ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid SystemsCommunications 2017
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 2017 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 2017 are given in Appendix 5
The 183 CCFS publications that were published in 2017 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 2017
CCFS Investigators, associated staff, early-career researchers and postgraduates had a high profile at 43 peak geophysical, metallogenic, geodynamic and geochemical conferences as convenors, invited speakers, or presenters, with 343 presentations including:
• XLIX (49) Tectonic meeting, Tectonics of modern and ancient oceans and their margins, Москва, Russia, January 31- 4 February 2017
• Granitoids Through Time, Monash University, Australia, 2 February 2017
• The 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, March 20-24 2017
• Conference of the Israeli Geology Society, Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, 21 March 2017
• 3rd Deep Carbon Observatory International Science Meeting, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, 23-25 March 2017
Dorrit Jacob catching up with Steve Shirey (Carnegie Institution, Washington DC) at the Deep Carbon Observatory Meeting in Scotland.
• International Symposium on Zircon Geochronology and Crustal Evolution, Kunming, China, 12-20 April 2017
• TARGET 2017: Innovating Now for Our Future, Perth, Western Australia, 19-21 April 2017
• European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria, 23-28 April 2017
• Astrobiology Science Convention (Abscicon), Mesa, USA, 24-28 April 2017
• AIG Workshop, Perth, WA, 2 May 2017
• Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics, Inverness, Scotland, 30 April - 7 May 2017
• EMAS-15 / IUMAS-7, Konstanz, Germany, 7-11 May 2017
• JPGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017, Chiba, Japan, 20-25 May 2017
• GAC-MAC Annual Meeting, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 21-23 May 2017
• 2017 GSA Cordilleran Section Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 23-25 May 2017
• 2017 Interior of the Earth, Gordon Research Conference, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, USA, 4-9 June 2017
• FUTORES II (Future Understanding of Tectonics, Ores, Resources, Environment and Sustainability) Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 4-7 June 2017
• ARCF Project Workshop, Perth, Australia, 7 June 2017
• Rodinia 2017: Supercontinent Cycles and Global Geodynamics, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 11-14 June 2017
• ECROFI 2017, Nancy, France, 23-29 June 2017
• 5th Australian Atom Probe Workshop, Magnetic Island, Australia, 27-30 June 2017
• Shock Metamorphism in Terrestrial and Extra-Terrestrial Rocks Workshop, Perth, Australia, 26 June - 2 July 2017
• 6th Augen Conference, Sydney University, 5-6 August 2017
• IAVCEI 2017 Scientific Assembly, Portland, Oregon, USA, 14-18 August 2017
• Goldschmidt 2017 Conference, Paris, France, 13-18 August 2017
CCFS participants cruising the Seine during the Goldschmidt Conference dinner in Paris.
Sue O'Reilly and Bill Griffin enjoying the celebrations at the 11th International Kinberlite Conference Dinner hwere they were honoured with a named Conference Proceedings volume(Photo:IKC).
Steve Foley joins in the traditional rendition of the "Garnet Nodules" Song (Photo:IKC).
• 14th SGA Biennial Meeting, Quebec, 20-23 August 2017
• 12th International Eclogite Conference - High- and ultrahigh- pressure rocks - Keys to lithosphere dynamics through geologic time, Åre, Sweden, 26-29 August 2017
• 24th Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography, Hyderabad, India, 21-28 September 2017
• SIMS 21, 21st International Conference on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, Krakow, Poland, 10-16 September 2017
• Comparative tectonic analysis of melanges, accretionary orogens, and arc-continent collisions through time; Wuhan, China; 16-21 September 2017
• SEG 2017. Ore Deposits of Asia: China and Beyond, Beijing, China, 17-20 September 2017
• 11th International Kimberlite Conference, Gaborone, Botswana, 18-22 September 2017
• Exploration 17: Sixth Decennial International Conference on Mineral Exploration, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 21-25 October 2017
• FAMOS (From Arc Magmas to Ores) Conference, University of Bristol, UK, 2 November 2017
• Third Lithosphere Dynamics Workshop, CET UWA, Perth, 5-6 November 2017
• Asian Orogeny and Continental Evolution: New Advances from Geologic, Geophysical and Geochemical Perspectives, Taipei, Taiwan, 6-12 November 2017
CCFS PhD student Sarath Patabendigedara snaps a selfie at the 24th Congress and General Assembly of the IUCr in Hyderabad, India.
• Specialist Group in Tectonics and Structural Geology, The Geological Society of Australia, Denmark, WA, 8-12 November 2017
• Geological Society of Australia (GSA) Earth Science Student Symposium (GESSS), Sydney, Australia, 10 November 2017
• TIGeR Conference 2017, Timescales of Geological Processes, Curtin University, Perth, 13-15 September 2017
• 17th Australian Space Research Conference, Sydney, Australia, 15-17 November 2017
• CCFS Whole-of-Centre Meeting, Cairns, Australia, 27-29 November 2017
• AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 11-15 December 2017
• Franco-Australian Astrobiology and Exoplanet Workshop (FAAbExo), Canberra, Australia, 16-20 December 2017
INVITED TALKS AT MAJOR CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS IN 2017
| International Symposium on Zircon Geochronology and Crustal Evolution, Kunming, China, 12-20 April 2017 |
Can too much information spoil a good story? S.A. Wilde Keynote |
| TARGET 2017: Innovating Now for Our Future, Perth, Western Australia, 19-21 April 2017 |
Methods of targeting across all scales – what important elements to consider? T.C. McCuaig Keynote |
| European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria, 23-28 April 2017 |
Long term evolution of Earth’s magnetic field strength: Supercontinent cycles and nucleation of the inner core U. Kirscher, R.N. Mitchell, G. Cox, P. Asimow, N. Zhang and Z.-X. Li Highlight Tracing sulfur across lithospheric boundaries C. LaFlamme, M. Fiorentini and B. Wing Invited |
| JPGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017, Chiba, Japan, 20-25 May 2017 |
South China in the assembled Gondwana W. Yao, Z.X. Li, W.X. Li and X.H. Li Invited |
| 2017 Interior of the Earth, Gordon Research Conference, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, USA, 4-9 June 2017 |
The long legacy of deep mantle processes C. O’Neill Keynote
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| FUTORES II (Future Understanding of Tectonics, Ores, Resources, Environment and Sustainability) Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 4-7 June 2017 |
Metallogeny of the Capricorn Orogen, Western Australia S.P. Johnson, I.O.H. Fielding, B. Rasmussen, J. Zi, J.R. Muhling, M.T.D. Wingate and S. Sheppard Invited
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| Rodinia 2017: Supercontinent Cycles and Global Geodynamics, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 11-14 June 2017 |
A full-plate global reconstruction of the Neoproterozoic: An essential step in quantifying ancient geodynamics A.S. Collins, A.S. Merdith, S.A. Pisarevsky, S. Williams and D.R. Müller Keynote Precambrian mantle plume centres and breakup margins identified using the large igneous province record R.E. Ernst, Z.-X. Li and S.A. Pisarevsky Keynote New Progress and Constraints on Supercontinent Reconstructions S. Pisarevsky Keynote |
| 6th Augen Conference, Sydney University, 5-6 August 2017 |
Meeting tomorrow’s needs: The national decadal plan for Earth Sciences, and implementing it in the classroom C. O’Neill Plenary |
| Goldschmidt 2017 Conference, Paris, France, 13-18 August 2017 |
Zircon below the micron scale: on the trail of errant elements M.A. Kusiak Keynote Chronology of the Lunar Magma Ocean A. Nemchin , J. Snape and M. Whitehouse Invited Tracing the Sources of Lunar Volcanism with Pb Isotopes J. Snape, A. Nemchin, J. Bellucci and M. Whitehouse Invited |
| 12th International Eclogite Conference - High- and ultrahigh-pressure rocks - Keys to lithosphere dynamics through geologic time, Åre, Sweden, 26-29 August 2017 |
Peridotites and eclogites in the SCLM: The evolution of an understanding W.L. Griffin and S.Y. O’Reilly Keynote |
| Comparative Tectonic Analysis of Melanges, Accretionary Orogens, and Arc-Continent Collisions Through Time; Wuhan, China; 16-21 September 2017 |
Permo-Triassic to Cretaceous magmatism along the northern margin of the North China Craton: Implications for the junction of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt S.A. Wilde and M.L. Grant Invited |
| 11th International Kimberlite Conference, Gaborone, Botswana, 18-22 September 2017 |
Olivine zoning and the evolution of kimberlite systems A. Giuliani , A. Soltys, E. Lim, H. Farr, D. Phillips, K. Goemann and W.L. Griffin Keynote |
| Exploration 17: Sixth Decennial International Conference on Mineral Exploration, Toronto, Canada, 21-25 October 2017 |
Exploration targeting T.C. McCuaig and R.L. Sherlock Keynote |
| FAMOS (From Arc Magmas to Ores) Conference, University of Bristol, UK, 2 November 2017 |
Applications of zircon chemistry to mineral exploration R. Loucks Invited |
| Third Lithosphere Dynamics Workshop, CET UWA, Perth, November 5-6 2017 |
Deep mantle processes: rheology, mixing, and how it’s changed C. O’Neill Invited |
| Asian Orogeny and Continental Evolution: New Advances from Geologic, Geophysical and Geochemical Perspectives, Taipei, Taiwan, 6-12 November 2017 |
Extrusion-style growth of the Tibetan Plateau since 40 Ma: New insights from the Longmenshan Fault Zone Z.-X. Li Keynote How extensive are Microcontinents within the Chinese segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt? S.A. Wilde Keynote |
| Specialist Group in Tectonics and Structural Geology, The Geological Society of Australia, Denmark, WA, 8-12 November 2017 |
Uncovering terra incognita: new insights into the evolution of Antarctica and constraints for ice sheet models J. Halpin, J. Whittaker, N. Daczko, I. Fitzsimons, A. Reading, A. Maritati, T. Staal, S. Watson, J. Mulder, T. Noble, Z. Chase, S. Tooze and I. Sauermilch Keynote Advances in geodynamic modelling C. O’Neill Keynote |
| 17th Australian Space Research Conference, Sydney, Australia, 15-17, November 2017 |
Hydrothermal systems, early life on Earth and implications for astrobiology T. Djokic Plenary |
| Franco-Australian Astrobiology and Exoplanet Workshop (FAAbExo), Canberra, Australia, 16-20 December 2017 |
High-pressure silicate phases in exoplanets: Implications for dynamics and thermal evolution C. O’Neill Invited
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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 |
| TARGET 2017: Innovating Now for Our Future, Perth, Western Australia, 19-21 April 2017 |
Secretary: Yongjun Lu Workshop Coordinator: Crystal LaFlamme
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| European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria, 23-28 April 2017 |
Session Convenor / Co-Convenors: Huaiyu Yuan / Chris Kirkland and Klaus Gessner - Session: SM4.6/GD2.6/GMPV6.5/TS9.5 “Advances in mapping the structure of cratons, craton margins, and craton boundaries (co-organised)”
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| Astrobiology Science Conference, Mesa, Arizona, 24-28 April |
Session Co-Chair: Martin Van Kranendonk - “Solar system sites: Mars: habitability and preservation potential of silica-producing hydrothermal systems”
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| Rodinia 2017: Supercontinent Cycles and Global Geodynamics, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 11-14 June 2017 |
Co-Convenor: Zheng-Xiang Li CCFS Sponsored Theme Co-Convenors: Zheng-Xiang Li and Louis Moresi - Theme 5: “Supercontinent cycles and Geodynamics” More info here
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| 6th AUGEN Conference, Sydney University, 5-6 August, 2017 |
Organiser, Co-Chair: Nathan Daczko
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| Goldschmidt 2017 Conference, Paris, France, 13-18 August 2017 |
Co-Convenor: Andrea Giuliani - Theme 05D: “The Geochemistry of Hotspots and Intraplate Magmas: Mantle Sources, Metasomatism, Magmatic Processes and Xenolith Cargoes” Co-Convenor: Sue O’Reilly - Theme 05E: “Lithosphere Evolution During Subduction and Collision”
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| IAMG 2017 International Association of Mathematical Geology, 18th Annual Conference, Perth, Australia, 2-9 September 2017 |
Member, Scientific Committee: Klaus Gessner
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| SIMS 21, 21st International Conference on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, Krakow, Poland, 10-16 September 2017 |
Member, International Scientific Committee, Session Chair: Matt Kilburn - Cosmo/Geo/Archeo
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| SEG 2017 Ore Deposits of Asia: China and Beyond, Beijing, China, 17-20 September 2017 |
Session Chair: Yongjun Lu - “Mineral Deposits in Tibet”
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| 11th International Kimberlite Conference, Gaborone, Botswana, 18-22 September 2017 |
Theme Co-Convenor: Stephen Foley - Theme 4: “The Origin and Evolution of Kimberlites and Related Magmas”
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| Specialist Group in Tectonics and Structural Geology, The Geological Society of Australia, Denmark, WA, 8-12 November 2017 |
Member, Organising Committee: Klaus Gessner
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| Geological Society of Australia (GSA) Earth Science Student Symposium (GESSS), Sydney, Australia, 10 November 2017 | 
Treasurer and Mentor: Anthony Lanati (pictured) CCFS Sponsored: CCFS was a “Fire Opal Sponsor”
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| AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 11-15 December 2017 |
Session Co-Organiser: Weronika Gorczyk - Session: T54A: “Beyond Rigid Plates: Investigating Mechanisms, Processes, and Products of Intraplate Deformation”
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SELECTED WORKSHOP ROLES
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Activity |
Details and Participant/s |
Date |
| CET Seminar Series | CET UWA | 2017 |
| CCFS/EPS Seminar Series | CCFS/EPS MQ, organised by Stefan Loehr | 2017 |
| IGCP 648 Database Workshop 1 | Two-day IGCP 648 workshop. Zheng-Xiang Li - Organiser and co-conductor Beijing China See International Links | 24 February 2017 |
| How to publish your research | CCFS co-sponsored visitor, Hadyn Williams Fellow Professor Brendan Murphy delivered the workshop organised by Zheng-Xiang Li. The workshop was well attended by 35 Early Career Researchers and PhD students |
4 April 2017 |
| Empowering the next generation of research leaders | CCFS co-sponsored visitor, Hadyn Williams Fellow Professor Brendan Murphy delivered the workshop organised by Zheng-Xiang Li. The workshop was well attended by both Early Career Researchers and PhD students | 4 May 2017 |
| EPS HDR Conference Day | Organised by the MQ EPS and CCFS PhD students, featuring presentations and posters from EPS and CCFS MQ PhD students | 15 June 2017 |
| IGCP 648 Database Workshop 2 | Two-day IGCP 648 workshop. Zheng-Xiang Li - Organiser and co-conductor, Townsville, Australia | 9-10 June 2017 |
| 5-Lecture Short-Course on “The Earth’s Dark Ages: The Hadean and Transition to the Archean” | Presenter - Simon Wilde - Attended by 50 Staff and Higher Degree students, University of Novosibirsk | 25 September - 23 October 2017 |
| Links between magma chemistry and tectonic stress | Presenter - Bob Loucks Rio Tinto Exploration, Reading, UK | 17 October 2017 |
| 2017 ACTER Field Symposium | The third annual ACTER field symposium was held throughout the Lachlan Fold Belt of regional New South Wales, Australia. The field trip and symposium was led by Prof Bill Collins of Curtin University. The event was well attended, with 42 staff and graduate students from both National and International Institutions. Organised by Zheng-Xiang Li. | 23-29 October 2017 |
| CCFS 3rd Lithosphere Dynamics Workshop | Members of organising committee - Weronika Gorczyk and Klaus Gessner | 5-6 November 2017 |
| EPS HDR Conference Day, MQ | Organised by the MQ EPS and CCFS PhD students, featuring presentations and posters from EPS and CCFS MQ PhD students | 15 November 2017 |
| Predictive Guides to Copper Discovery | Organiser and presenter - Bob Loucks Rio Tinto Exploration, Reading, UK | 21 November 2017 |
| CET-UWA 2017 Members’ Day | Presenters included - Crystal LaFlamme and Johannes Hammerli | 5 December 2017 |
| Predictive Guides to Copper Discovery | Organiser and presenter - Bob Loucks BHP Exploration, Santiago, Chile | 5-6 December 2017 |
ESTEEM
AWARDS
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Participant |
Activity |
| Juan Carlos Afonso | 
Presented with the 2017 Anton Hales Medal for achievements “at the forefront of revolutionising the way that geoscientists interpret the signals they obtain from deep in the Earth by geophysical methods” |
| Crystal LaFlamme, Marco Fiorentini, Matt Kilburn | Received a Research Impact Award - UWA
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| Richard Glen, Elena Belousova, Bill Griffin | Best Paper Award for 2016, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
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| Zheng-Xiang Li | Finalist for Scientist of the Year - WA 2017 Premier’s Science Awards
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| Bill Griffin | Google Scholar #1 Australian geoscience researcher in 2017 (http://www.webometrics.info/en/node/58)
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| Steve Foley | Google Australian #734 cited scientist in Australia (all disciplines) 2017 (http://www.webometrics.info/en/node/58)
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| Bill Griffin, Sue O’Reilly, Zheng-Xiang Li, Simon Wilde | Recognised by Clarivate Analytics (previously Thomson Reuters) as Highly-Cited Researchers (http://highlycited.com) 2017
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| Bob Loucks | Awarded the Benjamin Meaker Visiting Distinguished Professorship, University of Bristol
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| Sue O’Reilly and Bill Griffin | Honoured by dedication of Conference Volumes for 11th International Kimberlite Conference  
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| Sue O’Reilly | Google Australian #2 cited geoscientist 2017 (http://www.webometrics.info/en/node/58)
Order of Australia (OAM) “for significant service to the earth sciences as an academic and researcher, to tertiary education, and to scientific associations” (2016) |
| Nanjing CCFS collaborators Professors Zhou Xinmin, Xisheng Xu and Jinhai Yu | State Natural Science Award (China) for “Studies on the Mesozoic granites and crustal evolution in the Cathaysia block”
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2017 NEW APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS
| Martin Van Kranendonk |
Mars2020 Sample Return team member |
| Anthony Lanati |
Elected as NSW Division Treasurer, Geological Society of Australia |
| Zheng-Xiang Li |
Principal Project Leader - IGCP 648: Supercontinent Cycles and Global Geodynamics Member of the Overseas Advisory Committee, China State Council |
| Sue O’Reilly |
Project Leader – IGCP 622: Project “Orogenic architecture and crustal growth from accretion to collision” |
| Bill Griffin |
Co-Editor with Sisir Mondal of “Processes and ore deposits of ultramafic-mafic magmas through space and time”, a book published by Elsevier in 2017 |
| Andrea Giuliani |
Guest Editor - Proceedings of the 11th International Kimberlite Conference (Mineralogy and Petrology special issue) |
| Yongjun Lu |
Appointed Councillor for Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA) in 2016-2019 Appointed Secretary of the 6th International Archean Symposium (6IAS), Perth 2020 |
| Craig O’Neill |
Member of the Australian Academy of Science National Committee for Earth Sciences |
| Sue O’Reilly |
Member Executive Committee, UNCOVER national initiative (Auspices of the Australian Academy of Science) Chair, Academy of Science National Committee for Earth Sciences, and Decadal Plan preparation Member of Council, Australian Academy of Science Elected Member of Executive Committee, Australian Academy of Sciences from 2018 Co-Chair inaugural Australian Academy of Science Task Force for “Equity and Diversity” from 2017 Invited Convenor – Session 5e “Lithosphere evolution during subduction and collision”, Goldschmidt 2017 Invited Member, Scientific Committee for 3rd European Mantle Workshop (EMAW), Pavia, 2018 Australian Member, IUGG Nominations Committee |
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EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS |
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| Acta Geologica Sinica | Li |
| American Journal of Science | Wilde |
| American Mineralogist | Handley |
| Cogent Geosciences | O'Neill, Moressi |
| Earth and Planetary Physics (EPP) | Yang |
| Exploration Geophysics | Selway, Yang |
| Geodynamics & Tectonophysics | Pisarevsky |
| Geological Society of America Bulletin | Griffin, Kirkland, Li |
| Geology | C. Clark, Li, Van Kranendonk |
| Geophysical Journal International | Afonso |
| Geological Society of America Bulletin | Griffin, Kirkland, Li |
| Geosphere | Yuan |
| GeoResJ | George, Schaefer |
| Journal of Earth Sciences | Li, Wang |
| Journal of Jilin University – Earth Science | Wilde |
| Journal of Metamorphic Geology | Brown, C.Clark |
| Journal of Petrology | Turner |
| Lithos | C. Clark, Foley, Griffin |
| Mineralium Deposita | Fiorentini |
| Nature Science Reports | Jacob |
| Physics and Chemistry of Minerals | McCammon |
| Precambrian Research | Pisarevsky, Van Kranendonk |
| Solid Earth (EGU) | Afonso |
| Solid Earth Sciences | Griffin |
| Tectonophysics | Li |
OUTREACH
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Forum |
Participant/s |
Date |
CCFS Flagship Program 4 on the Concert Hall Stage of the Sydney Opera House, August 2017 for a Q&A presentation as part of National Science Week. From left to right: MC Graham Phillips, Paul Davies, Abigail Allwood, Mitch Schulte, Martin Van Kranendonk. Photo: Prudence Upton (SOH).
Martin Van Kranendonk and host, Armen Mulkidjanian (far left), in front of the main building of Moscow’s Lomonosov University campus.
| Numerous (daily) government briefings / Industry briefings | Chris Kirkland | 2017 |
| Filming for BBC Stargazing Live | Martin Van Kranendonk | 1 January 2017 |
| Public lecture - "Investigating Earth’s Oldest Rock" University of Pinar Del Rio, Cuba | Simon A Wilde | 13 January 2017 |
| Public lecture - “Direct dating hydrocarbon generation using multiple radiogenic isotope systems” Qingdao, China | Xuan-Ce Wang | 4 May 2017 |
| Public lecture - 2017 Haydn Williams Fellowship Public Lecture: “Why leprechauns know how mountains form” http://geodynamics.curtin.edu.au/2017-haydn-williams-fellowship-public-lecture/ | CCFS co-sponsored visitor Brendan Murphy | 4 May 2017 |
| Public lecture - Talk - Science at the Shine Dome 2017 - Anton Hales medal | Juan Carlos Afonso | 24 May 2017 |
| High School Visit - Teaching basic Astrobiology concepts | Georgia Soares | 28 June 2017 | School visit - East Victoria Park Primary School - 5th and 6th grades - Teacher, Mr Ranford, and students excited to have their science lesson taught by real-life scientists | Amaury Pourteau,Erin Martin, Sam Bain | 9 July 2017 |
| Panellist, Women on Mars event for female high school students - Sydney Opera House - Students heard from leading female scientists and participated in exciting scientific activities | Tara Djokic | 18 August 2017 |
Panellist, Life on Mars: The 2020 Rover Mission - Sydney Opera House, concert hall stage |
Martin Van Kranendonk | 17 August 2017 |
| MQ Open day | Craig O’Neill | 19 August 2017 |
| High school outreach, Jakarta - years 8-12 | Tara Djokic | 1 September 2017 |
| Public lecture in the Geology Department - Presidency University, Kolkata, India | Hindol Ghatak | 12 September 2017 |
ARC/STA Research Showcase event, Parliament House, Canberra - Networking with Parliamentarians and key staff - Jointly organised by ARC and Science and Technology Australia. |
Dorrit Jacob |
7 September 2017 |
| Public lecture - “Linking Deep-Earth Volatile Cycling with Geodynamics, Magmatism, and Surface Feedback - New perspectives on the evolution of the terrestrial silica reservoirs”, Nanjing, China | Xuan-Ce Wang | 16 Sept 2017 |
| Public lecture - “Characterisation and Isotope Dating of Source Rocks and Hydrocarbon Generation for Exploration Targeting” Xi'an, China | Xuan-Ce Wang | 21 Sept 2017 |
Public lecture - Students, Russian Science Festival, Moscow  |
Martin Van Kranendonk
Martin Van Kranendonk and host, Armen Mulkidjanian (far left), in front of the main building of Moscow’s Lomonosov University campus. |
1 October 2017 |
| High school outreach - Broken Hill - years 8-10 | Tara Djokic | 1 October 2017 |
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Jinxiang Huang, Romain Tilhac, Montgarri Castillo-Oliver
CCFS sponsor booth manned by CCFS ECRs - Geological Society of Australia (GSA) Earth Science Student Symposium (GESSS), MQ, Sydney, Australia |
10 November 2017 |
| Years 8-12 talk for the Curious Minds program (Kelsie Dadd) | Tara Djokic | 1 December 2017 |
| Visit to East Victoria Park Primary School (Photo below: Earth Dynamic Research Group) | Amaury Pourteau, Erin Martin, Samuel Bain |
| Activity | Participant/s | Date, Forum | Web address |
| Evidence falls into place for once and future supercontinents | Zheng-Xiang Li | 11/1/17, Science News | https://www.sciencenews.org/article/evidence-falls-place-once-and-future-supercontinents |
| Paleomagnetic data hint at link from Earth’s core to continents | Uwe Kirscher | 15/6/17, Eos Earth & Space Science News | https://eos.org/articles/paleomagnetic-data-hint-at-link-from-earths-core-to-continents |
| Podcast - Episode 57: South American copper & Earth’s evolution | Nick Gardner | 1/9/17, The Northern Miner | https://soundcloud.com/northern-miner/episode-57-south-american-copper-earths-evolution |
| Zircons: How tiny crystals open a window into the early history of Earth | Craig O’Neill | 11/9/17, Cosmos Magazine | https://cosmosmagazine.com/geoscience/zircons-how-tiny-crystals-open-a-window-into-the-early-history-of-earth |
| Prehistoric volcanoes to prospect for metals | Stephen Foley | 20/9/17, Stories of Australian Science | http://stories.scienceinpublic.com.au/2017/prospect-metals/ |
| Huge space rocks could have helped start Earth’s plate tectonics | Craig O’Neill | 25/9/17, New Scientist | https://www.newscientist.com/article/2148366-huge-space-rocks-could-have-helped-start-earths-plate-tectonics |
| Did meteorites create the Earth’s tectonic plates? | Craig O’Neill | 26/9/17, Cosmos | https://cosmosmagazine.com/geoscience/did-meteorites-create-the-earth-s-tectonic-plates |
| Did giant meteorites activate our tectonic plates? | Craig O’Neill | 26/9/17, NZ Herald | http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11926492 |
| New research illuminating the dark age of geology | Craig O’Neill | 28/9/17, 2SER Breakfast radio Interview | https://2ser.com/new-research-illuminating-dark-age-geology/ |
| Astrobiology studies in the Hamersley Ranges look at early life on planet Earth - Interview with Susan Standen | Georgia Soares | 12/12/17, ABC Northwest Radio and ABC online | http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-08/astrobiology-study-early-life-earth-hamerlsey-ranges/9238028 |
Martin Van Kranendonk and Tara Djokic explain why research on ancient rocks with evidence of deposition in hot springs is important for the exploration of life on Mars.Watch here.
MEDIA – FEATURED PAPERS
1075. Djokic, T., Van Kranendonk, M.J., Campbell, K.A., Walter, M.R. and Ward, C.R. 2017. Earliest signs of life on land preserved in ca. 3.5 ga hot spring deposits. Nature Communications, 8, 15263.
| Activity | Date, Forum | Web address |
| World’s oldest fossils unveil life 3.7 billion years ago (etc) | May 2017
various |
One of the highest ranking papers on Almetrics, in any field. Featured in 134 news stories from 111 outlets. (https://www.altmetric.com/details/19981498/news) |
1003. O’Neill, C., Marchi, S., Zhang, S. and Bottke, W. 2017. Impact-driven subduction on the Hadean Earth. Nature Geoscience, 10, 793-797.
996. Giuliani, A., Campeny, M., Kamenetsky, V.S., Afonso, J.C., Maas, R., Melgarejo, J.C., Kohn, B.P., Matchan, E.L., Mangas, J., Goncalves, A.O. and Manuel, J. 2017. Southwestern Africa on the burner: Pleistocene carbonatite volcanism linked to deep mantle upwelling in Angola. Geology, 45, 971-974.
| Activity | Date, Forum | Web address |
| Burning questions remain after discovery of recent volcanic eruptions in Angola | 22/11/17, Deep Carbon Observatory Newsletter | https://deepcarbon.net/feature/burning-questions-remain-after-discovery-recent-volcanic-eruptions-angola#.WiSMYktx3Vp |
1046. Tassara, S., Gonzalez-Jimenez, J.M., Reich, M., Schilling, M.E., Morata, D., Begg, G., Saunders, E., Griffin, W.L., O’Reilly, S.Y., Gregory, M., Barra, F. and Corgne, A. 2017. Plume-subduction interaction forms large auriferous provinces. Nature Communications, 8, 843.
| Activity | Date, Forum | Web address |
| Where does the gold discovered under South America come from? | 29/11/17, Cooperativa | http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/sociedad/ciencia/geologia/de-donde-viene-el-oro-descubierto-bajo-sudamerica/2017-10-28/103551.html |
| An international group of scientists reveals the mystery about the origin of gold | 21/11/17, Science Newsline | http://www.sciencenewsline.com/news/2017112115580075.html |
| An international group of scientists reveals the mystery about the origin of gold | 21/11/17, EurekAlert! | https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uog-aig112117.php |
| An international group of scientists reveals the mystery about the origin of gold: it comes from the Earth’s mantle | 16/11/17, AlphaGalileo | http://ct.moreover.com/?a=32528085118&p=1pl&v=1&x=Bpo7cBwA2yhcwnhMlAuMlg |
| Geologia. O ouro das estrelas foi parar ao manto da Terra | 9/12/17, Publico | http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/sociedad/ciencia/geologia/de-donde-viene-el-oro-descubierto-bajo-sudamerica/2017-10-28/103551.html |
| L’or provient bien du magma de la Terre | 8/12/17, Sciences et Avenir | https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/fondamental/geologie/une-etude-fait-la-preuve-que-l-or-provient-bien-du-manteau-de-la-terre_118961 |
| Scientists have unravelled the mystery of where gold came from | 22/11/17, International Business Times (UK) | http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/scientists-have-unravelled-mystery-where-gold-came-1648454 |
| Scientists reveal the mystery about the origin of gold | 22/11/17, Phys.org | https://phys.org/news/2017-11-scientists-reveal-mystery-gold.html |
| Why is gold on Earth found in specific regions of the planet? | 22/11/17, International Business Times | http://www.ibtimes.com/why-gold-earth-found-specific-regions-planet-2618391 |
| Origin of gold: precious metal comes from ancient chemical factory in deepest part of earth’s mantle | 23/11/17, Yahoo! News | https://uk.news.yahoo.com/origin-gold-precious-metal-comes-091425883.html |
| Revealed the mystery about the origin of gold | 23/11/17, Eurasia Review | http://www.eurasiareview.com/23112017-revealed-the-mystery-about-the-origin-of-gold/ |
| This new research gives new clues to the origin of gold | 23/11/17, Newsweek | http://www.newsweek.com/origin-gold-chemical-factory-beneath-earth-720608 |
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.
Australian and international visitors are listed in Appendix 7. They have participated in collaborative research, technology exchange, seminars, discussions and joint publications and collaboration in postgraduate programs. For More information see the section on International Links.