In preparation of Goldschmidt2017, the whole geochemistry community is invited to submit suggestions for sessions before 1 November. Please note that any suggested sessions must be broad enough to attract at least 25 abstract submissions.
If you are interested in organising a pre-conference workshop or Town Hall meeting, you are also invited to submit a proposal before 1 November. Find out more.
Students and friends of the late Bob Berner are working to establish an annual lecture at the Goldschmidt Conference to commemorate his intellectual legacy in geochemistry. The lecture will be on a 'Berner' subject, which includes a wide range of topics associated with elemental cycling at the Earth's surface (molecular to planetary scale, modern to ancient oceanic and terrestrial systems, evolution of the biosphere, etc). Contributions will go directly to supporting the lecturer's travel to Goldschmidt every year.
Nominations for the first lecturer are currently sollicited and should be submitted before 15 November.
After Paris in 2017, the Goldschmidt2018 will take place in Boston (USA), 12-17 August 2018, and Goldschmidt2019 in Barcelona (Spain), 18-23 August 2019. So mark your calendar!
The Goldschmidt conference is organised by the European Association of Geochemistry on odd-numbered years and by the Geochemical Society on even-numbered years.
Recognition of scientific excellence at all stages of one's career is crucial. Should you know of deserving colleagues, nominate them for an EAG Award or GS/EAG Fellowship.
What does it change to receive an award? Read testimonies from recent medallists.
GS-EAG Geochemical Fellowship: recognizes scientists who have made major contributions to the field of geochemistry. Nominations deadline: 31 October.
Urey Award: recognizes scientific excellence over a career. Nominations deadline: 15 November.
Science Innovation Award (named after Heinz Lowenstam for his work in biogeochemistry): recognizes scientists within 30 years from the start of PhD. Nominations deadline: 15 December.
Houtermans Award: recognizes scientists within 12 years from the start of PhD. Nominations deadline: 15 November.
The European Association of Geochemistry is constantly developing their programs and resources to support early career scientists. If you have any suggestions for further improvements or ideas that we could implement in the future, please do not hesitate to contact Steffi Lutz, our EAG Early Career Councillor, who is the voice of early career scientists within the EAG Council.
The Council Elections 2017 are now open and EAG members are asked to select 3 candidates out of 6. Councillors participate in council discussions, decisions, initiatives and act as ambassadors of the society. They are therefore crucial for determining the strategy and the future of the EAG.
Earlier this month, EAG members received a personalised link to vote. If you haven't received yours, please contact the EAG Office.
For the 6th year now, we are excited to support institutions in Eastern and Central Europe through the Distinguished Lecture Program. Prof. Alexandre Anesio, 2016 Distinguished Lecturer, will present lectures on biogeochemistry, starting his tour in Ukraine on Friday, then Romania, Slovenia and Poland next week.
If you are located in one of these institutions (or a nearby one), you are invited to attend as the lectures are open to all.
Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA–ICP–MS) is a micro-analytical technique that has allowed significant research advances in many areas of the Earth sciences. The method produces quantitative elemental and isotopic analyses on the micrometer scale of most solid, and some liquid, materials across most of the periodic table. Read more
EAG members will receive their print copy shortly and have online access to all back issues of Elements (user id = email address, password = EAG membership number). To find your membership number, login to your member area.
In Thoughts and Reminiscences on Experimental Trace Element Partitioning, John H. Jones (NASA Johnson Space Center)
reviews the history of experimental trace element partitioning from his personal point of view. In so doing, John considers experimental and analytical complexities, simple phase equilibria, and thermodynamic considerations. John also recounts personal interactions with other geochemists and petrologists.
This article is open access and EAG members will receive the print version shortly.
The 176Lu-176Hf systematics of ALM-A: A sample of the recent Almahata Sitta meteorite fall
R. Bast, E.E. Scherer, A. Bischoff
The application of Lu-Hf chronometry to meteorites has been compromised by arbitrary results such as dates up to 300 Myr older than the Pb-Pb age of the Solar System, unsubstantiated isochron scatter among different meteorite fractions, and varying initial Hf isotope ratios (176Hf/177Hfi). [...]
Warm Archean oceans reconstructed from oxygen isotope composition of early-life remnants
R. Tartèse, M. Chaussidon, A. Gurenko, F. Delarue, F. Robert
Deciphering the surface conditions on the Earth during Archean times (> 2.5 billion years ago – Ga) is crucial to constrain the conditions that promoted the development of life. The progressive shift through time of the oxygen isotopic compositions of Precambrian siliceous sediments – the so-called cherts – has been interpreted as indicating a secular decrease of seawater temperature by 50-80 °C from the early Archean to the present-day. [...]
Award nominations are currently open and the European Association of Geochemistry is strongly encouraging the community to consider nominating deserving colleagues. We stress that recognition of excellence is highly significant to a scientist’s career but in practice, what does it really mean? To answer this question, we asked some of our recent medallists what did their award change for them. Kate Hendry, Klaus Mezger, Yemane Asmerom, Liping Qin and Tim Elliott answered. Read more
[By Ahmed Ali] I am really grateful to the European Association of Geochemistry (EAG) for their support to attend the 35th International Geological Congress (IGC) 27 August – 4 September 2016, Cape Town, South Africa. The city of two oceans where the beautiful nature and enjoying the fresh winds first before going further into the black continent. Read more
[US News] We may have just passed a point of no return when it comes to Earth's climate. The low point of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere typically occurs around the last week of September. But this year, levels of late have failed to drop below 400 parts per million (ppm) – and it looks like they're not going to. Read more
[Science] Some 56 million years ago, carbon surged into Earth's atmosphere, raising temperatures by 5°C to 8°C and causing huge wildlife migrations—a scenario that might mirror the world's future, thanks to global warming. But what triggered this so-called Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM) has remained a mystery. Read more
[Science] New climate simulations help explain how Pluto’s heart-shaped Sputnik Planum (lower right) got its thick glaciers of nitrogen and carbon monoxide. Some of the glaciers, first seen by the New Horizons spacecraft in July, hold ice that circulates like the material in a lava lamp. Read more
[Science Daily] A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) offers a twist on a popular theory for how life on Earth began about four billion years ago. Read more
[Nature News] The European Space Agency's comet-orbiting Rosetta spacecraft was successful to the last. It crash-landed on the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko within a minute of its scheduled impact time at 11:19 UTC on 30 September, ending its 12-year long, €1.3-billion (US$1.45-billion) mission with a bump — and a final tranche of data. Read more
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PhD & MSc positions:
PhD Position: Hydrological constraints on Rare Earth Elements dynamics in the regolith-plant continuum - Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
PhD position in Marine Chemical Ecology / Natural products Chemistry - Alfred Wegener Institute Bremerhaven
2 PhD Positions in Hydrogeology and Hydrogeochemistry - University of Waterloo and Qatar University
PhD position: Role of pentavalent uranium in U(VI) reduction by microorganisms and by minerals - EPFL
PostDoctoral and Fellowship positions:
Research Associate in Weathering or Metal Stable Isotope Geochemistry - GFZ Potsdam
2 Postdoctoral positions in soil chemistry/environmental (bio)geochemistry - ETH Zurich
2 postoctoral positions in Experimental Mineralogy/Petrology/Geochemistry - GET Toulouse
Postdoctoral Position in space science - Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale Paris-Sud University
Research Fellow in Isotope Geochemistry - University of St Andrews
2017 Exploration Postdoctoral Fellowship in Earth and Space Science - Arizona State University
Wiess Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences - Rice University
Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship in Geosciences - Pennsylvania State University
Faculty, Technical and other positions:
Professor in Earth Sciences - University of St Andrews
Lecturer in Earth Sciences - University of St Andrews
Open Rank Faculty Position in Stable Isotope (Bio)geochemistry or Ecology - University of California Merced
Director of CEREGE - CEREGE
Nature Geoscience Editor (in solid Earth geochemistry or marine chemistry, based in Shanghai) - Springer Nature
Tenure track W2/W3 professorship in Experimental Planetology - University of Bayreuth
CNRS researcher in Surface Earth Sciences - Laboratoire d'Hydrologie et de Géochimie de Strasbourg
Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences - Washington University
AGU Fall Meeting 2016: Early Registration deadline 3 Nov
48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference: abstracts deadline 10 Jan
EGU General Assembly 2017: abstracts deadline 11 Jan
11th International Symposium on Geochemistry of the Earth’s Surface: abstracts deadline 31 Jan
Conference: Magmatism of the Earth and related strategic metal deposits: abstracts deadline 31 Jan
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