Staff Internal News
March 2008
 PIRSA-LEME team receive Director's Award 2007, for Outstanding geoscience publication with instant impact on the exploration industy. The SA Palaeochannel Map.
Team: Baohong Hou, John Keeling, Wen-Long Zang, Liliana Stoian, Adrian Fabris, Martin Fairclough. CONGRATULATIONS !
February 2008
GA-LEME team receive award "Highly Commended in the Influence Category"
GA-LEME staffer Ross Brodie receives Australia Day Achievement Medallion from GA Executive Director.
January 2008
Acknowledgement, Thanks and Appreciation of CRC Cash Funded staff, concluding Contracts.
6 December 2007
Allocation of $57,597 Additional Operating Funds FY 07-08, as recommended by the Excecutive, has been ratified by the Board. This has been made available to enhance techology transfer in existing projects and Legacy products.
Here is a .pdf of these 11 Project Summaries for your quick reference. Sue will list and link the individual Summaries in the near future.
November-December 2007
Dr Charles Butt appointed a CSIRO Fellow
- the highest recognition that CSIRO can give to its outstanding scientists. The appointment is in recognition of Charles' scientific excellence and eminence in his field. This follows his appointment July 06-Jul 07 as CSIRO Exploration and Mining Chief Scientist.
Charles is an exploration geochemist and an international leader in the development of geological and geochemical exploration methods in deeply weathered terrain. He was Program Leader and Deputy Director for CRC LEME 1 (and instrumental in the successful bids for LEME 1 and LEME 2), and is currently a Key Researcher and significant contributor to LEME.
More information on Charles and the Butt Smith Medal
Professor Brad Pillans elected Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
http://www.rsnz.org/news/releases/fellows2007.php
"Election as a Fellow is a mark of high distinction, reflecting many years of dedication, creative thinking, and world-class research and innovation".
PILLANS, Bradley
Bradley Pillans, a Professor in the Research School of Earth Sciences at the Australian National University, holds a pre-eminent position in the discipline of Quaternary stratigraphy (the study of sedimentary strata of the last 2.6 million years of Earth's history).
His major contributions have combined detailed field studies with laboratory-based dating techniques, to provide new insights into palaeoclimate, past sea level changes, earth deformation, long-term erosion rates, natural hazards, and landform evolution. His published work on the Wanganui Basin has resulted in the basin being recognised as a national and international reference site for Quaternary stratigraphy.
Professor Pillans has (uniquely) won four awards from the Geological Society of New Zealand, including the McKay Hammer Award (1993), the Hochstetter Lecturer Award (1990) and the W.A. Pullar Prize (2006). He also plays a leading role within the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), and is credited for the establishment of a joint INQUA-ICS Task Force in 2005 that has made recommendations for the reinstatement of the Quaternary, with likely ratification at the International Geological Congress in Oslo in 2008.
Program 1 Leader, Ms Lisa Worrall received an award from the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists for the best environmental/geotechnical presentation
- at the 19th International Geophysical Conference and Exhibition, 18–22 November 07, Perth.
FULL DETAIL UNDER NEWS AND EVENTS - MAIN SITE
November 2007
DR MEHROOZ ASPANDIAR
CONGRATULATIONS to Moose (as he is affectionately known) who was recently awarded a tenure position at Curtin University of Technology (Perth) as LECTURER IN REGOLITH GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION, Dept of Applied Geology.
.jpg) In 2007 the Dept of Applied Geology had a record intake of 100 Year 1 students, with 50 Year 2 continuing.
Moose has been on a LEME-CUT shared contract since 2000, but has been associated with LEME (1 and 2) for longer. He was one of the inaugural LEME PhD Scholars at ANU in 1996, Supervised by Graham Taylor and Tony Eggleton and sponsored by Normandy Mining. His Thesis was "Regolith and landscape evolution of Charters Towers Region, Qld".
Moose has been a great asset to undergraduate teaching at Curtin: developing and leading many regolith courses and teaching regolith mapping, mineralogy, exploration geochemistry, remote sensing and GIS, and more recently 3D modelling and mine planning. He very much enjoys the interaction with his students, and they certainly have the greatest regard and respect for him.
He was with Graham Taylor when he initiated the now 'famous' NURGS (National Undergraduate Regolith Geology School) some 10 years ago. Around 100 students attended the final NURGS field camp in July 07, held at Fowlers Gap Research Station, nr Broken Hill.
Moose has been an integral part of the LEME-MTEC Wilsons Promontory "Regolith Geology and Geochemistry" course since 2004, and has taught "Environmental Mineralogy" at ANU for the last two years.
On the science side, Moose is enthusiastic about environmental significance of regolith minerals - studying mineral reaction on the atomic scale. He is currently working with Ravi Anand and team on the LEME-AMIRA Predictive Geochemistry Project (P778)
Good luck for the future Moose.
Coastal Management Project wins award at State Coastal Conference
The Western Australian Coastal Awards for Excellence were presented at the 4 th Western Australian State Coastal Conference in Denmark on November the 1 st 2007. The awards are made by the Coastwest Program and Coastal Planning and Coordination Council of the Western Australian Planning Commission. The award for Outstanding partnership in coastal planning and/or management was presented to the Department of Environment and Conservation, Mid West Region, for the Coastal Assessment and Restoration project, which is a partnership between DEC and CRC LEME/Curtin Applied Geology. The research component of the project has been carried out by Lindsay Collins and Alexandra Stevens and has involved development of Geographic Information System datasets as a decision support tool for coastal management between Moore River and Kalbarri. Research funds were provided by the Northern Agricultural Catchment Council (NACC). The research forms part of the NACC Coastal Project within CRC LEME.
WELL DONE LINDSAY AND ALEXANDRA !
August 2007
 The University of Adelaide 's Dr Steve Hill (far right) and Catalyst Reporter, Dr Paul Willis (centre), have a break while talking about termite mound geochemistry in the Darling Ranges.
In the last few months, the science media has shown great interest in LEME's groundbreaking research into using plant and animal structures to search for new mineral deposits. This interest has resulted in an article appearing in the New Scientist Magazine and the ABC TV Science Program, Catalyst, flying out to Perth in August to film two stories on the Centre's work into termite and plant geochemistry, and gold nugget formation.
In late June, New Scientist published an article profiling the research done by PhD student Anna Petts (The University of Adelaide) into using termite mounds located in the Tanami Goldfields of northern Western Australia as sampling media to better understand the local geochemistry and locate metal anomalies.
Her more recent research, which has included a trip to the Lake Victoria goldfields region of north-western Tanzania in East Africa , has helped Anna create a framework for estimating the thickness of transported regolith based on termite-mound geochemistry. Research by another LEME PhD student, Nathan Reid (The University of Adelaide), into analysing spinifex grass geochemistry to detect mineralisation also featured prominently in the article.
A summary of the New Scientist article can be downloaded here:
http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/mg19426101.400-termites-the-new-treasure-hunters.html
A few months later, Catalyst sent over their reporter, Dr Paul Willis, to find out how termites and plants can be used as mineral exploration tools and learn the secrets of gold nugget formation.
For about a week in mid August, LEME Researchers Dr Ravi Anand (CSIRO Exploration and Mining), Dr Steve Hill (The University of Adelaide) and Dr Rob Hough (CSIRO Exploration and Mining), helped Dr Willis and his crew piece the story together, which included a visit taking to some termite mounds in the Darling Ranges and a trip to the Marvel Loch Gold Mine, near Southern Cross. The TV crew also got some great footage of Rob and Ravi at work in the laboratory while they were in Perth.
Both stories are expected to go to air in early 2008, when Dr Willis returns from long-service leave in the UK.
Rob Hough - interview for Science News - re gold and other things
http://www.sciencewa.net.au/science_news.asp?pg=21&NID=1209
Scientists in Schools
Commonwealth Government / Chief Scientist initiative to promote science education in primary and secondary schools, engage and motivate students in their learning of science and broaden awareness of the exciting careers available in the sciences.
Steve Rogers encourages LEME scientists to register.
http://www.scientistsinschools.edu.au/
Nov 06 - Regolith Symposium, Hahndorf SA
Note from Board Chair, George Savell:
Congratulations to you all on the content, conduct and outcomes of the recent Symposium. I was most impressed with the presentations and with the enthusiasm and commitment displayed during the three and a half days. It was great to be part of this event which showed the drive that CRC LEME has in its areas of scientific expertise.
Photos - Provided by our 'Official Photographer' - Greg Lawrence
Photos - Provided by our 'Unofficial Photographer' - Helena Hink
Great photos, thanks to Greg and Helena. They are in two Zip file - approx 140 photos in all. I suggest you extract them from the Zip file and view via Windows Explorer. We think Helena has managed to snap nearly everybody who attended. Not all pictures are flattering, however, so please feel free to let me know if you would like any featuring yourself removed!
Also - if other LEMErs have photos taken at the Symposium they would like to share, please send them to me and I will put them up on the intranet.
CONTRATULATIONS TO THE SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATION WINNERS
(Photos in the 'Official' Photos zip file)
Best Overall Talk - ROB HOUGH
Best Student Talk - FERN BEAVIS
Best Overall Poster - BRAD PILLANS
Best Student Poster - MARGARET SMITH
LEME STUDENT AWARDS 2001 - 2006
At the Symposium Dinner with the LEME Board George Savell and Steve Rogers presented the following LEME STUDENT AWARDS - chosing twelve PhD student who have contributed in an outstanding manner to the LEME science effort.
(Photos in the 'Official' zip file)
Andrew Baker - UofA - Isotopic and geochemical studies of soil-regolith-rock interaction with ground waters, stream waters and base metal mineralisation: implications for mineral exploration and the environment.
Robert Dart - UofA -
Research the origin and distribution of calcrete in Southern Australia
Kathryn Fitzsimmons - ANU - Relationships between regional landform patterns and landscape history in the Lake Eyre Basin dunefields
Michael Hatch - UofA - The use of shallow geophysical techniques to help characterise hydrological parameters
Karen Hulme - UofA -
Biogeochemistry of river red gums (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) in the Curnamona Province and adjacent parts of SA and NSW
David Little - ANU -
Investigate, quantify and model rhizosphere in regolith formation in temperate landscapes in SE Australia
Ryan Noble - CUT -
Dispersal mechanisms of arsenic and antimony in regolith and surface deposits in the vicinity of buried gold ore bodies, northwest Victoria: implications for gold prospectivity and environmental management
Mark Paine - CUT -
Regolith and landscape evolution of the Dundas Tableland, western Victoria, with implications for salinity management and heavy mineral exploration
Anna Petts - UofA -
Termitaria and other landscape indicators of sub-surface regolith
Nathan Reid - UofA -
Biogeochemistry of regolith associated with Au deposits in the Tanami, WA and NT
Frank Reith - ANU -
Interactions of microbes and gold in regolith in moderate, arid and tropical climates
Margaret Smith - CUT -
Groundwater acidification process with the Lake Muir-Unicup natural diversity recovery catchment, Western Australia
PRESENTATION OF BUTT SMITH MEDAL TO RAVI ANAND
The winner of this award was announced in Aug 2006 and the Medal was presented to Dr Ravi Anand by Dr Graham Carr (CSIRO Exploration and Mining) and Steve Rogers (LEME) at the LEME 2006 Regolith Symposium Dinner on 8 November, with some 130 LEME staff, students, Board members and invited guests present.
(Photos in the 'Official' Photos zip file)
Thanks were extended to the Symposium Sub-Committee members:
(Photos in the 'Official' Photos zip file)
Technical Program and Proceedings Volume: Rob Fitzpatrick (Chair), Paul Shand, Sandra Tyrrell and Greg Lawrence.
Organisation: Sue Game, Helena Hink, John Keeling.
October 2006
FRANK REITH WINS THE ROBERT HILL MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR 2006. Awarded by the Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU.
Frank was selected from five nominees who were required to present a brief research seminar as part of the assessment process. The nominating letters, CVs and presentations were judged by the ANU Committee against the selection criteria: Execllence in research - Proven publication record - Links to research in other disciplines - Good communication skills - Ability to communicate research to a broad audience.
(Photo- Frank Reith catching bugs)
Frank's research on the biomineralisation of gold led to the discovery of a bacteria that precipitates gold out of solution. His work was published in the prestigious journal Science in July. Since then, his research has been reported in many science journals and newspapers around the world.
The award is made each year to honour the memory of a young ANU researcher renowned for his ability to talk publicly about science who died suddenly in the early nineties.
CONGRATULATIONS FRANK.
JOHN JOSEPH has been invited to join the TOKYO UNIVERSITY of Marine Science and Technology as a VISITING RESEARCHER
John has been invited to join Prof Akio Yasuda in the Dept of Marine Electronics and Information Engineering from 1 Dec 06 to 15 Jan 07. They will be studying advanced application of GPS and GLONASS (Global Navigation Satellite System) to Aero-Gravimetry for geophysical prospecting. John used to be a resarcher at the Geological Survey of Japan and Tokai University developing a new helicopter borne gravimeter system that used the GPS and GLONASS data. An increase in demand for airborne gravity survey in Japan has resulted in expertise in this area being difficult to find. The Tokyo University has recently acquired the same helicopter gravimeter system that John used to use, and they need some assistance in getting the best results from it. John says that the advantage of using realtime spatial location technology is that it allows for faster and precise acquisition of geophysical data over difficult terrains. This technique has the potential to be used for mineral exploration in Australian environments.
Good on you John and best wishes for your 'summer break'.
SUSAN ORGILL (nee TATE), a former CRC LEME Honours Student at ANU has won an AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT SCIENCE AND INNOVATION AWARD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY
The awards aim to encourage people to use science and technology to advance the Australia's future in natural resource management.
The winners will each receive up to $10,000 to undertake their pioneering projects.
The Awards are coordinated by the Bureau of Rural Sciences - http://www.daff.gov.au/scienceawards
Susan's pioneering project is studying the economic benefit of soil fertility
More details of Susan's research
WELL DONE SUSAN
July 2006
ANNA WINS BEST POSTER AWARD AT AESC
Anna receives her award from Geological Society of Australia President, Andy Gleadow
LEME Adelaide University PhD student Anna Petts has taken out 'Best Student Poster' at the 2006 Australian Earth Science Convention (AESC) in Melbourne July 06
The informative poster entitled 'Nature's Drillers and Geochemical Samplers: Termites and their implications for regolith geochemistry in northern Australia' summarised Anna's PhD project work in determining the potential use of soil biota as a biogeochemical sampling medium and regolith mapping tool in the Tanami Desert, located near the Western Australian and Northern Territory borders.
Anna's ongoing research focuses on the use of termite mounds as regional geochemical indicators and to establish a regolith-framework for estimating the depth of transported cover.
Anna explains: "In the Tanami, termites have been observed tunnelling tens of metres below the surface in the search for groundwater. Some of this material, which can contain anomalous geochemical signatures, is taken back to the mound."
"In effect, this means that mound-building termites, through their digging, undertake similar activities to regional geochemical sampling."
Her field research includes sampling mound material for metal content, regolith-landform mapping, geobotanical analysis. A GIS will be used to incorporate the multivariate data generated by her project.
Anna has already determined a relationship between termitaria density, vegetation assemblages and regolith landforms. Anna's award-winning poster can be viewed here: [1MB]
Congratulations Anna!
June 2006
2006 Student-Industry-CRC Symposium
18-23 June, 2006 Gladstone, QLD
The Student-Industry-CRC Symposia was a week where students from different minerals related CRCs could present their work to industry sponsors and other students. There was a lot of inter-CRC networking and discussions with industry partners as well as plant tours to the NRG Powerplant, Gladstone Port Authority, Boyne Aluminium Smelter and the Comalco Alumina Refinery.
Nathan Reid (CRC LEME PhD student at University of Adelaide) attended the CRC Symposia in Queensland, presenting his work on Biogeochemistry and Geobotany in the Tanami Region. The presentation was well received by both students and industry attendees leading to a $1000 cash prize for the best student presentation.
WELL DONE NATHAN
Photo shows (L-R) Janine Lay-Rio Tinto, Dan Churach-CRC Sustainable Resource Processing E&T Leader, and Nathan Reid
May 2006
Dr Paul Shand appointed LEME Program 3 Leader: Environmental Applications of Regolith Geoscience
Paul will commence as a Landscape Biogeochemist with CSIRO Land and Water, based at Urrbrae SA, on Monday 22 May. He officially takes on the role of LEME P3 Leader on 5 June.
We will provide his contacts once he has settled in and I will ask him to let us have a photo and a personal statement from him in regard to his particular research interests and his new role with LEME which I can put on the LEME Web site.
No doubt Paul will have an opportunity to meet with the Executive and Program 3 project teams in the next few months, but he will certainly be attending the LEME Symposium in November 2007, so most of us will meet him then.
In the meantime, I show extracts from his CV.
Paul comes to us directly from the NERC Isotope Geoscience Laboratories, British Geological Survey where he has recently completed a review of groundwater quality and is co-editing a book on water quality in Europe: nutrient processes in lowland catchments.
Prior to that within the Hydrogeology Research Group (BGS) he has led, and has been involved with various projects including:
- using geochemical and geophysical methods (rock and soil sampling/stream sediment/trenching/drilling/IP) for the exploration of previous metal.
- using hydrogeochemical methods in the prospection of gold deposits, developing a method to extract and preconcentrate gold from natural waters for analysis by ICP-MS
hydrochemistry of upland catchments.
- nvestigation of recharge and palaeowaters in the Grand Erg Orientale of North Africa and thermal waters in Kamchatka.
- development and application of Sr isotopes in hydrochemical studies as indicators of soil processes, watering rates and tracers of mixing processes.
- baseline chemistry of UK and European aquifers.
- surface-groundwater interaction in upland catchments.
- developing radiogenic isotopes in hydrochemistry.
- study of nitrogen cycling in upland catchments.
- surface water-groundwater interactions and nutrient transport in lowland catchments
Paul spent Jan to June 05 in Adelaide with the Dept Water Land and Biodiversity Conservation, working on surface water-groundwater interaction and land use effects on water quality on Kangaroo Island, SA; Al-clogging study and redox boundary characterisation in relation to salt-interception schemes, Murray Basin; applications of isotopes to determine mixing in discharge zone of the River Murray
Sue Game 19.5.06
CRCA Conference 17-19 May 06
LEME presentation a hit at CRCA Conference
A LEME paper entitled ' Mineral explorers use plants and animals to unveil Australia's desert wealth' given by Program 5 Leader, Dr Steve Hill, at the 2006 CRC Association Conference in May proved to be a very popular presentation.
The last in a series focused on the impact of CRC research in the private sector, Steve's presentation stood out of the pack in terms of its engaging content and entertainment value. Of course other LEMErs could be accused of bias in saying such a thing, but CEO, Steve Rogers, was taken back by the number of people from other CRCs, including five CEOs, who personally commented to him about the quality of Steve's presentation.
Congratulations to Steve for doing such a fantastic job!
A PDF of Steve's presentation can be downloaded here [17MB]
and a PDF of the abstract can also be downloaded.
Greg Lawrence 23.5.06
Friday 5 May 2006 - Roslyn Chan retires
Roslyn is retiring after 36 years of service, including 23 years as a professioinal regolith geocscientist and geomorphologist. She says that she has indeed been fortunate to have been at the cutting edge of a tidal wave of regolith development during this period. She wishes all her CRC LEME colleagues every success in their future scientific endeavours.
ON BEHALF OF LEME STAFF AND STUDENTS, STEVE ROGERS EXTENDS VERY BEST WISHES TO ROSLYN ON HER RETIRMENT AND MANY THANKS FOR HER TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTION TO BOTH LEME 1 AND LEME 2.
Shown below is a short biography put together by her Geoscience Australia work colleagues Colin Pain and David Gibson.
CHEERIO ROS...........
Roslyn Chan Biography
Roslyn joined BMR as a geological draftsman in the mid 1970s, after starting her career in the ACT Forestry Service. Since finishing an Earth Science degree in the early 1980s, Roslyn has been involved in regolith studies since their inception in BMR/GA under the guidance of Cliff Ollier. During that time she helped produce the first national regolith map of Australia, and also a regolith map of the Kalgoorlie 1:1m sheet. When Cliff left in 1986, Roslyn was the sole Regolith Geoscientist in BMR until Colin Pain joined in early 1990. Since then she has played a very important role in BMR/AGSO/GA. She helped keep the Regolith Group focussed. She also played a major role in developing new regolith terminology, methodologies, concepts and RTMAP - GA's first fully relational database to be "GIS-friendly". In the immediate pre-LEME days, Roslyn was involved in the National Geoscience Mapping Accord, during which she led the project that mapped the regolith of the Bathurst 1:250,000 sheet in NSW. This map has become a standard against which others are judged.
Roslyn was a founding member of CRCLEME1, attending the all-of-LEME meeting in Parkes, providing a set of notes on landscapes, and accompanying those from the West on their trip from Sydney to Parkes. She continued in CRCLEME2. During her time with LEME she has played a major role in setting mapping standards as well as research in regolith geoscience. A look at the publication lists in the LEME annual reports will show the importance of her contributions.
Roslyn forged a lead in regolith-landform mapping, landscape evolution modelling and palaeodrainage studies. She was awarded a scientific exchange with the Canadian Geological Survey in 2003, and was invited to co-lead an International Geological Correlation Program project on economic deposits relating to palaeodrainage. And on top of all this she has spent much of her professional career being a mum to Sebastian and Rosalinda, juggling field work, children, and at times an un - well husband.
Well done Roslyn!!
December 2005
LEME PHD STUDENT RECEIVES ERIC RUDD SCHOLARSHIP - CONGRATS TO ANNA PETTS
 Congratulations to CRC LEME PhD student Anna Petts (Uni of Adelaide) for receiving this year's Eric Rudd Travel Scholarship for Economic Geology at The University of Adelaide. Anna won this for her application that proposed to extend her research on termitaria and regolith biogeochemistry into mineral exploration programs in Africa. Anna's PhD project presently focusses on the characteristics and contributions of termites to regolith biogeochemistry in the Tanami (as part of CRC LEME's major project in that region), where she has already shown that termitaria can be used to reflect the regolith-landform setting as well as the thickness and character of transported regolith. She is presently extending this research to examine the chemical characteristics between termitaria and the regolith at the Titania and Coyote prospects in the Tanami.
 The Eric Rudd Scholarship is an annual prize awarded to a postgraduate geology student at the University of Adelaide, to help fund them to travel overseas to extend and enhance an aspect of their research related to economic geology. One scholarship to the value of $5k is awarded each year, so as you can expect, the competion is particularly tough. CRC LEME PhD students have been extremely competitive in their applications for this scholarship, with Karen Hulme being recipient last year where it funded her trip to Canada to work with Colin Dunn and his biogeochemistry research team. Anna will be travelling to Africa in 2006 to work with local exploration companies and look at how termitaria have been used and can be further enhanced for use in mineral exploration programs. We wish Anna all the best and look forward to hearing more about her travels.
Steve Hill, Senior Lecturer
Education & Training Program Leader
Cooperative Research Centre for Landscape Environments and Mineral Exploration Geology and Geophysics Adelaide University, AUSTRALIA 5005 (12.12.05)
October 2005
PROFESSOR BRAD PILLANS
Congratulations from all your friends at LEME. Brad received a letter (on his 5...... birthday) from Prof Malcolm Gillies, ANU Deputy Vice Chancellor, advising that he has been promoted to Professor, as of January 2006. Great news Brad and very well deserved. Brad has been with LEME, by the way, since inception back in 1995. I show below an excellent shot of Brad in the field:
Taking orienting ferruginious samples with a sun compass to do palaeomagnetic dating in the Koonenberry region, western NSW. (Photograph from Steve Hill).
However, in case you can't recognise him, I show a photo he sent to us last year entitled "Tektite Eyes'
September 2005
FAREWELL TO DENNIS AND KITTY
The LEME Board farewelled Dennis and his wife, Kitty, at a Dinner on 8 September, presenting Dennis with a beautiful hand made Tasmanian Oak box. Here they are, with George Savell.
THE THREE CEOs
Thought you would enjoy this picture. At the above mentioned Board Dinner, the three CRC LEME CEOs got together - Drs Dennis Gee, Raymond E Smith and Steve Rogers.
May 2005
CHURCHILL FELLOWSHIP AWARD FOR DR BAOHONG HOU (PIRSA)
Baohong received the 2005 Churchill Fellowship award, which was presented by the Governor of SA, Her Excellency Marjorie Jackson-Nelson. The photo shows (l-R) John Keeling, Baohong Hou, Larry Frakes (Baohong's PhD Supervisor), Vicki Stamoulis (Former Churchill Fellowship winner) and Ted Tyne (PIRSA Director of Mineral Resources)
The LEME Minerals Advisory Council attended the Minerals Exploration Seminar in Perth on 25 May and then met the next day to review the 05-06 Minex Research portfolio. They finished up with an inspection of the recently purchased ASD Logger which is housed at ARRC - see below.
Left to right: Bill Peters, Ravi Anand, David Garnett, Nigel Radford, Bear McPhail, Jon Hronsky, Richard Mazzucchelli, Peter Williams.
This is Cajetan Phang, praying that the Logger will work. On the left is John Hronsky again, then Bob Gilkes, Cajetan and Bill Peters.
And below is a 'casual' shot of Gerry Govett, David Garnett, Dennis Gee and Ravi Anand
November 2004
Congratulations to Mark Paine on the submission of his PhD thesis,
and his appointment as a Research Fellow in the department of Applied
Geology at Curtin University. Mark will be joining Lindsay, Mehrooz
and co. at Curtin from Monday 29 November, and will be looking
at the dating of weathering profiles and landscape history. All
the best, mate! ;)
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