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Early registration deadline: 21 April
Many thanks to all who submitted an abstract for Goldschmidt2020. We are looking forward to another successful conference and recommend that you take advantage of the early rates by registering before 21 April.
Don't forget that EAG members benefit from member registration rates. Join/renew or find your membership number in Member login.
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Three Special Lectures Announced for Goldschmidt 2020
The GS and EAG are pleased to announce three special lectures to be given during the 2020 Goldschmidt Conference in Honolulu. The Robert Berner Lecture will be given by Prof. Andreas Andersson of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The Endowed Biogeochemistry Lecture will be presented by Prof. Samantha Joye of the University of Georgia (USA). The F. Earl Ingerson Lecture will be given by Prof. Christian France-Lanord of CRPG/CNRS-Université de Lorraine.
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Join the Mentor Program: apply by 21 April
21 April (the early registration deadline) is also the deadline to apply for the Goldschmidt2020 mentoring program. Designed for novice conference attendees, students, and early career scientists, mentees will be matched with an experienced scientist to help them navigate the conference.
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Goldschmidt2023 in Prague
We are excited to inform our community that the Goldschmidt2023 conference will take place in the beautiful city of Prague, Czech Republic, on 9-14 July 2023.
Prague has hosted the conference twice before and is sure to provide another warm welcome to delegates from across the world. Mark the dates in your calendar now!
Future Goldschmidt conferences:
Goldschmidt2021 Lyon, France, 4-9 July 2021
Goldschmidt2022 Chicago, USA, 10-15 July 2022
Goldschmidt2023 Prague, Czech Republic, 9-14 July 2023
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2020 Distinguished Lecture Tour: call for invitations open
Juan Diego Rodriguez-Blanco, Trinity College Dublin, has been selected as the 2020 EAG Distinguished Lecturer. Juan Diego's research focuses on mineral genesis and the interaction of aqueous species with mineral surfaces, and he has four fascinating lectures planned for the 2020 lecture tour.
If your institution is based in Central or Eastern Europe and you wish to invite Juan Diego to present one or two lectures in late October or early/mid December 2020, please contact the EAG Office (office@eag.eu.com).
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Elements February issue: Abiotic Hydrogen and Hydrocarbons in Planetary Lithospheres
Abiotic molecular hydrogen and hydrocarbons have been observed in a variety of geologic settings both on Earth and other planetary bodies. Owing in large part to the utilization of hydrogen and methane by chemosynthetic biological communities, the geologic production of these compounds has become the subject of intense scientific study. Geologically produced hydrogen and methane are also of interest as possible energy resources. This issue highlights recent developments in the understanding of geologic sources of hydrogen and methane, the biological utilization of these compounds, and the potential for human exploitation of these resources.
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New Elements Digital Edition!
EAG members now have a new option for viewing Elements: an online digital magazine! The digital edition features active hyperlinks, animated page turning, interactive table of contents, controls to magnify the text and images, and much more!
To access the digital editions, simply click on the button from the latest issue of Elements and log in with your EAG membership details (user id = email address, password = EAG membership number). To verify your EAG membership number, or to update your postal address for delivery of print issues, log in to your EAG membership area.
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Geochemistry Jokes!
All geochemists need a bit of comic relief from time to time! Send your favourite geochemistry jokes to office@eag.eu.com and we'll post our favourites in upcoming newsletters!
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There are three candidates for a university position: a geologist, a geochemist and a geophysicist. The committee chair asks the first candidate, “how much is 2 plus 2?"
The geologist replies “something between 3 and 5”.
The geochemist replies “3.99999 ± 0.000001”.
The geophysicist, when asked the same question, gets up, goes to the door, looks right and left along the corridor, firmly closes the door, looks the chairperson in the eye, and says
“what would you like it to be?”
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Share your tips and tricks in the EAG Lab Corner
The EAG want to know: What everyday item or household tool have you repurposed for science?
In our first post in the EAG's new "Lab Corner", glacial microbiologists find a use for turkey basters and analytical geochemists make use of make up essentials! Curious? Visit the EAG Blog to read more, and if you'd like to contribute, email your innovations to the EAG Office (office@eag.eu.com) and we'll feature them on the Blog and in EAG Society News in upcoming issues of Elements!
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Important Dates and Deadlines
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New in Geochemical Perspectives Letters
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Unravelling the controls on the molybdenum isotope ratios of river waters
The molybdenum (Mo) isotope ratios (δ98/95Mo) of river waters control the δ98/95Mo values of seawater and impact on the use of Mo isotope ratios as a proxy of past redox conditions. The δ98/95Mo values of river waters vary by...
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Massive sulfide Zn deposits in the Proterozoic did not require euxinia
Our most important Zn resources occur within clastic-dominated (CD-type) deposits, which are located in a small number of Proterozoic and Phanerozoic sedimentary basins. The most common model for CD-type mineralisation...
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Unravelling lunar mantle source processes via the Ti isotope composition of lunar basalts
Formation and crystallisation of the Lunar Magma Ocean (LMO) was one of the most incisive events during the early evolution of the Moon. Lunar Magma Ocean solidification concluded with the coeval formation of K-, REE- and P-rich...
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Accessory mineral constraints on crustal evolution: elemental fingerprints for magma discrimination
Underexplored accessory minerals such as titanite and apatite have the potential to give insights into the nature and the petrogenesis of their host rock. Their trace element and REE-rich compositions carry a record of crystallisation history and...
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Geochemistry Making the News
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Iron isotopes suggest Earth formed more quickly than we thought
[The Independent] The Earth formed much more quickly than we thought, according to a new study. And it did so in a newly theorised way, with pieces of dust gradually sticking together to form the pro-Earth that became our planet, the research suggests. The formation of that proto-Earth took…
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Earth may have been a 'water world' 3bn years ago, scientists find
[The Guardian] Scientists have found evidence that Earth was covered by a global ocean that turned the planet into a “water world” more than 3bn years ago. Telltale chemical signatures were spotted in an ancient chunk of ocean crust which point to a planet once devoid of continents, the largest...
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Was this life’s first meal?
[Science] Studies of the origin of life are replete with paradoxes. Take this doozy: Every known organism on Earth uses a suite of proteins—and the DNA that helps build it—to construct the building blocks of our cells. But those very building blocks are also needed to make DNA and proteins...
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Research shows how glacier algae creates dark zone at the margins of the Greenland Ice Sheet
[Phys.org] New research led by scientists from the University of Bristol has revealed new insights into how the microscopic algae that thrives along the edge of the Greenland Ice Sheet causes widespread darkening. This darkening is critically important as darker ice absorbs more sunlight...
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Ancient meteorite site on Earth could reveal new clues about Mars' past
[Science Daily] Scientists have devised new analytical tools to break down the enigmatic history of Mars' atmosphere -- and whether life was once possible there. A paper detailing the work was published today in the journal Science Advances. It could help astrobiologists understand the...
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New analysis sheds important light on an ancient mass extinction event
[The Conversation] The end-Permian mass extinction is considered to be the most devastating biotic event in the history of life on Earth – it caused dramatic losses in global biodiversity, both in water and on land. About 90% of marine and 70% of terrestrial (land) species went extinct. This...
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Internships, MSc and PhD positions
| Position | Employer | Application deadline |
Type: BSc/MSc
MSc positions in Mineral Resources | University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
| 01 Jul | Type: BSc/MSc
Geochemistry (MSc) | University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
| 01 Jul | Type: PhD Position
Informing Design of Novel Materials for Drug Pollution Remediation through Molecular Modelling | University Of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
| until the position is filled | Type: PhD Position
Ph.D. Position in Early Earth Geochemistry | Isotope Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
| 15 Mar | Type: PhD Position
Fully-funded PhD Position: Antimony geochemistry and iron cycling in soil systems | Southern Cross University, Australia
| 21 Feb or until position is filled | Type: PhD Position
Lamont Assistant Research Professor | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, United States
| until the position is filled | Type: PhD Position
Rhizosphere modeling | Biogeophysics, Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, University of Hohenheim, Germany
| until the position is filled |
PostDoctoral positions and Fellowships
| Position | Employer | Application deadline |
Type: Research Associate
Postdoc position in metamorphic and fluid isotope geochemistry | IPGP - Université de Paris, France
| 27 Mar | Type: Research Associate
Post Doctoral Fellowship, Isotope Biogeochemistry | Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, France
| 15 Mar or until position is filled | Type: Research Associate
Life in Archean coastal environments: Geobiology, Paleobiology, Astrobiology | Early Life traces and Evolution-Astrobiology laboratory, University of Liège, Belgium
| 15 Mar or until position is filled | Type: Research Associate
Two Postdoctoral Positions in
Crust-Magma Evolution - Zircon melt inclusions, SIMS | Dept. of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
| 15 Mar or until position is filled | Type: Research Associate
3-year PDRA in Arctic soil biogeochemical modelling | Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
| 20 Mar or until position is filled | Type: Research Associate
Postdoc position in Soil Environmental Geochemistry | Soil Chemistry Group, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
| 31 Mar or until position is filled | Type: Research Associate
Research Fellow in Biogeochemical Modelling | University of Leeds, School of Earth & Environment, United Kingdom
| 02 Apr |
Faculty, Technical and other positions
| Position | Employer | Application deadline |
Type: Other
Assistant Professor in Earth Surface Processes | University of California, Merced, United States
| 30 Jun | Type: Other
Faculty Position at Yachay Tech University, Ecuador: Physical Volcanology | Yachay Tech, Ecuador
| 15 Feb or until position is filled | Type: Other
Faculty Position at Yachay Tech University, Ecuador: Dean of the School of Earth Sciences, Energy and Environment | Yachay Tech, Ecuador
| 15 Feb or until position is filled | Type: Other
Faculty Position at Yachay Tech University, Ecuador: Remote sensing / Geodesy / Environmental Studies | Yachay Tech, Ecuador
| 15 Feb or until position is filled | Type: Other
Tier I Canada Research Chair in Metallogeny | Laurentian University - Harquail School of Earth Sciences, Canada
| until the position is filled | Type: Other
Assistant Professor in Earth Materials/Mineral Physics | Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Netherlands
| 31 Mar |
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IAGC Working Groups: Geochemistry of the Earth’s Surface symposium (GES12). Abstract deadline: 1 April
The next symposium of the Geochemistry of the Earth’s Surface (GES12) will be held in Zurich, Switzerland; 16-21 August 2020. GES12 has a strong focus on interactions of the Earth’s spheres: the hydrosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere and biosphere, and how these interactions respond to changing environmental and climate conditions. Abstract deadline: 1 April 2020.
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3rd Mineralogical Conference EMC2020: Mineralogy in the modern world
The 3rd Mineralogical Conference EMC2020 (Cracow, Poland, 6-10 September 2020) will focus on current and future challenges in the Earth, planetary and environmental sciences, and fostering an exchange of new views and research results between scientists from Europe and beyond. Abstract submission is now open.
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90th Congress of the Italian Geological Society: "Geology without Borders"
The 90th Congress of the Italian Geological Society, "Geology without Borders", will take place in Trieste, Italy; 16-18 September 2020. The event intends to promote the Earth Sciences as a scientific discipline projected into the future, beyond geographical, political and disciplinary boundaries. Abstract submission opens: 23 March 2020.
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