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Early registration deadline is 12 June
The early registration rate for Goldschmidt2018 in Boston is 12 June. Register before then to save $100 off the regular rate. 12 June is also the deadline to sign up for the Mentor Program, which pairs first-time and early career attendees with experienced scientists. Mentors offer advice on navigating the conference and making it a valuable experience for mentees.
As usual, EAG members benefit from the member rates. Join/renew or find your membership number in Member login.
Additionally, more than 20 exciting workshops and field trips will be offered before and after the meeting. Make the most of your trip by attending a workshop taught by leading scientists or by visiting some of the area's fascinating geological sites.
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New in Geochemical Perspectives
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Cosmochemistry along the Rhine
This new Geochemical Perspectives contribution by Herbert Palme traces the development of German cosmochemistry from the excitement of work on Apollo sample returns to current debates in the formation of meteorites and their components. It illuminates the crucial role played by neutron activation techniques applied at the Max Planck Institute in constraining planetary compositions and evolution. This issue further charts a fascinating collection of interlinked cosmochemical projects while providing insight into the different research environments within the Max Planck and University systems.
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Geochemical Perspectives is an open access community journal published by the European Association of Geochemistry. Current EAG members will soon receive their print copy. Please go to the member login to make sure your postal address is up to date.
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Elements April issue: Comets
The articles in this issue of Elements provide a fascinating account of comets and the making of our planetary system. We learn why comets are visible to the naked eye, about their complex organic geochemistry, the surprising find of free O2, and the likelihood of a comet impact on Earth. Articles present concise reviews of what has been learned regarding the mineralogy, geochemistry, and geology of comets from the Giotto, Vega, Stardust, Stardust NEXT, Deep Impact, and Rosetta...
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Current EAG members will soon receive their print copies of Elements Magazine. 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 is 1 June
The Early Career Science Ambassador Program is aimed at Early Career Scientists based in Europe who wish to attend conferences 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 June.
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Student grants available for Uranium-Biogeo
EAG is proudly co-sponsoring Uranium-Biogeo, a conference on Uranium Biogeochemistry on 21-26 October in Monte Verita Ascona, Switzerland, by providing student grants of CHF100. To apply, submit a CV with a one-page letter of interest along with your abstract by 1 June.
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Important Dates and Deadlines
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New in Geochemical Perspectives Letters
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Geochemistry and metallogeny of Neoproterozoic pyrite in oxic and anoxic sediments
The Neoproterozoic Dalradian Supergroup contains widespread diagenetic sulphides present as pyrite. The sulphides occur in both carbonaceous shales and glacial diamictites, that were deposited in relatively reducing and...
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Toxic anthropogenic pollutants reach the deepest ocean on Earth
Persistent organic pollutants (PCBs and PBDEs) were analysed in sediment core samples (0-2 cm) from the southern Mariana Trench at water depths of 7000-11000 m. ∑PCBs concentrations ranged from 931 to 4195 pg/g, far higher than those recorded before in marine sediments from shallower depths. Toxic Equivalence (TEQ) of...
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Properties of molten CaCO3 at high pressure
We report here the structure of molten CaCO3 studied by in situ X-ray diffraction using a Paris-Edinburgh press up to 8.7 GPa. Variations are observed in the medium range order with shrinkage of the intermolecular contributions...
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Colloidal origin of microbands in banded iron formations
Precambrian banded iron formations record the composition of Earth’s atmosphere and hydrosphere during the global rise of oxygen. It has been suggested that the banded texture of these rocks points to fluctuations...
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Lenny Winkel’s tour of Central and Eastern Europe
[By Lenny Winkel] I was honored to hear that I had been selected as the 2017 EAG Distinguished Lecturer. As I love both research and teaching I was thrilled about the opportunity to talk about emerging research areas in geochemistry to students and scientists at research institutions in Eastern and Central Europe.
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Geochemistry Making the News
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Scientists decipher the magma bodies under Yellowstone
[ScienceDaily] Using supercomputer modeling, University of Oregon scientists have unveiled a new explanation...
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Levitating water droplets with sound waves to improve contaminant detection
[ScienceDaily] In a new study, researchers showed that using sound waves to levitate droplets of water in midair can...
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Someone, somewhere, is making a banned chemical that destroys the ozone layer, scientists suspect
[Washington Post] Emissions of a banned, ozone-depleting chemical are on the rise, a group of scientists reported...
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Jupiter And Venus Are Warping Earth's Orbit, And It's Linked to Major Climate Events
[Science Alert] If you ever get the feeling that we're going around in circles, you're right, but the cosmic holding pattern...
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Oxidation softens mantle rocks
[Nature] The outermost layer of the solid Earth is divided into tectonic plates that move around on a region of the...
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'Snowball Earth' resulted from plate tectonics
[ScienceDaily] About 700 million years ago, the Earth experienced unusual episodes of global cooling that...
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Internships, MSc and PhD positions
| Position | Employer | Application deadline |
Type: PhD Position
PhD position in eco-hydrology (Hydrological constraints on Rare Earth Elements dynamics
in the regolith-plant continuum) | LIST, Luxembourg
| 17 Nov or until position is filled | Type: PhD Position
PhD Project in Geomicrobiology & Biogeochemistry - Arsenic removal by drinking water filters in Hanoi, Vietnam | Geomicrobiology Group, University of Tuebingen, Germany
| 30 Apr
Extended to: 28 May | Type: PhD Position
Dating iron duricrusts in central Amazonia, Brazil: relation with paleoclimate change | GEOPS (University Paris Sud) and Institut de Mineralogie, de Physique des Materiaux et de Cosmochimie (UMR CNRS 7590, Sorbonne University, Paris), France
| 01 Oct or until position is filled | Type: PhD Position
4 PhD positions in Environmental Geochemistry | Soil Chemistry Group, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
| 31 Jul or until position is filled | Type: PhD Position
Geochemical evolution of the Nyiragongo volcano, DR Congo: A natural and experimental study | KU Leuven - Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences - Division of Geology, Belgium
| 15 Jun | Type: PhD Position
PhD Position in Isotope Geo- and Cosmochemistry | ETH Zurich, Switzerland
| 04 Jun |
PostDoctoral positions and Fellowships
| Position | Employer | Application deadline |
Type: Research Associate
Two Postdoctoral positions in Biogeochemical and Ecosystem Modeling | Global Water Futures Program,
Ecohydrology Research Group,
University of Waterloo, Canada
| until the position is filled | Type: Research Associate
Postdoctoral position in Isotope Biogeochemistry / Environmental Science | Czech Geological Survey, Prague, Czech Republic
| until the position is filled | Type: Research Associate
Research Assistant in Isotope Geochemistry | Isotope Geochemistry, University of Tuebingen, Germany
| until the position is filled | Type: Research Associate
Assists research scientists and other research associates in the organizing, and conducting of advanced testing of gem materials. Interprets gemological and spectroscopic analysis results, and contributes to research projects, by performing the following duties. | Gemological Institute of America (protects the public trust in gems and jewelry by providing the education, research, and standards), United States
| 15 Jun or until position is filled | Type: Research Associate
2 Postdoc positions in Environmental Geochemistry | Soil Chemistry Group, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
| 31 Jul or until position is filled | Type: Research Associate
Microbial and plant secreted metal chelating metabolites in the environment | NC State University (Raleigh, North Carolina), United States
| until the position is filled | Type: Research Associate
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Geochemistry for (experimental) study of alteration/weathering on Mars and other small planetary bodies | Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics
The Earth and Beyond Team: Comparative Planetology, Institute for Geosciences, University of Oslo , Norway
| 15 Jun | Type: Research Associate
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
in Gas Geochemistry | Dept. Earth Sciences,
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
| 01 Jun |
Faculty, Technical and other positions
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Video contest ON THE ROCKS!
The Italian Geological Society has organised “ON THE ROCKS” the first geological video contest for everybody. Participate with a creative, informal video, where you explain your research, passions or new ideas regarding the Earth, in only 180 seconds. Challenge yourself by entering ON THE ROCKS! Submission deadline is 20 May.
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