Up & Coming Geoscientists - a sample of our AIG Honours Bursary Recipients
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PACE<br />
Copper<br />
The time is right<br />
for South Australia<br />
to deliver a<br />
new precompetitive<br />
geoscientific initiative<br />
NEW<br />
DISCOVERIES<br />
4th ARGA Conference<br />
a great success<br />
Ken McQueen, IAE, University <strong>of</strong> Canberra<br />
The Australian Regolith<br />
<strong>Geoscientists</strong> Association<br />
recently held the 4th<br />
ARGA Conference at<br />
Thredbo in the Snowy<br />
Mountains from the<br />
7-11 February. ARGA<br />
was formed in 2009 as<br />
a legacy outcome <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Co-operative Research<br />
Centre for Landscape<br />
Environment and Mineral<br />
Exploration (CRC LEME).<br />
The Association holds<br />
$<br />
20<br />
MILLION<br />
INITIATIVE<br />
$<br />
400<br />
MILLION<br />
PRIVATE MINERAL<br />
EXPLORATION<br />
biennial conferences with themes related<br />
to regolith science (including geochemistry and mineral exploration),<br />
landscape evolution, soils, surficial geology and the environment.<br />
The 2016 conference attracted 28 participants from across Australia<br />
and was a very successful, boutique, user friendly scientific meeting.<br />
204744<br />
$<br />
20<br />
MILLION<br />
INVESTMENT<br />
20:1<br />
INVESTMENT<br />
RETURNS<br />
1000<br />
JOBS<br />
DIRECT &<br />
INDIRECT<br />
FUTURE<br />
and<br />
EMPLOYMENT<br />
COPPER<br />
RESOURCES<br />
WORLD’S LARGEST<br />
GEOPHYSICAL<br />
PROGRAM<br />
COLLABORATIVE<br />
DRILLING<br />
WORLD-CLASS DATA<br />
www.minerals.statedevelopment.sa.gov.au/geoscience/pace<br />
Activities included a 1 day pre-conference field trip to parts <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Monaro lava field led by Ian Roach and Jonathon Clarke. This trip<br />
examined volcanic features, weathering pr<strong>of</strong>iles, as well as gullying<br />
processes analogous to those discovered on Mars. There were two<br />
days <strong>of</strong> oral and poster presentations and the award <strong>of</strong> the Keith Scott<br />
Memorial Student Prize. A mid-conference field trip, led by Leah Moore<br />
highlighted glacial and peri-glacial features around the Kosciuszko<br />
track. Leah also led a one day post-conference field trip to Charlottes<br />
Pass and Blue Lake. The proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Conference can be<br />
downloaded from the ARGA website at http://regolith.org.au/<br />
Anyone with an interest in regolith-related science or landscape<br />
evolution is welcome to join ARGA. Membership fees are very<br />
reasonable at $1 and anyone who attends the biennial conference gets<br />
free membership! Contact secretary@regolith.org or check the<br />
ARGA website.<br />
For the latest news,<br />
updates & events<br />
aig.org.au<br />
8 <strong>AIG</strong> NEWS Issue 123 · February 2016
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