Earth Dynamics Research Group
Two recent articles, in Nature Communications and Geology, published by our team working on Oceanic Large Igneous Provinces (O-LIPs) point to a synchronised behaviour between tectonic plates and Earth’s deep mantle.
A recent Nature Communications article by PhD student Hamed Gamal El Dien questions the use of chromium spinel as a robust petrogenetic indicator and instead argues that it can be utilised as a tracer for metasomatic processes.
News
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Daniel Brennan awarded best student geologic map
PhD student Daniel Brennan was recently awarded the best student geologic map at the 2019 Geological Society of America's Annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Prof. Zheng-Xiang Li recognised in 2019 Class of AGU Fellows
Professor Zheng-Xiang Li has been named in the list of 62 new AGU Fellows to be honored at the AGU Fall Meeting 2019 in San Francisco, California.
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IGCP 648 2019 Field Symposium - A Geologic Transect of Madagascar
The IGCP 648 2019 Field Symposium on the Precambrian evolution of Madagascar was well attended, with 31 geoscientists representing 11 countries. Read an entertaining account of the symposium written by Prof. Damian Nance.
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IGCP 648 2018 Field Symposium - From Rodinia to Pangea: Geodynamics, Life and Climate
The IGCP 648 annual field symposium was held in the Three Gorges and Shennongjia regions in South China between 1 - 9 Nov., 2018. A wonderful recount of the symposium has been written by one of the student attendees, Ms Georgina Virgo.
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Australian Geoscience Council Convention, 14-18 Oct., 2018
The Earth Dynamics Research Group (and IGCP 648) had a strong showing at the inaugural Australian Geoscience Council Convention (AGCC 2018) held in Adelaide, South Australia.
Links
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ACTER
Australia-China Joint Research Centre for Tectonics and Earth Resources
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CCFS
ARC Center of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems
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TIGeR
The Institute for Geoscience Research
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Applied Geology
The Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University
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WASM
Western Australian School of Mines
Community Feature Article
Understanding how supercontinents form and drift apart
Prof. Li was recently featured in an article discussing the work that we do in the Earth Dynamics Research Group. The article was produced by Futurum, a magazine and online platform aimed at inspiring young people to follow a career in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
The article also includes a link to an activity sheet for students and teachers. For more information, teaching resources, and course and career guides, see www.futurumcareers.com.
Important upcoming events
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36th International Geological Congress (IGC) 2020
Delhi | India | 2-8 March 2020
Symposium 4.1 Supercontinent Amalgamation, Breakup, and the Driving Forces will be a dedicated session where members of IGCP 648 and other researchers will present and discuss their latest progresses in the studies of supercontinent cycles and the geodynamic driving forces.
Abstract Submission (deadline: August 31, 2019) and the Super Early Bird Registration (deadline: July 31, 2019) are now open.
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EGU General Assembly 2020
Vienna | Austria | 3–8 May 2020
IGCP 648 will be featuring in session GD6.2: “From Gondwana to Pangaea: terrane “teleportation” during the assembly of the last supercontinent and geodynamic drivers”.
Abstract Submission
(deadline: January 15, 2020)
Immediately following EGU 2020, between 9-18 May, there will also be a special field conference led by Cecilio Quesada, Teresa Sánchez-García, J. Javier Álvaro, and Pedro Terrinha, titled “From the amalgamation of Gondwana to the breakup of Pangea: evidence in SW Iberia”.
The preliminary program is available here.
We also encourage you to fill a preliminary registration form and return it to Cecilio Quesada no later than November 30, 2019.
The final program, cost and payment method will be distributed to those responding to the preliminary registration by the end of 2019.
There will also be a special session GMPV 1.7 "Geochronology in hot and dynamic systems: approaches and tools to unravel the past" convened by EDRG member Silvia Volante.
See the flyer.
