The detailed schedule of sessions and presentations for Goldschmidt2023 is now available. Browse the program by theme, or check out the week overview to see the sessions per day and per room.
The early registration deadline is 31 May and presenting authors must register for the conference by 31 May (if payment of the registration fee has not been received by that date, the abstract will be removed from the program and the abstract fee will not be refunded).
Mentor Program sign up
Application for the Mentor Program (as mentor or mentee) is open.
To apply, complete the relevant section of the conference registration form.
Application deadline: 31 May
Call for bloggers
If you are attending Goldschmidt2023 (9-14 July) and want to practice your outreach and communication skills, increase your visibility, or just share your experience, EAG is looking for you.
EAG will bring together a team of blog writers to cover the science and the social activities of the conference. Short blog posts (typically 400-500 words with photos) will be published on the EAG Blog website throughout the week, and may cover scientific highlights, plenary talks, social events, workshops, or the overall experience of attending the Goldschmidt conference. For your participation in the team, you will receive a free ticket to the social event of your choice. If you are interested in joining the team, please email the EAG office.
New Geochemical Perspectives issue: Noble Gas Cosmochemistry and Geochemistry
This issue of Geochemical Perspectives, by Rainer Wieler, summarises almost five decades of research on noble gases from the Sun, meteorites and Earth, with the aim of studying the formation and evolution of planets and their building blocks, as well as Earth's climate history.
If you are attending the EGU General Assembly 2023 in Vienna, Austria, 23-28 April, visit us at the EAG booth (#12), from 10 am Monday-Friday, to find out more about EAG activities, browse our publications, and pick up some goodies!
Join/Renew your EAG membership to benefit from reduced rates at conferences
Jupiter’s moon Io is the best place to understand a fundamental planetary process that shaped terrestrial planets, icy ocean worlds, and extrasolar planets: tidal heating. Io is the most tidally heated world in our Solar System and may contain a magma ocean. Io’s spectacular volcanic plumes sustain the atmosphere and feed the giant magnetosphere of the Jovian system. The lavas covering its surface reflect heatpipe tectonics, which is analogous to the volcanically hyperactive youth of all rocky planets. Io is the ideal planet-scale laboratory to study...
EAG Co-Sponsored Event: DINGUE VIII: Developments in Noble Gas Understanding and Expertise - registration and abstract submission
Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland, 19-22 July 2023
This 4-day workshop will be held after Goldschmidt2023 and will cover all technical and scientific aspects of noble gas geo- and cosmochemistry. The scientific program will contain both talks and posters. See the website for more information.
Early career travel grants: 19 May
Registration and abstract submission: 19 June
Nominations for the Pete Burnard award to an early career scientist: 19 June
EAG Co-Sponsored Event: SIMS Workshop - abstract submission and registration open
Lausanne, Switzerland, and online, 6-8 July 2023
This 2-day hybrid SIMS workshop will be held before Goldschmidt2023, and aims to gather specialists and experts in SIMS and NanoSIMS to cover technical and scientific aspects of geochemical micro and nano analysis. The workshop will include lectures from invited speakers, laboratory tours, discussion sessions and extended poster presentations. See the website for further information.
EAG Student Sponsorship Program: Next Deadline 1 May
The EAG Student Sponsorship Program supports onsite participation at events held in Europe, or online participation at events held anywhere in the world. Successful applicants will receive sponsorship of up to 500 euros to cover registration, abstract fees, and travel expenses where applicable. Applicants may be based in any country.
Global patterns of radiocarbon depletion in subsoil linked to rock-derived organic carbon
Organic matter stored in sedimentary rocks is one of the largest stocks of carbon at Earth’s surface. The fate of this rock organic carbon (OCpetro) during weathering in soils influences the geological carbon cycle...
The chemical conditions necessary for the formation of microbialites
Whether biological and/or physico-chemical variations may have changed the abundance of microbialites over geological times remains debated. This calls for a better appraisal of the conditions necessary for the formation...
Recent studies of zirconium isotopes in igneous systems have revealed significant mass dependent variability, the origin of which remains intensely debated. While magmatic zircon crystallisation could potentially drive...
MnO/MgO ratios of arc basalts highlight the role of early garnet fractionation
Multiple lines of evidence suggest that garnet may play an important role in the generation of arc magmas, either as a residual phase during mantle melting or subsequently during crystallisation differentiation...
Glass beads on moon’s surface may hold billions of tonnes of water, scientists say
[The Guardian] Tiny glass beads strewn across the moon’s surface contain potentially billions of tonnes of water that could be extracted and used by astronauts on future lunar missions, researchers say...
Chernobyl was history’s worst nuclear disaster. Now it’s teaching geologists about the history of our planet
[The Conversation] Thirty-seven years ago, on April 26 1986, the reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant suffered a catastrophic meltdown. In the weeks that followed, the deadly event drove hundreds of thousands of people to relocate from the surrounding area, which is still a deserted “exclusion zone” today...
Minerals discovery and mining for the energy transition
[Climate Now. podcast] As we transition to a clean energy economy, demand for minerals like copper, cobalt, nickel, and lithium is projected to skyrocket. According to a 2022 report from the International Energy Agency, the total mineral demand from clean energy technologies will quadruple by 2040...
Newly Discovered Probiotic Could Protect Caribbean Corals Threatened by Deadly, Devastating Disease
[Smithsonian news release] Researchers have discovered the first effective bacterial probiotic for treating and preventing stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD), a mysterious ailment that has devastated Florida’s coral reefs since 2014 and is rapidly spreading throughout the Caribbean...
Geoscientist discovers new phosphorus material after lightning strike
[phys.org] After lightning struck a tree in a New Port Richey neighborhood, a University of South Florida professor discovered the strike led to the formation of a new phosphorus material. It was found in a rock—the first time in solid form on Earth—and could represent a member of a new mineral group....
Warm liquid spewing from Oregon seafloor comes from Cascadia fault, could offer clues to earthquake hazards
[phys.org] The field of plate tectonics is not that old, and scientists continue to learn the details of earthquake-producing geologic faults. The Cascadia Subduction Zone—the eerily quiet offshore fault that threatens to unleash a magnitude-9 earthquake in the Pacific NW—still holds many mysteries....
Low sulphide concentration in Mercury's smooth plains inhibits geomorphic hollows
[phys.org] A probe on Mercury used for the purpose of "surface-space-environment-geochemistry-and-ranging" abbreviated as the MESSENGER mission to Mercury, resulted in the discovery of geological structures known as hollows. Astrogeologists had used multispectral images and geochemical measurements....
ESA’s Juice lifts off on quest to discover secrets of Jupiter’s icy moons
[European Space Agency] ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) lifted off on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 14:14 CEST on 14 April. The successful launch marks the beginning of an ambitious voyage to uncover the secrets of the ocean worlds around giant planet Jupiter.....
SIMP, SGI, SOGEI, AIV Joint Congress - Abstract Submission 6 May
The Italian Society of Mineralogy and Petrology (SIMP), the Italian Geological Society (SGI), the Italian Society of Geochemistry (SOGEI) and the Italian Association of Volcanology (AIV) invite you to attend their Joint Congress in Potenza (Italy), 19-21 September with the theme "The Geoscience paradigm: Resources, Risks and future perspectives".
Abstract deadline: 6 May EAG member discount available
The EAGE Annual 2023 is around the corner and we hope to see many of you there. This year we are particularly proud to present a new workshop coordinated by our joint EAG-EAGE Technical Community on "Future Challenges in Geochemical Research for a Sustainable Environment". If you are attending the event in Vienna (5-8 June), you are welcome to stop by the EAGE Community Hub to learn more about the community and get involved!
Registration deadline: 15 May. EAG members can register at member rates.
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