Geoscience News
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Gypsum: Isotopes & Dating
Gypsum is a relatively soft and common mineral made up of hydrous calcium sulfate (CaSO4-2H2O). Whilst pure gypsum crystals are transparent (often with a pearly or vitreous luster), they can appear opaque and colored due to the inclusion of other materials (e.g. sand). It often forms in evaporative sedimentary environments and is commonly found intact floating within other carbonate and/or ...
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EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition, 18-21 October
ImpulseRadar is pleased to announce that our UK sales partner, Geomatrix Earth Science, will participate in EAGE Annual in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This event is the largest most comprehensive multi-disciplinary geoscience and engineering event globally. Our European Sales Manager will be present in support, so drop by exhibition booth # 1912 to find out more about ImpulseRadar GPR ...
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First Net Zero Mass Spectrometer Launched to Support Greener Future
The launch of the world's first net zero mass spectrometer (MS) will make it easier than ever for scientists working across geoscience, food and beverage, environmental science and forensics to practice science sustainably. The Thermo Scientific Delta Q Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (IRMS) is a next generation gas IRMS designed to enable detailed analysis with greater precision and accuracy. ...
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Welcome to Near Surface Geoscience, 21
We are pleased to announce our participation in the Near Surface Geoscience Conference & Exhibition 2021 in Bordeaux, France. We’ll be there in person, so drop by and see us at booth 32. Follow the link to find more information about the ...
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Old oil fields may be less prone to induced earthquakes, providing stable places for carbon storage
USA: Subsurface carbon sequestration—storing carbon in rocks deep underground—offers a partial solution for removing carbon from the atmosphere. Used alongside emissions reductions, geologic carbon sequestration could help mitigate anthropogenic climate change. But like other underground operations, it comes with risks—including earthquakes. Geophysicists are still working to ...
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Portland Places Priority on Geology
USA: Media registration is open now for The Geological Society of America’s Connects 2021 meeting, to be held 10–13 October 2021 at the Portland Convention Center (777 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.) in Portland, Oregon, USA. The meeting returns to face-to-face scientific exchange in the geologically rich Pacific Northwest, with online components for remote attendance. General ...
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Battelle and Catahoula Resources Forge Partnership to Accelerate Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage
Battelle and Catahoula Resources will jointly develop solutions for the capture, transport and sequestration of carbon dioxide produced at ethanol facilities in Nebraska.The agreement pairs the world's largest private independent research and development company with a portfolio company of private investment firm The Energy and Minerals Group (EMG), one of the largest investors in midstream ...
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Lumex Instruments participated in the online EGU General Assembly 2020
Lumex Instruments took part in the EGU General Assembly 2020 that was held in the online format for the first time due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Our specialist made a presentation on mercury occurrence in shungite and coal. The presentation was delivered at the session “Mercury cycling in the environment – sources, processes, impacts, and archives from local to global ...
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Plastic Pollution in the Deep Sea: A Geological Perspective
USA: A new focus article in the May issue of Geology summarizes research on plastic waste in marine and sedimentary environments. Authors I.A. Kane of the Univ. of Manchester and A. Fildani of the Deep Time Institute write that “Environmental pollution caused by uncontrolled human activity is occurring on a vast and unprecedented scale around the globe. Of the diverse forms of anthropogenic ...
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117th Annual Meeting of the Cordilleran Section of The Geological Society of America
USA: Students, early-career professionals, professionals, and retirees will come together online for a robust meeting of technical sessions, virtual field trips, and short courses. Technical session subjects include the evolution of the Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains; volcanic centers that pepper the length of the American Cordillera; processes that influence the mobility, form, and ...
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Meeting of the Midcontinent: Geosciences from Canada to Mexico
USA: The Geological Society of America’s North-Central Section and South-Central Section will each hold their 55th Annual Meetings together in an online event on 18–20 April this year. The meeting will have a diverse range of technical sessions, field trips, and student mentoring opportunities. The platform will emphasize creating as much interaction and communication among attendees ...
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UCalgary Takes Delivery of LISST-200X
The University of Calgary (UCalgary) has taken delivery of the LISST-200X particle size analyzer at their Department of Geoscience. Associate Professor; Director of Environmental Science Programs, Dr. Dan Shugar will be using the instrument for quantifying sediment transport in glaciated mountain environments across western North America. Sequoia’s local distributor, Hoskin Scientific, ...
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SEGH ECR Live virtual event
ECR LIVE virtual event: Early Career Researcher webinar and live discussion as part of the SEGH-ECR mentoring programme The previous year had been a very challenging time for scientific communities. With almost all live conferences postponed, new communication channels such as webinars became the new normal for scientific interaction and networking. The SEGH community, responding to the ...
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EUSEW 2019: GeoPLASMA-CE and EGS supporting Europe’s Energy Future
In occasion of the EU Sustainable Energy Week event (EUSEW 2019), EGS and GeoPLASMA-CE renovate their joint effort highlighting the need for the integration of European geoscientific data and knowledge in the EU policy development and implementation process. Click here to view/download the ...
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New-Generation, High-Precision Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry System Delivers Analysis for Geosciences, Nuclear Safeguards and Medical Research Applications
A new inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) instrument has been designed to enable scientists working in earth sciences, nuclear safeguards and biomedical research to conduct reliable, high-precision isotope ratio analysis across a wide range of applications, without compromising sensitivity, stability or ease-of-use. The Thermo Scientific Neoma Multicollector ICP-MS (MC-ICP-MS) ...
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ImpulseRadar Continues Its Impressive Growth Trajectory
As reported in the Swedish newspaper Norran this week, it’s ‘full roll for fast-growing Malå company’ (Westerlund, 2020). Our third-quarter results are out, and the company is doing well and continuing its remarkable growth. Highlights: Year-to-date sales exceed those for 2019, with significant growth from US operations. Despite a challenging year with cancelled ...
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Climate Change: It Might be Worse than we thought
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently issued a report which states that the effects of climate change, particularly with regard to rising sea levels, may be even worse than was previously projected. The report projects a worst-case-scenario sea level rise that is 10 percent higher than worst-case-scenario projections made by the same body five years ago. According to the ...
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Addressing risks and challenges for shaping the future of geoscience
On 10th June, EuroGeoSurveys participated in an online event entitled “The Future of Geoscience” – a virtual summit, arranged by the Geological Society of London. The summit was organized in three different sessions with keynote speakers representing the geological field as well as industry sector and school system. During each of the sessions, the panelists highlighted the ...
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ReAK: international research project for the reduction of the arsenic content in copper concentrates
Chile is the world’s largest copper producer and copper exporter with 27 percent of global production. However, copper mining involves economic and ecological challenges. The copper content in the ore currently being mined is between 0.5 and two per cent, but the level of contamination with arsenic, antimony and bismuth is quite high. Arsenic in particular is a highly toxic, inorganic ...
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Register Now for ACE 2020
Register now for the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) 2020 Annual Convention and Exhibition (ACE), 7–10 June 2020, at the George R. Brown Convention Center, in Houston, Texas. Discover What's New at ACE 2020 The ACE 2020 technical program is on track to be the most comprehensive in AAPG's history. The program will feature new topics and exciting ...
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