b'ASEG 2021 Honours and AwardsFeaturesurvey history enthusiasts. Dougs contributions have addedGrahame Sands Award: Lesley Wybornsignificantly to the international standing and recognition of the ASEG and exploration geophysics. This award is based on an endowment made by Members of the ASEG and the geoscience profession in memory of the Dougs new book, the ASEG 50th Anniversary Speciallate Grahame Sands, who was tragically killed at the prime Publication Measuring Terrestrial Magnetism: the evolutionof his life in an aircraft accident in 1986, whilst developing of the Airborne Magnetometer and the first anti-submarineand testing new equipment for geophysical survey aircraft. & aeromagnetic survey operations, People, Planes, Places &Because of Grahames abilities to turn scientific theory into Events 1100s-1949 was released in 2021. The book coversinnovative application, the award is made for innovation a global expanse of more than 800 years and recounts thein applied geophysics through a significant practical largely untold story of measuring terrestrial magnetism anddevelopment of benefit to Australian exploration geophysics of the extraordinary people, planes, places and events thatin the field of instrumentation, data acquisition, interpretation, have contributed to the evolution of the magnetometer andor theory.the first anti-submarine and aeromagnetic geophysical survey operations. It is a unique journey of science and engineering,The Grahame Sands Award for 2021 is presented to Dr Lesley of inventions, new methods and instruments and a compellingWyborn from Canberra, in recognition of her initiation of story of how the measurement of terrestrial magnetism hasthe mineral systems framework concept, as well as her long-influenced the history of the world. The extraordinary depth andstanding contribution to the F.A.I.R (findable, accessible, scope of research over many decades, as well as his collectioninteroperable and reusable) data principles as applied to of historic geophysical texts and maps, photos and illustrations,geoscience data. Both of these concepts are pivotal to the and his astonishing attention to detail serve to make this bookcurrent mineral exploration landscape and underpin major an amazing and immersive historical reading experience and aAustralian initiatives by federal and state governments, future primary reference work. AuScope, the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) and In 2012, Doug received an ASEG Service Certificate Award forthe Australian Research Data Commons, as well as exploration distinguished service by a Member to the ASEG, recognisingcompanies. Her recent work in geoscience data standards Dougs service, contributions, loyalty to and promotion of theand F.A.I.R. principles lays the foundation for future machine geophysics profession over 50 years, and to the ASEG over 30learning and artificial intelligence approaches to geoscience years through his sustained support of NSW Branch activities,data. Her work ensures future competitiveness and success his regular contributions to ASEG publications, mentoring juniorof mineral exploration in Australia and paves the way for the geophysicists, and promoting the ASEG to young geophysicistsprosperity of our nation.in industry. Lesley has had a long and distinguished career as a research Dougs many contributions science and practice of geophysics,geoscientist. After graduating from Sydney University in crowned by his new book, the 50th Anniversary Special1972 with first class honours in geology, Lesley joined the Publication of the ASEG, will continue to showcase the ASEGBureau of Mineral Resources (BMR) in Canberra in 1972, and and exploration geophysics to a broad global readership.over the next 42 years, held research scientist, information Because of his consistent long-term promotion of geophysics,management scientist, and senior geoscience advisor roles particularly airborne geophysical surveying, to the widerwith the BMR and its subsequent incarnations, the Australian community, Doug Morrison is an exemplary recipient of theGeological Survey Organisation and Geoscience Australia. ASEGs Lindsay Ingall Memorial Award. Lesley took leave from the BMR from 1974-1977 to complete a PhD in geology at the Australian National University (ANU). In 2014, she became an Adjunct Fellow at ANU and is currently Honorary Professor at ANU.Lesley pioneered the mineral systems framework concept, and revolutionised the approach to mineral exploration. Her 1994 paper, with Chris Heinrich and Lynton Jaques, Australian Proterozoic Mineral Systems: Essential Ingredients and Mappable Criteria, laid the foundation for a multi-scale, process-based view of determining fluids and mineral systems in the Earths crust. This approach spanned all deposit types and broke the industry away from a taxonomy approach to classifying deposit types, to one that focussed on observing empirical relationships of the distribution of minerals to geological and geophysical features on a district to regional scale.Lesley was one of the first to put this systems approach into action in a GIS-driven prospectivity analysis, enabling the foundation for subsequent GIS-based concept-driven methods, enabling the conversion of those parameters into mappable criteria that can be computationally modelled as part of regional scale fluid flow analysis to help understand why ore deposits form where they form. Lesleys work transformed the approach to interrogating the mineral exploration search space, and has influenced the way industry approaches prediction and Doug Morrison detection of new ore systems.51 PREVIEW OCTOBER 2021'