July 2017

Goldschmidt2017

Pre-registration and event booking deadline: 13 July

The Goldschmidt2017 Conference is coming up in just a month and we'd like to remind you that Thursday 13 July is the pre-registration deadline. After this date, any registration will need to be paid at the onsite rate.
Also, make sure to purchase your tickets for social events before 13 July in order to avoid any disappointment.
To ensure you get the best available registration rate, please ensure that your registration is paid in full by 13 July and that payments for any social event tickets or box lunches are also completed.

Meet the plenary: don't miss your chance to participate

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'Meet the plenary' is a fantastic opportunity to share lunch with the plenary speaker of the day, in a cosy setting limited to a small group, ask all your questions and have some fascinating discussions. To participate, just email the conference office with the name of the Plenary Speaker you would like to meet with and 10 names will be selected randomly from the list.

Oral Presentation Skills workshop: you can still sign up

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At the Oral Presentation Skills workshop on Sunday 13 August 10:00-15:00, Early Career Scientists will have the opportunity to practise and work on their Goldschmidt talks in small groups led by young scientists experienced in giving oral presentations. Specific help and guidance will be provided for students whose first language is not English. Price is €50. Spaces are limited so book quickly. Find out more

Society News

EAG signs a Memorandum of Understanding with EAGE

EAG is delighted to report signing a partnership agreement with the European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE), a global professional, not-for-profit association providing a network of commercial and academic professionals.
This partnership allows both societies to promote their activities, and provides member registration rates for EAG members to attend the EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition, as well as member registration rates for EAGE members to attend the Goldschmidt Conference in Europe.
You will be able to meet EAGE at booth 215 at the upcoming Goldschmidt2017 conference.

EAG Publications

Recently published in Geochemical Perspectives Letters

No direct contribution of recycled crust in Icelandic basalts
S. Lambart

Using Melt-PX to model the decompression melting of a heterogeneous mantle, I investigated the role of major-element composition of the lithologies present in the source on magmatic productivity, and trace element and isotopic melt compositions, independently of the bulk mantle composition. [...]

Tracking continental-scale modification of the Earth’s mantle using zircon megacrysts
J. Woodhead, J. Hergt, A. Giuliani, D. Phillips, R. Maas

Metasomatism, the chemical alteration of rocks by a variety of melts and fluids, has formed a key concept in studies of the Earth’s mantle for decades. Metasomatic effects are often inferred to be far-reaching and yet the evidence for their occurrence is usually based upon individual hand specimens or suites of rocks that display considerable heterogeneity. [...]

EAG Blogosphere

Students at EGU2017

Three EAG sponsored students visited the city of Vienna at the end of April 2017 to present their work at the General Assembly of the European Geoscience Union, the biggest geoscience conference in Europe. EGU2017 brought together nearly 15 000 scientists from all fields of geoscience research and from 107 countries... Read more

Geochemistry making the news

Bacteria collaborate to propel the ocean 'engine'

[Science Daily] Dr Joseph Christie-Oleza and Professor David Scanlan from the School of Life Sciences have discovered that two of the most abundant types of microorganism in the oceans -- phototrophic and heterotrophic bacteria -- collaborate to cycle nutrients, consequently, drawing carbon from the atmosphere and feeding the ecosystem. Read more

Mars covered in toxic chemicals that can wipe out living...

[The Guardian] Mars covered in toxic chemicals that can wipe out living organisms, tests reveal | The chances of anything coming from Mars have taken a downward turn with the finding that the surface of the red planet contains a “toxic cocktail” of chemicals that can wipe out living organisms. Read more

Improved representation of solar variability in climate models

[Science Daily] How much do solar cycle variations influence our climate system? Could the rising Earth temperatures due to anthropogenic effects partly be compensated by a reduction of solar forcing in the future? Read more

Drilling into the secrets of Roman concrete

[Science Friday] Over two thousand years ago, the ancient Romans built piers, breakwaters, and other structures out of concrete—and some of those structures still stand today. Now, researchers are trying to understand the chemical and geological processes that work together to give that ancient concrete such durability. Read more

Volcanic crystals give a new view of magma

[Science Daily] Volcanologists are gaining a new understanding of what's going on inside the magma reservoir that lies below an active volcano and they're finding a colder, more solid place than previously thought, according to new research published June 16 in the journal Science. Read more

EAG Partners

ISEB23 Early registration deadline: 28 July

Poster Abstract submissions remain open until 25 August for the 23rd International Society for Environmental Biogeochemistry Symposium. Earlybird registration fees are available until 28 July. Delegates can save $165 by registering before the deadline. ISEB and EAG members receive member registration fees when registering for ISEB23!

Job opportunities

Current job opportunities

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PhD & MSc positions:

Investigation of the Redox Evolution of the Neoarchean-Paleoproterozoic Atmosphere and Oceans with Novel Transition Metal Isotope Tracers - University of Tuebingen