b'Branch newsASEG newsASEG Branch newsQueensland positions or to give technical talkswe look to returning to our usual busy in2021\x08 calendar within the new normal\x08On 15 December 2020, the ASEG QLD branch had a combined Christmas drinksThe Queensland committee would likeBen Kay and technical night at the XXXX Brewery\x08 wish everyone a happy New Year and aresa-ntpresident@aseg.org.auhoping for a productive and successful Dr Phil Schmidt of Magnetic Earth2021\x08 Tasmania(formerly of the CSIRO) visited Brisbane and gave a talk\x08 Phils talk; The role ofJames AldermanASEG Tasmania branch members geophysics in mineral exploration today,qldsecretary@aseg.org.au are encouraged to register for the elaborated on the content of a bookAustralian Earth Sciences Convention soon to be released by CSIRO that willSouth Australia & Northern Territory (9-12 February 2021), which is being include published research reports fromhosted by the Tasmania branch of the the past 40 years, some of which haveThe SA-NT Branch were delighted toGeological Society of Australia, almost been embargoed since they were writtenfinish last year with a joint Christmasentirely online (several field trips and (available at https://confluence\x08csiro\x08au/ Party and Technical Evening with a talksocial events are proceeding locally)\x08 The display/cmfr/Home)\x08 by Matthew Zengerer from Gondwanaprogram contains many presentations of Geoscience entitled Application ofgeophysical and/or Tasmanian interest\x08 Phil elaborated on the role of geophysicsMachine Learning to domaining ofAs most presentations will be pre-in exploration and in particular onpotential field data and subsurfacerecorded, registered delegates will be Queensland prospective areas outlininggeology predictions\x08 The event wasable to review them at leisure after the excerpts from these CSIRO reports\x08held on the evening of Thursday, 17nominal conference dates, in addition to After the introduction of the book, PhilDecember at the Union Hotel\x08 It waslive streaming plenary session speakers examined two areas where geophysicsgreat having members from the NTand Q&A\x08has taken a leading role and led to ajoining us by Zoom so that they could breakthrough\x08 Meeting notices, details about venues and watch Matthews fascinating talk and joinrelevant contact details can also be found Firstly, Phil briefly summarised a fewin with the festivities\x08 on the Tasmanian Branch page on the papers that suggest there are a rangeASEG website\x08 As always, we encourage of mineral deposit types that areI would like to take this opportunity to thank our local sponsors of 2020: Beachmembers to keep an eye on the seminar/spatially associated with the marginswebinar programme at the University of long-lived relatively cold, buoyantEnergy, Oz Minerals, Vintage Energy, Heathgate and Minotaur Exploration\x08 Weof Tasmania / CODES, which routinely Precambrian cratons or lithosphereincludes presentations of a geophysical roots, and opined that that economicwould also like to thank Terrex Seismic who sponsored our annual Melbourneand computational nature as well as on a geology research should be broaderbroad range of earth sciences topics\x08and consider the geodynamic settingCup Luncheon\x08instead of the common mineral systemThe SA/NT branch looks forward toMark Duffett scale\x08 seeing more of everyone in 2021 astaspresident@aseg.org.auSecondly, Phil explained how seismology and palaeo-magnetism has assisted in pinpointing the source of large igneous provinces and kimberlite fields, and how these studies have correlated large low shear-wave velocity provinces on the core-mantle boundary beneath Africa and the Pacific with large igneous provinces and kimberlite fields since Pangea formed\x08The talk and subjects were supported by interesting and engaging graphics and was well received by the audience\x08Subject to renewed restrictions in the greater Brisbane area, ASEG Queensland Technical Meetings will commence in 2021 on Tuesday 9 February with a talk by Tim Pippett of Alpha Geoscience on The world of environmental geophysics (geophysics in the near-surface).Well look to hold our AGM in March, and welcome volunteers for committeeMatthew Zengerer presenting to the SA-NT branch in person and via Zoom.9 PREVIEW FEBRUARY 2021'