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IAS Bureau and CouncilPoppe de Boer, Utrecht University,The Netherlands: [email protected]

Finn Surlyk, University of Copenhagen, Denmark:[email protected]

Daniel Ariztegui, University of Geneva,Switzerland: [email protected] Matsuda, Kumamoto University, Japan:[email protected] Rossetti, INPE, Sao Paulo, Brazil:[email protected]

Vincenzo Pascucci, University of Sassari, Italy:[email protected]

Marc De Batist, Ghent University, Belgium:[email protected]

Patric Jacobs, Ghent University, Belgium:[email protected]

Peter Swart, Rosenstiel School of Marine andAtmospheric Science, Miami, USA:[email protected] Rice, University of Loughborough, UK:[email protected]

Thomas Stevens, Royal Holloway, University ofLondon, UK: [email protected] Carling, University of Southampton, UK:[email protected]

Ana María Alonso-Zarza, University ComplutenseMadrid, Spain: [email protected] Matheos, University de La Plata,Argentina: [email protected] Montañez, University of California Davis,USA: [email protected] Vlahovic, University of Zagreb, Croatia:[email protected] Soon Chun, Chonnam National University,South Korea: [email protected] Westphal, MARUM, University Bremen,Germany: [email protected] Yan, China University of Geosciences,China: [email protected]

President:

Past-President:

Vice-Presidents:

General Secretary:

Treasurer:

Deputy Treasurer:

Editors:

Special PublicationsSecretary:

Council Members:

Link to IAS National Correspondents:http://www.sedimentologists.org/network/correspondents

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IAS NwLtr 234June 2011

CONTENTS

5 REPORTIAS present at EGU 2011 in Vienna

7 REPORTSedimentology in Germany

9 SHORT NOTEFirst Evidence of Miocene Avian Tracksfrom Sumatra (Indonesia)

13 SUPER SEDIMENTOLOGICAL OUTCROPSFront Cover Picture

15 STUDENT CORNER

17 ANNOUNCEMENTSFourth International Maar Conference: amultidisciplinary congress on monogeneticvolcanism

24 ANNOUNCEMENTS

27 NOTICE BOARD

28 IAS STUDENT GRANT APPLICATION GUIDELINES

31 CALENDAR


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or the first time ever, IAS wasrepresented at the annual GeneralAssembly of the European GeosciencesUnion (EGU) in Vienna, Austria (April 4-8, 2011). Visitors could find us atbooth 39 (close to Wiley-Blackwell)where Sedimentology Editors-in-Chief

REPORT

IAS present at EGU 2011 in Vienna

Peter Swart and Stephen Rice could becontacted on Tuesday and Wednesdayfrom 14h30 to 16h30 for a ‘Meet-the-Editor’ session.

Special Publications were on displayand could be purchased, and copies ofSedimentology were freely available as

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Former IAS President Judy McKenzie discussing with SedimentologyAssociated Editor Stephen Lokier and Petrobras contourite expert A.R.Viana. Behind the desk Nina Smeyers, who many of our members knowfrom email contacts with the Office of the IAS Treasurer.


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well as other promotional material(e.g. Summer School on ‘CarbonateReservoirs, Sedimentology, Diagenesisand Fracturing’ in Albania (September18-25, 2011). The next Sedimentologymeeting in Zaragoza (July 5-8, 2011)was showcased with a nice barracuda.People interested in sedimentologycould register as a member, and PhDstudents who were awarded a travelgrant for the EGU meeting, could

come and pick up their travel grant.IAS has the intention to intensify its

presence at the occasion of a few largegeology meetings every year of whichEGU in Vienna was the first. Nextexperiment might be the Fall Meetingof AGU in San Francisco, USA(December 5-9, 2011).

Patric JacobsDeputy Treasurer/PR Officer

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REPORT

Sedimentology in Germany

ince 1986, annual meetings of theGerman-speaking sedimentologists,called «SEDIMENT», were organized byworking groups at different universities.The meetings in Germany and abroadregularly have attracted between 150and 250 sedimentologists. The primaryaim of the meetings was to provideyoung scientists a forum for theirresearch and to exchange informationamong the sedimentology groups inCentral Europe. In 2003, the groupfounded the Central European Sectionof SEPM (SEPM-CES) to stimulateinternational exchange and offer betterservices for members. To strengthen therole of sedimentology on a nationallevel, to merge meetings, and to furtherimprove services for members, thegroup decided to join one of theprominent and traditional societies inGermany as a section. Therefore, sinceOctober 2009, SEPM-CES is also asection of Geologische Vereinigung (GV,http://www.g-v.de/). Our understandingis to represent German-speakingsedimentologists.

To discuss future activities in thisnew frame twenty five representativesof the German sedimentologists met

the 3rd and 4th of December 2010 inNeustadt an der Weinstrasse (Rhineland-Palatinate). The workshop wasorganized by Matthias Hinderer(Darmstadt University) and supported bythe sedimentology / SEPM CES sectionof the GV. Discussion was about thenext «SEDIMENT» meetings, about anenhanced communication between thedifferent locations, and about researchperspectives as well as cooperation withindustry. Starting in 2012, the yearly«SEDIMENT» meeting will be organizedin conjunction with the meeting of theGV. This will allow emphasizing the roleof sedimentology for the understandingand reconstructions of processes such asmountain building, processes of theearly earth, earth surface processes,paleoceanography, paleoclimatology,geohazards, and georesources. The«SEDIMENT» will take place in theafternoon preceding the GV conference,and will be organized as a platform forpostgraduate students and youngresearchers to presents results of theirtheses. The sedimentology section willfurther take care to introducesedimentological sessions in the GVconference. As usual, there will be a

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series of sedimentological courses andfield trips the day before the meeting.This new concept will be introduced in2012, and this year the «SEDIMENT»will take place in Hamburg (contact:Christian Betzler), in 2013 in Tübingen(contact: Tom Aigner and JimmyNebelsick). The 2011 «SEDIMENT» willbe still organized as a stand-alonemeeting from the 23. - 26. of June inLeipzig (contact: Thomas Brachert;http://www.geo.uni-leipzig.de/Sediment2011/Index.html).

At the meeting, it was also decidedthat the future structure of theSedimentology Section will bepresented on the internet web page ofthe GV (http://www.g-v.de/content/category/19/65/104/#English_Sediment) coordinated byHarald Stollhofen. During theworkshop, two break-out groups alsodiscussed about aspects of cooperationwith industry, and about outlooks onjoint research projects with centralsedimentological topics. A central issueidentified in the field of academic andindustrial cooperation was the questionof university education with regard tothe field-oriented practical teachingand teaching of geological basics,which are seen as important pre-requisites for a career in industry. Thediscussion on potential research topics

identified a series of geoscientificresearch topics, in which sedimentologyplays a central role. It was decided towrite a position paper coordinated byAdrian Immenhauser which will discusstopics which are seen as emerging fieldsin sedimentology.

To provide a broader basis for thevarious activities of the new GV-sectionSedimentology, a coordination teamwas determined with Hilmar vonEynatten (Göttingen), Matthias Hinderer(Darmstadt), Tom McCann (Bonn), MariaMutti (Potsdam), Thomas Pawellek(RWE-DEA, Hamburg), Harald Stollhofen(Erlangen), and Hildegard Westphal(Bremen) as members. Matthias Hindererwill act as speaker. The workshop inNeustadt had many fruitful discussionsand was characterized by a goodatmosphere. All participants decidedthat the representatives of thesedimentological working groupsshould meet on a regular basis tofurther implement the initiatedactivities. People who feel asrepresentatives of a sedimentologicalworking group in Central Europe mayreport to Matthias Hinderer([email protected]) to beincluded in the mailing list

Matthias Hinderer, Christian Betzler(IAS national correspondent)

Icebreaker party at the Museum of the University of Utrecht.

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SHORT NOTE

First Evidence of Miocene Avian Tracks fromSumatra (Indonesia)

The islands of oceanic southern Asia(Indonesia, Malaysia, and New Guinea,Figure 1) have played an influential rolein the development of evolutionarythought, initially because of thehistoric studies by Alfred Russel Wallaceand later by the discovery ofPleistocene human remains on Java byEugene Dubois. Unlike the majority ofSunda Islands, much of the central core

of Sumatra was emergent from the earlyEocene through the early Miocene.Freshwater lacustrine sediments of theearly Eocene Sangkarewang Formationhave yielded an abundant diversity offishes and a single bird skeleton but noother evidence of terrestrial vertebratesis known until the Pleistocene. In thesummer of 2007 a reconnaissancesurvey of Cenozoic sediments were

Figure 1:SumatraIslandic arc(from GoogleEarth,2011). Thelabe lindicates theplace ofSawahlunto.


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Figure 3: Generallocation of the bird footprints.

initiated in the Ombilin Basin locatedin the Barisan Mountains of centralSumatra (Figure 2).The outcrop are wellexposed in Sawahlunto and OmbilinCoal Mining areas consists ofalternating conglomerates, quartzsandstones and shale. In addition toexploring the Sangkarewang Formationwe examined sediments of the

Sawahlunto and overlyingSawahtambang formations which spanthe early part of the Miocene. In theSawahlunto Formation we discoveredtwo series of avian tracks representingtwo different shorebirds (Figure 3).These tracks were found at the base of athinly laminated, coarsening upwardsandstone overlain by a relatively thin

Figure 2:Ombil in Basinlocated in theBarisanMountains ofcentral Sumatra(Picture fromGoogle Earth,2009 ) .

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Figure 4: Outcrop shows the sandstone containing carbonaceous debrisand small to medium, parallel ripples. The avian tracks are found at thebase of this outcrop.

layer (0.5 meter) of coaly shale,followed by a quartz-sandconglomerate at the top of the localsection (12 meters total thickness). Thesandstone contains carbonaceous debrisand small to medium, parallel ripplesare formed (Figures 4). One set of trackshas an angle of 90 degrees betweendigits one and three and is of relativelysmall size and probably represents agruiform (rail). The second set of trackshas a 120 degree angle between digitsone and three and was likely made by acharadriid (plover) or scolopacid(sandpiper) shorebird (Figures 5 and 6).In addition to the bird tracks, small,circular traces (Skolithos ichnofacies) arepresent probably representing tubes ofsuspension feeding invertebrates suchas clams or worms (Figure 7). Thepresence of these traces suggests that

the bird tracks were formed on anintertidal beach and the birds may wellhave been feeding on theseinvertebrates. The presence of thesetrack ways suggest that furtherexploration of Tertiary sediments inSumatra is warranted. The avian tracksfrom the Sawahlunto Formation are asthe first discovery of the Bird FootprintFossils in Indonesia.

Yahdi Zaim, Rizal Yan and Aswan(Department of Geology, InstitutTeknologi Bandung – Indonesia);Gregg F. Gunnell and Thomas A.

Stidham (Laboratory Paleontology,University of Michigan - USA)

Russell L. Ciochon (Department ofAnthropology, University

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Figure 7: Small,circular traces(Skol i thosichnofacies) areprobab lyrepresenting tubesof suspension fee-ding invertebrates.

Figure 6: One setof tracks has anangle of 90 degreesbetween digits oneand three, probablyrepresents agruiform (rail), andthe second set oftracks has a 120degree anglebetween digits.

Figure 5: Firstdiscovery of aviantracks, the BirdFootprint Fossils inIndonesia fromSawahluntoFormation of Earlyto Middle Miocenein age.

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SUPER SEDIMENTOLOGICAL OUTCROPS

Front Cover Picture

he front cover of the 2011 IASNewsletter is a diatomite deposits fromSE Spain (Las Minas Basin, AlbaceteProvince – Figure 1) of Late Mioceneage. The Las Minas Basin is located at

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Figure 1. Location of the Albacete Province, SE Spain (from GoogleEarth, 2011)

the external zone of the Betic Chain inSE Spain and preserves several examplesof lake carbonate bench (Figure 2)deposits The nodule in the picturecorresponds to a diagenetic porcelanite


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Figure 3. Diagenetic porcelanite nodule.

Figure 2. Architecture of the bench-type carbonate ofthe Las Minas Basin (from Calvo et al., 2000)

nodule (chert) growing within thediatomite beds (Figure 3, photo bycourtesy of JP Calvo). More info in:Calvo, J.P., Gómez-Gras, D., Alonso-Zarza, A.M., Jiménez, S., 2000.

Architecture of a bench-type carbonatelake margin and its relation to fluviallydominated deltas, Las Minas Basin,Upper Miocene, Spain. Jour. Sed. Res.,70(1), 240-254

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ear Vincenzo,I’m a student member of IAS, and

recently received your email invitationto share with the IAS studentcommunity some of the things I haveexperienced during my PhD so far.

STUDENT CORNER

D I am studying isotope geochemistrywith Professor Peter K. Swart at theUniversity of Miami, RSMAS in theMarine Geology and Geophysics (MGG)department. One of the primary goalsof my research is to determine whether

Drilling the Holocene-Pleistocene Boundary at Harvey Cay inthe Exumas. People standing in the water are manning thehydraulic pump that circulates water to the drill, and theengine that runs the drill bit. There is a 16ft tripod thatsupports the drill and the drill pipe, operated and owned byHarold Hudson. One person will make sure that we aredrilling straight, and another person works the winch to makesure that the drill advances at the rate at which the rocks arebeing drilled (Photo by Kelly Jackson).


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or not periplatform sediments fromboth the modern and ancientaccurately record the signal of marineglobal carbon cycling.

My project itself has not requiredany field work yet, however I haveparticipated in a drilling campaign inthe Exumas (Bahamas) to examinelateral and vertical heterogeneity in awindward carbonate margin in March.Another PhD student in MGG, KellyJackson, will be analyzing the cores aspart of her dissertation research withProfessor Gregor P. Eberli.

MGG professors also provide lotsof opportunities for students to goon field trips. I have studied theNeoproterozoic rocks in DeathValley, the modern windward margin

of the Exumas, and the Florida Bay/Florida Keys carbonate margin andplatform.

I think your idea to include astudent’s corner in the Newslettersounds great. I haven’t had the chanceto meet other IAS student members(outside of the RSMAS group), and Ithink this will be an interesting way tosee what everyone is doing!

Thank you very much for theopportunity!

Best Regards,

Amanda OehlertGraduate Student

Marine Geology and GeophysicsUniversity of Miami, RSMAS

[email protected]

The entire drill team, andship crew that made thetrip a success. From leftto right: Erica Parke,Rani Sianipar, GregorEberli, Harold Hudson,Estelle Chaussard, KirkNuzum, Captain AlexSuarez, Amanda Oehlert,Irena Maura, AlbertusDitya, Jan Norbisrath,Chef Chris Capstick,Kelly Jackson, and Cap-tain John Rothchild. Notpictured: Don McNeill.

Amanda diving onmodern stromatolitesforming in the channelsof the WarderickWells(Photo by KirkNuzum).

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ANNOUNCEMENT

Fourth International Maar Conference: amultidisciplinary congress on monogeneticvolcanism

AUCKLAND (NEW ZEALAND), 20-24 FEBRUARY 2012 (LOGO)

aars and their ‘wet’ equivalentsscoria (cinder) cones are small-volumevolcanoes that are the most commonvolcanic landforms on Earth (Figures 1,2). They commonly form groups orclusters, or have structurally-controlledalignments. In recent years,volcanological research on maars andscoria cones and their associatedvolcanism has enjoyed a noteworthyrenaissance. After the FirstInternational Maar Conference, whichtook place in Germany in 2000, asecond meeting was held in Hungaryin 2004 and a third in Argentina in2009. We now invite you toparticipate in the upcoming FourthInternational Maar Conference (4IMC)in Auckland, New Zealand in 2012.

The Fourth International MaarConference will not only focus onmaars; we call researchers to also share

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their results on any aspects ofmonogenetic volcanism. In thisrespect, the upcoming 4IMC will be amajor event for the InternationalAssociation of Volcanology andChemistry of the Earth’s Interior’s(IAVCEI) Commission on MonogeneticVolcanism (CMV), as well as for theIAVCEI Commission on VolcanogenicSediments (CVS).

Monogenetic volcanoes, whichcommonly occur in volcanic fields, arereceiving increasing attention withinthe research community, includingvolcanologists, sedimentologists,paleontologists, paleoclimatologistsand ore mineral researchers amongmany. Because of the relativesimplicity of small-volumemonogenetic volcanoes (compared topolygenetic volcanoes, for example),they provide important insights intomagma generation and collection atdepth, magma ascent dynamics,controls on eruption styles and thepotential relationships between theseprocesses. In addition to their value forbasic research, monogenetic volcanoes


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and their host volcanic fields are animportant focus of hazard and riskassessments for many urban areas andcritical facilities around the world,such as the host city of the 4IMC,Auckland, in New Zealand. Auckland,the largest city of New Zealand,developed over about 50 small-volumemonogenetic volcanoes. The field isstill active, having it latest, and mostvoluminous, eruption less than 600years ago.

Maar volcanoes are very special, butsmall-volume, volcanic systems and theyenjoy attention from very diverseresearch fields that are not normally inthe focus of volcanologists.Paleontology, paleobotany,paleoclimatology and geomorphologyare among the many that focus on maarvolcanoes with considerable amounts ofresearch. Maars, due to their closed

basins that are commonly filled withdeep water (commonly over hundredmetres), are the perfect sites to collectterrestrial sediments from continentalregions. Maars therefore, commonly hostvital, and often the only, information ofthe surrounding continentalenvironments where they erupted. Thegreat depth of most of the maars makesthem ideal sites to preserve sedimentarysuccessions of annually accumulatedmaterial. Such high resolutionsedimentary data sets are critical toevaluate changes in past climate andenvironment. Accompanying the greatwealth of data, maars are also peculiarvolcanoes in respect to their formation.The processes responsible for the releaseof energy that leads to the opening of avent and eventually the formation of themaar are the subject of much debate.Furthermore, the primary pyroclastic

Mangere scoria cone reflection on the shallow estuary of the ManukauHarbour. Front of the scoria cone the thin crater rim of a shallow maaris marked by a line of trees and shrubs.

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Rangitoto Island is the largest volume volcano (lava shield with summitscoria cones) of the Auckland Volcanic Field. It host about a half of thetotal erupted volume of magma of the volcanic field and formed about600 years ago shortly after the Polynesian settling.

successions of maars are commonly wellpreserved, and their limited lateralextent (usually within a km from theirsource) makes such deposits an idealplayground to understand thetransportation and deposition ofpyroclastic density currents (Figures 3,4, 5).

We also need to stress the hugeenvironmental diversity of maar andother monogenetic volcanoes that areevident in the geological record. Thisdiversity makes sedimentologicalresearch across monogenetic volcanicfields an exciting subject andpotentially provides insights not onlyinto the landscape evolution of amonogenetic field, but also into theinterplay between primary pyroclasticand normal, background, terrestrialsedimentary processes.

On the basis of the great variety ofresearch offered by monogeneticvolcanoes, 4IMC promises to be amajor multidisciplinary platform forvolcanologists, sedimentologists,paleontologists andpaleoclimatologists, amongst others,and will link members of IAS andIAVCEI .

The 4th International MaarConference: A multidisciplinarycongress on monogenetic volcanisminvites contributions related to the fullrange of processes associated withmonogenetic volcanoes and theirhazards. Contributions that integrateand build links between these areas areespecially welcome.

1. Magmatic system – meltgeneration and focus in themantle, triggers for magma


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rise, ascent rate modelling,physical and petrologicalconstraints on magma rise,volcanic field magmaticevolution, volcano-tectonicinterpretation.

2. Shallow subsurface processes –including: diatreme formation,shallow-level ponding andplumbing systems for fieldvolcanoes, interactions withcountry rock with variableaquifer/rock strength andstructural properties.

3. Eruptive mechanisms andprocesses – phreatomagmaticand magmatic fragmentationand vesiculation, pyroclastic/epiclastic transportmechanisms andsedimentation, lava flow,

scoria, cinder, spatter, tuff andtephra cone formation

4. Environmental - paleoclimateand paleoenvironmentalrecords, maar-lakesedimentology, biology,isotopic, volcanic landforms,erosion/geomorphic history

5. Hazards and Society – hazardassessment, spatio-temporaldevelopment of volcanicfields, volcanic process andengineering impacts, eventforecasting models, economicimpact evaluations, emergencyplanning, volcanic risk models,and engineering and societalmitigation options, social andcultural understandings ofvolcanism, education,outreach, geo-preservation

Pyroclastic density current deposits form an inward dipping unit in theinner crater wall of Orakei maar in the Auckland Volcanic Field. Lightcolour beds are rich in fine sand and silt excavated by the phreatomagmatic explosive eruptions from the underlying sedimentary rocks.

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The conference will include keynotelectures by experts in each of thesetheme areas.

The conference will publish thesubmitted 2-page extended abstractsin a volume with an ISBN number thatwill be part of the series of GeoscienceSociety of New Zealand MiscellaneousPublications. In addition, 4IMC plansto publish a special volume on maarand monogenetic volcanism in a highquality, peer reviewed internationaljournal, as was the case after the 2IMC[Journal of Volcanology andGeothermal Research Volume 159,Issues 1-3, Pages 1-312 (1 January2007) Maar-diatreme volcanism andassociated processes. Edited by Ulrike

Martin, Károly Németh, Volker Lorenzand James D.L. White and Zeitschriftfur Deutschen Gesellschaft furGeowissenschafter 2006, 157(6) –Proceedings of the 2nd InternationalMaar Conference: Symposium 5:Geophysics of maars and diatremes andSymposium 7: Maar crater lakelimnology and maar crater sediments:Edited by Kurt Goth and Peter Suhr]and after the 3IMC [Journal ofVolcanology and Geothermal Research2011 Volume 201, Issues 1-4, Pages 1-412 (15 April 2011) From maars toscoria cones: the enigma ofmonogenetic volcanic fields. Edited byKároly Németh, Miguel Haller andClaus Siebe]

Basal proximal section of the Motokorea tuff ring consists of dune-bedded,fine, creamy colour tuff beds abundant in lithic fragments excavated fromthe underlying sedimentary rocks. Large volcanic bombs and blocks ofnon-volcanic and volcanic origin commonly form plastically deformedimpact sags (dark bomb in the lower left side of the photo) on the beddingplanes indicating their unconsolidated and wet nature upon the bombslanded on them.


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The conference will take placebetween 20th (Monday) and 24th(Friday) February 2012, with 4 full daysof keynote lectures, themed sessionsand poster sessions. An intra-congressfield trip to the Auckland VolcanicField (included in registration) isscheduled on 22nd (Wednesday)February 2012. This will involve a boattrip around the well-preserved tuff ringof Motokorea Island and the youngestshield volcano with scoria cones,Rangitoto [see e.g. Journal ofVolcanology and Geothermal Research2011: 201(1-4): 126-142]. Theparticipants will have time to exploreRangitoto Island, which also hosts thelargest Pohutukawa tree (Metrosiderosexcelsa) forest in New Zealand

developed after the formation of theisland. The Icebreaker on the 19th(Sunday) February 2012 evening andthe Conference Dinner scheduled for23rd (Thursday) February 2012 will besocial highlights of the meeting.

For a more hands-on look atmonogenetic volcanic fields, two 3days (2 nights) field trips are offeredbefore and after the conferenceprogram. A pre-congress field trip willtake the participants to the SouthAuckland [see e.g. New ZealandJournal of Geology and Geophysics1994: 37(2): 143-153; Journal ofPetrology 2005: 46(3): 473-503] andAuckland volcanic fields to see superbexposures of crater rim deposits, well-preserved maar basins, sites where

Typical tuff - lapilli tuff alternation in the base of the Motokorea tuffring basal phreatomagmatic pyroclastic units. Note the abundant lightcolour lapilli in the coarse grained lapilli tuff beds. These are rockfragments disrupted by the phreatomagmatic explosions in shallowdepth. Dune bedded tuff is typical for pyrocklastic density currenttransported and deposited fine ash.

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significant climatic archive cores wererecovered from maar basins, scoriacones and lava fields [see e.g. NewZealand Journal of Geology andGeophysics 2002: 45(4): 467-479,Palaeogeography PalaeoclimatologyPalaeoecology 2003: 201(3-4): 235-247, Journal of Quaternary Science2007: 22(5): 517-534, Geomophologie2009/3: 175-186, New ZealandJournal of Geology and Geophysics2010: 53(1): 31-42]. In addition thisfield trip will be an excellentopportunity to see the importance ofvolcanological and sedimentologicalresearch to understand the potentialvolcanic hazard a still activemonogenetic volcanic field such as theAVF can pose [see e.g .Journal ofVolcanology and Geothermal Research2006: 153(3-4): 370-386, GeologicalSociety of America Bulletin 2008:121(11-12): 1666-1677, Bulletin ofVolcanology 2011: 73(1): 55-72]. Apost-conference fieldtrip will take theparticipants to the South Island ofNew Zealand to volcanic fields that areolder (Oligocene, Miocene) andtherefore more eroded. While in thepre-conference field trip theparticipants will see well-preservedoriginal volcanic landforms of young(Pliocene to Holocene) monogeneticvolcanoes, the post-congress field tripwill provide a good opportunity tosee what is beneath a monogeneticvolcano. The Waipiata Volcanic Fieldin Otago [see e.g. Journal ofVolcanology and Geothermal Research2003: 124(1-2): 1-21; New ZealandJournal of Geology and Geophysics2008: 51(3): 195-218] is a Mioceneeroded monogenetic volcanic fieldwhere proximal pyroclastic facies (e.g.diatremes) of phreatomagmaticvolcanoes are preserved. The post-

congress trip will also take theparticipants to perfectly exposedcoastal section of Surtseyan volcanoesand their associated shallow marinesuccessions in East Otago [see e.g.Bulletin of Volcanology 1989: 51(4):281-298.] and in the Otago peninsula[see e.g. Special Publications of theIAS 2001: 31: 245-259., NeuesJahrbuch fur Geologie undPalaontologie – Abhandlungen 2002:225(3) 373-400]. Each of these fieldtrips will offer plenty of time todiscuss sedimentary processesassociated with monogeneticvolcanism in world-class sites.

During 4IMC, the Jim Luhr Awardwill be given on the basis ofnominations prior to the conference toa person who has significantlycontributed to our understanding ofmonogenetic volcanism in the periodbetween the 3IMC (2009) and the4IMC (2012).

The 4IMC will offer reducedregistration to early registrants, IASmembers and students. It is theintention of the Local OrganisingCommittee (LOC) to maximize thepresence of PhD research students andpresenters from developing countriesduring the 4IMC.

We hope that manysedimentologists will take the 4IMC asan opportunity to visit the SouthPacific.

For further information, registrationand abstract submission please visit

www.4imc.org.nz

Dr Károly NémethCo-chair of the 4IMC

and IAS National CorrespondentPerson for New [email protected]


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ANNOUNCEMENTS

8th International Conference on Tidal Environments

ear Colleagues,I am pleased to announce that the

8th International Conference on TidalEnvironments,

Tidalites 2012, will be held in Caen(Normandy, France) from july 28 toaugust 5, 2012.

July 28-30: pre-conference fieldtrips

July 31 - August 2: Conferencein Caen

August 3 -5: post-conferencefield trips

The website of the conference isunder construction and will beactivated by the end of April 2011.Field trips are scheduled in the Bay of

D Mt St Michel, Marennes-Oleron bay -Gironde estuary -Arcachon bay area,the Miocene subalpin basin of SEFrance, the Miocene basin of Bonifacio

(Corsica), the Miocene bioclasticsand (faluns) basins of Anjou andNormandy. All the details of theconference (dates/description of thefield trips, registration fees,deadlines....) will be provided on thewebsite as soon as possible.

Thanks to note this «tidal event» onyour 2012 schedule.

See you in Normandy

Bernadette [email protected]

one-day symposium in honour ofAlbert Matter and Daniel Bernoulli willtake place on Sunday, November 13th,2011, at ETH Zürich, in associationwith the annual Swiss GeoscienceMeeting. Confirmed presentations willbe by Philip Allen, Flavio Anselmetti,Peter Baumgartner, Giovanni Bertotti,Stephen Burns, Gregor Eberli, Dominik

Symposium in honour of Albert Matter and DanielBernoulli

A Fleitmann, Adrian Immenhauser, HughJenkyns, Gianreto Manatschal, MichaelStrasser, and Wilfried Winkler. Two timeslots are reserved for posterpresentations by young researchers.Please contact Karl Föllmi([email protected]) FritzSchlunegger or Helmut Weissert for anyfurther information.

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VENUE

Schladming (www.schladming.at,www.schladming-dachstein.at) islocated in the heart of the Eastern Alpsin the famous touristic area betweenSalzburg in the northwest, Graz in thesoutheast, and Klagenfurt in the south.

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«SEDIMENTOLOGY IN THE HEART OF THE ALPS»

Near the centre of Austria makes it anideal place for conferences. Nearby andeasy to reach are famous touristic andcultural places, e.g. Salzburg, Hallstatt,the Salzkammergut area with itsbeautiful lakes, Mount Grossglockneror Mount Dachstein.


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The holiday resort Schladming-Dachstein ranks among the top 5Austrian ski regions, and is a memberof the Ski amadé alliance, the biggestski alliance in Austria. In summer theSchladming-Dachstein regiontransforms itself into one of thepremium hiking regions. This boastsscenery of dreamlike beauty should bediscovered by you: Pristine landscapes,lush green Alpine valleys, themagnificent limestone crags of theglaciated Dachstein Massif, countlesspeaks and the 300 tarns of theSchladminger-Tauern range.

All over the province proverbialAustrian hospitality and«Gemütlichkeit» are the hallmarks; theinviting atmosphere of theSchladming-Dachstein region meetsthe most demanding requirements.Various kinds of Austrian regional

dishes will be offered, includingStyrian cheese and «Steirerkrapfen»doughnuts.

Organisation:Montanuniversitaet LeobenDepartment of Applied Geosciencesand GeophysicsHans-Jürgen GawlickSigrid [email protected]

Schladming tourist office:Barbara Schrempf:[email protected]

Tanja Schweiger:[email protected]

Johannes Baltl:[email protected]

First circular will be distributed at the IAS Meeting in Zaragoza

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NOTICE BOARD


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IAS STUDENT GRANT APPLICATION GUIDELINES

Application

The application should be conciseand informative, and contains thefollowing information (limit yourapplication to 1250 words max.):

Research proposal (includingIntroduction, Proposal,Motivation and Methods,Facilities) – max. 750 words

Bibliography – max. 125 words Budget – max. 125 words Curriculum Vitae – max. 250

wordsYour research proposal must be

submitted via the Postgraduate GrantScheme application form on the IASwebsite before the applicationdeadline. The form contains additionalassistance details for completing therequest. Please read carefully allinstructions before completing andsubmitting your application. Prepareyour application in ‘Word’ and use‘Word count’ before pasting yourapplication in the appropriate fields.

Recommendation letter (by e-mail)from the PhD supervisor supportingthe applicant is mandatory, as well asrecommendation letter (by e-mail also)from the Head of Department/Laboratory of guest institution in caseof laboratory visit.

Please make sure to adequatelyanswer all questions.

Deadlines and notifications

Application deadlines:1st session: March, 312nd session: September, 30Recipient notification:Before June, 30Before December, 31

Guidelines for letter fromsupervisor

The letter from the supervisorshould provide an evaluation of thecapability of the student to carry outthe proposed research, the significanceand necessity of the research, andreasonableness of the budget request.The letter must be sent directly to theTreasurer of the IAS by e-mail beforethe application deadline.

Application FormResearch Proposal (max. 750 words)Title: …….Introduction (max. 250 words): …..Introduce briefly the subject of your

PhD and provide relevant backgroundinformation; summarise previous work byyou or others (provide max. 5 relevantreferences, to be detailed in the‘Bibliography’ field). Provide the contextfor your PhD study in terms of geography,geology, and/or scientific discipline.

Proposal (max. 250 words): …Describe clearly your research

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proposal and indicate in what wayyour proposal will contribute to thesuccessful achievement of your PhD.Your application should have a clearlywritten hypothesis or a well-explainedresearch problem of geologicsignificance. It should explain why itis important. Simply collecting datawithout an objective is not consideredwise use of resources.

Methods (max. 125 words): …….Outline the research strategy

(methods) that you plan to use tosolve the problem in the field and/orin the laboratory. Please includeinformation on data collection, dataanalyses, and data interpretation.Justify why you need to undertake thisresearch.

Facilities (max. 125 words): ……..Briefly list research and study

facilities available to you, such as fieldand laboratory equipment, computers,library.

Bibliography (max. 125 words)Provide a list of 5 key publications

that are relevant to your proposedresearch, listed in your ‘Introduction’.The list should show that you havedone adequate background research onyour project and are assured that yourmethodology is solid and the projecthas not been done already. Limit yourbibliography to the essentialreferences. Each publication should bepreceded by a ‘*’-character (e.g. *Surlyket al., Sedimentology 42, 323-354,1995).

Budget (max. 125 words)Provide a brief summary of the total

cost of the research. Clearly indicatethe amount (in Euro) being requested.State specifically what the IAS grantfunds will be used for. Please list onlyexpenses to be covered by the IASgrant.

The IAS will support field activities(to collect data and samples, etc.) and

laboratory activities/analyses.Laboratory activities/analyses thatconsist of training by performing theactivities/analyses yourself will beconsidered a plus for your applicationas they will contribute to yourformation and to the capacity buildingof your home institution. In this case,the agreement of the Head of yourGuest Department/Laboratory will besolicited by automated e-mail.

Curriculum Vitae (max. 250 words)Name, postal address, e-mail

address, university education (degrees& dates), work experience, awards andscholarships (max. 5, considered to berepresentative), independent researchprojects, citations of your abstractsand publications (max. 5, consideredto be representative).

Advise of Supervisor and Head ofGuest Department/Laboratory

When you apply for a grant, yourPhD supervisor will receive anautomated e-mail with a request tosend the IAS a letter ofrecommendation by e-mail. Youshould, however, check with yoursupervisor everything is carried out theway it should be. It will be consideredas a plus for your application if yourPhD supervisor is also a member of IAS.

Supervisor’s name: …….Supervisor’s e-mail: …….If you apply for laboratory analyses/

activities, please carefully checkanalysis prices and compare charges ofvarious academic and privatelaboratories as prices per unit mightdiffer considerably. Please first checkwhether analyses can be performedwithin your own University. If yourUniversity is not in a position toprovide you with the adequate analysistools, visiting another lab to conductthe analyses yourself strengthens yourapplication considerably as itcontributes to your formation and to


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capacity building of your homeUniversity. Please check with the Headof Department/Laboratory of yourguest lab to assure its assistanceduring your visit. You should fill inhis/her name and e-mail address tosolicit his/her advise about your visit.

Name of Head of guest Department/Laboratory: …….

E-mail address of Head of GuestDepartment/Laboratory: …….

Finally, before submitting yourapplication, you will be asked to

answer a few informative questions byticking the appropriate boxes.

is your supervisor a member ofIAS

was this application your owninitiative

did you discuss your applicationwith your Supervisor

did you already had contact inthe past with the Head of theGuest Department/Laboratory(if appropriate)

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CALENDAR

11th International Symposium on Landslides and Engineered Slopesand the 2nd North American Symposium on Landslides

2nd - 8th June2011Banff, AlbertaCanada

Corey [email protected]@ercb.ca

www.isl-nasl2012.ca

Central European Meeting of Sedimentology - Sediment 2011

23rd - 26th June2011LeipzigGermany

[email protected]

28th IAS MEETING OF SEDIMENTOLOGY *

5th - 8th July2011ZaragozaSpain

Marc AurellUniversity of Zaragoza

[email protected]

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Annual Meeting of the Italian Association of Sedimentary Geology(GeoSed)

27th - 28th September2011CasertaItaly

Daniela RubertiSeconda Università degli Studi di Napoli

[email protected]

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON TRAVERTINES AND TUFASS (ISTT)*

5th - 11th September2011Abbadia San Salvatore, SienaItaly

Enrico CapezzuoliUniversity of [email protected]

14th INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF CARBONATESEDIMENTOLOGISTS: THE BATHURST MEETING 2011*

12th - 14th July2011BristolEngland

Jim HendryUniversity of Portsmouth [email protected]

www.bristol.ac.uk/bathurst2011/

5th International Limnogeology Congress, ILIC V

31st Aug - 3rd September2011KonstanzGermany

Prof. Dr. sc. Antje SchwalbInstitut für Umweltgeologie, Technische Universität

BraunschweigLanger Kamp 19c, D-38106 Braunschweig

[email protected]

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON CARBONATE SEDIMENTOLOGY*«Inception and Demise of Carbonate Depositional Systems»

22nd - 26th September2011CasertaItaly

Daniela RubertiSeconda Università di Napoli

[email protected]

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7th International Conference on Asian Marine Geology (ICAMG-7)

11th - 14th October2011National Institute ofOceanography (CSIR), GoaIndia

V. [email protected]

http://icamg7.nio.org

* THESE EVENTS HAVE FULL ORPARTIAL IAS SPONSORSHIP

29th IAS MEETING OF SEDIMENTOLOGY *

10th - 13th September,2012SchladmingAustria

Hans-Jürgen GawlickUniversity of Leoben

[email protected]

IAVCEI - 4th International Maar Conference: A MultidisciplinaryCongress on Monogenetic Volcanism 2012

20th - 24th February2012AucklandNew Zealand

Karoly NemethVolcanic Risk Solutions,

CS-INR, Massey University, Palmerston North,New Zealand

[email protected]

8th International Conference on Tidal Environments

31st July - 2nd August:2012CaenFrance

Bernadette TessierUniversity of Caen

[email protected]

Contributions to be sent to:Vincenzo Pascucci

IAS General SecretaryDpto. Scienze Botaniche,

Ecologiche e GeologicheUniversità di Sassari

Via Piandanna, 407100 Sassari, ItalyTel.: +39 079228685

[email protected]

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