Goldschmidt2021: Abstract submission open | Conference format announced
You can now submit your abstract for Goldschmidt2021 until 26 February. Also full details of the conference format as well as registration fees are available on the conference website. Derek Vance, EAG President, provides explanations about the conference format in this video.
New Geochemical Perspectives by Bernard Marty: ‘Origins and Early Evolution of the Atmosphere and the Oceans’
In this issue, Bernard Marty explores the origin and fate of volatile elements, i.e. those which form the atmosphere and the oceans and permitted the development of life on our planet. From the analysis of volcanic rocks, ancient atmospheric gases, and meteorites, we learn that the Earth is depleted in volatile elements when compared to its potential cosmochemical ancestors and that natural fluxes of carbon are two orders of magnitude lower than those emitted by current anthropogenic activity. Further insights have come from space missions that document the composition of the proto-solar nebula and the outer solar system. READ MORE
Geochemical Perspectives is an Open Access EAG publication.
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EAG Blog: Uniting to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in a Pandemic and Post-Pandemic World
[By Amy Riches, Olivier Pourret and Susan Little] THE WORK There are significant numbers of highly-educated, well-trained, talented and hardworking people in geochemistry and wider Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths (STEM) fields… Read more
EAG Blog: Robotic field geologists will bring more samples from space!
[By Shogo Tachibana and Bernard Marty] We are living in an exciting period of time: samples from asteroids, the Moon, Mars, and hopefully comets are or will be returned to laboratories on Earth within the next one or two decades. These new materials will give us unpreceded views of the origin of… Read more
Derek Vance starts as EAG President
It is a great honour to become the President of the European Association of Geochemistry (EAG). I have just taken over from Sigurdur Gislason – “Siggi” – who has led EAG so brilliantly during his two years as President. As Siggi noted in this same piece two years ago, the governing structure of EAG, whereby the incoming President has just spent two years as Vice-President and is supported by the retiring President as “Past-President”, is a clever one… Read more
Introducing the EAG Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
Geochemistry and cosmochemistry continue to be among the least diverse and most gated of all STEM disciplines. Accessibility and diversity in our science is critical to excellence and without it we are holding ourselves back; this view is a pillar of the EAG’s philosophy. We are excited to introduce the recently-formed EAG Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee, whose new webpage provides an introduction and reference point to the team. Over time, the committee will add greatly to the online resources and information available on the page. Find out more
EAG Deadlines
1 February: EAG Student Sponsorship application deadline
1 March: EAG Early Career Science Ambassadors application deadline
1 May: EAG Student Sponsorship application deadline
Goldschmidt2021 Deadlines
12 February: Grant application deadline (submission opens 15 January)
26 February: Abstract and Student Helpers application deadline (submission opens 15 January)
18 May: Early registration deadline
| Posted on | Position | Employer | Contact | Application deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 January | Type: PhD Position History of continental growth using detrital feldspars |
University of Bristol, UK | Tim Elliott | 1 February |
| 16 January | Type: PostDoctoral Position Inorganic Geochemistry “Ocean life on the brink: Quantifying the collapse of marine ecosystems during the Permo-Triassic climate crisis” |
University of Hamburg, Germany | William Foster | 3 February or position open until filled |
| 16 January | Type: PhD Position PhD in Lipid Biomarkers “Ocean life on the brink: Quantifying the collapse of marine ecosystems during the Permo-Triassic climate crisis (DFG)” |
University of Hamburg, Germany | William Foster | 3 February or position open until filled |
| 14 January | Type: PhD Position PhD position in isotope biogeochemistry (YouTube link) |
The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat, Israël | Gilad Antler | 1 April or position open until filled |
Olivines in main-group pallasites: magma-ocean cumulates or partial melting residues?
J.-A. Barrat, L. Ferrière
Abiotic formation of organic biomorphs under diagenetic conditions
I. Criouet, J.-C. Viennet, P. Jacquemot, M. Jaber, S. Bernard
Chlorine isotope ratios record magmatic brine assimilation during rhyolite genesis
E. Ranta, S.A. Halldórsson, J.D. Barnes, K. Jónasson, A. Stefánsson
Latest Geochemical Perspectives: ‘Origins and Early Evolution of the Atmosphere and the Oceans’
In this issue, Bernard Marty explores the origin and fate of volatile elements, i.e. those which form the atmosphere and the oceans and permitted the development of life on our planet. From the analysis of volcanic rocks, ancient atmospheric gases, and meteorites, we learn that the Earth is depleted in volatile elements when compared to its potential cosmochemical ancestors and that natural fluxes of carbon are two orders of magnitude lower than those emitted by current anthropogenic activity. Further insights have come from space missions that document the composition of the proto-solar nebula and the outer solar system. READ MORE
Geochemical Perspectives is an Open Access EAG publication.
Latest Elements: ‘Noble Gas Thermochronology’
Noble-gas thermochronology takes advantage of two properties: (1) the time-dependent production of noble gases, such as helium and argon, by processes like radioactive decay; (2) the thermally activated diffusion of these gases to constrain the temperature histories of several minerals commonly found in crustal rocks. Because temperature is essential to many geological processes, thermochronology has become widely used to address research questions across Earth and planetary science. These questions include when and how valleys are cut by glaciers; from where is sediment sourced; what thermal conditions occur on fault planes during slip; and how the surfaces of planetary bodies evolve on billion-year timescales. READ MORE