ASEG Branch news In March Boris Gurevich, the SEG Distinguished Lecturer from Curtin University and CSIRO, presented a talk entitled“Seismic attenuation, dispersion, and anisotropy in porous rocks: Mechanisms and models”. Boris spoke about how understanding and modelling of attenuation of elastic waves in fluid-saturated rocks is important for a range of geophysical technologies that utilise seismic, acoustic, or ultrasonic amplitudes. Boris gave the outline of a consistent theoretical approach that quantifies these phenomena and discussed rigorous bounds for attenuation and dispersion. Much discussion followed, the talk being enjoyed by all. In April we held our AGM and the usual suspects (Mark Lackie, Steph Kovach and Ben Patterson) were elected to the roles of President, Secretary and Treasurer. Simon Williams (GBG), Stuart Clark (UNSW) and Josh Valencic (GHD) volunteered, and thus were elected, as committee members. For the technical meeting Ted Tyne, the recently elected ASEG President, gave a talk entitled “The Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists: The President, diversity and science”. Ted spoke about the Society, its values, the recent planning session and where it was heading. In addition, Ted touched on some of his history and finished up with some photos taken a “few!!!” years ago … .there was much fun trying to identify the ASEG Members in the photos and much smiling when it was finally revealed who they were. An invitation to attend NSW Branch meetings is extended to interstate and international visitors who happen to be in town at that time. Meetings are generally held on the third Wednesday of each month from 5:30 pm at Club York. Meeting notices, addresses and relevant contact details can be found at the NSW Branch website. All are welcome. Mark Lackie nswpresident@aseg.org.au Stephanie Kovach nswsecretary@aseg.org.au Queensland Our year has continued as it started with a number of talks leading into our AGM, with more planned. We welcomed the SEG 2019 Pacific South Honorary Lecturer Boris Gurevich, Curtin University and CSIRO, on Tuesday 19 March. Boris gave a talk on“Seismic attenuation, dispersion and anisotropy in porous rocks: Mechanism and models”. The QLD Branch AGM was held on 16 April. Henk Van Paridon of Energeo stood down as Treasurer after 10 years of service, a fantastic contribution to our state branch, recognised with a gift presented by our 2018 and re-elected 2019 President, Ron Palmer. Eric Battig was elected as the new Treasurer and James Alderman was re-elected as Secretary. The new committee would also like to thank Janelle Simpson for her ongoing work looking after the mentorship programme, and to make a special mention of Nick Josephs at Energeo for his support to the committee. Eric followed up his election as Treasurer by giving an interesting talk on“Adopting and adapting 3D seismic methods for open-cut coal mining”. The talk and AGM were well attended, with lots of people interested in hearing how recent improvements in source and receiver technology have fully justified the application of 3D seismic to open cut coal mines, where it was previously deemed to be too expensive. We also welcomed Wayne Stasinowsky on Tuesday 14 May and enjoyed his presentation on“The Magnetic Tensor: What is it and why should we use it?” We have more talks in the pipeline for later in the year so, as always, please get in touch if you are interested in presenting. We also extend an invitation to attend our meetings to all interstate or international Members who happen to be passing through Brisbane. James Alderman qldsecretary@aseg.org.au South Australia & Northern Territory On Friday 15 March we held a successful student pizza night at the Mawson Building in the University of Adelaide, with around 25 students attending ranging from undergraduates to PhD candidates with diverse study paths. The students and Members who attended were treated to talks from both Dr StephanThiel (Geological Survey of South Australia) and Bonnie Lodwick (Santos) who gave their own unique and valuable insight into what it’s like having a career in geophysics; from academia into Government for Stephan with a minerals background, to an industry petroleum perspective from Bonnie who entered Santos through the graduate programme. Ted Tyne (ASEG President) accepting bottle of red from Mark Lackie (NSW ASEG President) for his talk about the Society. Henk Van Paridon escaping after being presented with a gift by QLD President, Ron Palmer, in recognition of ten fantastic years of service to the QLD Branch as Treasurer. Bonnie Lodwick presenting at the SA-NT Branch annual student pizza night. ASEG news Branch news 9 PREVIEW JUNE 2019