Dates Announced for Upcoming Goldschmidt Conferences
May 06, 2021
The GS and EAG are pleased to announce that the 2022 Goldschmidt Conference will take place in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA and online from July 10-15. This follows the cancellation of the in-person meeting originally scheduled in Honolulu last year. Plans were well underway for field trips, workshops, and social events to give delegates opportunities to explore the geology and culture of the Aloha State. Many of these events will now take place during next year's meeting. Hybrid components will provide remote participation options, as well.
Dates for the following conferences are also confirmed:
- July 9-14, 2023 • Location to be determined
- August 18-25, 2024 • Chicago, Illinois, USA
Elements: Shedding Light on the European Alps
May 06, 2021
The European Alps are one of the most studied orogens worldwide. New research has brought into question long-established paradigms of Alpine evolution. This issue provides a petrological, geochemical, and tectonic overview of the Alpine orogeny, from rifting and spreading to subduction and collision and, finally, to postcollisional uplift and erosion. Also discussed are the current debates regarding the origins of (ultra-)high pressure metamorphism, the origins of syncollisional magmatism, and the evolution of rifting and ocean spreading.
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Günter W. Lugmair (1940-2021)
April 20, 2021
Cosmophysicist Günter W. Lugmair passed away on March 31. He received the Geochemical Society's V. M. Goldschmidt Award in 2007. It was one of many honors that he received over the course of a distinguished career.
Elements: Hydrothermal Fluids
February 18, 2021
Fluids transfer heat and mass in the Earth. This issue explores the physical and chemical properties of hydrothermal fluids and how they affect geologic processes. The nature of hydrothermal fluids across a range of geologic settings; the interactions between fluids and rocks; and the interrelationships between fluid-driven processes in different settings are explored. Each article highlights both broad and specific overlaps between "normal" and ore-forming hydrothermal fluids and describes how the features of hydrothermal systems reflect the specific properties of fluids in different settings.
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Call for Nominations: Goldschmidt Special Lectures
December 10, 2020
The GS is seeking nominations from the community for three lectures to be presented next July at Goldschmidt2021. The F. Earl Ingerson Lecture is open to any geochemical topic with broad appeal. The Endowed Biogeochemistry Lecture recognizes a prominent scientist who is making cutting-edge field-based measurements or laboratory measurements on field samples in biogeochemistry. The lecture honoring Robert Berner (presented jointly with EAG) includes a wide range of topics associated with elemental cycling at the Earth's surface. The nominations deadline for all three lectures is Jan. 8, 2021.
Learn more about the Berner Lecture
Learn more about the Endowed Biogeochemistry Lecture
Learn more about the Ingerson Lecture
Town Hall: Mentoring in Geochemistry
November 18, 2020
The Geochemical Society is pleased to announce our second town hall on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) topics: Mentoring in Geochemistry--A tool for creating more inclusive and equitable environments. Join us on Thursday, December 3 from 4:00 - 5:30pm EST for an online discussion open to the entire geochemistry community. Learn more
Elements: Noble Gas Thermochronology
October 26, 2020
Noble-gas thermochronology takes advantage of (1) the time-dependent production of noble gases and (2) the thermally activated diffusion of these gases in minerals to constrain the temperature histories of crustal rocks. This issue highlights how noble-gas thermochronology has been used to address questions across Earth and planetary science, as well as what new avenues of research noble-gas thermochronology could be used for in the future.
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Member Registration for GSA and AGU
August 21, 2020
Geochemical Society members receive the discounted member registration rates for both the GSA 2020 Connects Online and the AGU Fall Meeting. Your GS member number/customer ID is required to receive the discounted rates. You can find your 6-digit number in your online profile. You can also contact the business office for assistance.
Elements: Lithium: Less is More
August 07, 2020
Lithium was created during the Big Bang at about 13.8 Ga. Lithium is concentrated in Earth's upper continental crust and in 124 mineral species, the greatest mineralogical diversity being found in pegmatites. Lithium occurs naturally in two isotopes, 6Li and 7Li, which are readily fractionated, thus becoming sensitive to geological and environmental processes. Closed-basin brines (58%) and pegmatites plus related granites (26%) constitute the main sources of exploitable lithium worldwide. Life as we know it at the start of the 21st century would not be possible without lithium as it is used in a myriad of applications ranging from lithium-ion batteries to medicine.
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Elements: Redox Engine of Earth
July 06, 2020
This issue of Elements reviews how redox chemistry is used to derive valuable information about the present and the past of our planet. A knowledge of redox states is essential to understanding the compositional makeup of our planet and the fundamental processes that occur from the core to the atmosphere, from magmatic systems to aquatic systems. And the social and economic impact of redox geochemistry is enormous because of the control it plays on metal mobility and availability, and because of its widespread use for environmental hazard assessment.
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