F. Hauff and R. Werner Invited Metallic lead nanospheres discovered in ancient Antarctic zircons M. Kusiak, D. Dunkley, M. Whitehouse, S. Wilde, R. Wirth and K. Marquardt Invited The evolution of the Hadean Earth C. O'Neill Keynote Variations in intraplate melting regimes during Earth's Evolution C. O'Neill and S. Zhang Invited Cratons, metasomatism and metallogeny S.Y. O'Reilly, W. Griffin, N. Pearson, G. Begg and J. Hronsky Invited The Tonga-Kermadec arc - Lau back-arc: recent progress and future research directions S. Turner Keynote |
| 2nd European Mantle Workshop, Wroclaw, Poland, 24-28 August 2015 |
Geodynamic and geophysical consequences of stealthy mantle metasomatism S.Y. O'Reilly, W.L. Griffin and N.J. Pearson Invited |
| TIGeR Conference, Curtin University, Perth, Australia, 23-25 September 2015 |
The chemical signature of syn-deformational fluid-rock interaction: Nano - to microscale S. Piazolo Invited |
| SEG 2015: World-Class Ore Deposits: Discovery to Recovery, Hobart, Australia, 27-30 September 2015 |
Sulfur and metal fertilization of the lower continental crust M.L. Fiorentini, M. Locmelis, J. Adam, T. Rushmer, F. Zaccarini, G. Garuti, Z. Vukmanovic, S. Caruso, M. Moroni, S. Barnes, S. Reddy and B. Godel Invited |
| 15th Australian Space Research Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 29 September - 1 October 2015 |
Early Earth and the making of mankind: Astrobiology in our own backyard M.J. Van Kranendonk Plenary Speaker |
| Geological Society of America Meeting, At Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1-4 November 2015 |
Precambrian reidite unearthed S.M. Reddy, T. Johnson, W. Rickard, A. van Riessen, S. Fischer, R. Taylor, T. Prosa, D. Reinhard, K. Rice and Y. Chen Invited |
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2nd Lithosphere Dynamics Workshop, Perth, Australia, 19-20 November 2015 |
Crust-mantle interactions in hot orogens characterised by counterclockwise P-T-t paths and slow cooling M. Brown Invited Sulfur and metal fertilization of the lower continental crust M. Fiorentini Invited Evolution of the lithospheric mantle by melt/rock interaction and its effects on the composition of lithosphere-derived volcanic melts S. Foley Invited Constraints on kimberlite ascent mechanisms revealed by phlogopite compositions in kimberlites and mantle xenoliths A. Giuliani Invited Neutral-buoyancy rule over-ruled: Crustal underplating by buoyant magmas during orogeny R. Loucks Invited Secular change in Archean crust formation recorded in Western Australia H. Yuan Invited |
| Geological Survey of Western Australia 2015 Annual Lectures, Perth, Australia, 3 December 2015 |
Inferring past and current tectonic activities using earthquake seismology H. Yuan Invited |
| AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 14-18 December 2015 |
Petrologically-constrained thermo-chemical modelling of cratonic upper mantle consistent with elevation, geoid, surface heat flow, seismic surface waves and MT data A. Jones and J. Afonso Invited An Early, transient, impact-driven tectonic regime in the Hadean C. O'Neill, S. Marchi and S. Zhang Invited Interactions among mid-ocean ridges, plumes and Large Igneous Provinces J. Whittaker, J. Afonso, S. Masterton, D. Müller, P. Wessel, S. Williams and M. Seton Invited |
A full list of abstract titles and authors for Conferences and Workshops attended is given in Appendix 6 and on the Abstracts page.
OTHER CONFERENCE ROLES
| Conference | Role |
| 12th Annual Meeting Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), Singapore, 2-7 August 2015 |
Session Convener:
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Saying goodbye to a 2D Earth, International Conference, Margaret River, WA, Australia, 2-7 August 2015 |
Member of Organising and Scientific Committee: Klaus Gessner
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2015 Goldschmidt Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 16-21 August 2015 |
Session Co-Convener:
Martin Van Kranendonk - 06i: Modern and Past Microbialites: How do They Form? What Have We Learnt? Session Co-Convener: William Griffin - 12b: Processes and Deposits of Ultramafic-Mafic Magmas Through Space and Time Session Co-Convener: Andrew Putnis - 14g: Equilibrium Versus Disequilibrium States in Biologic Hard Tissues and Biomimetic Analogues Session Co-Convener: Martin Van Kranendonk - 18b: Earth’s Early Crust and the Evolution of Plate Tectonic Processes Session Co-Convener: Michael Brown - 18e: Models for Continental Growth Four Decades On Session Co-Chair: Simon Wilde - 18f: Not Just for Geochronology Anymore: What Zircon Chemistry and Geochronology Can Tell Us About Thermal Environments, Fluids and Melts in Silicate Crusts Session Co-Convener: Andrea Giuliani - 20f: Mantle-Derived Intraplate Magmas, their Xenolith and Diamond Cargo: Processes, Timescales, and Geodynamic Implications Theme Co-Organiser: Tracy Rushmer - 22: Early Earth: Earth’s History Before the Phanerozoic Session Co-Chair: Tracy Rushmer and Martin Van Kranendonk - 22d: Mantle Thermal Peaks, Crustal Growth and the Inception of Plate Tectonics |
| 13th SGA Biennial Meeting, Nancy, France 24-27 August 2015 |
Session Co-Convener:
Marco Fiorentini - 6: Magmatic (Ni-Cu-Cr-PGE) Mineral Systems: Ore Forming Processes and Geodynamic Setting |
| SEG 2015: World-Class Ore Deposits: Discovery to Recovery, Hobart, Australia, 27-30 September 2015 |
Panellist:
Cam McCuaig - Pre-Conference Student Mentoring Forum
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AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 14-18 December 2015 |
Session Co-Convener/Chair:
Yingjie Yang - S13A: Bridging the Moho: Joint Imaging of Crust and Lithospheric Mantle Structure II Posters Session Primary Convener: Huaiyu Yuan - T11B: Characterizing Cratons and Craton Margins I Posters Session Co-Conveners/Chairs: Klaus Gessner and Chris Kirkland - T11B: Characterizing Cratons and Craton Margins I Posters Session Primary Co-Convener/Co-Chair: Zheng Xiang Li - T13A: How Earth Works 100 Years after Wegener’s Continental Drift Theory: Supercontinent Cycles, Plate Tectonics, and Global Geodynamics I Posters Session Primary Convener: Huaiyu Yuan - T21F: Characterizing Cratons and Craton Margins II Session Co-Conveners/Chairs: Klaus Gessner and Chris Kirkland - T21F: Characterizing Cratons and Craton Margins II Session Primary Convener: Huaiyu Yuan - T22A: Characterizing Cratons and Craton Margins III Session Co-Conveners/Chairs: Klaus Gessner and Chris Kirkland - T22A: Characterizing Cratons and Craton Margins III Session Primary Co-Convener/Co-Chair: Zheng Xiang Li - T21G: How Earth Works 100 Years after Wegener’s Continental Drift Theory: Supercontinent Cycles, Plate Tectonics, and Global Geodynamics II
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Greenland Day Conference, Perth, Australia, 9 December 2015
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Conference Organiser
Marco Fiorentini |
SELECTED WORKSHOP ROLES
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Activity |
Details and Participant/s |
Date |
| CET Seminar Series | Cam McCuaig | 2015 |
| CCFS/EPS Seminar Series | CCFS/EPS MQ, organised by Stefan Loehr | 2015 |
| Pure Gold - Orogenic gold workshop, Red Lake | Developed and presented by Cam McCuaig | March 2015 |
| First ACTER (Australia-China Joint Research Centre for Tectonics and Earth Resources (http://tectonics.curtin.edu.au) annual field workshop - Tectonic History of the South China Block and Approaches for Tectonic Analysis. See workshop report and photos at http://tectonics.curtin.edu.au/events/workshop-153.cfm
Organised by Zheng-Xiang LI (photo Zheng-Xiang Li) 2-11 March 2015 |
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| EPS HDR Conference Day | Organised by the MQ Department of EPS featuring presentations and posters from EPS and CCFS MQ PhD students | 11 June 2015 |
| Field trip to NSW south coast for IODP Forum, Canberra | Co-convenor - Kelsie Dadd | 6-7 July 2015 |
| "Grand Tour" astrobiology fieldtrip | Co-leader - Martin Van Kranendonk | 16-25 July 2015 |
| 2nd Mars 2020 Landing Site Workshop, Monrovia, California | Invited participant - Martin Van Kranendonk | 4-6 August 2015 |
| Pre Conference Workshop: The LA-ICP-MS U-(Th-)Pb Network | Co-organised by Norman Pearson | 15-16 August 2015 |
| SGA 2015, Nancy (France), Pre Conference Workshop 7: Latest advances in the understanding of the genesis of Ni-Cu-PGE mineral systems and associated review on exploration targeting | Co-organised by Marco Fiorentini | 23 August 2015 |
| CCFS Centre-wide Research Meeting | Organised by CCFS, Hosted at Macquarie University | 21-23 October 2015 |
| Anglogold orogenic gold targeting (Perth) | Lead course developer and presenter, Cam McCuaig | November 2015 |
| EPS HDR Conference Day | Organised by the MQ Department of EPS featuring presentations and posters from EPS and CCFS MQ PhD students | 11 November 2015 |
| CCFS Second Lithosphere Dynamics Workshop, Perth, Sessions: Imaging the architecture and composition of the deep lithosphere - how are we advancing? | Co-organised by Marco Fiorentini and Weronika Gorczyk, Hosted by UWA | 19-20 November 2015 |
| 2015 Planetary Research Workshop | Craig O'Neill Organised the 2015 Planetary Research Workshop at Macquarie University | 26-27 November 2015 |
| CET Members Day | Host, opening Keynote - Cam McCuaig | 9 December 2015 |
| First IGCP 648 field workshop on Supercontinent Cycles and Global Geodynamics, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii | Co-organised by Zheng-Xiang Li, Weihua Yao and Sergei Pisarevsky | 9-12 December, 2015 |
ESTEEM
AWARDS
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Participant |
Activity |
| Olivier Alard | Awarded an ARC Future Fellowship |
| Elena Belousova
Selected to receive the 2016 Nancy Millis Award (Medal to be presented formally in May 2016) |
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| Stephen Foley | 2015 Highly Commended for the Jim Piper Award for Excellence in Research Leadership |
| Bill Griffin
Received the Royal Society of New South Wales Clarke Medal from Dame Marie Bashir (Patron) Recognised by Thomson-Reuters as a Highly-Cited Researcher (http://highlycited.com) |
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| Zheng Xiang Li | John Curtin Distinguished Professor title by Curtin University, 2015
ARC Australian Laureate Fellowship, 2015 Thomson Reuters Highly-Cited Researcher 2014 & 2015 Curtin University PVC Lifetime Achievement Award, 2015 |
| Robert Loucks | Awarded the Stillwell Medal of the Geological Society of Australia for his presentation at the Annual Meeting in Adelaide, June 2015 |
| Laure Martin | UWA Fay-Gale Fellowship |
| Sue O’Reilly | Recognised by Thomson-Reuters as a Highly-Cited Researcher |
| Sue O’Reilly, Bill Griffin, Zheng Xiang Li and Simon Wilde
Thomson-Reuters Citation Award for outstanding work on the “Tectonic Setting of the North and South China Cratons”, ceremony held at the University of Melbourne on 23 June 2015 |
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| Simon Wilde | Recognised by Thomson-Reuters as a Highly-Cited Researcher |
| Yingjie Yang
Awarded 2015 Anton Hales Medal for Research in Earth Sciences Yingjie delivered an award lecture “The sound of the sea: 3D imaging of the Earth using noise from ocean waves.” |
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2015 APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS
| Conference | Abstract |
| Kelsie Dadd |
Membership on ANZIC (IODP) Governing Council |
| Ian Fitzsimons |
Fellow of the Geological Society, London Fellow of the Mineralogical Society Keynote Speaker for SEG 2016: Tethyan Tectonics and Metallogeny |
| Marco Fiorentini |
Appointed Associate Editor Mineralium Deposita |
| Weronika Gorczyk |
Appointed as committee member of Geoconferences WA |
| Bill Griffin |
Co-Convenor for Session 09a Sustainable Resourcing of Ore Deposits Related to Ultramafic-Mafic Magmas at Goldschmidt 2016 at Yokohama, Japan |
| Yongjun Lu |
Appointed Associate Editor for SEG 2016 Special Publication on Tethys Appointed Councillor for Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA) in 2016-2019 |
| Craig O’Neill |
Member of the Australian Academy of Science National Committee for Earth Sciences |
| Sue O’Reilly |
Member, 2015 ERA Research Evaluation Committee Member Executive Committee, UNCOVER national initiative (Auspices of the Australian Academy of Sciences) Chair, Academy of Sciences National Committee for Earth Sciences, and Decadal Plan preparation Elected Member of Council, Australian Academy of Sciences(http://www.mq.edu.au/newsroom/2014/11/14/eminent-geologist-joins-australian-academy-of-science-council/) Appointed Convenor - Lithosphere-Asthenosphere boundary session, IGC 2016 |
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EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS |
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| Acta Geologica Sinica | Li |
| Acta Geoscientia Sinica | Li |
| American Journal of Science | Wilde |
| American Mineralogist | Piazolo |
| Chemical Geology | Wilde |
| Cogent Geosciences | O'Neill, Moressi |
| EGU Journal Solid Earth | Afonso, Schaefer |
| Exploration Geophysics | Yang |
| Geology | Wacey |
| Geodynamics & Tectonophysics | Pisarevsky |
| Geology | C. Clark |
| Geosphere | Yuan |
| GeoResJ | George, Jacob, Schaefer |
| Journal of the Geological Society, London | C. Clark, Fitzsimons |
| Journal of Jilin University – Earth Science | Wilde |
| Journal of Metamorphic Geology | Brown |
| Journal of Petrology | Turner |
| Journal of Structural Geology | Piazolo |
| Lithos | C. Clark, Foley, Griffin |
| Mineralium Deposita | Fiorentini |
| Nature Science Reports | Wacey |
| Ore Geology Reviews | Bagas |
| Physics and Chemistry of Minerals | McCammon |
| Precambrian Research | Barley, Pisarevsky, Van Kranendonk |
| Scientific Reports< | Piazolo |
OUTREACH
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Forum |
Participant/s |
Date |
| University of Hong Kong – Public lecture on 4D isotopic mapping of the lithosphere | Marco Fiorentini | 30 January 2015 |
| Judge at FIRST Robotics Competition | Kelsie Dadd | 13-14 March, 2015 |
| Trial voyage of MNF RV Investigator from Hobart - Participant | Kelsie Dadd | 30 April – 5 May 2015 |
| Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany - Public lecture | Matt Kilburn | 6 May 2015 |
| 2015 Australian Academy of Science - Science at the Shine Dome - 2015 Anton Hales Medal award presentation entitled “The sound of the sea: 3D imaging of the Earth using noise from ocean waves” | Yingjie Yang | 27 May 2015 |
| Royal Society of New South Wales – W.B. Clarke Memorial Lectureheld at Macquarie University | Bill Griffin | 6 August 2015 |
| Judge at Tempe High School Year 9 Annual Science Fair | Kelsie Dadd | 20 August 2015 |
| Year 10 Careers Fair, Tempe High School | Kelsie Dadd | 20 August 2015 |
| ANU RSES - Guest Speaker on "Onset of subduction and the genesis of TTG’s (tonalites-trondhjemites-granodiorites) in the earliest Earth | Tracy Rushmer | 27 August 2015 |
| Herbert-Smith-Freehills Law Firm - Lecture/lunch to discuss sulfur isotopes as key to exploration targeting | Crystal LaFlamme | October 2015 |
| LEAP University Experience Day, Macquarie University - This event is held as part of the LEAP Macquarie Mentoring program. The aim of the day is to bring high school students from refugee backgrounds onto campus to expose them to university life and to demystify the concept of university for them. | Kelsie Dadd | 16 October 2015 |
| Talk on volcanoes at SDN Northern Suburbs Children's Education and Care Centre | Kelsie Dadd | 4 November 2015 |
| Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland - Public lecture on magma emplacement dynamics | Marco Fiorentini | 16 December 2015 |
| Activity | Participant/s | Date, Forum | Web address |
| Distinguished Professor William Griffin | Bill Griffin | 23/03/2015, MQ Research impact | http://www.mq.edu.au/research-impact/2015/03/23/distinguished-professor-william-griffin/#.VsqOspN97OZ |
| Distinguished Professor Sue O’Reilly | Sue O’Reilly | 23/03/2015, MQ Research impact | http://www.mq.edu.au/research-impact/2015/03/23/distinguished-professor-sue-oreilly/#.VsqPRZN97OY |
| Continental crust beneath Southeast Iceland | Co-Author: Bill Griffin | 30/03/2015, ABC Nyheter | Radio Interview |
| Scientists believe sunken continent is under Iceland | Co-Author: Bill Griffin | 30/03/2015, Dagbladet nett | http://m.db.no/2015/03/30/nyheter/forskning/utenriks/island/38482749/ |
| Sunken continent under the southeast coast of Iceland | Co-Author: Bill Griffin | 30/03/2015, Forskning.no | http://forskning.no/2015/03/sunket-kontinent |
| Fragment of Jan Mayen Microcontinent discovered beneath Iceland points to ’lost' continents | Co-Author: Bill Griffin | 30/03/2015, International Business Times | http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/fragment-jan-mayen-microcontinent-discovered-beneath-iceland-points-lost-continents-1494187 |
| Deeply buried continental crust under Iceland | Co-Author: Bill Griffin | 31/03/2015, ScienceNordic | http://sciencenordic.com/content/deeply-buried-continental-crust-under-iceland |
| Scientific study shines new study on the origin of diamonds | Marco Fiorentini, Andrea Giuliani | 20/04/15, UWA News | http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/201504207493/research/scientific-study-shines-new-light-source-diamonds |
| Genetic link between MARID mantle and diamond bearing orangeites | Marco Fiorentini | 20/04/15, Singapore Radio, Radio News 938LIVE | Radio Interview |
| Genetic link between MARID mantle and diamond bearing orangeites | Marco Fiorentini | 21/04/15, ABC Sunshine Coast, 90.3LIVE | Radio Interview |
| Diamond study reveals key information about the earth | Marco Fiorentini, Andrea Giuliani | 21/04/15, Mining.com | http://www.mining.com/diamond-study-reveals-key-information-about-the-earth/?utm_source=digest-en-mining-150420&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=digest |
| Changing the picture of Earth’s earliest fossils (3.5-1.9 Ga) with new approaches and new discoveries | Co-Author: David Wacey | April 2015, ABC North West morning show & ABC Bunbury drive time | Radio Interviews |
| Oldest evidence of life on Earth is WRONG: 3.46 billion-year-old ’fossils’ were simply stacks of clay minerals | Co-Author: David Wacey | 22/4/2015, Daily Mail Australia | http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3049223/Oldest-evidence-life-Earth-WRONG-3-46-billion-year-old-fossils-simply-stacks-clay-minerals.html |
| A 3.5-billion year old Pilbara find is not the oldest fossil: so what is it? | Co-Author: David Wacey | 22/4/2015, The Conversation | http://theconversation.com/a-3-5-billion-year-old-pilbara-find-is-not-the-oldest-fossil-so-what-is-it-40482 |
| Diamond discovery kick | Marco Fiorentini, Andrea Giuliani | 23/04/2015, Mining Monthly | http://miningmonthly.com/equipment/exploration/diamond-discovery-kick/ |
| New Earth dawns: supercontinent slowly takes shape | Zheng Xiang Li | 26/4/2015, Canberra Times | http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/education/new-earth-dawns-supercontinent-slowly-takes-shape-20150426-1mqa1q |
| New Earth dawns: supercontinent slowly takes shape | Zheng Xiang Li | 26/4/2015, Sydney Morning Herald | http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/new-earth-dawns-supercontinent-slowly-takes-shape-20150426-1mqa1q.html |
| Earth’s newest supercontinent is taking shape: Land masses are already drifting together to form ’Amasia’ | Zheng Xiang Li | 28/4/2015, Daily Mail Australia | http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3059002/Earth-s-newest-supercontinent-taking-shape-Land-masses-drifting-form-Amasia.html |
| Australia on path to join supercontinent ’Amasia’ | Zheng Xiang Li | 28/4/2015, Science Network WA report | http://www.sciencewa.net.au/topics/environment-a-conservation/item/3494-australia-on-path-to-join-supercontinent-amasia - k2Container) |
| Could Earth host another supercontinent? | Zheng Xiang Li | 28/4/2015, UPI Science News | http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2015/04/28/Could-Earth-host-another-supercontinent/2341430226932/ |
| Australia on path to join UK as part of supercontinent ’Amasia’ | Zheng Xiang Li | 03/5/2015, Courier Mail science article | http://www.couriermail.com.au/technology/science/australia-on-path-to-join-uk-as-part-of-supercontinent-amasia/news-story/9e009af59b45b6853c687a5e1eab7c33?=#load-story-comments |
| Scientific study shines new study on the origin of diamonds | Marco Fiorentini, Andrea Giuliani | 12/05/15, EMI Newsletter | http://www.emi.uwa.edu.au/brochures-presentations |
| Trialling the new Marine National Facility | Kelsie Dadd | 12/05/2015, MQ Research impact | http://www.mq.edu.au/research-impact/2015/05/12/trialling-the-new-marine-national-facility/#.VsqPzZN97OY |
| Big History Spotlight - Juan Carlos Afonso | Juan Carlos Afonso | 14/05/15, Big History Institute, MQ | http://bighistoryinstitute.org/research/centres_and_groups/big_history_institute/thresholdnine/issue_three/spotlight_juan_carlos |
| 3.46-billion-year-old ’fossils’ were not created by life forms | Co-Author: David Wacey | 20/5/2015, Science magazine website | http://news.sciencemag.org/earth/2015/04/3-46-billion-year-old-fossils-were-not-created-life-forms |
| The most ancient evidence of life on Earth? | Co-Author: David Wacey | 25/5/2015, Cosmos magazine | https://cosmosmagazine.com/life-sciences/most-ancient-evidence-life-earth |
| Large igneous provinces associated with mid-ocean ridges | Co-Author: Juan Carlos Afonso | 28/5/2015, Phys.org | http://phys.org/news/2015-05-large-igneous-provinces-mid-ocean-ridges.html |
| World-class geoscientist awarded $2.9m Australian Laureate Fellowship | Zheng Xiang Li | June, Curtin University News | http://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/world-class-geoscientist-awarded-2-9m-australian-laureate-fellowship/ |
| Filming related to World’s Oldest Crystals at Jack Hills “Between Heaven and Earth”, producer: Arte France, Host: Serge Brunier. Episode: “Australia, History of Life on Earth” | Simon Wilde | 30/01/2015-1/02/2015, Filming in Murchison
01/06/2015, Aired in France |
http://www.poitdujour-international.com |
| Supercontinent revolution | Zheng Xiang Li | 12/6/2015, Science Meets Business | http://sciencemeetsbusiness.com.au/supercontinent-revolution/ |
| Continents collide | Simon Wilde | 12/6/2015, Science Meets Business | http://sciencemeetsbusiness.com.au/continents-collide/ |
| Citation & Innovation Awards 2015 | Sue O'Reilly, Bill Griffin, Simon Wilde, Zheng-Xiang Li | 23/6/2015, IP & Science - Australia-New Zealand | http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com.au/citation_innovation_awards_2015/ |
| Curtin researchers WA’s only winners at prestigious awards | Simon Wilde, Zheng-Xiang Li | 23/6/2015, Curtin Media Release | http://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/curtin-researchers-was-only-winners-at-prestigious-awards/ |
| Curtin researchers WA’s only winners at prestigious awards | Simon Wilde, Zheng-Xiang Li | 23/6/2015, Curtin's Vice-Chancellor Blog | http://blogs.curtin.edu.au/vice-chancellor/note-to-staff/2015/23-june-2015/ |
| Macquarie University academics honoured at Thomson Reuters Australian Citation & Innovation Awards | Sue O'Reilly, Bill Griffin | 24/6/2016, MQ Newsroom | http://mq.edu.au/newsroom/2015/06/24/macquarie-university-academics-honoured-at-thomson-reuters-australian-citation-innovation-awards/ |
| Our fine three | Sue O'Reilly, Bill Griffin | 28/6/2015, This Week, MQ | http://www.mq.edu.au/thisweek/archives/2015/06/our-fine-three/#.VxxLXJN97OY |
| The source of diamonds | Marco Fiorentini | 6/08/15, Radio New Zealand National | Radio Interview |
| Volcanic history dredged from deep-sea rocks | Kelsie Dadd | 28/8/2015, ScienceNewsWA | http://www.sciencewa.net.au/topics/environment-a-conservation/item/3746-volcanic-history-dredged-from-deep-sea-rocks |
| The multiple sulfur isotope project | Crystal LaFlamme, Stefano Caruso, Cam McCuaig, Marco Fiorentini | 07/09/2015, ABC News | http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-07/sulphur-could-hold-key-to-next-generation-of-mining-deposits/6756602 |
| New research reveals Tasmania was once far from mainland Australia | Nathan Daczko | 07/09/2015, UTAS Communications & Media | http://www.media.utas.edu.au/general-news/all-news/new-research-reveals-tasmania-was-once-far-from-mainland-australia |
| Sulphur could hold key to next generation of mining deposits, research suggests | Stefano Caruso | 07/9/2015, National news broadcast | Short video> |
| Jigsaw puzzles in WA holds the keys to understanding the birth of our continent | Huaiyu Yuan | 09/9/2015, MQ Newsroom | http://www.mq.edu.au/newsroom/2015/09/09/jigsaw-puzzles-in-wa-hold-the-keys-to-understanding-the-birth-of-our-continent/ |
| Helping choose the Mars 2020 rover landing site | Martin Van Kranendonk | 10/09/2015, UNSW Newsroom | http://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/helping-choose-mars-2020-rover-landing-site |
| Sulfur holds key to next generation of mining deposits | Crystal LaFlamme, Stefano Caruso | 10/9/2015, ABC Evening News | http://www.cet.edu.au/commodity-topics/porphry-systems/2015/09/10/cet-featured-in-abc-evening-news-sulfur-holds-key-to-next-generation-of-mining-deposits |
| Ancient minerals on Earth can help explain the early solar system | Steve Reddy | 28/09/2015, The Conversation | https://theconversation.com/ancient-minerals-on-earth-can-help-explain-the-early-solar-system-46991 |
| Deciphering the Earth’s history through passive seismic noise | Chengxin Jiang | 12/10/2015, MQ Research impact | http://www.mq.edu.au/research-impact/2015/10/12/deciphering-the-earths-history-through-passive-seismic-noise/#.VsqPlZN97OY |
| Time Machine - Scientists have used groundbreaking technology to figure out how the Earth looked a billion years ago | Zheng Xiang Li | 31/12/2015, Quartz | http://qz.com/577842/scientists-have-used-groundbreaking-technology-to-figure-out-how-the-earth-looked-a-billion-years-ago/ |
VISITORS
CCFS fosters links nationally and internationally through visits of collaborators to undertake defined short-term projects, or short-term visits to give lectures and seminar sessions. Formal collaborative arrangements are facilitated by partnerships in grants with reciprocal funding from international collaborators.
All Australian and international visitors are listed in Appendix 7.
They have participated in collaborative research, technology exchange, seminars, discussions and joint publications, collaboration in postgraduate programs.
CCFS provides funds to intetnational visitors who will add value to CCFS programs and contribute to the high visibility of research in the Centre. Recipients of 2015 CCFS Visiting Researcher Funds were:
Dr Bjarne Almqvist, Department of Earth Sciences (Geophysics), Uppsala University, Sweden
Associate Professor David Baratoux, Géosciences Environnement, University of Toulouse, France
Professor Pedro Díez, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Professor Nikolay Kuznetsov, Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia
CCFS sponsored visitor Professor Nikolay B Kuznetsov and Professor Nadezhda Krivolutskaya working in the GAU on zircons from the Norilsk intrusions.