www.34igc.org

Abstracts of papers are invited for consideration for presentation as Offered Papers at the 34th IGC. Offered Papers may be presented at the 34th IGC as oral or poster presentations.

Important dates

17 February 2012			Abstract Submissions close
30 March 2012			Formal notification to authors of the success or otherwise of their abstract/s
30 April 2012			Presenting authors of abstracts (oral and poster) accepted for presentation at the 34th IGC must register for the congress and pay their registration fees by this date. Presenting authors not registered and paid by this date will have their papers removed from the program and proceedings publication.

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Structural Geology and Tectonic Studies Group Conference

29 January-3 Febuary 2012, Waratah Bay, Australia

http://www.sgtsg.org.au/

The next SGTSG conference will be held at Waratah Bay. Waratah Bay is a secluded area of West Gippsland, approximately 2 hours drive from Melbourne. The conference will be held at the Waratah Bay Camp.

The conference will include a pre-conference workshop and a post-conference field trip. The pre-conference workshop will be held on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th January 2012. The workshop is intended to introduce to the SGTSG community a range of numerical modelling packages that include: 3D visualisation and software applications that allow the modeling of gravity and magnetic data sets. The application of software packages such as GoCAD, Geomodeller, FLAC and Underworld to develop computer models for fluid flow in mineralised systems and crustal thermal and/or geodynamic models and microstructural modeling through the use of Elle and finite element codes such as BASIL.

Sunday 29th January 2012 travel from Melbourne to SGTSG Conference site at Waratah Bay.
Sunday 29th January to Friday 3rd February 2012 - SGTSG Conference (theme to be announced). Several international speakers have already accepted invitations to speak.
Friday February 3rd - afternoon departure for Post-SGTSG field excursion. Transect through the Lachlan Fold Belt and the Victorian goldfields.

Tectask Grows Up !!

The IUGS has recently upgraded the status of TecTask from a Task Force to a full Commission, in recognition of our continued growth in membership, and of our ongoing activities. In the medium term we will be calling on members to vote on future activities. In particular we want to increase our activities and outreach particular into developing countries and to young scientists.

Tectask Grows Out !!

TecTask We have recently passed the barrier of one thousand members at the TecTask web site. We have noticed that the surges in membership correlate directly with the introduction of new software packages available from our site, so any members that would like to use TecTask to store or advertise their (free or low cost) structural geology and tectonics related software, please contact us.

The Changing Faces of Africa: Elements of African Geology

TecTask has supported the production of the Commission for the Geological Map of the World's (CGMW) latest publication, which provides an overview of African Geology, suitable for undergraduate-level teaching, which comes in French and English, with a CD containing high resolution images of all content. This work is available for €15 from the CGMW website. Researchers based in Africa can get a free copy by contacting This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

3D Structural Geophysics Modelling Tool

TecTask is pleased to be able to provide to its members, at no cost, the Noddy 3D structural and potential-field modelling system. This tool was originally designed for teaching purposes, which is still its main use. For further infomation and the download link, see here.

Damage to Outcrops

Geological sites are permanently threatened, many times even if they are included in protected sites. This can be due to the fact that protection rules are often only based on ecological criteria, showing the lack of effective tools to take actions to prevent destruction of geological heritage.

Unfortunately, geologists are sometimes the first to damage geological sites, such in the case of Aiguablava (Costa Brava, NE Spain), where some unique outcrops have recently been damaged by drill sampling.

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Click here for further information

Outcropedia

The Outcropedia is a new initiative of TecTask. The aim is to make a central, public database of all important and beautiful outcrops in the World. The main aim is to record where beautiful deformation structures are to be seen, but other outcrops can also be submitted. The setup will be similar to Panoramio and other sites to share photographs, but in this case the accent will be on structural geology only, and contain more detailed descriptions. The Outcropedia will presently be accessible to members of TecTask only. If you click here you can see the Bons/Drueget Cap de Creus example (requires a plugin).

Virtual Seismic Atlas

A new Virtual Seismic Atlas is available through a industry-academia partnership involving University of Leeds and Aberdeen, the Geological Society, National Surveys and many partners from exploration industry.

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A great opportunity for teachers and researchers to access a large amount of stunning sub-surface imagery, most were acquired and processed by modern technology (3D seismic, pre-stack migration).

Teaching Geoscience Through Fieldwork

The ‘Teaching Geoscience through Fieldwork’ guide has been launched this week. Prepared by Professor Rob Butler, University of Aberdeen, the guide sets out the academic and professional rationale for geoscience fieldwork but also explores a number of key practical issues relating, for example, to fieldwork design, location, assessment and resourcing. The text also provides useful information on health and safety issues.

You can download the Teaching Geoscience through Fieldwork guide. Additional hard copies can be obtained by contacting This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Microdynamics Simulation

New Springer book on the numerical simulation of microstructures: Microdynamics Simulation see Elle Home Page for further details...The windows version of the code may be downloaded from here

Nominations for new TecTask Officers

The 34th Intenational Geological Congress is now accepting abstracts