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ARRIVAL

8:00 AM

Registration and Poster Hanging

WELCOME & HOUSEKEEPING

8:45 AM

GESSS-Q Chair Opening Address -

GSA Governing Councillor Symposium Opening

SESSION 1

ANALYTICAL EARTH SCIENCE

9:05 AM

Platinum Sponsor Remarks- GSAQ

9:10 – 9:25 AM

Adam Wright

Queensland University of Technology, Masters

Irradiating Rocks

9:25 – 9:40 AM

Alexander Wheeler

The University of Queensland, PhD

Variation in the Permian-Triassic Floral Turnover of the Bowen and Galilee Basin: Palaeoenvironmental Implications

9:40 – 9:55 AM

Tegan Beveridge

James Cook University, PhD

Multifaceted Geochemical Characterisation for Pre-Quaternary Bentonite Tephrostratigraphy

9:55 – 10:10 AM

David Rubenach

James Cook University, Masters 

Earthquakes in Queensland, a review of historical events and analysis of clusters

MORNING TEA

10:15 AM

Poster Foyer

SESSION 2

APPLIED EARTH SCIENCE | GEOMORPHOLOGY

10:50 AM

Platinum Sponsor Remarks - Arrow Energy

​10:55 – 11:10 AM

Shahram Nasiri

The University of Queensland, PhD

Characterization of Coastal Landslide Hazard in southeastern Queensland

11:10 – 11:25 AM

Katy Baker

James Cook University, Masters

Using sediment grainsize and acoustic backscatter to understand the distribution Saucer Scallop habitats in southeast Queensland

11:25 – 11:40 AM

Nicholas Dyriw

Queensland University of Technology, PhD

A morphotectonic review of the East Manus Basin

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

11:45 AM

Marina Costelloe

Geoscience Australia

\ AFTERNOON SCHEDULE /

LUNCH & POSTER SESSION

12:30 PM

Poster Foyer

SESSION 3

APPLIED EARTH SCIENCE | TECTONICS

2:00 PM

Platinum Sponsor Remarks - EGRU

2:05 – 2:20 PM

Joseph Austin

Queensland University of Technology, PhD

Placing the Laverton Greenstone Belt (LGB) in the stratigraphic framework of the Yilgarn Craton

2:20 – 2:35 PM

Thomas Cotter

Queensland University of Technology, Masters

Timing and Basin Implications for the Eden-Comerong-Yalwal Volcanic Zone: Stratigraphy, Depositional Environment and Tectonic Affinity of the Comerong Volcanic Complex, NSW

2:35 – 2:50 PM

Aidan Kerrison

Queensland University of Technology, PhD

Spatial-temporal evolution of magmatism during orogenesis using paired U/Pb and K/Ar ages: tectonic evolution of the northern New England Orogen during the Permo-Triassic

GEO BAKE-OFF

Afternoon Tea

2:50 PM

Poster Foyer

SESSION 4

APPLIED EARTH SCIENCE | GEOPHYSICS

3:30 PM

​Platinum Sponsor Remarks - AIG

3:35 – 3:50 PM

Kane Maxwell

The University of Queensland, PhD

Prediction of metamorphosed coal from geophysical log data using machine learning methods

3:50 – 4:05 PM

Christopher Yule

James Cook University, PhD

Seismic imaging below mafic volcanics in the Northwest Shelf: Implications for seismic acquisition and exploration in frontier basins

4:05 – 4:20 PM

Srijana Poudel

Tribhuvan University, Masters

Estimation of Shear Wave Structure and Horizontal to Vertical Spectral Ratio at Different Sites in Kathmandu Valley

CLOSING REMARKS

GESSS-Q Chair | GSAQ President

4:30 PM

NETWORKING DRINKS AND Q&A PANEL

5:00 PM

Presentation of student prizes

Poster Foyer

Q&A Panel

5:45 PM

"Everything you ever wanted to know about life (careers) after Uni..... but were afraid to ask"

SYMPOSIUM CLOSE

7:00 PM