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Goldschmidt2019: Online registration now open
Registration for Goldschmidt2019 is now live. Rates and instructions can be found online. The early registration deadline is 18 June and EAG members (and members of partner societies) can benefit from discounted member rates. Join/renew or find your membership number in Member login.
Remember to submit your abstract by 29 March.
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Goldschmidt Grants: Apply by 15 March
The Goldschmidt Grant Program aims to make the Conference as accessible as possible by providing waived registration fees and travel support for early career delegates. Visit the Grants page for more information and to check eligibility.
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2019 EAG Medallists
We are delighted to announce the names of the 2019 EAG Medallists. The three medallists will be presented with their awards at Goldschmidt2019 in Barcelona.
Eric Oelkers (CNRS, GET Laboratory / University College London) receives the Urey Award
Ariel Anbar (Arizona State University) receives the Samuel Epstein Science Innovation Award
Stefan Lalonde (CNRS / Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer) receives the Houtermans Award
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Wallace S. Broecker: 1931–2019
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Wallace S. Broecker on 18 February 2019 at the age of 87. Known affectionately as the "Grandfather of Climate Science", Wally was an extraordinary force for scientific innovation. He was among the pioneers of radiocarbon and isotope dating, and was also the first to recognise what he called the Ocean Conveyor Belt and its critical role in climate fluctuations.
In recognition of his outstanding contributions, Wally Broecker received numerous awards, including the National Medal of Science from President Bill Clinton, the Urey and the V.M. Goldschmidt Awards. Wally authored and co-authored over 500 journal articles and 11 books, including two contributions to EAG’s journal Geochemical Perspectives, “The Carbon Cycle and Climate Change: Memoirs of my 60 years in Science” and our most recent issue “CO2: Earth's Climate Driver".
Wally will be greatly missed by the entire community. Our thoughts are with his wife Elizabeth and his family, friends and colleagues.
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Elements February issue: Planet Mercury
Mercury is unique among terrestrial planets because of its very high metal/silicate ratio. The NASA MESSENGER mission ended in 2015 and significantly advanced our understanding of the deep structure of the planet as well as our comprehension of Mercury’s volcanic history and crust formation. The European Space Agency (ESA) recently launched the BepiColombo mission in October 2018. The “Planet Mercury” issue summarizes the latest developments in light of MESSENGER data and perspectives for the BepiColombo mission on internal structures and surface processes, based on insights from geophysics, geochemistry, igneous and experimental petrology and volcanology.
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Current EAG members will soon receive their print copies of Elements. Members also have online access to all back issues (user id = email address, password = EAG membership number). To find your membership number, login to your member area.
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Early Career Science Ambassador Program: next deadline 1 March
The Early Career Science Ambassador Program is aimed at Early Career Scientists based in Europe who wish to attend conferences held outside Europe (except for the Goldschmidt conference). The program supports up to 6 scientists per year and supported scientists will have 50% of their expenses covered by EAG (up to 1500 euros). The next application deadline is 1 March.
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Important Dates and Deadlines
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New in Geochemical Perspectives Letters
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Zircon halogen geochemistry: Insights into Hadean-Archean fluids
Understanding the distribution of halogens in rocks can potentially trace ancient lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interactions. Although no sedimentary rocks older than 3.8 Ga are known, insights into...
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Radiogenic Ca isotopes confirm post-formation K depletion of lower crust
Heat flow studies suggest that the lower crust has low concentrations of heat-producing elements. This could be due to either (i) greater fractions of basaltic rock at depth or (ii) metamorphic depletion of radioactive elements from rocks with...
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Attending the world’s largest geoscience conference: EAG Ambassadors at AGU18
[By Gordon Inglis and Emily Dearing Crampton-Flood] The Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) is by far the largest conference that a geochemist might attend in their career. The 2018 AGU Fall Meeting took place in Washington D.C. in December and EAG Early Career Science ambassadors Emily Dearing Crampton-Flood and Gordon Inglis were among the many thousands of delegates there. We asked them to share some of their...
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Geochemistry Making the News
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Mystery mud on new volcanic island baffles Nasa
scientists
[TheGuardian] Nasa scientists have landed for the first time on one of the world’s newest islands, and discovered the three-year-old land mass is now covered in a sticky...
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Earth's oldest rock was found by Apollo 14 astronauts -- on the moon
[CNN] When the Apollo 14 astronauts returned samples from the moon's surface, they probably didn't realize that they were reuniting Earth with a bit of...
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As ice melts, Greenland could become big sand exporter: study
[Reuters] OSLO (Reuters) - Greenland could start to export sand in a rare positive spinoff from global warming that is melting the island’s vast ice sheet and washing large...
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Antibiotic Resistant Superbug Gene Found in Remote Arctic Region
[LaboratoryEquipment] Around the globe, antibiotic-resistant genes (ARGs) are becoming an increasing problem as antibiotics continue to lose their effectiveness...
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Ancient crystals offer evidence of the start of Earth's core solidifying
[Phys.org] A quartet of researchers from the University of Rochester and the University of California has found evidence of the starting period for the solidification…
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Planet crash that made moon left key elements for life on Earth, scientists say
[The Guardian] The cosmic collision that made the moon left a host of elements behind on Earth that were crucial for life to emerge, US scientists have claimed. The impact...
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Internships, MSc and PhD positions
PostDoctoral positions and Fellowships
| Position | Employer | Application deadline |
Type: Research Associate
Postdoctoral Fellow: Watershed Biogeochemical Data Synthesis and Modeling | Basu Lab at the University of Waterloo, Canada
| until the position is filled | Type: Research Associate
Application of a Portable Laser Ablation Sampling Device and ICP-MS to the Analysis of Cultural Heritage Objects | Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Yale University, United States
| 03 Mar | Type: Research Associate
Postdoc position in geochemistry | The University of Chicago, Department of the Geophysical Sciences and Enrico Fermi Institute, United States
| 10 Feb or until position is filled | Type: Research Associate
University Academic Fellow in Experimental Biogeochemistry | University of Leeds, Earth Surface Science Institute, Cohen Geochemistry Research Group, United Kingdom
| 10 Mar | Type: Research Associate
Postdoctoral Researchers in Geochemistry / Petrology | Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, China
| 01 Mar or until position is filled | Type: Research Associate
Postdoctoral Researchers in Geophysics
| Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, China
| 01 Mar or until position is filled | Type: Research Associate
Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Isotope Geochemistry
| Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland
| 28 Feb or until position is filled | Type: Research Associate
Staff Associate | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, United States
| until the position is filled | Type: Research Associate
Postdoctoral Researcher Position - Isotope Geochemistry / Mineralogy | Mineralogy and Hydrogeochemistry, Institute of Applied Geosciences, Graz University of Technology, Austria
| 20 Mar or until position is filled |
Faculty, Technical and other positions
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15th SGA Biennial Meeting: "Life with Ore Deposits on Earth"
The SGA, the Local Organising Committee, the Lord Provost of the City of Glasgow, Eva Bolander, and Scotlandʼs First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, extend the warmest invitation to you to come to The University of Glasgow for the SGA's 15th Biennial Meeting, 27-30 August, 2019. Abstract submission and registration are now open. Abstract deadline: 11 March 2019.
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81st EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition
The 81st EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition (London, UK; 3-6 June 2019), is the world's most significant multi-disciplinary geoscience and engineering event, gathering geoscientists and engineers from across the field for the most comprehensive technical programme of its kind. Early registration deadline: 15 March 2019.
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