b'Branch newsASEG newsQueensland South Australia & Northern TerritoryOn April 9, 20 students from UQ andOn Tuesday April 13 the SA/NT QUT were bussed, courtesy of the ASEGBranch hosted a lunch time technical Queensland Branch, to Velseis Seismic.presentation at the Hotel Richmond The students were introduced to someby Anandaroop Ray from Geoscience basics of seismic geophysics, shown aAustralia. Anand presented on a Univibe in action and got to try and placenew probabilistic method hes been some nodes. A full report on the day canresearching for recursively inverting be found in Education matters in this issuefor regularisation, with some good of Preview. The students were buzzingexamples of statistical inference, afterwards, and no doubt will be moreAEM and CSEM inversions using his engaged in geophysics further into theiralgorithm. We forayed into our first careers. The Queensland Branch would likehybrid event, with virtual attendees to thank Velseis for putting on a great dayalso getting involved in the discussion and experience for our students. at the end. You can find this talk on the On April 27, the Queensland BranchASEG YouTube channel (Youtube.com/held our AGM. Ron Palmer steppedASEGVideos).down as President after three years ofOn April 28 we co-hosted a joint event service. James Alderman was voted inwith PESA, SPE and YPP (Young Petroleum as the new QLD ASEG President and onProfessionals), the Fall Fling, at the behalf of the whole Queensland BranchHavelock Hotel. A spin-off from our James thanked Ron for his service. Otherprevious Spring Flings, these fantastic committee members are Nick Josephsnetworking events are becoming a staple as Secretary and Roger Cant as Treasurer.on our events calendar. A perfect evening Tim Dean was also welcomed onto theand the promise of valuable face-to-face committee. Following the AGM, Peterinteractions brought out over 60 attendees.Fullagar, from Fullagar Geophysics, gave a talk titled Beyond platesfast TEMNext on our calendar we have an inversion using conductive ellipsoids.ASEG-sponsored Adelaide University His talk went into depth on how ovoidGeological Society (AUGS) student event type massive sulphides could be moreat the Belgium Beer Caf - we will update accurately modelled using triaxialyou on how this event went in the next ellipsoids, rather than the usual flat plateissue of Preview.models. This talk covered the forward modelled response of ellipsoids and weOur Branch Committee is always looking hope to welcome Peter back later in thefor volunteers. If you would like to join, year for Part 2, talking about inversion. please email our Branch President Ben Kay (sa-ntpresident@aseg.org.au).Irwan Djamaludin will give a talk in June on Glenhaven 3D Seismic Survey for CCS.We couldnt host these fantastic events This is the geophysics part of a twin talkwithout the valued support of our given to PESA on 18 February, by Darrensponsors. The SA/NT Branch is sponsored Greer of CTSCo carbon capture andby Beach Energy, Oz Minerals, Vintage storage project in the Surat Basin. Energy, Minotaur Exploration, the SA Moving forward were looking into theDepartment for Energy and Mining, ability to stream and record our technicalZonge, Santos and Heathgate.talks for the benefit of QLD and other ASEGKate Robertson Members outside of the Brisbane area. ASEG SA/NT Branch Committee Member on The QLD Branch are offering student andbehalf of recent graduate bursaries to QueenslandBen Kay Members. Universities have beensa-ntpresident@aseg.org.au Attendees enjoying the evening at the Fall Fling event.contacted and if anyone would like to apply please email qldsecretary@aseg.org.auNick Josephs qldsecretary@aseg.org.auJUNE 2021 PREVIEW 20'